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Discuss World War I and the early years of aviation thru 1934.
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The Forgotten Nest of Sleeping Horn
TedMamere
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Moselle, France
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Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 07:59 PM UTC


On the afternoon of Aug. 20, 1918 the unit had just returned from a strafing and bombing mission with near empty fuel tanks and empty ammo boxes. The word came by field telephone; “. . .The enemy has broken through in sector 7. . .”

Stephen T. Lawson is back with one of his fantastic diorama. This time he recreated the particular atmosphere of an abandoned WW1 German aerodrome hangar. If you look closely, I''m sure you will find one or two ghosts of fallen pilots!

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Lucky13
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 10:34 PM UTC
Absolutely amazing! Imagine stumble across a forgotten place like that in the middle of nowhere in real life, with some WWI fighters.....WOW!

Fantastic!

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Kitboy
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Gelderland, Netherlands
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Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 11:20 PM UTC
Yet another amazing build from mr. Lawson. It really works well on my imagination!

Cheers, Nico
JackFlash
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Colorado, United States
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Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 03:36 PM UTC
Greetings all;
My sincere thanks for your kind words. It is not my best work but we all started somewhere. Like Shep Paine says we should be doing it better as we go. If it inspires someone else thats good enough. If someone looks at my old diorama and says " I can do better than that !" Then may be they will. We should help and inspire one another. None of us would be where we are if someone didn't share their experiences.

Like I said in the text. I see lots of things I would do differently today. On to the next build. Model On!
Grumpyoldman
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Florida, United States
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Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 11:12 PM UTC
Nice job Stephen, not only well executed, but extremely creative.
almonkey
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 12:44 AM UTC
wow! thats a nice dio stephen, it really captures the look of a place abandoned for years. is it based on a true story?
JackFlash
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Colorado, United States
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Posted: Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 06:37 AM UTC
Thanks Dave and Phil!

As for the story line. . .it was revealed to me in a dream.
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