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Subject: [Leica] Was splash of colour - Miniature landscape & Bonsai vehicles
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 00:32:52 +0800
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These are awesome. The detail is incredible...

On May 30, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Perhaps another use for an old lens?
>
> US Army in Normandy, 1944 :-)
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/165626-1/Miniatures__MG_9599-Edit.jpg
>
> The lousy quality of the lens nicely covers up my modelling  
> mistakes. BTW: the half-track is about 2.5 inches long (1/76 scale)
>
>
> A few other attempts at modelling, shot with a decent lens:
>
> An impression of the scale: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/ 
> Miniatures__MG_3602.jpg.html
>
> Post-war British armour: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/ 
> Miniatures__MG_3604_edited-1_copy.jpg.html
> The little tank fits in a 35mm film box with room to spare.
>
>
>
> A 1/35 scale Eigth Army Bedford portee (IMO, one of my better  
> attempts at weathering a model):
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/ 
> Miniatures__MG_3616_edited-1_copy.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/ 
> Miniatures__MG_3618_edited-1_copy.jpg.html
>
> Close up of the almost finished model - already collecting dust
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/ 
> Miniatures_Bedford_Portee.jpg.html
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> Ming Thein wrote:
>> Minature landscapes involving bonsai? :p
>>
>> Thein Onn Ming
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>
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THEIN Onn Ming
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