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[jerseyjunker1]

i have been working on my diner for the upcoming car show. there are only nine of these diners. i changed mine a little . i chromed the front and back fixed everything in place inside the diner so i won't have to set anything up at the shows.it has interior lights but i added some outside lights. finally i changed the name on the diner to muddy flats diner like the junkyard.

here is a shot from inside the 59 chevy on the way to the diner.lo


just another angle


a few shots from outside looking in.








a view of the back. this is not yet done i still need to ad some things to it. you never know whats behind an old diner

[jerseyjunker1]

here is part 2. i have the diner that this was modeled after and i chose the colors for this one. it came with a few figures but i made a few customers for it as there are none.this is a night time scene it comes with interior lights but i thought it would be cool to have some outside lights.

a shot from a distance


a little closer


i forgot to show the interior with roof removed so here it is.




right side interior with lights on


left side interior with lights on

[Intmd8r]

Until I saw the pic of the back of the Diner, I was wondering "Where's the rust?". As always Manny, another job well done!

[Ramfins59]

Great job Manny. I've always wanted to do a cruise night diorama with a Diner... I've looked for an old rail car type building but yours is cool. You've definitely got lots of Diners in Jersey to get inspiration from.

[george 53]

As I said before, this is too cool! What scale is it in? If it's 25th, theres a lotta detail! If it's 1/8th it's still cool, caz there's alotta detail in it too!

[Dr. Cranky]

Excellent. I love it, great scene and thank you for the wonderful pics.

[Sixties Sam]

Very nice diner! I made one a couple years ago, but yours is way more detailed. Great work. The night scenes are great!
Sam

[dannyi]

..fantastic work Manny, I must say the night shots are very impressive!

[crazyjim]

Holy cow - is that neat!

[Madrdnckbldr080]

Thats Cool... (Oh great more ideas poppin in my head).. Looks Really cool... Red

[charlie8575]

Very nice, Manny. The details and night-shots really make the model.

Charlie Larkin

[George]

Now this is cool,that phone booth looks like a ScaleModelingbyChris item.All the detail inside just looks so real.Your title says 24th so I assume you mean 1/24th scale and if I may make a suggestion,you should mount the overhead canopy to the side of the diner and use evergreen strips as posts mounted to the hand rail on the landing or balsa wood would work also.Nice job Manny.

[disabled modeler]

I can only find one word to describe my thoughts on this diorama....

SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tony T]

Nice...the lights look great!

[Harry P.]

Where did you get the diner? Scratchbuilt?
Where did you get the figures and other stuff?

Lots of questions you need to answer!

[jerseyjunker1]

the diner is a combined effort by brian dunning of west coast precision diecast and myself. we got together to do this diner our way with our colors. there are only a few of these diners right now but we are trying to get the rest of them. they are made of resin and you assemble it and do the interior the way you like. it comes with booths four figures and a roll out parking lot. it comes pre painted i added chrome and painted the steps. i made the cakes and used some dollhouse items and added some fugures of my own. the phone booth as George said is by scale modeling by chris that i did my way. thanks for asking Harry

[sjordan2]

This is absolutely killer. You get a standing ovation (of one...me).

[vaughn]

Thats great !!!!

[hotrod4ever]

Great job! Do you guys plan to sell it as a kit?