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[george 53]

Whaaaa, That's just a PET! The dio's comming along beautifuly!! It's suprizing to see what you can come up with for sources for dios! Yours is lookin great!!!

[GTMust]

Keep adding, Tony..... It's all those little details that really give it so much character.

But I have a question. With those gorgeous girls around, where are the guys? I can't believe they're inside, working on the cars! Real conscientious, eh? (Did I spell that rite?)

Love it!

[Tony T]

Retired Police dog...just a pet!

I just haven't found some inexpensive figures...I got 3 "Spice Girls" on a discount shelf for I think $2. I am always looking for people about the right scale for 1/24-1/25 in the toy departments! The guys are on a pizza run...the girls work on the cars!!

Thanks for the comments. I am always looking for bits and pieces to put in the dio!

[Tony T]

Added a few bits and pieces to the back ground...
Hubcaps

Lantern, toolbox, and hoods

More hoods

Rail lamp post (I haven't tried to power it yet-needs a bulb)

[GTMust]

Truly great atmosphere, Tony.

Must get back to working on mine!

Tony

[Tony T]

Thanks, Tony! Yes, do get back to yours!!

[disabled modeler]

Nice Tony!

[Tony T]

Thanks, Mark!

[ra7c7er]

I know I have said it already but this is amazing. I hope my diorama comes out half as good.


Just a few miles from me is a drive-in aptly named "Skyview" and my racing number is 77 so I have to say that old modified is probably the coolest on the lot to me.

[Tony T]

Thanks Robert...I'll look forward to seeing you progress through your dio. It's a fun process, and hard to believe I've been working on this for nearly 3 years! Nice change of pace, and I'm always looking for background junk and such!!

My initials "TT" when signing them look kind of like a "77", and I actually got the name of a long gone local drive in wrong when I lettered that!! I'm glad it exists somewhere!! I could have sworn it was Skyview... It was actually called Auto Sky Drive In and it closed in 1981, and a housing development was built in it's place.

[Monte's Motors]

I
REALLY ...
like it !!!

[Tony T]

Thanks, Roger!

[Larryhagmansliver]

Wow that's awesome!

How do you make the outer walls look stained / aged?

[Tony T]

Thanks, Neil.

The staining and aging of the outer walls was done using different washes, from some diluted flat tan, green, brown, rust and black to the sludge at the bottom of my paint brush rinse jar!! The walls are printed paper glued over styrene sheet, so I had to watch how wet I got it, so it didn't run or wrinkle too much.

[Boreham]

savage diorama..

the extra's really add to it....


what's the story with the wemmin..are they Rusty's daughter's or staff..

[Tony T]

Thanks!

Either way...

[Tony T]

Got some lights!

Here's what I used along with brass tube and scrap plastic bits:

Primer

Paint

Both in place


Lights!



Now I just need to get a battery case and a micro switch and figure out where to put them!

[GTMust]

Nice to see this back again. Good looking lights and great effect.

Tony

[Tony T]

Thanks, Tony. I think I got the effect I was looking for. I've got a few more bulbs I want to use to figure out some interior lighting at some point.
I'm liking the "Never Ending Project" aspect of it. I've got a lot of ideas so this will slowly evolve over several years, much like a real business/building.

[dannyi]

....look'n good Tony, nice work on the new lights, great effects....