Italeri has released a new diorama product which is a partially bricked up church doorway in 1/35th scale.
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CMOT
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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 04:44 PM UTC
DaveCox
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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 05:26 PM UTC
This is a re-release, and when painted can be compared with some of the earlier resin/plaster items available. For a lot less £ or $ too.
I've used a couple in dioramas - recommended.
I've used a couple in dioramas - recommended.
CMOT
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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 05:39 PM UTC
Sorry Dave I didn't know this was a re-release so thank you for pointing that out.
Jmarles
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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 06:42 PM UTC
I've always liked these old Italeri releases..they also have another church ruin, a house corner, fountain, etc. And incidentally their field tool shop which is a great little kit is available, too. I love the way you can do a whole bunch of different paint jobs, add windows, etc. They can also be mixed and matched to some extent.
An interesting trivia note, some of these Italeri ruins trace their roots back to Verlinden's old early seventies plaster diorama line, back when he had his own company. You can see the ads in old issues of Military Modelling. I guess 'cos he worked for Italeri, he sold or leased the moulds so they could make plastic ones!
An interesting trivia note, some of these Italeri ruins trace their roots back to Verlinden's old early seventies plaster diorama line, back when he had his own company. You can see the ads in old issues of Military Modelling. I guess 'cos he worked for Italeri, he sold or leased the moulds so they could make plastic ones!
RobH
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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 10:34 PM UTC
this kit brings back memories!!!!
It must date from the 1970's!
It must date from the 1970's!
jargonking
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 05:33 AM UTC
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An interesting trivia note, some of these Italeri ruins trace their roots back to Verlinden's old early seventies plaster diorama line, back when he had his own company. You can see the ads in old issues of Military Modelling. I guess 'cos he worked for Italeri, he sold or leased the moulds so they could make plastic ones!
Actually the Italeri kits were based on Francois Verlinden designs from his original accessories company DCS (Diorama Construction Sets) whose kits were sold through Verlinden's shop in Belgium. These predate the Verlinden Productions kits by some years.
Verlinden's builds were, at the time, featured heavily on the Italeri boxes and he was pretty much their 'artist in residence' rather like Shep Paine was at Monogram.
Jmarles
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 07:56 AM UTC
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Actually the Italeri kits were based on Francois Verlinden designs from his original accessories company DCS (Diorama Construction Sets) whose kits were sold through Verlinden's shop in Belgium. These predate the Verlinden Productions kits by some years.
Verlinden's builds were, at the time, featured heavily on the Italeri boxes and he was pretty much their 'artist in residence' rather like Shep Paine was at Monogram.
*******Gawd! That's right! I totally forgot! Must be gettin' old!
goldnova72
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 09:19 AM UTC
Are these releases still without any detail on the back side ? Never did have any luck filling them with plaster and scribbing in the brick detail 
Jmarles
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 09:27 AM UTC
...no detail inside, unfortunately. Especially troublesome for the one sided bricked-in doorway.....
ahandykindaguy
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 09:34 AM UTC
I may be wrong, but I do not remember the original work having a partially bricked in doorway? I may be wrong however...
Scouteyes
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 11:05 AM UTC
It's still a good kit.The only problem is that it's one-sided.
Scouteyes
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 01:19 PM UTC
I have one from the 80s, and the door was bricked in.
Jmarles
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 05:30 PM UTC
Yes, I have a 1970's era box with the "old" spelling "Italieri" and it has a bricked in door. Maybe you're thinking of the Church window kit? It has a similar pillar thingy but a big window and extra corner, or maybe the old house corner kits? I should have mentioned also there was a two storey corner with an open door, but it's been out of production for years. Maybe I can find the box!
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 11:36 PM UTC
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some of these Italeri ruins trace their roots back to Verlinden's old early seventies plaster diorama line, back when he had his own company. You can see the ads in old issues of Military Modelling. I guess 'cos he worked for Italeri, he sold or leased the moulds so they could make plastic ones!
Plaster and resin molds are not the same thing as injection mold toolings. Totally different processes.
I built both the Italeri church door and church window kits about 10 years ago when I got into the hobby first. The biggest issue is that unlike the Miniart kits today, they have no backing so you have fill them or cement plastic sheet to them to fill them out.
Big-John
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Posted: Monday, May 28, 2012 - 01:12 AM UTC
I’m playing around with one of these as we speak. Testors used to box several of the Italeri kits together in their “Diorama accessory sets”
I found this Church corner while digging through some boxes that where at my parents house from my childhood.
I didn’t like the hollow back side, so I filled the back with automotive body filler (Bondo) yesterday. The smooth back side wont be a problem as long as the building is used as a backdrop.
Now I’m trying to think of ideas for a small vignette to use this on.
I found this Church corner while digging through some boxes that where at my parents house from my childhood.
I didn’t like the hollow back side, so I filled the back with automotive body filler (Bondo) yesterday. The smooth back side wont be a problem as long as the building is used as a backdrop.
Now I’m trying to think of ideas for a small vignette to use this on.
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