Harry P. Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 The stools look great, very cool. This is going to be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest old man Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 WOW WHAT A GREAT JOB ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopargreg Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Wow great work, thats is really nice work. Looks forward to more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Very cool build. Attention to detail is very pleasing. Great B&W pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320wayne Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Excellent work. I can't wait to see more and what it looks like when it's finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 The stools look great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 Thanks for all the compliments, guys. This is a fun project! It's about 95% done! Here is an updated photo. I named it the Starlite Diner, and added the sign, awnings (paper), and a picnic table & umbrella around back (left side). It's just about ready for the cars and people! Here's the latest photo of it on my workbench. Smell the coffee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Morgan Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Boy, this is really coming together. Sam, you are the man. What a great idea for the stool and, the name is perfect. Now, for some reason I am in the mood for a burger, rings and, a strawberry milkshake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Yer toooooo dang Much there Sam ! Ed Shaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 I gotta agree Sam, That rascals Da MOOK! Your right, all it's missin is the cars! You've done a GREAT job so far!Don't stop now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 Dioramas are a lot like model train layouts; they're never really "finished". You can always add more details, but at some point you call them done, and leave it at that. So I'm calling this diner diorama "done" today. I set the diorama up in front of the local elementary school for a photo session. I tried to get the effect of the diner being located along the street. I rounded up some of my old models and sat them in the diner parking lot. The '49, '57, and '60 Fords, '58 T-Bird, and the VW bus were all built by me in the 1960's and were kept untouched since then. The '57 Chevy and the pink '56 Crown Vic are recent builds. Some G scale figures were placed here and there, including several sitting at the booths inside the diner. Here are some photos taken from different angles. I still have 56 Ford pickup and 51 chevy convertible kits to build to display on it. This was a fun project for me. It was great to recreate a pleasant little piece of the past. I hope you guys like it! Here's the dio on the card table ready for photos. A giant head!! I was goofing around on this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarDude.com Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 What an awesome build!!! Beautiful!! I'll take the burger & fries basket please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 You once again did a fabulous job, Sam. The diner looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 WOW! On everything! Simply fantastic! Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tradeshowjoe Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) Sammy, Sam, Sam. That is so very nice. Thanks for stopping by my post and "alerting" me to this forum, and of course your thread. Maybe I shouldn't be using 1:1 sites for my photos. Inspiring my brother, thank you for sharing with us. By the way, what did you use for the asphalt? It's a current quest for me and yours looks, ur, uh, perfect. Yes, that's it. Perfect. Edited June 6, 2010 by Tradeshowjoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 By the way, what did you use for the asphalt? It's a current quest for me and yours looks, ur, uh, perfect. Yes, that's it. Perfect. Thanks, Joe. It came out better than I thought it would. The dio base is some cheap 1970's vintage paneling I tore off a wall in our house when I redid it two yrs. ago. It's a mahogany luan or something, about 1/8" thick. I flipped it over and nailed it to a 2x2 frame. I sprayed it with flat black, then sprayed on a thick coat of Rustoleum Multi Color Textured paint. The color was called Aged Iron. It's sort of a gray with whitish flakes mixed in, so it doesn't look like new, too perfect pavement. Paint was all from Wal-Mart. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmoparman01 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 This one of the BEST models/dios I've ever seen!!! I'm really into 50's diners, cars, etc. And this has just made my day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mind-9 Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Aaahhh brings back memory's ferry well build and some nice cars you got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsoder Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Just a stupendous dio man ......it looks period perfect, your pics. are excellent..well, except for the big head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale392 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Not only do you have excellent build skills, you also have a great sense of photographic setting/lighting/angle to make an already great diorama look real. I am taking notes for a future build of my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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