Truck 'Loading Bay' Diorama WIP

[monica]

great detailing work,Charles,

[tiking]

This is just getting better and better Charles your eye for detail is so inspiring.

Thank you kindly.

[tiking]

great detailing work,Charles,

Thank you M.

[tiking]

I apologies for the bad pics. But when the diorama is completed, I will take better ones. These are just WIP as you can see:

The bay door 'open & close' mechanism painted and ready to mount on the inside wall:





I scratch built a drainage pipe that will be mount between both, the brick and concrete bay walls:







I have added side roof strips to all sides of the front facing building and painted them blue:





I scratch built a canopy for the second docking bay. I thought it was necessary and adds interest to the rest of the scene.











I used cardboard corrugated roofing which made the job easy and simple. This was later glued onto the styrene piece that was the canopy.









I used my trusty nuts and bolts for the areas that were going to be mounted to the wall. As you can also see, I made some bracing as well.:













The canopy mounted in place. I think it looks ok.






I decided to redo the concrete tarmac. I knew the ground did not look right, and this I was told should be perpendicular to the building and not at an angle as it is now. So I am trying to see if I can rectify my mistake by hiding those grooves. We'll see if it works.

[rocko4346]

WOW!.......I think I'm gonna quit modeling after seeing your work lol

[tiking]

WOW!.......I think I'm gonna quit modeling after seeing your work lol

Thanks for that, although I have seen better work than mine. But I appreciate the compliment.

[tiking]

The Bay door mechanism device is now mounted.

[tiking]

[Guest]

Absolutely beautiful weathering and detail!
I love the more 'normal' scenes and this is great

[Guest]

You have a supernatural eye for detail my friend

[tiking]

Absolutely beautiful weathering and detail!
I love the more 'normal' scenes and this is great

Glad to hear it Matt. Thank you.

[tiking]

You have a supernatural eye for detail my friend

Thank you kindly. Detail is my friend. :

[monica]

just plain great work going on with this one,
how did you make the brackets for the drain,
and were and what scale,bolt/nuts you use plz,just have to ask,loving this build,

[tiking]

just plain great work going on with this one,
how did you make the brackets for the drain,
and were and what scale,bolt/nuts you use plz,just have to ask,loving this build,

Hi M. They were scratch built. the nuts & bolts are 1/35 scale of various sizes. You can get them from MENG. You get a whole lot. Worth the buy. So, they do work with 1/24, depending on the sizeof the model you will be working with.

[papa 695]

I'm loving watching this one come together Charles, great skills and scratch building