Joseph Stalin

[praga]

Iosseb Bessarionis dse Dsughaschwili - fighting name Stalin.
Here in the size of about 25 mm - with Molotov and some of his bully boys.
Stalin, Molotow and Beria were once included in a Zvezda kit - with a few other figures.
The Grim Driver is a resin figure by AlexMiniatures.
The three soldiers are made of soft plastic from Atlantic.
The Packard is a Hot Wheels toy car. The logo is still printed in the rear window. I disassembled the car, repainted it, added some extra parts and new tires, and reassembled it.
Greetings, Jens Hilgraf

[C M Dodson]

Really different and very nice indeed.

There is a real air of menace apparent with these handsomes. I think the soldier would be at attention, frozen with fear but it’s all good.

It brings to mind ‘The death of Stalin’ film.

‘Uncle Joe’, a throughly nasty man from a period when the bar was pretty high!

Well done.

Best wishes,

Chris

[Wiking]

A nice Dio on a big base.


A gadget that the communism leaders car get a capitalism commercial in the back window.
"We will hang capitalism on the cord it sells us".

[Bill Slavin]

I agree, the figures have a real menace to them! And I love that you left the Hot Wheels logo on the window. That's very funny...

Nicely done dio.

[Peter]

Never knew that Churchill was the car driver of Stalin.

Great work here. I also love that street.

The Hot Wheels sign on that car gives me the message that we don't have to be to serious!

[Alex]

Good job.
Although the English lettering on the car makes it a bit of a farce. (This is equal to the Hebrew lettering on the side of Adolf's car) And the "Guard" badge on the side of the car as well.
But I enjoy watching this scene !!

[Bluefalchion]

I have scads of those Atlantic WWII Russians but I never thought about painting them until now.

Really cool dio and I like the way it turned out.

[Santi Pérez]

I agree with everybody, you have built a wonderful diorama, praga. I love specially the car conversion.

Congratulations.

Santi.

[Emperor]

Great diorama and an interesting idea

[Kekso]

Never knew that Churchill was the car driver of Stalin.

That was my first thought. Peter, you comment stealer

[MABO]

Very cool work. Can you tell us in which Zvezda set the figures have been included?!
I think Peter is right, when he mentioned, we should not be to serious in the hobby.

[praga]

Peter, Kekso: LOL yes the driver really looks like Churchill
Mabo: A few years ago there was a PE8 "Stalin's Plane" kit that contained the figures.
Regards. Jens

[MABO]

Thanks, Jens,
never seen it before.
Jan

[panzerman825]

Wonderful work. Clean execution with sharp details. Stalin figure looks spot on....amazing at braille scale size.
Bill