One of my all time favourite films.

I say old chap, bloody marvellous effort!

Glad I found your posting. I'd never heard of the film before, but a Google search was able to find a website showing the entire film. A very good drama. First rate. Great diorama of the KATY as well. Excellent work!😎👍

Great little diorama Gary

Great. Ace film, would always be watched when the BBC showed it, and other of that genre leading up to Remembrance Day/Sunday. Only thing I didn't see, noted when others have built the model, is the name "Katy"..

Looks great mate. Keep it up.

Ice Cold in Alex diorama was my idea. No one else would of thought of it if it wasn't for me mentioning it. Yet again Mr Evans perfection achieved

Gary, a very nice diorama, not too complicated to detract from the Katy, minefield a good idea. The additional detail added to the Katy was more than worth the effort, the Katy pops, thanks for sharing

That is an excellent achievement in my opinion and I think it looks great 👍👏👏👏👏

Very cool Gary. Love the diorama. Thanks for sharing. 😎🇨🇦

Nice job Gary. Well done.

A dust-free chamber, I don't think they exist!

Love it Gary! What a fabulous build! Truly inspirational...

That was a great instructional video, I am just in the middle of doing my first diorama, and some of the tips you gave me will help so much. Bloody good job. Thanks Gary

Looks great 👍🏻🇦🇺

Great video and the dio looks awesome

super video gary great build 🙂

I've used dime store picture frames for dioramas before. It also leaves you with a small sheet of glass to work on. It's dead flat for cutting tape and stencils, and for snipping etched parts. I cover the edges with tape to eliminate sharp sides.

tip to avoid the clay cracking as it dries: knead it with pva glue.

Superb job of the kit & diorama. Really good, you have every reason to be pleased with the results. Many thanks for the video series & diorama- gave me many ideas to try

Brilliant work!

Nice job

WOW! super job Gary. I wouldnt mind having a go at the geko katy. Diorama does look amazing.

. Very nice cant wait for that first beer. Cheers. Steve U.K.

Superb, very inspirational 👍🏻👍🏻

I need a dust free chamber as well as long as it keeps flies out as well. Varnished a model today and 1 minute later a small fly decided to land on it right in front of me and couldn't take off again. Had to get the tweezers out to remove it, fortunately the varnish wasn't dry so you can't tell it was there.

Hi Gary.....Nice build! Really glad you don't kick the arsenal out of "super detailing" & just produce a satisfying job. FYI the yellow number 5 is the bridge classification (weight) not divisional marking & still used today. Looking forward to the next one.

Gary you have really inspired me to do an 'Ice Cold' Katy. Love the add ons from the film that you have made. Great stuff !

Tumbleweeds even, Brilliant!! That sir, is chock full of great tidbits for any modeller. Well worth every effort you put into it. Appreciate you sharing the video too. I'm gonna need to brew a fresh pot of ☕ and enjoy this a few more times 🐢

Gary great job, as a note Concertina wire (Barbed Wire) generally has support poles spaced along it which makes it harder for someone to drag it out of the way, a few poles might make it easier to shape.

It looks perfect to me Gary :)

When in Libya during army service the amount of stones tore our tyres toshreds

What an awesome little build, love the diorama idea… of to the hobby shop to order my own Katy, and follow your build 👍

Nice one ,a bit emotional for me made me think of my late grandad doing his bit in the war out there Cheers Mark👍🏻😔😊

What a cracking dio base. Thoroughly excellent job throughout! Nice one, Gary! 👍🏻

Well worth a pint,Gary. 🍻Well done on all of it👍. I thoroughly enjoyed your build of the Katy and this diorama base is great👍😀. If we are lucky,someone will make a ,Ice Cold, four figure set,I'm struggling to find a good Sylvia Simms 😁

Great build Gary. Love what you did with the sign - it makes the whole diorama ‘pop’ (along with Katy of course)!

Gary, that is a stunning model and diorama... 🙂 Beautiful results! To my shame, I've still never seen the film 'Ice Cold In Alex' (that I know of - may seen as a small boy, but can't remember!), so I'll have to rectify that soon! I like that Airfix gave all the right decals without being obvious about it (even having the small "Katy" name under under the bonnet serial numbers....). A nice touch, without troubling any licensing issues! 😀 Great stuff; I've enjoyed watching this build, and am going to have to hit that purchase button on Airfix's website... 🙂

Gary, for the sandmat, could you get a strip of thin corrugated cardboard and just push the staves into the ready made corrugations between the layers? BTW 12mm at 1:35 scale is 16.5" in old money :) Re painting it, perhaps paint it /before/ rolling it up and fixing it to the fender? Paint it and just leave one small area untouched for gluing, then stick it to the fender. Then just weathering to do when it's stuck down. Re attaching hooks.. perhaps solder them and then just file the join down until you're happy with it? That may make life a bit easier :) The map is a //lovely job// btw.. very impressive :) The only /tiny/ criticism is the road should be at least twice the width, as there's nowhere for vehicles to pass each other at the moment.

Excellent Gary. I'm just finishing a 1/72 Malta Spitfire and I want to display it in a revetment on a dusty airfield - this looks like a great template.

nice work Gary, Katy looks at home👍👍👍👍

Brilliant build. Well done Gary!

Great series Gary. Full of inspirational ideas. Love to see more Military vehicles from you.

Love your channel, this ambulance really impressed me so I went and ordered one. The diorama is really cool . Not to offend but maybe a couple of figures in future sometime. Well done keep up the good work Gary.

This is a fantastic diorama, Gary. You've done a great job on the weathering and I really like the small details like the sand mats and the map. "Dames and mines. Lovely party" :)

Lovely job Gary… as John Mills put it so well,worth waiting for! Best wishes Stuart

Fantastic Diorama, looking forward to seeing the Dornier Do.17z build

Hi great job, as I remember from the movie I think the lights have covers over them so the lights could not be seen from the air.

Bravo, Gary! That looked like a lot of fun! Lots of great hints and tips as you built it up. It's the perfect setting for the K2 as you've modelled it. Apart from adding a figure for scale, I would add a final touch. Grind up some chalks to match the colour of your groundwork and dust up the Katy, heavier towards the bottom and wheels, to integrate it into the base. Thoughtful and well executed! Cheers!

Great series of videos Gary. Before I started my build I watched the film and like you I have included many of the features shown. I did notice mud flaps on the mud guards of the front wheels which I made and fitted. Hopefully at some point figures will be available. Looking forwards to the next build.

Lovely work, Gary!! I guess I'll have to wait for a K2Y in 1/48th for an RAF Diorama!

Great job gary and allways liked that film hope you don't mind but a little detail on the diorama tyre tracks from katy driving into mine field behind.

Lovely diorama with lots of little tips (eg the two steel rules). Now, I’ve now idea why I feel the need for a Carlsberg but I’m off for one ! Ian

No 1:35 scale gin bottles? An excellent build, well done!

Wow, Great job on the diorama. I'm looking at doing a 1/72 scale Kittyhawk flown by Wing Commander James F. (Stocky) Edwards RCAF. Desert Scene, so I really liked some of your techniques, very helpful.

You perhaps should have added tire marks. When the plaster was damp.

Hi Gary, that’s a great little diorama, very well executed and an inspiration to others for ideas I am sure.. All the best, Chris

Mighty...

Looks great Gary, simple and very effective. I think the idea of using a picture frame for the base is ace. Wouldn't it be nice if someone could market a set of figures to match. Sadly, I think Sylvia Syms is the sole survivor of the cast of the film. I've had similar problems to you with barbed wire but your soldering it seems to do the trick. Looking forward to your next build. Regards, MIKE.

Turned out brilliant Gary.. Pick mine up shortly already trying to bodge up a John Mills figure from a previous kit British N Africa figure Tamiya. I'm thinking on a slope with starting handle scene dio.

THAT'S a very nice model ! Good diorama. So you didn't fancy the uphill scene then. Lol. How come nobody swore at Sylvia Sim when she let go of the starting handle and Katy sped off back down the hill. I did...and I was only watching !! Anyway, you deserve a Carlsburg lager, it's worth waiting for.

Classic mistake everyone doing an ice cold in alex diorama forgets....Ice cold in alex k2 had its body and cab removed from it's original 4x2 chassis and mounted on a 4x4 canadian Chevrolet truck chassis so it could cope with the sand,and the emblem to the radiator grille top was missing.,otherwise nice model.

Gary, I'm speechless. Been following you for some time, and your skills have advanced amazingly. Looks fantastic, with not a great investment of time or money. Looking forward to building my first kit in over 40 years. Have to brush paint, and struggle with my disability, but with patience and help from my friends,I hope I can do it justice. Also, does anyone have an opinion about the 2nd generation Humbrol acrylic for brush painting an entire model?

Glorious. Can you get 1:35 figures of John Mills and Silvia Sims?