Sicily 1943 (spring)

[Yago Alonso]

HI GUYS!

I'm working in a new diorama called "Sicily 1943".

The diorama is an urban scene inside a small population of the interior of Sicily. Concretely of Piazza Armerina. Locality under Hermann Göring's control.

Map of Sicily...

Zone controlled by Hermann Göring...

Locality of the interior of Sicily (Piazza Armerina) near to the area of influence of H. Göring...

Studying some maps of the epoch, and departing from the houses which I have, I located a small corner of the mentioned locality. Looking at the current maps, the locality has changed very much, and more after the war. But it preserves some of these corners.

Piazza Armerina's map...

Location of the Piazza Garibaldi in Piazza Armerina...

The idea of the diorama is the following one...

Saying diorama centres on the Piazza Garibaldi with the confluence of the Route On Rome.
The elements that will form a part will be the following ones:
- Four houses of resin of the brand "dejuguete.es" (of very good quality and of very good finished and detailed).

Hotel and Restaurant...

Houses...

- A fountain of resin.
- A Kubelwagen Type 82 (Tamiya).
- A SdkFz. 222 (Tamiya).
- Cobbles and sidewalks; lanterns, figures (the jousts); and some that another detail of composition.

And yesterday evening I realized a part of the calcas of decoration and characterization of some zones of the diorama. Between them, of the hotel and restaurant and the plates of the Route Rome and the Piazza Garibaldi.

Some of them will go in these positions...

The initial distribution will be the following one:

In front of the restaurant, I will place a few cadenitas like cord of delimiting for the exterior tables of the restaurant in the square. A German seated official taking something. Close to this chain the Kubel in the one that is in the habit of displacing (parked evil, but being the one who is it is possible to allow it).
To another side of the square, the SdkFz 222, acceding from the square to the Route Rome.
Inside the rooms I will place beds and a bathroom. Visible all this from out (and possibly from the back part of the houses (that is very probable that it makes them opened in order that it could see the interior of these).

As it is making you things I will be showing it.

See you!

Yago.

 

[Yago Alonso]

New incorporations to the already designed...

I hope that you like.

Yago.

 

[Yago Alonso]

Final distribution of the diorama...

It creates more tension and intensity to the scene.

Yago.

 

[Yago Alonso]

Hello again...

Here I leave you the second attempt (and let's wait that the definitive one). On a sheet of polystyrene extruído of 4cm of thickness, I have realized the opportune cuts to extract the size that I will need for the diorama.
I have delimited the perimeters of the buildings and sidewalks, and have placed this fuentecilla (that I do not know if it will be the definitive one that it puts in the diorama).

Continues...

 

[Yago Alonso]

Hello to all:

I have been reducing the area to realize the slope of the square. I believe that I have gained a couple of heights more of arm of so much giving him to the cleaver, jejejeje. This is what has had time me to doing at the moment...

I lack for revising and to realize some points:
1 º. Them "X" that meet marked in the area;
2 º. To outline the slope of the right side;
3 º. To realize the slope of the houses of the right side and to make ready the sidewalk of this side;
4 º. To realize the base of the houses (finally each and every of them will be to different height, which will add more tension and will go according to the area).
5 º. Once done all that, if it has time me today on Thursday, I will cover the causeway and the sidewalks. Leaving the area to fix later the houses and the source.
6 º. And finally, to realize the interior structures with girders of wood of all the houses. Making it ready to put the roof where it is necessary.

Suggestions and ideas are admitted.

Yago.

 

[Yago Alonso]

More things...

Views of the square and of the disposition of the houses respecting the slope of the streets...

Views of the interior parts of the houses with his separations...

Detail of one of the walls (a little deformed during the way of come back home)... It will Be able to be arranged, calm boys.

This week I will continue with these divisions and will try to stop outlining the slopes of the causeways and of the sidewalks.
Already I have the listoncillos and slats of wood to do the interiors of the houses. And I wait of receiving the source. This way I will be able to decide which I put finally.

See you soon with more things...

Yago.

 

[Dragunov]

WOW................looking forward to see more

Erik

 

[Leopard2]

This will look so cool...I will follow it with a close eye.

Joe

 

[jknaus]

Looking very cool. I am almost finished reading Operation Husky by Mark Zuelhke which details the Canadian part of the invasion. Now I know where to look for some buildings for when I start working on my dio. I look forward to more.
James

 

[Panzerfaust]

Great work on the dio so far, the ammount of research and detail you are putting into this is inspirational and will make a fantastic work.

Looking forward to seeing much more of this.

Cheers,

Jase.

 

[Kreighshoer]

YagoHLD wrote:

it's ristorante not ristoranti, not even in sicily!

 

[Jenny Croft]

Mighty fine work Yago ,

This is still a big diorama , You have done some fine work

Jenny :kiss:

 

[Yago Alonso]

Thanks guys.
I like you like it.
Some cartels I have to do them again. But I thank you for your notice of "Ristorante".
I hope to do more things this week.

See you!

Yago.

 

[TREEMENDUS]

Nice layout Yago. This is going to be fun to watch.

 

[Yago Alonso]

Thank you TREEMENDUS. I'll work hard in this project.
This week I'll add new walls to the houses.
I'm going calmly, I do not want to commit silly mistakes.

See you!

Yago.

 

[JSteinman]

 

[randy_ditton]

Hi Yago, This looks like another really cool project from you

The different heights on the buildings looks right on

Looking forward to more progress, Randy

 

[Yago Alonso]

randy_ditton wrote:

Hi Yago, This looks like another really cool project from you

The different heights on the buildings looks right on

Looking forward to more progress, Randy

Thank yoy so much for your words.
I want to create tension in the diorama. And the heights of the buildings was helping enough. As well as also the difference of the area.

See you!

Yago.

 

[G Cooper]

Hi Yago.

This already looks like it is going to be fantastic. I like the idea of having the ground sloping down like the real thing.


Gary B)

 

[Yago Alonso]

New steps coming soon!
This week has been... different, and I could not to work hard. I'll try to do the walls in this week end.

Thanks for your words.

I like that you like it.

Yago.