Dday Green Howards
Its th 80th Anniversary of DDay 2024. To make a tribute to this histroic point of time I had to make a diorama dedicate to my Grandad...
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Chris Willetts
Apr 111 min read
WW1 somme in a 18pdr shell
Thinking out of the box, I wanted to incorporate am actually piece of history, an antique and create a memento out of it. I found a ww1...
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Chris Willetts
Apr 111 min read
Shadow Box diorama for Mum
So twice within a year, I had a special guest come visit me in the USA from England, my Mum and Brother. Similar to my brother, I wanted...
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Chris Willetts
Apr 112 min read
Diorama Travel Box
The goal was to gift my brother a mini diorama. But he flew from England to visit me in the USA so I needed something that would survive...
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Chris Willetts
Apr 111 min read
7Th Green Howard Books
My Grandfather was a 7th Green Howard, he like most people didn't talk about it. It was their way of dealing with what they witnessed and...
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Chris Willetts
May 22, 20222 min read
How to make a beach, sand dune, Dunkirkdiorama
This piece is dedicated to my late Great Uncle (Ted) John Edward Dimmock who unfortunately was the only man in his 7th Green Howards...
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Chris Willetts
May 19, 20224 min read
Contest winning, Emhar British Artillary 18pdr 155th RFA Diorama.
Family History Diorama This WW1 historical diorama is dedicated to my late Great uncle, Charles Abram Butler who ran away at 15 and...
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Chris Willetts
Apr 7, 20224 min read
Realistic D-Day Diorama wins Award with a secret ingredient.
This piece is of my Grandad Stanley Coleman, from the 7th Green Howards senior infantry brigade of the 50th Northumbrian Division,...
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Chris Willetts
Mar 6, 20223 min read
ICI Worker fought in WW2 Green Howards, 50th Northumbrian Division
This is about a photograph that was sent to Stanley Coleman from Fred Willis in Middlesbrough. Stanley had fought in the 7th Green...
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Chris Willetts
Jan 28, 20229 min read
British Valentine Diorama wins award SCMA model competition
Yes, I won my first modeling award! Still so happy about it. Goal: Capturing a vignette of my Grandad whilst fighting in the desert....
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Chris Willetts
Nov 11, 20212 min read
A Soldier's Story: Timber Book review
A truck drivers very British experience of ww2 Firstly I chose to read A Soldiers Story book to get a better understanding of what it...
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Chris Willetts
Aug 6, 20212 min read
Spitfire 1:35 first build since I was 12
Plastic model making was a hobby that I did as a kid tucked away in my room, probably getting high off enamel paint fumes. Dragging my...
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