1/72 dioramas
by Konstantin Kulakovsky
Hello!
I’m Konstantin Kulakovsky from Moscow. My hobby is
building of the dioramas and models in 1/72 scale.
I
think, diorama is the top of the modelling. It
includes models of the vehicles and aircrafts,
figures, buildings, fortifications, trees, etc. Dioramas in 1/72 scale are
especially difficult. The main problem isn’t small size, but shortage of good
kits and almost absence of the good figures (“good figures” means well detailed
and made from hard plastic).
Here
you can see some of my dioramas.
The first diorama in my life.
DH-103 Hornet (FROG/NOVO kit) was built in 1986 as separate model, but two
years later I decided to use it in diorama.
Figures are the Polish copies
of Airfix RAF personnel. Original Airfix
figures were rare in Russia during these years. “Concrete” runway is a hard
paper, painted with water paint and glued onto cardboard.
Two
shots of another diorama (about 1990). Bf-109G is vacu-kit,
which is out of production now, Opel Blitz from ESCI.
Figures – white metal copies of the Preiser kit (I
think only one original Preiser kit was in Moscow in
1990 - my kit). Base – 5mm plastic sheet, grass – sawdust.
Since
this diorama only Preiser figures exists for me in
1/72 scale.
“Somewhere
near Frankfurt” was my first diorama with a tank. I use Sherman from Hasegawa
and figures from Preiser. Ruines
– vacuformed kit of my own production (I use
different technologies for modelling – it is my small
business). Wall fragments made from plaster
with water paint.
“Under
repair”. (Close view). Stug.IV
is Revell kit, figures from Preiser,
ruines from my "home factory" (plaster, casted into rubber form), vacuformed
cobblestone street and injection moulded fuel drums
also are my products.
“The
waiting – Kursk 1943”. (Close view). Revell’s
Panther, my favourite Preiser
figures. It is Preiser, who produces really “good
figures”. Click here to see these
figures. Can you see small beer bottles? It is PREISER too! Unfortunately these
figures are very rare in Russia. I'll be glad to establish exchange with
western modellers: Preiser
vs. our new models.
All
tanks has markings from dry transfers (it's my business now - MicroWorld dry transfers). I don't like ordinary
decals because of film around markings.
Small
things on all dioramas are from 1/87 ROCO sets.
e-mail:
microworld@bk.ru