Berlin 1945 , Ho Diorama

Berlin 1945  "the Hotel"

 1/87 scale  , HO

    I  would like here to present a   project  I started just for fun   and it turned to be   a lovely result   of  a dramatic idea .  I  wanted to reproduce a "checkpoint"  in  Berlin . For this reason  I chose a 8.8 flak  that  stood  on the  tram  tracks  showing this way that  the siege  has started  an  all  services (like the tram ) have collapsed . Two soldiers  are fleeing  behind the frontline (which is actualy presented by the  checkpoint itself) and two others (I need to build more)  , who man the gun , are curiously looking at the horizon  for the upcoming  Rus ... 

Here  is the  result  until now  

 A  front  view .  of  the  small diorama  . 
The figures are PREISER   WW2 series . 
The  gun is  Roco  Minitanks 
The  hotel was a  nice Vollmer kit . 
The tracks are old  Roco  ones . 

 

Here is the  whole  diorama without  the  figures and some  wheathering missing

Here is  how the story ended....

HO scale Models

      HO or H0 is the most popular scale of model railway in the world.
According to the NMRA standard S-1.2 predominantly used in North America, in HO scale, 3.5 mm (0.1378 in) represents 1 real foot (304.8 mm); this ratio works out to about 1:87.1. According to the MOROP standard NEM 010 predominantly used in Europe, the scale is exactly 1:87. In HO, rails are usually spaced 16.5 mm (0.64961 in) apart which models the standard railroad gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in).
      The name HO is derived from the fact that its 1:87 scale is approximately half that of O scale which was the smallest of the series of older and larger 0, 1, 2 and 3 scales introduced by Märklin around 1900. In most English-speaking markets it is pronounced "aitch-oh" and written with the letters HO today, but in German it is pronounced "hah-null", and still written with the letter H and numeral 0.
      Currently, HO is the most popular model railroad scale in both continental Europe and North America, whereas OO scale (4 mm:foot or 1:76.2 with 16.5 mm track) is still dominant in Britain.
There are some modellers in Great Britain who use HO scale. For them, the British 1:87 Scale Society was formed in 1994; it publishes a quarterly journal with news, views, and practical advice for modellers and collectors. A magazine, Continental Modeller, focuses on the railways of other countries, including America and Europe, and has extensive coverage of HO scale layouts.
Today, HO locomotives, rolling stock (cars or carriages), buildings, and scenery are available from a large number of manufacturers in a variety of price brackets.