So I'm done. I'm glad that I managed to finish it this year as well, even though it's a bit of a burden, especially for the eyes. Let me just summarize, the competition was originally organized by minimodel.cz, it was not announced in 2020 and it has probably already ended definitively. I keep going.
The essence of this competition was to glue a model of any technique and place it in a walnut shell so that it could be completely closed. I stayed with the military theme, this time I finally got to the Eastern Front.The whole nut is about compromises, what can still be done and especially how to do it so that it can be closed, so it must be taken that way ...
In the nut I tried to create the following diorama:
The story takes place in the USSR during World War II, a unit of the Wehrmacht at Sd.Kfz. 222 stopped by the lake to rest. Here they were caught by a motorcycle to warn them that the Red Army was close. He suddenly emerged from behind the hill T-34 with an infantry, which sealed their fate ...
I will mention a few details:
-I gave something to almost all the soldiers, so the motorcycle clutch has a message, the soldier next to the transporter smokes, the Russian soldiers have weapons (although I could have made them even smaller ...), the soldier behind the transporter, I put a tree there, with which I originally he didn't count, but he came in exactly that place ...
-The tank has a rotating tower, so if I close it it has to aim in front
-in the upper shell there is a spring from which water flows into the lake in the lower shell, I created a stream of water from a fiber that is used in a light fountain. In order to close it, it is glued at the top and it slides into the hole in the lake at the bottom.
In the diorama I used the following models (free models from the internet):
-Sd.Kfz. 222 Ausf. B (1:87 reduced to 1: 200 - R&P Models)
-Zundap KS750 (1:87 reduced to 1: 200 - R&P Models)
-T-34 (1: 100 reduced to 1: 200 - Rawen)
-I finally used 9 pieces of soldiers in the nut.
Just like in previous years, I glued the walnut to the stem of a cup with an engraved name ... Also, this walnut got a base, where there is some talk and photo.
A few photos:
... one more common photo of all the nuts:
... and finally a presentation video as with other nuts, where there are more photos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dkNNCB28w