Somewhere in Russia .... Finished

[Gern]

Top work, Mr. Dave!

...be very careful, this diorama lark can be very addictive. There is no known cure either.

Been there and done that Ron. Addictive yes. But fun - absolutely!

[Gern]

Started the green stuff.



Still got lots of flock to add and another couple of hedges once I decide on final placement of the house in the corner. I'm going to have to do something with that tree that's leaning badly ....

[scottie3158]

Dave,
Great work a very interesting scene with lots to see.

[spanner570]

Great stuff, Dave.
Coming on a treat.
Is that an apple orchard I spot? if it is, best put security cameras in. I'll be sneaking in to rob the apples for my home brewed cider! :upside:

[JR]

Coming on well Dave.

[Gern]

Great stuff, Dave.
Coming on a treat.
Is that an apple orchard I spot? if it is, best put security cameras in. I'll be sneaking in to rob the apples for my home brewed cider! :upside:

If it was an orchard Ron, there'd be more than security cameras! I'd have mines, wire fences - electrified of course - watchtowers and armed guards. I know how much you like your home brew!

[Gern]

Thanks guys. Starting to worry just a little bit whether I'll have room for any vehicles and figures!

I gotta try and figure out how to do the hay field. I was thinking of using my glue gun to create furrows but they'd be too big. Corrugated cardboard would also be too big in this scale. The Terrain Tutor (an excellent site if anyone's not seen him) suggested using corduroy material which would be OK in this small scale I think - but not even this old fart has any old corduroy! I've got an assortment of fibres I bought for a jungle scene which never got started which may suit so I'll have a play around with them.

[Tim Marlow]

For the hay field Dave could you use a thin coat of polyfilla and run a fine toothed comb through it to generate the ridges? Might need a bit of experimentation first, but worth a go....

[Gern]

For the hay field Dave could you use a thin coat of polyfilla and run a fine toothed comb through it to generate the ridges? Might need a bit of experimentation first, but worth a go....

Gotta be worth a try if those fibres don't work, thanks Tim. I think the teeth on a normal comb would be too small though. One of those ladies combs with wider gaps would probably work but I don't got one (remember when you used to be able to buy combs with thin gaps one end and wide ones on the other?). I gotta pop out tomorrow so I'll have a nose around in the shops, but it shouldn't be difficult to make a toothed scraper from some plasticard if I can't find one.

[BigGreg]

interesting.. really curios to see where this is going... for the moment love what i see.. ;-)

[Gern]

interesting.. really curios to see where this is going... for the moment love what i see.. ;-)

Can't help you there Greg. I have no idea where I'm going 'til I get there!

[spanner570]

Can't help you there Greg. I have no idea where I'm going 'til I get there!

Dave, you have learnt the first lesson in the fun that is diorama making - "No idea where I'm going" You can now officially join the ranks!

Just try and keep things simple.

[BigGreg]

Can't help you there Greg. I have no idea where I'm going 'til I get there!

looool...well l'll stay then to see where it will go

[john i am]

Coming along nicely Dave.

[Gern]

Looks like this will be the final layout, though there's still lots of painting and touch ups to do. I may even add some more flock - there seem to be an awful lot of brown spaces.



Tim: I sort of followed your advice. I spread a mix of filler and PVA (used to thin it down so I could spread it more easily). I got these icing tools (less than £4) and used the flat blade on the right to smooth out my filler. I then used the edge of the same one to create a series of grooves in the wet filler. Not perfect and I think I should have let the filler set up a little more, but I got something that looks like a ploughed surface.



Now I got to start work on the buildings. Got a base coat on one and now I've got to tackle doing the windows. You guys have already given me some ideas so here goes ....