MattP99 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Here is a 1/25 scale Revell 1949 mercury that I did recently. Headlights and street light are LED with scratch built background and street lamp. The phone booth is from Doozy. Posters are downloaded from the web and are all from 1972, as is the licence plate. The original plan was to do a replica of the Badlands film car, but it looked to dull in plain black Painted with Mostly MIG & Vallejo acrylics + hairspray/salt and Oil weathering. Edited July 5, 2020 by MattP99 Wrong info Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bucky Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 An amazing diorama! Weathering looks perfect, and the lighting is fantastic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldscool Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I like this one alot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim B Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 This is awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
espo Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Very gritty looking. Great looking build and diorama setting. I like the pictures in the dark with the lights on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grodudulle77 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Awesome background , very nice work !!?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TimJ Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Impressive work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 cool Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phildaupho Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I really like the night time photos. Well done model and photography. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlackSheep214 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Very impressive work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hmann68 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Wow, as real as it gets ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamadon Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 That looks great in the diorama you created. The lighting is very real looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slusher Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Very nice, great display! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PappyD340 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echo Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 The model is nicely done and the diorama makes an awesome presentation, I liked the weathering on a traditional custom which is usually done in a gloss paint. It's a bit different which is nice to see. Great job all around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattP99 Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) Thanks for all your great kind comments, what a brilliant welcome to this forum too Currently working on a 'similarly themed' diorama with a 1970 Hemi 'Cuda, street light and vehicle lights, so I shall of course put it on here when complete Edited July 10, 2020 by MattP99 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doorsovdoon Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Great diorama. Looks like something ominous is going on, with the phone off the hook and bonnet open, lights left on! Maybe he has info on the Kennedy assassination, or maybe witnessed Jimmy Hoffa being buried and got tailed! xD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattP99 Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 I should have put Hoffa's feet sticking out if the trunk ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doorsovdoon Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 5 hours ago, MattP99 said: I should have put Hoffa's feet sticking out if the trunk ?? ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpa Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 This is fantastic Matt! The car, the atmosphere, the night shots! This could pass as a "3-D" version of art from Keith Weesner. Check him out and see what I mean! Really well done! Very, very cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattP99 Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 20 hours ago, Grumpa said: This is fantastic Matt! The car, the atmosphere, the night shots! This could pass as a "3-D" version of art from Keith Weesner. Check him out and see what I mean! Really well done! Very, very cool! Wow thank you so much I am working on a follow up so will hopefully post pics in he next few days or so Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Husky1943 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Matt, that is just fantastic! Love the car and REALLY love the diorama! All you forgot was the mountain of cigarette butts that accumulated by the pay phone! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpa Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 17 hours ago, MattP99 said: Wow thank you so much I am working on a follow up so will hopefully post pics in he next few days or so Matt. "Husky1943" mentioned some cigarette butts at the foot of the pay phone. Tiny pieces of 10 / 20 thousandths brass wire painted white with a little color on the ends really fools the eye. I've used this on some 1/4" scale figures and it's pretty convincing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Modlbldr Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Matt, that is an amazing diorama. The leaves in the gutter and the oil stain in the night shots are extremely realistic. Very well done. Thanks for sharing. Later- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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