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While I can agree with Neil_E about the needed deglorification of he Nazi regime This is a thread about dioramas concerning WWI aviation subjects. Then to that end the dioramas I discussed in the beginning and Neil_E's zuggestion in tow... dioramas can do more to encourage others in the subject and explain how certain technologies work that are lost for all time. The factory scenes, depot assemblies, units activities, service and repair and ultimately the writing off of the airframe due to damage or loss. The point of doing a diorama is to tell a story. The purist may want us to stick to the term vignette but for the sake of the story potential I will use the term diorama. The story is 'the struggle' of day to day service. Often times the use of blood needs to be limited and sublte. Bandages or posturing of the wounded individual can often do the trick to get your point across. While there are sevral photos I know of where the corpse of a victim is laid out in the rubble of his wrecked machine, it is in my opinion poor judgement to openly display these items at a contest. It simply doesn't win show or place. That is what contests are for ? To simply take an opportunity at a public venue to show a charred corpse that you have modeled may gather the morbid gothic teenager it will do little to win. This is an opinion but it is backed with experience. The Grim Reaper figure in dioramas is something I have seen before and tinkered with myself. It works well. This tells me that most people enjoy the subject of dioramas as an artform.
One of my favorite dioramas is based on the WWI aviation belief of gremlins that could either hold your ship (aircraft) together or tear it appart. It is one I have been seriously working on for next year. That simple description is what you now have but think of the images it conjures up.
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