Thank you kindly Dimitris

Fantastic work,forva while I though it was real d9,not some plastic kit!

The level of detail, painting and weathering is absolutly stunning...

My only concern is with the guy about to climb the scaffolding: his pose seems a bit unnatural. Bending over with straight legs in order to prepare for ascending seems awkward...

Kind of you to say Richard. Thank you .

Thank you Erwin. I kinda agree. It was the closest I could find. He is about to climb up the scaffold. If you know of a better figure, please let me know. I would be happy to replace him.

I am curently not aware fo a viable alternative... I've got a Dragon fig of a climbing German soldier... Besides the fact that the set is out of production, you'd had to do some major rebuilding to do... :

Mmmmmmm! Lots of rebuilding, which I am not so good at, when it comes to figure building. But it sure does look the part. What is the name of the kit that, that figure came in?

Thought it doesn't show on the box, each of these figs has 2 sets of arms and 2 sets of heads (half, for the helmet and full, bare headed) The one I showed comes from this set:
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6201-artillery-crew--103172

It is actually the fig leaning on the left side of the box art...

thank you Erwin.

Stage 3 update!!!!!!

Ok guys. Here is stage 3. As you can see, since stage 2 was posted sometime ago, I've added a scratch built steel truss with an overhead crane.  The overhead crane is a kit from Walthers. Yes, it is a HO scale railroad kit. But within the parameters of this scale, its usage was perfect. I had to cut and splice the kit to fit the space I needed. I also incorporated some scratch built parts to give it some UMP!  

If you noticed, one of the mechanics has a remote control that operates the overhead crane. The crane itself was modified to simulate the new changes as it was manually operated by a operator who sat in a cab in the air. So, I justified this by the removal of that cabin and replacing the controls as a remote control device, in the hands of the operator. I have one issue, that I am still working out. It is to get the tension of the crane cables straighten out. It's a little better than before, but you can still see a little kink . Any suggestion let me know. 

I also added a scratch built corrugated siding at both ends of the workshop entries. Added a scratch built flood light at both ends as well. I added a fourth figure, a welder. I am still working at improving my figure painting, so don't hit me over the head, too hard. I know I still need more work. But I can tell, I am improving. I am still contemplating, if he should be welding where he is at the moment. I'm looking for other alternatives. so, he is not glued in placed until I've decided.
I've also added more detail in the armor cabin. You can see a wire hanging downwards, that looked it has been strip from whatever it was connected to, after being removed from the body. I thought it would add some interest to the effect of the diorama.

So far that's about it. Will try and take some better photos and post the final look, when I get everything finalized. Thanks for looking.

Very impressive work and detail.

Cheers,
James

Thank you James.

Impressive build. Lots of little details. It takes a while to let it all sink in there are so many.
J

Thanks Jerry.

Fantastic diorama,
I always loved the Meng D9R and hope they do a civilian version one day. I made some accessories for the kit years ago if someone else wants to do a similar project. These were originally created back in the Click2Detail days but I later moved them to Shapeways when Click2detail shut down. (they are back as a shop on Shapeways now).
https://www.shapeways.com/product/8J3JFUY2T/d9r-dozer-trunnion-set?optionId=60815317&li=shop-inventory
https://www.shapeways.com/product/E4VT4C7AZ/meng-d9r-sprocket-parts?optionId=76512567&li=shop-inventory
https://www.shapeways.com/product/W4ZC4SVAF/meng-d9r-hydraulic-cylinder-set?optionId=76509235&li=shop-inventory

Thank you kindly for the links. I definitely would like to get one or two of these sets. But I heard the shipping is so high, even for parts that small.

Very creative diorama. Congrats !

Ok .... Stop now.... Your just showing off Charles and giving me a complex lol ...
Seriously, it's an epic creation and amazing realism and attention to detail. The 2 parts that stand out for me are the running gear and its cover, the old iron metal tonal variation is superb...and although it may sound a strange bit.... The wooden chocks. They look perfect.
Very well done Sir

Thanks for checking out the thread Alex.

Thank you for those encouraging words John. Glad you noticed those parts as well.

Gee, I don't know any superlative to terrific, but if there is, it applies to this build!!!! 😯😮😮

Thank you.

I buckled up the corrugated sidings and dirtied it up a bit. Re-positioned the welder at the ripper instead, as I was told it would be better and more believable if he is doing welding work there instead. I managed to get the kinks out, about 99%. So I'm satisfied with it. Now, I have a couple more details to add, at least for now.

Sweet!!!
I've been looking again at the climbing(?) figure, but if you turn the scaffolding a bit, it could also be that he is pulling the scaffoling away to a new position... That would be more realistic, I think...

Thank you. That may seem to work.Thank you for that suggestion.