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Dioramas
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
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How to build dioramas from scratch
dolly15
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Posted: Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 03:25 AM UTC
for those who may be interested I have an online build going on about how to build dioramas.In my dioramas I include aircraft ,cars,hangars,sheds and barnlike structures,tools etc,etc....This build thread is now up to about 30 pages of information .

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?p=197966

For finished dioramas see www.largescaleplanes.com click on Articles,then on The golden Era and scroll down to Nieuport and Albatros dioramas or
www.wwi-models.org click on Galleries then John Reid
Cheers! John.

EDIT by Eagle : Made link clickable
dolly15
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 02:40 AM UTC
I also do Classic Car dioramas 1930s-1950s Packards,Dueses etc..and collect them in 1/18th diecasts.Cheers! John.
dolly15
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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 04:08 AM UTC
Has anyone here ever used diecasts in a diorama.?Take a look at this.You wont be sorry you did!
http://www.xsdreams.de/
Cheers! John.
LouMasses
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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 03:08 PM UTC
THat is some fantastic stuff John. Really incredible!
dolly15
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Posted: Friday, March 11, 2005 - 11:36 AM UTC
Thanks Lou,these dioramas will soon be heading to the Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa to be used for educational purposes.Makes this old guy happy. Cheers! John.
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