tiking Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 This build had taken me some time to put together. The base is a pic frame mount with poster board foam as ground base. The electronic ground concrete ground mounts and fence concrete rectangular blocks were both plaster cast and poster board foam cut and hot glued together. Then, I added wall Spackle to cover the joints. The signs were downloaded from the internet and scale to size using a similar WORD like program. The boom setup and detail around, were scratch built using styrene and misc. parts, from my box of tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Oh my! All the elements are very realistic. Excellent craftmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Another masterpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Excellent work with the details. Are those Michelin men on the cab by the light bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglia105E Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Absolutely brilliant Charles.... I shall have to sit down and look through these images one by one and take in all the incredible detail. Just when I was thinking you couldn't top the MAN burnt out cab diorama..... here you go with the Weigh Station diorama !!!! Wow ! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill lanfear Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Very VERY nice! Excellent work! You nailed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 1 hour ago, shoopdog said: Excellent work with the details. Are those Michelin men on the cab by the light bar? Outstanding work, very convincing! What's with the Michelin men? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Fantastic work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 8 hours ago, Gramps46 said: Oh my! All the elements are very realistic. Excellent craftmanship. Thank you kindly. 7 hours ago, landman said: Another masterpiece. Thanks. 6 hours ago, shoopdog said: Excellent work with the details. Are those Michelin men on the cab by the light bar? Yes. They are. 6 hours ago, Anglia105E said: Absolutely brilliant Charles.... I shall have to sit down and look through these images one by one and take in all the incredible detail. Just when I was thinking you couldn't top the MAN burnt out cab diorama..... here you go with the Weigh Station diorama !!!! Wow ! David 4 hours ago, bill lanfear said: Very VERY nice! Excellent work! You nailed it! Thank you David. I still consider the burnt out cab way better. 4 hours ago, bbowser said: Outstanding work, very convincing! What's with the Michelin men? Thanks. Michelin men? Why? 3 hours ago, crazyjim said: Fantastic work. Appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Beautifully done! Very nice "slice of life" diorama! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Bucky said: Beautifully done! Very nice "slice of life" diorama! Thank you kindly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Nicely done and way cool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Herajärvi Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Very realistic! Nice finish and details all in all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 2 hours ago, cobraman said: Nicely done and way cool ! Thank you. 30 minutes ago, Janne Herajärvi said: Very realistic! Nice finish and details all in all.. Glad you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Awesome work...! I like to add scale figures to many of my builds..too bad most kits do not come with them they add a realistic touch to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 4 hours ago, disabled modeler said: Awesome work...! I like to add scale figures to many of my builds..too bad most kits do not come with them they add a realistic touch to them. Thank you. I quite agree. My problem is figure painting is not my best forte. But I am getting there slowly but surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 19 hours ago, tiking said: Thank you. I quite agree. My problem is figure painting is not my best forte. But I am getting there slowly but surely. Charles....they did a thing on figure painting here once and in the mag...its helped me some but I have a long way to go yet too on them..and other stuff like weathering. I really want to start over on my 2 large dioramas I had done once the storm here took out...just have to find what I need to yet. One was a 60s Gas station using the MRC gas station kit...the other a 1970 car dealership using the same kit. I had them wired for LED lighting ran on a small battery and made to be placed together as one very large diorama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 2018-08-21 at 12:16 PM, disabled modeler said: Charles....they did a thing on figure painting here once and in the mag...its helped me some but I have a long way to go yet too on them..and other stuff like weathering. I really want to start over on my 2 large dioramas I had done once the storm here took out...just have to find what I need to yet. One was a 60s Gas station using the MRC gas station kit...the other a 1970 car dealership using the same kit. I had them wired for LED lighting ran on a small battery and made to be placed together as one very large diorama. Will b looking forward to that build Mark. Sorry for the late reply. Have a nice weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Glad you liked it Dave. Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 21 hours ago, tiking said: Will b looking forward to that build Mark. Sorry for the late reply. Have a nice weekend. Charles.....I am looking forward to the project too very much. Just have to find stuff and a couple of the MRC gas station diorama kits to have a starting place again so I can remake them. I did have large heavy built plexi-glass covers for them both so they would stay clean and I could stack them up for storage too...once sat together they looked like one huge diorama. My plan was to display some of my dads old ones on it..figured it would be fitting for them. I have a long way to go on the dioramas and my dads old ones yet...needed parts,etc. has got them on hold sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Sounds exciting. Diorama building is meant to be fun. So take your time and get it to the level you want it to look like. In the end it will all come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPNM Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Outstanding craftsmanship. Incredible detail. You do excellent work and it shows. Well done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 37 minutes ago, DPNM said: Outstanding craftsmanship. Incredible detail. You do excellent work and it shows. Well done!!! I do appreciate your comment. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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