It's been a BUSY last two months... on top of working on my RMG entry, I used the holidays to complete two entirely new projects... the first is shown below, featuring a Panzer III in a field maintance shop. This particular diorama is about 75% scratchbuilt, including a lot of figures, tools, equipment, supplies, and of course the lighted (!) workshop warehouse itself. The entire collection of 20 or so photos can be viewed in MY GALLERY>DER PANZER SHOPPE
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/photos/showgallery.php?cat=12330&ppuser=84

Here is a photo to tease your interest... and of course, feedback is always welcome!

looking great kfmagee, how did you get the metal roller shuter, that very convincing., everything else is just spectacular.

matt

For the Garage Door, I used a sheet of Plastruct Corregated Plastic, and cut it to width. Then I hand-rolled the piece, secured it with rubber bands, and submerged it in boiling water for 3 seconds, then immediately dipped it in cool water to "freeze" the rolled shape. Next I used wooden end pieces and more plastruct beams and angle iron to create the frame and pully gutter. The Chain was superglued to shape, and attached to the rollers. This will all be discussed in a Features article I am writing on the piece. Can't figure out why the image doesn't appear above however....

Another excellent piece Keith. Pity the quality of the photographs isnt up to the standard of the dio. Maybe they are compressed too mch or something?... so many fine detail isnt clear enough. Love the whole concept. Attention to detail and all the background stuff really sets of, this busy dio. One thing that sticks in my mind is the ash tray on the table upstairs ....... did you make this yourself? Its little items like this that make a dio ....... every time you look in you find more stuff to see. The building itself is a stunner, really sets the scene. The upstairs windows look so real! Thanks for sharing and the inspiration. First class.

Looks stunning! Very fine detail. I too wish the photos were better really would love to see all of this with sharp photos!

hey keith

as always great work! love the detail, i agree the fotos cant do the dio justice. fantastic

do i even need to say keep up the good work?

alpha

Very nice work ! Pictures could be better, but altough their quality is not ok we can see that dio is great :-)

Ok guys... new photos coming... let me get out the "good" camera and some real lights... and thanks again for the kudos.

PB - as for the desk with ashtray... no, believe it or not, I ordered a real nice set of "modern office furniture" (may have been modern for 1950!) through MichToy... while it was quite expensive, it contained a lot of pieces that I have used in a variety of my dioramas. Everything is "white plastic", so you have to do the painting of course, but otherwise, they are "ready to roll" right out of the bag.

What can i say but Magic
what impresses me is the fact that you are able to knock out two fantastic detailed dios in such a short period of time even whilst completing other dios.
I'm doing my first ever dio and I have spent two months on it and appear to have not even scratched the surface.
Fantastic

Anzac #:-)

Anzac - the answer is simple... I am a DIORAMA-HOLIC.... I actually started the SOL German Marching Band resin kit (21 figures) yesterday - and will have completed them 100% by Sunday night!

Someone help me before I build again!

I cannot say much about the technique and the detailing cause everyone else said it before, but what i like very much in the dio is the atmosphere and the feeling that it gives to the viewer. very nice .Congrats

I love that roof, how did you accomplish that! Other than that, great Job!

~Chip :-)

Chip - Here ya go:

Construction:
i used sheets of Plastruct "corrugated roof" which i cut into appropriately sized strips. I then overlapped them in standard fashion, using Fabritac Glue to hold everything together. The entire unit is on a self-supporting brace, so that the roof can be removed to replace the batteries (stored in the dormer) that power the hanging spot lights. All framing was done a strip at a time, using Evergreen Rod and Strip.

Painting
I first sprayed the roof with Anodiozed Bronze (dark metallic color), and then highlighted with Aluminum acryllic paint. A dark ink was was then applied, and the whole thing was then sealed with a coat of "dullcoat". Once this was dry, I used a mixture of hand-mixed pastels which was brushed on to indicate rust, aging, and grime.