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The Hooper & Co diorama gets a new baseboard and a few improvements. Tidier electrical cabling and white foamboard walls to the rear of the showrooms on all three floors. David
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EMHAR Bedford Tanker
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Thanks Ace-Garageguy, and I am really impressed with these Emhar kits. They produce four nice looking model trucks so I might buy a tipper version next. Moving on to my next build which is a 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I, using some of the Minicraft kit parts, some Revell kit parts and many more parts scratch built by myself. Following closely after the Silver Cloud there will be a Tamiya Morgan 4/4 that will be getting a few coats of Ferrari Giallo Modena Yellow 4305. Doing some more molding and casting in between builds, consisting of lamps for a Minicraft / Revell 1886 Daimler-Benz carriage, also a chauffeur figure from a Shapeways 3D printed figure, and an interior seating module for a Rolls-Royce. One photo of the Bedford nearing completion. David -
Here are some more recent photos of the Hooper & Co diorama, now that I have added the Bedford O-type tanker and also the Morris Minor Royal Mail van. Thanks for your comments Tony, and I have just turned 64 last Monday. Good to hear that this diorama brings back back fond memories of London for you. David
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EMHAR Bedford Tanker
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Here are some more recent photos now that the Bedford tanker is nearly completed. I have added some lettering on the tank sides for Watson Fuels, although a tanker for Watson in the late 1950's would be red not blue ! Engine still needs spark plug leads fitting, the driver's door is waiting for hinges to be fabricated and there are three bonnet panels to fit. I have already made and fitted the hinges for the passenger door from brass. Found that Tamiya Sky Blue acrylic paint is very close to the Zero Paints French Blue. -
EMHAR Bedford Tanker
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Thanks very much Bob, and you can view more of my posts in the Dioramas forum section if you want to see more of the Hooper & Co 1958 diorama. David ( England ) -
Building an Emhar Bedford OLB 5-ton tanker truck at the moment and here I have included a few photos of the build at its present stage. The fit of the parts in this kit is exceptionally good, and also the detail is excellent. Finding the instruction sheet very different from the Revell London Bus but easy enough to follow. There is absolutely no flash on any of the sprues, so no excessive cutting to do. Several options are available, one of which is a chassis extension to allow the spare wheel carrier to have an underslung position. This kit is quite expensive and at just under £38.00 is actually £10.00 more than the cost of the Revell bus. To begin with I was under the impression that the work involved to build this Bedford would turn out to be a lot less than the bus build, but in reality there is just as much work to do. The four long hoses that are stored on the racks at each side of the tanker body are rigid plastic as supplied in the box, but I have scratch built some flexible hoses out of boot laces and these look much more realistic. Much more work on the chassis than there was with the bus, and this even includes individual CV joints for the two propshafts! Emhar have four different versions of the O-series Bedford trucks from the early 1950's, so in addition to the tanker there is a tipper truck, a drop-sided truck and a recovery truck. I would certainly build one of the other versions, based on my experience with this one. Colour is French Blue. David
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I was experimenting with some cheap battery operated LED warm white lights last night, and I stumbled across an unusual effect. Placed all the lights inside the upper deck of the bus and reversed the bus right up to the back wall. The lights were not arranged in any particular order and the only other lighting in the room was a low energy bulb on the ceiling. What seems to have happened, is that the camera has picked up a green light which is hitting the white foamboard, while the low energy bulb is casting shadows of the tree onto the same foamboard wall. As you can see, this has resulted in an almost photographic image of the tree.... very strange effect. Photos displayed. David
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Your attention to detail is something to be admired. Wish I could achieve this level of detail for my 1:24 scale Rolls-Royce builds. David ( Anglia105E )
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I am posting a few more pics of the diorama, taken with the interior lights of the building turned off, plus one of a Bedford chassis cab which is a work in progress ( first time for the Bedford in the diorama setting ). David
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Many thanks Michael for your comments, and I have posted a few pics here. Certainly, a 1:24 scale diorama does take a lot of space but I like the scale. Apart from the pic of the Bedford chassis cab which is a work in progress, all the others are with the lights of the building turned off inside. David
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Very nice work Michael, and it is interesting that your diorama base and configuration is quite similar to my Hooper & Co diorama, in terms of size if not the subject. I have the building in the far left corner, and around 15 vehicles in 1:24 scale, some diecast and some plastic built kits. Look forward to seeing your progress on this one! David ( UK )
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Texaco gas station from Greenlight with old Mopars
Anglia105E replied to Vietnam Vet67's topic in WIP: Dioramas
I was wondering what scale the gas station is too ? David -
Texaco gas station from Greenlight with old Mopars
Anglia105E replied to Vietnam Vet67's topic in WIP: Dioramas
Just noticed there's five cars in the gas station -
Texaco gas station from Greenlight with old Mopars
Anglia105E replied to Vietnam Vet67's topic in WIP: Dioramas
Nice little diorama with four interesting cars too. Are you planning on adding another building, or roads? This gas station could be the start of a project. My Hooper & Co diorama started out with just the building but then took off as something larger, and I don't see me ever finishing it ! David in U.K. -
The pigeon has landed! Decided to scratch build a pigeon, which has now settled on the roof of the Bennet Street entrance. Working on two new builds to add to the diorama, one being a 1952 Bedford 5 ton tanker truck and the other is a 1957 Morgan 4/4. Considering the addition of a Police Constable because just like the bus, the taxi, the telephone box and the pigeon, a policeman on the beat would have been a common sight in London during the 1950's. David
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I know what you mean about the Welly diecast 1/24 cars. My diorama required a London black taxi and although Revell have produced a kit of the Austin FX4, it is well known that the scale is wrong. Then I saw the Welly Nex version of the black cab, which is perfectly to scale, so at a very reasonable price I had to have one for my London diorama. Most of my models I build as kits but there are quite a few diecast models from Franklin Mint, Danbury Mint and BBurago, usually picked up on Ebay at much reduced prices. There are not so many Rolls-Royces but I notice there are lots of 1950's American diecast cars available and I am very often tempted to buy something like a nice Chevy Bel Air or a Ford Fairlane for my collection. David
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I guess the right time will come along. and if the parts are out there you will find them. If I hadn't chosen to concentrate on Rolls-Royce Silver Clouds from 1955 to 1959, along with Phantom I, Phantom II and Phantom III from 1929 to 1938, I would have chosen American cars from the 1950's and maybe 1940's too. There are lots of kits and resin bodies available on the world market for such cars, whereas the availability of kits for the best car in the world is very limited. Actually, the Minicraft people in Illinois have been extremely helpful, and they even sent me a replacement windscreen that was damaged in one of my kits from USA, free of charge! Considering the kit has been out of production for quite some time, this was marvellous after sales service from this company. There is a Revell version of the Silver Cloud kit, which uses the same tool, and I did manage to purchase an original Hubley promo from 1959. Also I have produced a mould for the Rolls-Royce body shell and cast two bodies, one of which features in the Hooper & Co diorama. ( photo attached ). David
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Thank you for your comment Mark, and like you I have inherited an interest in building scale models from my Dad, who passed away 12 years ago now, Seems there are many members on this wonderful forum who also follow in their Dad's footsteps. I don't have any models that my Dad built sadly, but I do have his N gauge model railway layout that is all packed away in boxes for safekeeping. Very often when I am building a particular model car I get the feeling that my Dad is watching over what I am doing and somehow is guiding me how to do it properly. I might be struggling to find a solution to a problem, and suddenly out of nowhere I know exactly how to put it right.... thanks Dad ! David
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The bus build is completed now and the bus is parked at the bus stop in the diorama. These next photos show the content of the diorama rather than the scenes that will be set up for the more advanced photography, which will require some playing around with lighting and camera angles. I am hoping to produce quite a lot of black & white images that should be in keeping with the 1950's theme. One idea that I have come up with is to mount my camera on a small flat rolling chassis that can be pushed or pulled along the roads of the diorama. This would allow me to produce a short video of how the diorama would look as though seen from the driving position of a 1:24 scale car. Further ideas include creating the appearance of wet roads and cars after it has been raining. David
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Steve, The Vincent Black Shadow HRD ( 1954 ) is not a kit, it's a diecast with some plastic parts and there are loads of them on Ebay. If you search for Atlas IXO Classic and 1:24 Vincent you will see many for sale quite cheaply, between £10.00 and £15.00 usually. It is a very nice model and I wanted to include a 1950's motorcycle in my diorama.. David
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Like many other members on this MCM forum I am a great admirer of the work of Michael Paul Smith and the extremely high quality of the scale buildings, the authentic diecast motor cars, the brilliant photography is something we would all love to aspire to, but probably never will. The one aspect of Michael's diorama scenes that fascinates me in particular is the comment that I see frequently..... there are no people. No figures, no people ? This made me think long and hard when I began putting together my Hooper & Co diorama, because I had decided that I would include 1:24 scale figures as well as the cars, the building, the bus and all the other elements of this diorama. I am not aware of the reason why Michael Paul Smith chose not to include people, but as a true professional the man must have had a very good reason not to. I imagine it is partly because no matter how good your figures are, you will always run the risk of compromising the realism of your model vehicles and your scale buildings. I have tried to use Shapeways 3D printed figures where possible as they are really good, if rather expensive. I do feel that it is important to have people in the diorama in order to give the whole scene more life, and a suggestion of movement even. I am interested to hear other member's thoughts on this issue. Thanks for looking at my images also. David
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The bus now has advertising banner posters on the nearside, and also a few photos of the five Rolls-Royce Silver Clouds. From right to left you can see the Minicraft version of the Silver Cloud, then the Revell version, followed by the resin cast version of mine, then the Hubley promo version and finally the Franklin Mint diecast version. Shortly I will be building two more Silver Clouds so that I have one for each year of production, which is 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959. David
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Yes Paul, although the Routemaster version of the bus as featured in the Revell kit was introduced into public service in 1958, which is the year of my diorama, I much prefer the earlier design. The front end looks so much I better I feel. The scratch built conversion was very tricky but I am quite pleased with the result. David