Playing architect. The stairs on the inside of the enclosure will be barely visible since I am planning on leaving the door open, so I partially made the stairs.




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I know that the stairs are barely visible through the open enclosure door, but it is one of those little surprises for those who like to explore every little detail of the diorama.

The cut façade to give the impression that you are only looking at the top of the building.



My rooftop is starting to take shape:

Great concept, good roll on this dio, Marcos. Bookmarked!

Marcos, your stuff never fails to amaze me. Especially your buildings, excellent stuff as always!

Love the idea and your execution so far!!

Always wanted to do something similar ala Black Hawk Down.

Thank you Steven,john, and Jimmy. Progress has been slow so far, but now it should start to pick up as rhe painting and weathering of the building start. I just had the idea to add a clothes line to generate the sensation of motion on such a static diorama. Lets see if it works out.

I agree. It looks amazing, overall!

Thank you Owen.

Looking great Marcos – the clothes-line idea’s clever and necessary, I suggest that somehow it needs to be flying off the roof with towels & clothes in all directions - they could be made from tissue soaked in acrylic paint to give rigidity. It might look too “posed” but maybe you could re-work the medic’s keffiyeh to be fluttering horizontally also?

Thank you Tim. For the clothes I used tin foil; it is easier to give them the Fluttering look. I will think about the Keffiyeh.

Here is my attempt at the clothes line:

Of course they still have to be painted. That is just primer.

Now I am working on the building structure:
Base color with a light shading:


Starting with a little weathering:

I tested for the first time the support for the helo. I think it looks very cool. As for the building, I will let dry overnight some oil filters I added, and tomorrow continue the weathering and detailing process.

Really impressive work! Thanks for showing!

Thanks freddy.

I did a test fit. this is where I am at:





Not great pictures, but they give an idea of what it will look like. Kinda.

Very nice !

How did you make the faded color of your helicopter ?

Thank you Alex. For the helo, I did a first coat of black, followed by different light sprays of several tones of gray. Darker toward the sides and bottom; lighter on top. Then followed with several filters using oils. Mostly white and ocher and a little yellow. And that is mostly it.

Great work Marcos!
Looks really cool and promising so far.
Keep up the good work.

Cheers
Walter

Thanks. That looks very convincing. I will try to make a similar color on my RSOV.

That already looks good for a start. Well-refined and carefully made.

Thank you Walter and Owen. And Alex, I would love to see your RSOV. I have one waiting in my stash too.

I still have to do a lot of weathering to the rooftop, and I will need to add all kinds of junk tipical of a rooftop to fill some of the empty space. I am also thinking of maybe adding another figure to fill the space.

In a couple of documentaries about operation "Gothic Serpent" they kept mentioning and showing the Olympic Hotel in Mogadishu. So I am making my rooftop part of a Hotel. And to do something reminiscent of the Olympic I went with a "HOTEL" sign partly cut and added the little cell as in the Olympic:

This morning I did a "test fit" of all the basic components. It is starting to take shape: