How I build large scale dioramas! (4 Viewers)
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Harrytheheid
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Hi guys! I am new to this forum.Although I am not a collector ,I do build dioramas and thought that you guys might enjoy seeing them.Pictures to follow.
Cheers! John.
A warm welcome to the Forum John. I'm sure you'll enjoy being here. Whether you're a collector or not - who cares.
What scale are you using with the items in the photo's you posted?
Cheers
H
Louis Badolato
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That is bloody brilliant!
Hi John,
Thanks for posting the great pictures of your diorama. Your work is truly superb. In fact, I would call it spectacular! I will second Panda's request and ask that you please post more pictures. They are great!
I also want to welcome you to the Treefrog forum. I think you will find some interesting things to see here and you will definitely find some excellent friends. I look forward to talking with you frequently!
Warmest personal regards,
Pat
Thanks for posting the great pictures of your diorama. Your work is truly superb. In fact, I would call it spectacular! I will second Panda's request and ask that you please post more pictures. They are great!
I also want to welcome you to the Treefrog forum. I think you will find some interesting things to see here and you will definitely find some excellent friends. I look forward to talking with you frequently!
Warmest personal regards,
Pat
Thanks for your kind welcome to this forum! I have been doing an online build of this diorama for sometime now and I will post it here now that I think it is OK by you guys.Here is where I am right now:
John, I can guarantee we won't mind, you have a sharp eye to detail, we like that. Mike
fishead19690
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Nice diorama!!!! What scale is this??? Have you done any work in smaller scales? Say like 1/30 or smaller?
Louis Badolato
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John,
I have never seen better work. Your dioramas belong in museums. Could you post a photo of your 1:72 scale HMS Victory? I would love to see it.
I have never seen better work. Your dioramas belong in museums. Could you post a photo of your 1:72 scale HMS Victory? I would love to see it.
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John, Wow what can I say other than just look at the work and the detail. Briliant work absolutely briliant.
I completely understand why it took you 15 years to do the Victory. I have been working for about five years on the Cutty Shark. Wood planks and small nails, sand paper and wood bending is driving me to drink - er' I mean toy soldiers, well maybe drink and toy soldiers. But 15 years, now I am downhearted. Oh well, can't dance so I might as well build. I concur with Louis, please show pictures of Victory.
what can I say other than just look at the work and the detail. Briliant work absolutely briliant. I completely understand why it took you 15 years to do the Victory. I have been working for about five years on the Cutty Shark. Wood planks and small nails, sand paper and wood bending is driving me to drink
- er' I mean toy soldiers, well maybe drink and toy soldiers. But 15 years, now I am downhearted. Oh well, can't dance so I might as well build. I concur with Louis, please show pictures of Victory.
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Velcome to ze forummmmmmm. I like vhat I zeeee. I give you ze KV bite of approval;;
Is that a Nieuport in the Hanger?
Is that a Nieuport in the Hanger?
plasmapulse
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Lucky bast#rd. I never got the KV bite of approval.
To be totally honest, I thought the first pic posted was a 1:1 scale model in some aircraft museum with a manequin flanking it.
So the bite is deserved
.To be totally honest, I thought the first pic posted was a 1:1 scale model in some aircraft museum with a manequin flanking it.
So the bite is deserved
JohnReid
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Over on another website there was a lot of excitement about museums that display what is basically dollhouse rooms and furniture,without the dolls.
As you guys know 1/12 scale is considered doll house scale.A lot of people who are model makers let the word "dollhouse" turn them off to the wonderful things these guys and gals do both in scratchbuilding and in their use of kits.Some of the nicest modeling I have ever seen has been done by the dollhouse people.I make sure that I attend at least one show a year just to see what is going on.
I think that I have mentioned before that it was a dollhouse show that really inspired me to blend what I saw there, with other types of modeling, to create something new(at least I had never seen it done before).When I saw the effects that could be created with indoor lighting ,it blew me away.
I don't have the tools,patience or the skills required to do Louis the 14th furniture etc..but building and furnishing an old barn or hangar only requires basic carpentry skills,so that is when I decided to give it a go.A lot of 1/12 accessories and tools etc can easily be adapted to 1/16th scale.Especially tools that normally come in a variety of sizes in 1:1 scale.My hangar lighting is all dollhouse inspired with old brass Xmas bells for fixtures.In the office I used dollhouse overhead and table lamps to good advantage.
Another advantage is that it doesn't have to be expensive ,I use standard pine wood from hardware stores along with tongue depressors and coffee stir sticks of various sizes for most of my lumber requirements.Sandpaper for roofing material ,salvaged plexiglass for windows etc,etc.... being creative and using your imagination to find stuff is half the fun!
As you guys know 1/12 scale is considered doll house scale.A lot of people who are model makers let the word "dollhouse" turn them off to the wonderful things these guys and gals do both in scratchbuilding and in their use of kits.Some of the nicest modeling I have ever seen has been done by the dollhouse people.I make sure that I attend at least one show a year just to see what is going on.
I think that I have mentioned before that it was a dollhouse show that really inspired me to blend what I saw there, with other types of modeling, to create something new(at least I had never seen it done before).When I saw the effects that could be created with indoor lighting ,it blew me away.
I don't have the tools,patience or the skills required to do Louis the 14th furniture etc..but building and furnishing an old barn or hangar only requires basic carpentry skills,so that is when I decided to give it a go.A lot of 1/12 accessories and tools etc can easily be adapted to 1/16th scale.Especially tools that normally come in a variety of sizes in 1:1 scale.My hangar lighting is all dollhouse inspired with old brass Xmas bells for fixtures.In the office I used dollhouse overhead and table lamps to good advantage.
Another advantage is that it doesn't have to be expensive ,I use standard pine wood from hardware stores along with tongue depressors and coffee stir sticks of various sizes for most of my lumber requirements.Sandpaper for roofing material ,salvaged plexiglass for windows etc,etc.... being creative and using your imagination to find stuff is half the fun!
JohnReid
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Proud to be a dioramist!
The next time that someone would have you believe that miniatures and dioramas cannot be ART have them check this out!Makes me proud to be part of this artform and something we could all aspire to!
The Art Institute of Chicago: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/thorne/index.php
Click on the picture for more pictures!
Cheers! John.
The next time that someone would have you believe that miniatures and dioramas cannot be ART have them check this out!Makes me proud to be part of this artform and something we could all aspire to!
The Art Institute of Chicago: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/thorne/index.php
Click on the picture for more pictures!
Cheers! John.