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Not much to say here, but just experimenting. Saw a photo of a similar scene and thought I'd replicate it. Will probably add a figure or two, maybe a dog would suffice; not sure. The suv will have a load on top that I am working on completing. More details here and there.

Thank you so very much. Much appreciated. Thanks. Thank you. I am glad you think so.

Thank you so much.

Thank you. Appreciate that you think so.

Great to hear you verifying my theme for this build. Thank you kindly. Appreciate your uplifting and positive comment about my different projects. Sorry to hear about your project. Unfortunately certain things are taken out of context more often than so.

Thank you kindly my friend. Much appreciated.

Thank you David.

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Thank you. Glad you noticed it.

Thanks Ricky.

Thank you kindly. It was fun to do.

I have been experimenting with different types of methods lately. This time is with mud. Yep! Good old natural mud. I used mud collected from a neighboring farmer's dirt road. Really fine dirt, I must add. All I did in this diorama, was add PVA glue, and a little water, and Voila! The muddy puddles you see were done using a mixture of Liquitex gloss medium & varnish, and their Transparent Raw Sienna ink for the muddy look. I also tried a little mixture of MIG wet effects and Liquitex Raw Sienna. I think the end result looks pretty convincing. I am still fine tuning the surrounding areas by doing some dry-brushing on the mud, to bring out the different texture. But so far, it appeals to me. The model itself is from AMT 350 Pay hauler. I had this kit for a while and did not know what to do with it. The big bucket was cut down to fit. So there is no chassi just the big bucket and front end of the pay hauler. I did much on the interior with some additions and some minor scratch built parts. This scenes inspiration was taken from many photos of collapse mines or sink holes that dumpers and machines alike, have fallen victims. As always, I like to always do some different and try to go one-step further.

Thank you Jim.

Thank you David. :) Appreciate it. :)

Thank you Ray.

Thanks Chris.

Thank you.

Thanks James.

Another Commission job. Kinda fun. This time a snow diorama. Now this is my first snow diorama has I have never felt comfortable about doing one due to the lack of knowledge. But I am pretty impressed by the snow effects I've created, being my first. Hope you all like the results. Thanks for looking.

Anthony, thank you. Glad you liked it.

Thank you. I really hope so.

Thank you so much. I appreciate the nice comment.

Here is the truck I weathered. The customer has now received both the display and the Tekno truck combo. The combo before weathering: After Weathering:

David thank you so much for that assessment. You have nailed every point as if you had read my mind during the initial stages of the build. The whole point for building this was the client wanted a diorama for taking photos of the models without the need for a backdrop of some kind. And then he mentioned Middle East truck driving theme, and that was hit. Yep, I googled many many photos of this route and adapted lots of details from many of them. It was actually fun. A little skeptical at first, but the result started to slowly grow on me.

Thanks Tony. Glad you liked it.