Tony T

Aces! Man, that is a nicely done garage! Lots of detail loaded in there...nice work!

Looks good...simple, yet effective! Well done!

Looks great, Bill. Using stuff at hand is what I'm all about, too...I've got some 'museum quality' paints on my workshop as well...a couple of them are still good, and a few are dried up...fun to see an old price sticker on the odd one of .35!

Thanks again for the comments, Mike and Jerry...LUKE57 - Just got my Apr 'that other mag'-congrats on the photo! I'm planning on taking it for a walk as you said...right now I've still got 2-3 feet of snow on the ground in the yard. As soon as I can set up a convenient place in the sun, I will! I've got an idea where I'd like to set it up for photos, but I can't get there from here! George-As for the cinder blocks...I printed them out (the bricks too) from a dollhouse site, 1/2 inch scale... http://www.printmini.com/printables/ph.shtml just scroll down to the wallpaper and flooring. I printed 3 sheets, then cut out the blocks and interlocked them where I needed to join them (that way I didn't cut any blocks in half, just at the outter sides, which I covered with trim anyways). Minimally visible, and looks a bit like a stress crack in the cement between them. Just sparingly used white glue on the back. Too much (like I did in a couple of spots), and it wrinkles. I'd probably use slightly diluted glue next time. Plans are to narrow the yellow 'safety path', and define the 'footsteps' a bit. The rest of the side and back walls may come eventually, as might a roof, but not sure yet. I've got a tire rack to finish (the orange and purple sprue thing), and I may start on the office walls...not to mention the gravel for the parking lot...the ballast may have to wait, as it was a bit priceier than I thought at my LHS. Will keep an eye out for cheaper alternatives...sand maybe? No rush. I might try to add an exterior light fixture or two, but again, no rush...not to mention a workbench, and a couple of tool boxes, and maybe a hoist...the sky is the limit!

Thanks Bill! Here's a few more, with some additions to the scene...

Okay...so I've had a couple of thrashes on the Speed Shop over the last week...got the front about where I want it...got a plywood sheet cut, and primered...ballast next...built a wall mounted tire rack of wood, and an unfinished moveable tire rack of sprue...I'm pleased with the result...let me know what you think...

Homerun for sure! You're on fire, Luke!!!

Okay, so that's 5...Man, if only!!

I'd be running down to the LHS for those 4!! Thanks...IF ONLY!!!

HA! Great to have a supportive wife with a sense of humour!! The time stamp on your pictures is deceiving though...5 years off...your VCR doesn't flash 12:00 does it (Just joking with ya!) Just noticed the puddle under the hose faucet...nice touch! The dust on the compressor is cool...you almost need some hosed off by the leaky tap! I'll have to snap a couple of updates on my garage...at least the front is almost done! The inside will take some time, and you've given me some ideas to work at in the meantime!

That hoist is too frickin' cool!!! Nice!

Awesome! Looks great!!

Did some work on the Speed Shop last night...trim, door handles, a bit of paint, a couple of signs...concrete pattern is paper. Sorry...We're CLOSED Next up is to pick a trim colour, add the business signage, and to weather the front a bit...I guess I'll have to get some paint on the floor of the shop, too.

Nice work! Great set up, and nice details in place...the work bench and tire rack caught my eye, in particular! The models are nice, too!

Sorry to work ya so hard, there Luke... I look forward to the pictures whan you can! Thanks a bunch!

That's a very nice "Chevalay"...extra "tayrs if ya needs um" too...nice... Are you the young feller standin' by the pick-em-up truck?

Luke...Man, that is nice! Wow! Well done! I take it the dirt track is another photo layout dio...Not to try and dismantle your 'magic tricks', but did you use two pictures cropped together in PhotoShop, blurred track, then stationary car, with some dust added? Just curious, as PhotoShop is something I haven't tried to tackle at all! Sorry to be a pest...How many dios do you have currently? I've seen two shops, the paved track with stands, and the dirt track...any others? Any chance of some wide view photos of the dioramas to see the whole dio? You seem to keep adding to them (chainlink fenced compound at the shop, for example). Looks like you do all, or most, of your photos outside...real trees and sky in the background? Okay, enough of the third degree...just an aspect of the hobby that I haven't delved into until now...thanks for your patience, and answers to my stream of questions!! I'll probably have more...

You got it!

Great...I know they carry the Woodlands Scenics ballast at my LHS...will have to pay them a visit. Thanks, Luke!

http://www.scalemodelingbychris.com/ is the website.

Wow...nice builds!!! Can't wait to see the revised diorama!

Luke57...a question about your #54 above...what did you use for the gravel road surface? Scale gravel, or kitty litter? or something else? Not sure if I want to go gravel, concrete or pavement for the lot out front.

Thanks, guys...yeah, I just measured the door to my garage at home, and converted to 1/24th...put the Posh Spice figure in there just to check if I got it right the second time...first time, I measured, checked, measured...cut...thought nothing of it...glad Luke57 pointed it out now, before I got much further...otherwise I might have had to build a bunch of 1/43 scale models...

Great start! I'd look at buying at least a Super Bee, a '60 Ford, and a MC...Maybe the Titan as well...

Thanks, Luke57...Yeah, she's s bit tall for 1/24 (about 1/22), but works fine...the door makes a difference for sure! As for the sign, I'll be working on that a bit later...just trying to decide on the name..."Mr. Rusty's___________ Shop" Opening Soon!