I'm in the process of making a diorama that involves a burial detail scene. So I would like to know how do you make a modern casket? Does anyone make am kits of them?
I know I may have to scratch build one but I figured maybe someone may have a kit of one.
Thank you

Leave it up to us 'treadheads' to deal with even the most macabre of subject matter in the modeling world...

what I am trying to do is to have a grieving widow sitting in a chair shortly after the funeral service. In front of her is the dog that the fallen soldier had used during his time in service.
Now that you have the picture in your mind there will also be a piece of smoked Plexiglas just behind the casket so when you look at the scene you will be standing behind the widow looking at the casket and behind the Plexiglas will be a figure of the soldier representing the fallen man.
Now do you understand?

I don't recall kits that provided any casket. I would venture to say you may have to take 1/1 measurements of the real deal then scale it to 1/35 if that is the scale you're working too and to the period of time your modeling topic follows. Gather up some plastic stock, to include a sheet of 'clear', and be prepared to do some scratchbuilding.

For a modern one, I'd just make a box from styrene. Overlap the sides so you can trim and sand perfectly smooth. Get some casket photos and add trim (molding) as you see fit - Evergreen makes half round, quarter round, rectangular strips... You could pretty much make any kind of trim you want. Spray it gloss black, possibly add some brass dollhouse handles and call it done.

Hello, there is on E Bay a guy that sells 1/32 casket for model hearses. Just go to models and kits and type in casket. Hope it will work.

I was thinking that scale molding sold for doll houses might do the trick here. The curved top lid would be harder but some laminated plastc shaved down and sanded should work for that part.
Then as has been suggested already doll house handles or evergreen strip handles?
J

You could always use the wicker panniers from the Bronco British Airborne accessories kit to make a modern, ecofriendly, woven willow casket

Although 1:32...I think it will do.

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Seeing that 1/32nd is a bit bigger, take into affect that the outer container is much larger than the casket you see at a showing. So I think that the 1/32nd one should work.

But this is a solidly moulded closed coffin. What if the modeller wants an open coffin for a viewing, with a body inside?

Would the casket be draped with the flag? That could simplify things, leaving only the base visible.

Unless you're wanting to show the casket to some degree, the idea Russ has would eliminate the need for buying that resin one, as well as any major scratch building. All you'd need then is an oblong box of correct size, made out of sheet styrene.

Of course you'd have to have a realistic draped flag. I think I can count on one hand the ones I've seen that looked good over the years. If you DO decide on a casket, I think that one on eBay is a no brainer.