Todd Michalak shares his MiniArt European Tram diorama and also shares with us a basic technique to creating burnt metal effects.

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Great finish Todd! You get extra points for the amusing title! I think it’s safe to say, your build will be a “direct hit!”


—mike

Congrats Todd on a great project.

Thanks Mike!! LOL!! Good one!! D ...glad to see you read through the lines on that one! I probably could have used your call sign too!!
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Thank you very much Anthony!!

Turned out good, T. I really like the damaged section.

Wow, Todd, I'm so flattered that you found inspiration in my tram review (you can see the build here). You really executed your build well, with an imaginative display. And the feature is excellently-photographed.

MEGA PROPS Todd!!! Absolutely stellar build, presentation. Also dig the B&W photo shot.

Thanks Bob!! Appreciate it buddy!!

Thanks Bill! A good review can always be inspirational my friend! You did a fine job as well on yours! That" frustration" you spoke of with the fiddly parts was in full gear on this for sure...I can only imagine on two!! I thought about bullet holes myself at one point but seemed to just let things kind of roll along!!

Thanks a bunch for the kind words Marc!! LOL...I had to the B&W shot in there...I liked that one a lot myself!

Great job Todd! This looks absolutely fabulous, easily one of the best things I have seen in a while. And I really want to get a hold of one of those scratch testers you wrote about, they sound great!!

Thank you Rick, I really appreciate the kind words! Sometimes it can be fun to just let go and wreck something! By scratch testers, you mean "thumbnail"?

Yes,"thumbnails", hope they come in economy packs for those of us who are all thumbs!

LOL...I have a box full of thumbs! Use them ALL the time

Wow, great job Todd, very realistic! Thank you for the great step-by-step, I have something I want to try and this will help me out, hope it turns out as well as yours!

Thank you Colin! I'm sure things will turn out just fine my friend! Play around with things and have some fun! If a question pops up, let me know. If I can't answer it, I'm sure we can find one!!

Todd, great job! Seems a shame to put 600 pieces together and not have it bright and shiny, but I like this scene better! Your damage and weather is great.

Thank you Fred!! It does seem just like that sometimes my friend! I look at in terms of complete in either case. If I had decided earlier to make a wreck though, I probably would have done half the work underneath and had it probably standing upright. Kind of a "luck of the draw" thing!

Great to see this all finished! Excellent work Todd!

Hi Jim!! Thank you!! I to am glad to see this one reach the finish line!! ....

Nice project and reference. I'm doing one now..a tropical tramcar. thanks. It's sunny over here.

Thanks Ed!! Best of luck on the build!! It's getting sunnier over here too....only really slowly!!!