1/24 General diorama

[Tommy Isbister]

Since the Great Locomotive Chase was filmed in my home town I decided to build a General diorama. Kit is from AMT. Track is hand laid with real wood cross ties. Wagon is scratch built as well.

Tommy

[darthsideous]

This is craziness! I really like the work done so far, but where do you get 1/24 scale figures for this? Surely they were scratched or kit bashed.

[Tommy Isbister]

This is craziness! I really like the work done so far, but where do you get 1/24 scale figures for this? Surely they were scratched or kit bashed.

Figures are 1/25 Can-Do

[darthsideous]

Very nicely done!

[DumpyDan]

COOL!

[Vince66]

Very cool Diorama

[Jimfromok]

Love the subject matter

[peekay]

Excellent!

[Nitrobarry]

Looks like General Lewis Armistead with sword through his hat. Cool!

[jokar124]

Almost any kind of figure anybody could want for dioramas in 1/24 or 1/25 scale is available as a model railroading "G" scale accessory. G scale is generally accepted to be approximately 1/22.5 to 1/25 depending on the manufacturer. Since "real" people vary in height, the exact scale is of no consequence.

[Dave Van]

Well done!!!

[Brian Austin]

I love these kits.  I'm considering building mine as a typical 19th century New England locomotive.  They were quite colorful when built, getting more plain later in the decade.

The "General" was built by Rogers Locomotive Works in 1855.  Note that the kit (and most motorized smaller-scale models) represent the locomotive after restoration, and had been modified numerous times since it ran during the war.  As built it ran on 5-foot-gauge track, later rebuilt to standard gauge.

Anyway it's a cool build and it's always nice to see these kits built...

[Gramps46]

Well done.  Thanks for sharing.

[Mike999]

On ‎8‎/‎31‎/‎2019 at 7:24 PM, jokar124 said:

Almost any kind of figure anybody could want for dioramas in 1/24 or 1/25 scale is available as a model railroading "G" scale accessory. G scale is generally accepted to be approximately 1/22.5 to 1/25 depending on the manufacturer. Since "real" people vary in height, the exact scale is of no consequence.

Preiser makes "G" scale figures (1/22.5 scale). But they also make figures in 1/24. And almost every other scale, including 1/32, 1/35, 1/48 and 1/72.  Their "Adam" and "Eve" multi-pose figures are really neat, if you can sculpt your own clothes out of Milliput or something similar. They come as "academy" (nude) figures.  This is the 1/24 "Adam" set:

Edited September 5, 2019 by Mike999
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