English Jules Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Looking great! I think your lighter is a little out of scale, though. This could really be any major US inner city, not just LA. Just by changing the police car it could be Detroit, New York, Newark, or just about any place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron5150 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 looking awesome dude,!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Thanks guys. Been fun so far. I looked at images for 'los angeles alley' but yeah it could be anywhere at all, i did write MACKEY WAS HERE in reference to my fave cop show lol Once the base is completed i can then build the Buick GNX, then work on the figures. http://s955.photobucket.com/user/mrcooljules/library/LA%20Alley Im planning a NYC Liquor store robbery dio, again can only 14'' across but i can go 2 or 3' high, so i can do apartment windows, air con units, fire escape etc The old junk of a van used by the robber is almost completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 sooo cool !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 thanks. i added some grass strips, some dead some alive and 2 long smoother, lighter strips where a cars tyre would be. Will put the pics up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Great scratch building skills, love all the small details, the fence (looking like the real thing) and must not forget the garbage... will be following this one, take care! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 thanks, glad you like it. Its coming along now :-) Put up about 30 pics showing how i did it, in order with all the colourshttp://s955.photobucket.com/user/mrcooljules/library/LA%20Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 love it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Julian, if you want to add some realistic looking apartment house and fire escape details to a diorama, check out Ken Hamilton's website http://www.wildharemodels.com/ for some really cool examples and supplies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 thanks, took a look, seen the shopping carts before. Im scratchbuilding everything on mine, no money to buy any after market bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarana-X Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Great work all around, but I think your dumpster could use the slots where the trucks lift them: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 thanks, i just did the dumpster quick, covered in graffiti etc the average person wouldnt know. I didnt have scale plans so i just did it quick by the eye. I now have access to 3 different dumpsters in the US, so getting perfect dimensions of them, so i can replicate 100% correct. Then use masters to make resin ones. with 'false' 3 types of trash etc loads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Looks great. I love how you diorama builders know just what colors, like on the fence, to use so that it looks real and not monochromatic. My fencs would not doubt just look like all rust, or all silver, but you start off that way, then end up ith something that looks that real. I would love to learn more about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Looks great. I love how you diorama builders know just what colors, like on the fence, to use so that it looks real and not monochromatic. My fencs would not doubt just look like all rust, or all silver, but you start off that way, then end up ith something that looks that real. I would love to learn more about that. thanks :-) i dont usually use model related products. they are out of my price range. so i use items around the house, or cheap womens make up etc. I use hair spray a lot for many weathering of rust, or just painted colours. I try anything, at times things do not work, but nothing lost. Fun to learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Nice job. Great detail and weathering.Nice job. Great detail and weathering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 thanks :-) im doing a LAPD Charger at the moment, thinking of using that of the CV kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Impressive work! Love all the detail. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 thanks, i have a couple of other ideas for streets and alleys still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughn Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Very different ! Lots of details ! I like it a lot ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthsideous Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Nice detail work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thanks guys, was a lot of fun, sat in my glass cabinet now. Hope to do another along the same sort of idea later this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I love your detailing and diorama work .. very realistic looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Jules Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 I love your detailing and diorama work .. very realistic looking Thanks, being in England i had to use images from the web, looked at least a 1000, had to narrow it down and down as i saw sooooooooooooooo many little interesting things. Size of my display case meant i didnt have the more room i wanted, hence no bad dude car crashed into the thick wooden pole, as my orig plan. I found a great image of a alley, and other side of the mesh fence, where i put the wing, engine bits, i saw a rusty old wreck on bricks...sat there for years. No room to replicate that though :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 wow fantastic, simply awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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