I would like a few good individuals to help with some of the designs in our Christian youth groups diorama

I have died twice in the past year heart seizures and was turned around at heavens gate with this explanation "Larry your mission on earth isn't completed GO Home" my mission it seems was to start a youth group under our churches banner (West End Baptist) taking children from the streets and hopefully leading them back to CHRIST through modeling
we have obtained a large equipment shed and we are in the process of landscaping in 1-35th scale we have a flowing river and mountains and deep valleys already laid
we are trying to find a train set in a scale close to !-35 ???? the kids voted to do a WWII diorama a scene from the campaigns in Europe and we would like some of our friends on line to help with the designs 2st a WW2 era bridge to span the river ~a design for a European mountain town Ruined of course a few private homes mostly Mountain homes after we finish with the diorama which we estimate to take a year to complete we are going to open the Diorama to the public in remembrance of that war I think that it will be well received

any ideas


grandad
Larry

Larry,

I would recommend picking a particular campaign and/or battle to use a starting point. Since your terrain includes mountains/hills and valleys, perhaps something in Italy would be appropriate.

You could do something Anzio-related (bringing UK, US and German options), and the breakout that eventually followed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Shingle

Hope this helps.

Mike

Hi Larry, I know that Trumpeter makes a steam and Diesel locomotive in 1/35 as well as some rolling stock. DML also makes 1/35 rolling stock and you can find track sections by various mfrs. God be with you, I think it is a good thing you are doing for those kids.

Hi, Larry
Bob Letterman, master of the large-scale diorama, may be able to provide you with some tips for designing your diorama. He has a truly amazing ability to make ideas, such as yours, spring to life and he has his own web site.
You'll be amazed at the award-winning work he's done over the years and he's currently working on yet another large-scale diorama. I had the pleasure of being given a personal tour of his workshop and museum a couple of months ago. He's an inspiration to say the least. I'm sure he'll be glad to assist you.
The site is BobLetterman.com.
Good luck and happy modeling to you and the kids.

Hey Larry, glad to hear of your project, I wish my youth group had something like that, I envy your group of kids

I don't know how much you know about dioramas, landscaping, etc., or how much of your landscaping is already done, but you may want to take a look at some techniques used by wargame terrain makers as well. They often deal with creating large (although usually less realistic and detailed) landscapes. Check out this site: www.terragenesis.co.uk It may waste your time, but on the other hand, it may help you out as far as techniques, materials, etc. There is a wealth of knowledge that can be found from that site and modeling buildings, landscapes, vegetation, water, etc.

I'd be glad to help out with ideas etc., but I'm not sure where to start. I'd say listen to the rest of the folks here, they know what they're talking about

What size of bridge do you need (how long how wide)? Bo you want it to be brick or stone construction? Let me know and I may be able to help you out by building one or at least designing one for you. I have a CAD program I use for all of my design work on my dios.

Let me know!

Cheers

about 3' long and a tiger tank wide
metal construction vally to deep for pilings
and i just need help with the design

larry

Ok had some time to do some drawing today and this is what I came up with:

Steel construction, aprox 105 feet long which is 3 feet long in 1/35 scale.

It will be a big project!

Hi Larry

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