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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: PeteMurray on 06 June 2008, 03:29:39 PM

Title: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: PeteMurray on 06 June 2008, 03:29:39 PM
http://www.tasca-modellismo.com/seihin/akuyaku/araki/araki.html

A gorgeous diorama of the "No. 1 Enemy" tank - the Miyazaki tank with the piggy crew that we all love and cherish and wish to own seventy copies of.

Lots of fun little details to look for: Flying bricks off the building, a water fountain, and a piggy infantryman in pickelhaub falling over. Also an armored car.

Did I mention I love this tank?
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: DFlynSqrl on 06 June 2008, 03:34:02 PM
Wow, that looks fantastic.  I love the Piggy falling over onto his back too.  Like you said, there are a lot of nice little touches that make this look great.
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: Vanvlak on 06 June 2008, 03:35:54 PM
Lovely  :-* :-*
Still haven;t started on mine.
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: DRDHauser on 06 June 2008, 03:49:43 PM
Very pricy on ebay. Cool rendition though.
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: PeteMurray on 06 June 2008, 03:58:48 PM
In a perfect world, Dragon would do this kit as a prepaint. I would buy a case of them.
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: DRDHauser on 06 June 2008, 04:01:16 PM
This is a little cheaper:

http://www.monstersinmotion.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/24_95/products_id/7712

Kinda cool.
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 06 June 2008, 04:13:45 PM
yeah, the most cool Back of Beyond thing ever made, a pig in an armoured car  ;D

(http://www.tasca-modellismo.com/seihin/akuyaku/araki/araki20.jpg)
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: PeteMurray on 06 June 2008, 04:20:16 PM
Quote from: Synflood on 06 June 2008, 04:01:16 PM
Kinda cool.

It's no Miyazaki tank, though.
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: Admiral Benbow on 06 June 2008, 04:34:37 PM
Absolutely brilliant diorama! Love it!  :o :-* :o

Scanning Ebay for this thing for a long time, always goes to someone else for too much money ...
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: commissarmoody on 07 June 2008, 09:14:26 AM
that looks amazining! :o :-* :o
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 07 June 2008, 02:16:58 PM
Dang. I knew I should have bought it in 2005 when I saw it at Intermodellbau fair for 40 Euros.
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: Auton on 07 June 2008, 02:43:59 PM
Looks similar to the vehicle that was used as the Bauhaus Grizzly tank in Target's Warzone game!

(http://greywolf.critter.net/images/vehicles/bauhaus/grizzly.jpg)
Title: Re: Gorgeous Miyazaki Tank diorama
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 07 June 2008, 05:53:21 PM
Quote from: Auton on 07 June 2008, 02:43:59 PM
Looks similar to the vehicle that was used as the Bauhaus Grizzly tank in Target's Warzone game!

That´s because the Swedish Mutant Chronicles guys blatantly ripped off quite a number of Miyazaki designs, not to mention historical ones. The pictured tank was built by Jean-Jaques Chaboissier from the rather basic Armorcast kit which had been issued ca. 1997 and was a taken straightly, if a bit poorly from the designs found in the Bauhaus sourcebook for the MCRPG.