randyc Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 This was on the old board and someone was asking where they all went. HerE is mine. I wasn't smart enough to keep it small. I got tons of junk to put in here. The rusty hood is a a hood off a 66 Nova. It disappeared in the trunk of my car. I found it years later UNDER the spare tire with this nice coating of real rust on it. I drag it out and take photos of models once in a while. Built to resemble a friends garage I used to work on his race car in. Needs to be mounted to a piece of plywood and some gluing done on the walls again. The tool box deal in teh corner is all one piece. All the BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH is glued to it. The whole thing removes as one piece.
randyc Posted June 26, 2020 Author Posted June 26, 2020 15 hours ago, Gramps46 said: Oh yes I like it a lot. Very realistic. Just needs more junk. to be like mine anyway.
bbowser Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 The walls look very realistic, well done. I love all the little details, especially that bench grinder.
David G. Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 Very cool! I like the prototypical construction style. David G.
randyc Posted June 29, 2020 Author Posted June 29, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 6:48 PM, bbowser said: The walls look very realistic, well done. I love all the little details, especially that bench grinder. That was always a favorite little piece of mine as well. And a very important piece in the garage this is loosely based on. We used a bench grinder to make/modify a lot of parts on a street stock racer back in the 90s. I think it was a R&D Unique piece - they had some great stuff. Wish I had more. On 6/26/2020 at 9:06 PM, David G. said: Very cool! I like the prototypical construction style. David G. From 7th grade shop class, we had to build something similar, and from building walls in real renovations... shoulda run conduit through the studs... Someday.
Funkychiken Posted June 29, 2020 Posted June 29, 2020 so much better than without the in-scale backdrop
HJK Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 Randy, the inside of the wooden walls are very convincing. Lots of detail that looks gorgeous. May I ask whether you built the bench grinder yourself or did you buy that? And did you use real wood for the bench? And how did you stain the bench? It looks really realistic! I'm excited to see the next update. Juergen
randyc Posted July 5, 2020 Author Posted July 5, 2020 the grinder is an R&D unique kit that I bought and built a loooong time ago. The bench is real wood. I guess I bought a bunch of scale wood. Been so long I don't remember. But it is knocked up like a guy would make from scraps. And the one I the shop i modeled it after. No real measurements. The stains are just thinned paints of some sort. Probably testers enamels from when I built it. Thats all I had then. Thanks for the compliments. I really should add more soon. Maybe that will next thing I work on.
charlie8575 Posted November 3, 2020 Posted November 3, 2020 Very real-looking building. Looks to be about 18x24"? Charlie Larkin
randyc Posted November 4, 2020 Author Posted November 4, 2020 (edited) It may be 18 x 18 or 16 x 16. It's pretty dang cumbersome. I did get a few new pieces in the bui8lding but haven't taken any pictures of that yet. Edited November 4, 2020 by randyc
Paul Payne Posted November 14, 2020 Posted November 14, 2020 Just like a hot rod, a garage diorama is never really done- always something to tinker with.
landman Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 On 11/14/2020 at 11:41 AM, Paul Payne said: Just like a hot rod, a garage diorama is never really done- always something to tinker with. Right. I have one that may never make the “Under glass “ section either. Nice detailing.
randyc Posted December 14, 2020 Author Posted December 14, 2020 This thing has been around so long, it will probably fall apart before I ever "finish" it. LOL
AMT68 Posted December 20, 2020 Posted December 20, 2020 Definitely realistic looking with the spare parts laying around and that bench is awesome. I also like those two Firebirds parked in the garage.
randyc Posted December 21, 2020 Author Posted December 21, 2020 Thanks y'all. I add to it when I find something new and interesting. the shop that inspired it was packed with "stuff". I still have a whole Fujimi Tools set that can go in there. Someday.
The Modeling Hermit Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 Never give up on it, and keep us posted of additions to this very interesting diorama.
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