So Whaddaya Wanna Know and whaddaya Wanna See?... [PIC]

Rich Sufficool · 2023-12-10T18:26:20Z

Topics? Diorama design, a story to tell, construction of ground work, researching the proper marking, colors, uniforms for the time and place. Colors: True !:1 colors vs. scale colors and the need to shadow and highlight for scale "realism". Subjective but necessary. Weathering: What would wear, what would fade what would rust and what would be the normal wear and tear. Add dirty, dusty and oily. Kitbashing, scratch-building and 'gizmology'. And anything else you want to talk about. This the first diorama I'll use because there's virtually every topic contained here. The story line? This vignette tells of a recently built home defense complex north of Prague in the latter days of the war with anti-aircraft batteries still being set up. It's a shift change with the Me262 radar equipped night fighter being towed by a tracked motorcycle (Kettenkrad) with mechanics tightening a leaky fuel pod. The day fighter is being armed and prepped by a senior black clad mechanic while two pilots discuss the day's mission. I'll discuss the vehicles and weaponry as they become relevant. I'll post enough here to showcase potential topics. (Note: The Me163 rocket interceptor doesn't really belong in the dio. I stored it there for another vignette that I never completed)

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Christopher Moroni

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13/12/2023 3:00 pm

@rich-sufficool SELDOM WRONG AND RIGHT AGAIN RICH!

I agree completely, period! That's exactly the problem I have.... I want EVERYTHING to be 100% accurate. I will not model it if I can't PROVE it! So, to your point... Can you imagine me ensuring I've correctly replicated the proper indigenous trees & shrubs? Not to mention clothes, buildings, etc., etc..... As you noted, it would take me YEARS to do something really big! With a FIVE year break, I've been working on my 1/18 1956 COE hauler project for OVER 7 years, and that's just one model. Yikes! 🙄 😯 🙄

I do have a few diorama ideas for something in 1/64 and I PROMISE I will keep everyone in the loop.

Once again, Rich... your dioramas are excellent! I really enjoy them.

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Topic starter 13/12/2023 8:25 pm

@chris If you want to see what can be done, my god is the late Shepard Paine. His dioramas and window boxes are just superb. The Belgian modeler Francois Verlinden (now Verlinden Productions) is another master of the art/craft. Google them. Paine's books were an absolute tutorial for me. I bought one of his works that he did the master for Franklin Mint that was executed in pewter on the siege of the Alamo.