Dr. Cranky Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) I don't know how many of you do this (I'm assuming it's probably an addiction all to itself!) but playing with model cars, figures, dioramas, it's all part of truly enjoying the work you do. If you've never done a vignette or a small diorama or played around with figures, you don't know what you are missing. Hope you enjoy: http://www.youtube.c...66?feature=mhee Edited December 15, 2011 by Dr. Cranky
Dr. Cranky Posted December 15, 2011 Author Posted December 15, 2011 Of course, my inspiration for this was watching Jim "Hollywood" Fernandez put together the BAD GUYS DIORAMA: Photos courtesy of "Hollywood" Jim Ferandez
Guest Johnny Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Thanks Virgil! have a Great Holiday yourself!
martinfan5 Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 I play with my models all the time, only when no one else is looking though , I have a few dioramas I want to do, but the way I want to do them , they are going to big. There is a seller on evilbay selling two and three bay garages for a low price, I have been thinking about getting one of them
Dr. Cranky Posted December 16, 2011 Author Posted December 16, 2011 Whether you build them yourself or buy them the idea is the same, I guess, which is to set up your own little stories and photograph them, have quite a bit of fun doing so, then feeding the rest of us eye candy.
Rick Schmidt Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Man Ol' boy aint to bright to be that close to those pipes hehe I think thats what the other people are trying to tell him
greymack Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Hey everyone you all should listen to Dr diorama's are fun and its the next step in model building.Here is food for thought when you start to get bored of building models build a diorama and test out your artistic side you'd be surprized how much detail you can put into this.
Terry Sumner Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Wonder why the red fire out of the tailpipe is in the passenger side on the first 2 pics, then in the driver's side on the 3rd pic?
'08SEAL Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Well, my 4 year old cousin thought my 55 Pro Sportsman was a toy and roled it all over the floor. P.S. The wheels didnt turn....
Wagoneer81 Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 i like 'playing' with what I build... That's why I'm also a model railroader... And that's why I love dioramas. But let someone unfamilliar and unaccustomed to the hobby accuse me of 'playing with toys'... If I'm at home, I usually respond by pulling out a small 1/350 resin destroyer kit and ask them if they're man or woman enough to pony up the 150+ bucks to buy this 'Toy' and the 40+ hours required to build it properly... That usually gets their undivided attention and, I am then able to go into more detail as to what this hobby actually entails! If I'm not at home, I have several good model pics on my phone... I have used a couple of my airplane models as props (no pun here ) to explain some different dogfight moves to people, does that count?
rmvw guy Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 You blow me away with thee type of dioramas. I just started my first and found my self kind of playing with it in a child like way. I even had thoughts of it being like a doll house. So I'm alright then? Actually it's a body shop I wanted to open after High School.
Dr. Cranky Posted December 16, 2011 Author Posted December 16, 2011 Sometimes all you have to do is just get the idea you want to see your model in a scale environment you can manipulate and change as you play. That's where a lot of the fun is.
MikeMc Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 I'm a big boy now, but cannot afford BIG toys....BUT I model......so I play with my models and tools.
jeff ewaskey Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Hey Mike that is a cool set up. I am digging "The Bone" styled creeper. Getting a real one for Christmas.
Monte's Motors Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 Ya I'm with ya Dr. Cranky. A guy needs to have a good shop to work on um.
Hippie Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 well if they are toys, they're certainly very expensive toys
Nick Notarangelo Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) there not models or toys. there stress releavers. Edited December 17, 2011 by riknight1972
dptydawg Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 I have always considered dioramas to be the best way to display a model. It tells the viewer a story about the model. It maybe an explanation about the models function or hints of its past or future life. A good diorama plays on the imagination of the viewer. Most of the models I build end up in some form of diorama. Carl
Junkman Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 I'm not into the dolls house thing, but all my models MUST have freely rotating wheels, so I can play with them. I go to great lengths to achieve this if the model is not properly engineered for that out of the box. And yes, I do push them around on a table top and imitate the engine sound doing this
Mr. Moparman Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 there not models or toys. there stress releavers. AGREED!!!
Danger Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Dr, Cranky, a quick question please. In the second post you show 3 pictures. In the background of the third pic there is the Marine assault transport from Aliens. It looks to be a smaller scale maybe 1/35. Do you know who made this kit? Danger
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