Sixties Sam

Great diorama, Junior! The last photo is my favorite. The flaking paint on the liquor store is a great touch, and nicely done, as are all the other details. It really has the character of a rough neighborhood. I'm staying out of there! Sam

Very good work! I love those old Plymouths and Dodges. Great model! Sam

Great build - shows some real creativity! Looks like a Beetle and a rat rod mated and this is their love child! The mesh parts are great touches! Sam

Excellent! Nice clean build. Looks like some of the AMT 32's I built back in the 1960's, but MUCH better! Nice work! Sam

Whoa! Nice work, Ed! That dodge is sweet. Is it built from the Little Red Wagon kit? I don't remember a kit of a stock A-100. The Ladders and Kitchen cabinet are great touches! The little trailer is cool, and I remember having the Falcon Ranchero with the cap for the bed circa 1961! Sam

Great conversion job! The doors must have been a ton of work. Excellent craftsmanship, and perfect color combo! Sam

Very nice Ranger! Great color, and that bed cover will be killer! Sam

Lookin' good! I like the color. It looks a lot like the old Monogram Big Deuce in my avatar. Sam

Excellent!!! You can park it in my driveway anytime! Sam

Smooooth and beautiful! Nice work. Best $3.00 model I've seen! Sam

Wow! Great interior detailing job! I'm too lazy to do all that! Sam

Man, that's a beast! I like the giant rubber on the rear! Nice build! Sam

Very nice Deuce! I love them in any form. The color really pops! Good job! Sam

Wow! That's nice! I love the body mods and the paint. Great job! Sam

That's a real beauty, Ron! I like the extended fenders and Continental spare. Nice color too! Sam

Beautiful work! There is so much detail, and I like the brick. It looks like an old time carriage house, before there were automobiles. Great job! Sam

Very nice classic rod! Looks like it came off the cover of Hot Rod magazine in 1960. Love it! Sam

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!

Nice, Nick! Is that real mud? It looks good. Sam

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!

Very nice! The Continental spare makes the model! Great color, too! Sam

That's amazing work in that scale! Very nice! Sam

Great looking classic hot rod! The green looks good! Sam

Very nice rod, Steve! The color is great. The blued headers are cool, no, hot! Sam

Great paint job! I like the roof pillar treatment! Cool! Sam