I thought my river diorama might be of interest to some of you, particularly the water effect. The diorama features a rare model of a floating watermill called a 'Boat Mill' once common in Europe but unknown in the UK.
An unusual effect is by the use of a carefully angled mirror behind the bridge which gives the impression of the river continuing beyond the boundaries of it's box which is 3ft square. Another small mirror is in the little cavern where the road goes through + yet another to the far left out of sight but it reflects the other mirror giving an extended view far into the distance.
My web page gives details of the easily available materials used, insulation styrene & builders plaster from the local DIY store.
View the model here : diorama The top right picture on the web page shows the model before the background was completed with trees made from Seafoam etc.
The horse & cart is an adapted BR flatbed set which I altered by adding wooden sides & an extra horse, the figures are in model railway scale 00.
Now retired :mrgreen: :clap_1: I am currently working on another diorama , this time featuring another unusual mill called a Norse mill or Click mill once common on the Isle of Lewis but now all but derelict.
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An unusual effect is by the use of a carefully angled mirror behind the bridge which gives the impression of the river continuing beyond the boundaries of it's box which is 3ft square. Another small mirror is in the little cavern where the road goes through + yet another to the far left out of sight but it reflects the other mirror giving an extended view far into the distance.
My web page gives details of the easily available materials used, insulation styrene & builders plaster from the local DIY store.
View the model here : diorama The top right picture on the web page shows the model before the background was completed with trees made from Seafoam etc.
The horse & cart is an adapted BR flatbed set which I altered by adding wooden sides & an extra horse, the figures are in model railway scale 00.
Now retired :mrgreen: :clap_1: I am currently working on another diorama , this time featuring another unusual mill called a Norse mill or Click mill once common on the Isle of Lewis but now all but derelict.
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