The Secret Mission

[Guest]

Hi Ian!

Just take a look

This a commercial light ( I don't remember the brand...)

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This is a scracth build one with the miniart diorama complements.

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And I used these lights

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Hope can help you.

The build has all the ingredients to become a great diorama Ian, just take your time!

Polux

[Ian M]

Why not chop off 5 cm off the left end of the base?

Because then the boat won't fit. Try to keep up at the back. lol

We had Mortens aften last month so all the Geese have been eaten. Sorry. Not forgetting Christmas, so those that survived that, will by now, alas, be hanging for the 24th.

Thanks for the heads up on the lamps, Polux- I might look into that some more.

Any how, after many cups of coffee:

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We have brick work. Sort of. LOL
The other parts are also done bar one bit of wall, but once you have seen one brick, you have seen them all!

The only thing now is that I have a huge pile of windows to build! Blast!

Ian M

[rickoshea52]

If you had a bigger gap then I'd suggest a background picture to give the impression of this being part of a bigger scene, something with a ship or dockscene. As it stands a gate, fence or wall is about all you have as an option.

[monica]

very nice start,Ian ,you have really barnstormed this one, looking very good,

the brick work is great,so neat,you are showing very hidden skills, I like it,

will look good with a few lights about the place as well,maybe dull ones,and the

mini art are about all i can ever find at a nice cost,or even make them,

will be very interested to see how you do the window,s as i alway like to know diffidence methods

as for the Geese,are on the way to me for a late xmas dinner,

[Ian M]

Well the misses was at work today, so I had another crack at the buildings.

All the brick work scratched in....BORING but it pays to take your time or the spacing goes to pot. Good sigh its coffee time.

As the buildings are just fronts I cheated on the door and windows. They are cut from plastic card and will be glued to the back of the wall. At the moment they are taped on to see how they look.

The slated roof is card

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Made a start on the windows for the warehouse/factory and made a couple of doors for the port.

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I hope the Z bars are the right way or Ron will be after me. Any way a few big barn door type hinges and a bucket of bolts should finish them off.

Off to try find some lights.

Ian M

[monica]

im most impressed Ian,they look great very well done,

[Guest]

You are on the way to build a superb diorama, Ian! Fantastic work so far

[papa 695]

Cracking work Ian. Your giving me some great ideas for a kit I've got in the stash

[Richi72]

Well done Ian,

really love the scratch work, keep it up and take your time, this is going to be a beauty.

Cheers Richi

[Ian M]

Between getting things ready for tonight's Christmas dinner, got the roof slates sorted on the factory building.

Good idea or not I have also joined the two parts of the factory together. Should be fun to paint, but I do like a challenge!

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Tapped to the wharf to see how it will look.
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Made the big roof yesterday, Just stuck it on today. The long wall needed an edge of the roof so sorted that today..
I think that's it for today. Now where's that IPA. No not that one, this time I mean India Pale Ale!!! Cheers

Ian M

[spanner570]

Good work going on here Ian.....We'll make a dioramererist out of you yet! I too am cracking an IPA, even as I type....

Cheers!

[Ian M]

Been having a fiddle here and there as the time would allow.

Having built the factory and started to paint the house, I was in mixed minds. So now thinking along different lines. It means that the dio might grow a bit, so don't tell the misses!!

More as it develops.

Here are some of the bits I have sorted.

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Got the pollets and bollards painted and weathered up. The colour looks a bit sharp in the photos but not so orange in real life. [ATTACH]95752.IPB[/ATTACH]

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Did not like the gang planks that are in the kit as the "wood graining" was almost cartoon like. Found some wood planks and plastic strip and made new ones.
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The Wooden posts that prevent the boats rubbing against the stone walls also looked 'naff' so I cut some oak into 10x10x100mm posts and gave them a splosh of paint then bound them top and middle with 'rope'. Need a second go at the algae with a deeper green.
The wharf has also been primed, not much to see there, so no photo.

Question time:

Granite. How can I paint some thing to look like granite? Had a couple of stabs at it. but It just looks grey and boring as well as to dark!!!

Would a wharf in a tidal zone had stocks for boats to settle on when the water receded, or would the boats just rest down on the mud.

I can't just go done the road and look for several reasons. 1) its dark. 2) its blowing a gale, 3) most importantly the difference here between low and high tide is about 20cm lol

Ian M

[Guest]

Excellent paintwork so far, I like the old and rusty look of those bits Ian.

Granite....you can try with a sponge or similar....Like a hair brush, I'm sure it can works...

[Richi72]

Looks great Ian,

say were did you get those boat thingies?

Cheers Richi

[monica]

Excellent paintwork on the bits,and bobs, I like the rusty look of those bits Ian.

very well done so far,

I think with the Granite,with you use some shading in dark blues, along with the grays,mite,work,

so in the cracks,a deep blue to dark gray,and along with on the upper side lite,dark shades of grays and blues,

as with some Granite,i have seen you can pick up the blues,just use it to brake the gray tones up,

hope you under stand what im getting att and its of some help,

maybe for were the boat rest,s with lpw tide,some old tyers in the mud,

to hole with the load of it