Dalesq Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Cool totem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 I have decided to make the saloon end of the diorama a kind of closed set,mostly by adding another building and a couple solid wood backdrops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 It is important at this stage, when the perimeter is mostly set up, to determine what can and what cannot be seen by the viewer or a camera.I check all the possible sight lines and determine what I will spend my time on finishing,no sense working on stuff that won't be seen. The only car that I finished completely inside and out is the one that is converted into a station.I finished it mostly for picture taking and future storyboarding purposes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 I am planning to add to the storyline a bit by adding a bit more history to the diorama.This once was an active movie set that was converted into a theme park that has since failed and has been abandoned.This will allow me more freedom for weathering the piece in my own style.For scale I may dress up one of the figures as a mannequin that has also fallen into disrepair.I am also thinking about doing a small scale model within this model for the props yard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalesq Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Wonderful work and I like your storyline. This is a really interesting build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnReid Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Wonderful work and I like your storyline. This is a really interesting build! Thank you for your kind words. Cheers! John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Well,I have changed my mind again.It is now back to the theme park idea.The props yard and no figures is just boring,especially for kids and after all this is why I do this stuff,for the kids and of course for the kid in all of us too. Now I am planning at least 20 figures in this diorama,maybe more and a complete HO scale old west town with a few figures also. Yesterday I built up my first HO structure in wood,an outhouse(well you gotta start somewhere and every old west town needs them). 1/87 is as small as I have ever gone and I kinda like it for a change of pace. Miniature towns are very popular in Europe especially in England and Germany and the kids seem to love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Please don't paint the figures, if you don't have to; I like imagining that one in different ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathrynated Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I've been to one of those minature towns in the Netherlands. It was amazing! It had the famous buildings of Amsterdam, the cheese market, and the Dutch countryside all laid out with minature landscaping. I wish there were more of those kind of things in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 There's a HO model of the Union Pacific cross-country route in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, with Chicago at one end of a table the size of an average den and San Francisco at the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnReid Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 This is where I am as of today.The lower right hand side of the pic is where the HO removable module will be.There will eventually be 15 buildings and facades in there.The future N scale module could be attached to any of the four sides by simply screwing it on.The trains movement should really be an eye catcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Now where the hell do I start ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Now where the he** do I start ? Pick a spot, begin at the start, and when you reach the end, stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 I am planning 3 different modules for this piece.The G scale part will be finished in detail and weathered like an old abandoned movie set or ghost town.The HO scale part will be a removable module of an old west town and modeled to look like a model,in other words not as detailed or lifelike.The N scale part will be an add on module, fastened to one side of the perimeter, but I haven't yet decided which one.It will be an operating ,shelf type, old west train layout made to look like a G scale train(in real life) with G scale figures wandering through it.There will also be a old west movie poster area and a G scale area for a couple of fake horses.The horses will be hollowed out to look like paper mache ones with a sign nearby saying "Don't feed the horses",fake horses were often used as props in old west movies. This piece has now evolved into a theme park idea (circa 1960's) It is a fantasy piece using lots of artistic license.( but isn't that what movies and models are all about,a suspension of your own disbelief ?) The core story is still about the Italian director Sergio Leone and his love of the western genre and it is dedicated to his memory. Once Upon a time......... My photobucket: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/ I am a man of few words but lots of pics I quit drinking beer because the download was taking longer than the upload ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I love the idea of a tribute/ theme park! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 I kinda like this model within a model idea for a theme park.Finishing Morton's car with just furniture would be a little boring for kids I imagine but seeing another locomotive on display would be more fun.Walt Disney did this in his theme park and it was a hit with the kids both young and old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 It is such a great dea with lots of focal focal interest, this setting is one of those I imagine will hold something new each time you look at it :wub: Hugs and thamks for sharing the inspieation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Thanks Anna ! Thinking like a kid helps a lot.Cheers! John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaC Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 A train within a train. I like :-) The poster on the side is outstanding. keeping up with posts John. love to see the progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnReid Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 As a kid I always loved the story of Gulliver's Travels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 What happened there ? Sorry bout that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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