Derelict trabant

[happy grumpy]

Just fresh out of the workbench, this a little diorama picturing an abandoned Trabant . Although the Trabant was made of duraplast a composite material, the chassis was uni-body type and made of steel therefore it was prone to rust. I tried to reproduce the rust effects on the chassis. engine bay and trunk, leaving the doors and fenders and roof since they would not rust but they would still deteriorate when exposed to UV light and elements.

[PappyD340]

Excellent dio!

[Classicgas]

That's awesome.  Why not put it in with cars?

[Bills72sj]

Very well done. I like the quality weathering and the missing lights on the car.

[happy grumpy]

I wanted to put in dioramas but ended up in all the rest. I wasn't sure. I'll let the moderators decide if they need to move it. I am quite new here .?

thanks for looking.

[Zippi]

Boy, that looks pretty kewl.  I'm liking these dioroma's more and more.

[peteski]

Very nicely done diorama.  These cars had plastic bodies (well, it was actually made of resin-impregnated cotton),so there would be no rust.  But the IIRC,  color of bare plastic was sort of reddish brown, so you might be lucky that your rust on the body parts represents  bare resin.  ?

Back when I lived in Poland my uncle had one of those Trabants.  It was white. He and my aunt used to take me on vacations in it (along with my cousin).  I also remember that at some point the trunk lid cracked (from the lock tumbler down to the bottom edge.  I remember my uncle took couple of flat pieces from my cousin's wooden erector set to use under clamps for repairing the crack. He used epoxy glue.

Thanks for bringing up those memories!

Edited October 25, 2021 by peteski

[ChrisR]

VERY NICE!!!

[slusher]

Fantastic diorama!

[Tommy124]

Great diorama, excellent work!

[TonyK]

Excellent diorama and I always like seeing a Trabant.

[Bainford]

Excellent build. The weathering is very well done, and I especially like the weathering on the body. Very authentic.

[MeatMan]

Very well done! I love it!

[ewetwo]

That looks awesome.

[1959scudetto]

Wonderful diorama, Mario - though Trabants are ugly, you weathered it perfectly and put it in a fitting environment !

[spencer1984]

Very convincing work on the weathering, that looks great!

[happy grumpy]

Thanks everybody for your kind words.

keep on building 

[Dominik]

weathering is perfect! well done.

[Mike F.]

Looks Great!  So realistic.

[carbuilder1950]

@happy grumpy

Mario. Great work. Your weathering is so realistic.

I don't see how you can do weathering like you and others do.

I can make them shiny, but weathering just escapes me. I envy your skills, and talent.

Dave

[Spottedlaurel]

That's really nicely done, you've given it so much character. Some of my kits would benefit from being shown like that, but I simply don't have the skills to make it look convincing like you've done here.

I went to East Berlin in 1988, just a year before the wall came down. I'd never seen these funny little cars before, certainly saw plenty of them that day!

[carrucha]

Nice diorama.  Good work on the weathering.  Very realistic.

[89AKurt]

I love what you did to that ugly car!  It's more of a display instead of a diorama anyway.

[Jim B]

Great job!  Very realistic.

[David G.]

Very convincing weathering and distressing. The whole diorama has a great feel to it, nice use of clutter and surface texture.

David G.