Russian Farm Scene (1 Viewer)

[fmethorst]

This year I wanted to do David Marshall's Russian farm house justice. I'm going to embed it in one of our custom groundworks. as usual we start with high density foam board.

This scene will feature the farm house, a ditch, a gravel road, and a furrowed field.

 

[villagehorse]

Transforming in front of my eyes, I can already see the potential for this. Robin.

 

[wayne556517]

I look forward to this evolving and the final product in pictures.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Wow Frank! That came together quickly! I can already see the potential. I look forward to seeing you bring the scene to life.

 

[mestell]

A great start Frank to what I know will be another one of your fabulous displays.

Mike

 

[fmethorst]

Thanks guys! I originally purchased the farm house with 5 additional TM Terrain tiles. These tiles had a road in front of the farm an a little static grass but were pretty boring. I ended up using the farm house as a stand alone piece in many scenes (usually in the background). That's what led to the idea to create a groundwork that the farm house could be dropped into. This keeps everything flexible as I can still use the piece stand alone if I want.

 

[villagehorse]

Nothing like building in versatility into a dio, which then enables so many different possibilities. Robin.

 

[fmethorst]

Adding some furrows and add a base coat of paint in the ditch







We painted some brass tubing matt silver to simulate galvanized pipe. It was then weathered. This will be used for the culvert under the driveways

 

[29 Let's Go]

Frank,
I always appreciate you showing us your step by step process. This one like all of the others you and your assistant have built will look very realistic.
Steve

 

[OzDigger]

Looking forward to seeing this progress.

 

[7th OVI]

Frank, always appreciated when you shared how you built your amazing dioramas, look forward to seeing the next update. Chris

 

[fmethorst]

The key with the dirt will be modulation and layers. We don't want it to look too uniform. We used a variety of colors and textures.

 

[fmethorst]

We used super fine sand as a base coat on the gravel road. The color is wrong but that will be fixed later.

 

[mikemiller1955]

OUTSTANDING!!!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Frank,

Spectacular as usual!

 

[mestell]

As always Frank, exceptionally well done. Your skill to make inanimate objects come to life is amazing.

Mike

 

[villagehorse]

So much work, but as a team effort, this looks like a satisfying shared project. Robin.

 

[Terp152]

Belongs in a museum.

 

[MLH13]

Spectacular, Frank. I always enjoy seeing your work.

Mark

 

[fmethorst]

I realize this years dio is only making slow progress but the team members have been busy. Regardless, things continue to move along. Starting on the road, plant detailing, and started adding some static grass. The ditch and puddle water will be the last thing we add. We tried different ways to fix the larger gravel to the road and will let you know what we settle on.