On The Move

[CP1]

Starting another diorama. This one will be a German column (about five vehicles) moving on to their objective down a mountainous roadway. There will be a ruined cottage along the side of the asphalt roadway. I just poured the retaining wall. 

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The wall will continue to the end.  I will be placing trees devoid of leaves along the roadway. The ruined cottage will face the roadway. 

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[GusMac]

Nice start.

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[Landlubber Mike]

Wow, that's insanely good!  How big will the diorama be?

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4 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Wow, that's insanely good!  How big will the diorama be?

About 2 feet in diameter 

[CP1]

Making trees out of sage branches. I get pieces and then glue them together to form dead trees. 

 

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My mind never rests 

 

[Peterpools]

Looking mighty good - reminds me of my model railroading days - I just loved building structures and creating scenery.

 

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I didn’t like how the project was going so I threw it out and started over. I added utility poles. I might add a stone wall at the top. I still need to add one more tree. I made the road larger to accommodate more vehicles. Here is the new version. I will pour the retaining wall today. I will be adding static grass. I have very tried several static grass applicators in the past and have been disappointed with each one. I found one called the Grasskeeper from Germany. Very expensive but it is supposedly the best one on the market. I am trying to learn this layering technique using different lengths of static grass. I normally use Martin Welberg scenery but it is too expensive to do a large area. 

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Going to make a stream along the retaining wall

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[GusMac]

Nice start. How do you carve the foam, just a craft knife or a heated wire?

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I use the Proxon table foam cutter, hand held hot wire foam cutters and a sharp box knife. 

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[FullArmor]

58 minutes ago, CP1 said:

Nice one!👍

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Added some bolt/nut detail to the utility poles

 

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going to get wooden dowels so I can make them longer between posts