1/72 Zvezda Turkish Cavalry & Janissaries diorama "DAWN" by Emre Erkaplan

Hello everyone,

This box diorama, which is work of mine, is showing a sequence from Ottoman's campains to Eastern Europe in 16th and 17th centuries.

I painted the Mostar Bridge and Bosnia view to the background. At the front, I set the janissaries (yeniçeri) and an Ottoman cavalary (sipahi) as entering in to a courtyard from a collapsedcity wall.

The figures i used are from 1\72 Zwezda kits number 8050 and number 8054. I named this box diorama as 'DAWN'

Emre Erkaplan

Turkish Cavalry Zvezda 8054  

Turkish Janissaries Zvezda 8050

Miniature Figure Exhibition (by Altar Modeling)

Second major exhibition by Altar at Turkey/Ankara's cultural center CEPA shopping mall. 

Theme of this year is miniature figures.

Overview. Items are displayed in 14 large glass museum display cabinets

Story starts with Andersens tin soldier and samples made from various mediums throughout the history.

Palanka, Ottoman wooden fort.

Wagoon formation, typical moveable defense fort developed in Central Europe first by the Hussites and later on adopted well by the Ottomans.

Ottoman siege.

Battle of Ankara (1402) in 3 scenes.

Asterix and his friends

W. Britain figures

Various metal soldiers all in 25mm scale and hand painted.

Basics of miniature figure sculpting, casting and painting.

Vlad the Impaler, his castle and his works!

Original postcards and gravures on toy soldiers and wargames from late 19th-early 20th centuries.

Tribute to H. G. Wells and his magnificent work "Little Wars" (1913).

PS : Altar Model web site : http://www.altarmaket.com/