michelle Posted January 31 the ss minnow is 3d printed and is 19 inches long i added some extra details of a life ring and backup interior ship wheel a fog horn and some broken hull ribbing behind the bigger holes of the boat and some glassin the windows and the main cabins roof ribbing i used a mix of light powdery sand from the gulf coast of florida and darker more gritty sand from the atlantic coast of florida that two different relatives brought home for me in empty water bottles i only had 3 1/24th scale figures i modified 2 of them to make them into gilligan and skipper since the figures outfits did not fully match thier clothes and i made thier hats from air dry clay so i mimiced a scene from a episode with lots of flashbacks to the castaways first day on the island i also made some of the luggage and table from legos and i made the transmiter and the transistor radio from peices of plastic same with the legs of the table the rock the professor is sitting on came from the road behind my house at the end of my driveway i hand painted the backdrop on a large peice of ghostline foam board Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anglia105E Posted January 31 1:24 scale is quite a nice scale in which to work, Michelle........ but of course, the diorama takes up lots more space than the same diorama in 1:72 scale. The 3D-printed SS Minnow boat is a large model at 19 inches in length, and it is very realistic too. Nice work you've done on the 1:24 figures, which are so much easier to work on than say 1:43 scale........ the two dioramas that I am currently working on, are both in 1:43 scale, but my previous diorama was in 1:24 scale, and there are some really good figures available..... such as those from ICM, which is a Ukraine company, and they are easily assembled from around 12 pieces. David Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michelle Posted February 1 1 hour ago, Anglia105E said: 1:24 scale is quite a nice scale in which to work, Michelle........ but of course, the diorama takes up lots more space than the same diorama in 1:72 scale. The 3D-printed SS Minnow boat is a large model at 19 inches in length, and it is very realistic too. Nice work you've done on the 1:24 figures, which are so much easier to work on than say 1:43 scale........ the two dioramas that I am currently working on, are both in 1:43 scale, but my previous diorama was in 1:24 scale, and there are some really good figures available..... such as those from ICM, which is a Ukraine company, and they are easily assembled from around 12 pieces. David thank you it was alot of fun and very cool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peteski Posted February 3 Gilligan's Island times two! I like this diorama too! But it can't be the first episode - it is in color! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michelle Posted February 3 (edited) 10 hours ago, peteski said: Gilligan's Island times two! I like this diorama too! But it can't be the first episode - it is in color! thanks you no but all the first season episodes were edited into color at one point they aired on tv i think i remember reading it was around the time Turner bought the franchise in late 80's or early 90's and only for a short time in the mid 90's -early 2000's did they air them also when they were filmed everything was in color they just used black and white camera and film since tv in the day when it originally came out were only black and white no the colore tv did not come out till the around the time the second season was begining to film Edited February 3 by michelle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrKerry Posted February 3 That is cool, brings back a lot of memories of watching that show at my grandparents after school!!! Great build Michelle!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michelle Posted February 3 3 hours ago, DrKerry said: That is cool, brings back a lot of memories of watching that show at my grandparents after school!!! Great build Michelle!!! thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peteski Posted February 3 8 hours ago, michelle said: thanks you no but all the first season episodes were edited into color at one point they aired on tv i think i remember reading it was around the time Turner bought the franchise in late 80's or early 90's and only for a short time in the mid 90's -early 2000's did they air them also when they were filmed everything was in color they just used black and white camera and film since tv in the day when it originally came out were only black and white no the colore tv did not come out till the around the time the second season was begining to film Thanks Michelle - I know that. I was just having some fun. But a year or two ago I have seem some first season episodes un-colorized (B/W) on MeTV. I can also just turn down color saturation on my TV and watch the colorized episodes in their original B/W format. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michelle Posted June 25 On 6/13/2020 at 1:27 PM, NYLIBUD said: Great stuff !!!! thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
64Comet404 Posted June 25 Great job on replicating the show. I remember seeing some stills from that first episode, and you can see a '49 Ford in the background! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michelle Posted Sunday at 08:23 PM On 6/25/2020 at 6:58 PM, 64Comet404 said: Great job on replicating the show. I remember seeing some stills from that first episode, and you can see a '49 Ford in the background! thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bills72sj Posted Sunday at 08:35 PM Great job on the work you have done. May I suggest softening the lighting or taking pics outdoors. The shadows take away from the scene you are creating. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chepp Posted Monday at 02:20 AM That's a clever idea, Michelle, and you've done a pretty good job. I should have looked at this five months ago! Like one person wrote, you might take more photos of it outdoors without the harsh shadows and post them here, too. That show has a lot of possibilties for more scratchbuilding. I think that there was even a sort-of vehicle that was probably made of bamboo. Keep up the good work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gseeds Posted Tuesday at 11:54 PM Very cool , enjoyed reading and looking at the photos, neat idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
