1:35 The war's over

Four figures in the scene The war's over

Four figures in 1:35 scale make up a complete subject from the moment when the fighting fell silent. Royal Model casts the set in polyurethane resin and supplies it unpainted, without a base and without any surrounding structure. The number of figures in one box makes it the foundation of a whole diorama rather than a mere accessory to a vehicle.

The subject and its setting

For soldiers on both sides the end of the war meant above all exhaustion, waiting and uncertainty about what would come next. Figure sets of this kind therefore do not show combat but a quiet moment: relaxed posture, equipment laid aside, a conversation or a rest while seated. In the build that means the scene will carry more empty space than a combat action would, and that the whole story is told by gestures and by the turn of the heads.

How to approach the set

First lay the figures out dry on paper and look for the spacing, and only then glue. Wash every part, sand the parting seams down and secure the joints with cyanoacrylate; on larger mating surfaces a wire pin will help. It pays to paint figure by figure and to bring them together only at the end with a shared toning, so that the scene reads as one and does not fall apart into four separate models. Anyone building for a display case will appreciate a single continuous base.

Who the set is for

• For narrative dioramas without combat action
• For modelers who are content with a scene without hardware
• For figure painters looking for several figures in one box
• For competition builds with the emphasis on the subject