well, I got the camera and got a shot of the space I am filling


I have not poured any water yet. At the top of the wall there will be a 'two rail metal fence'. I am going to tie a rope ladder to the fence to give access to the platform. I think a bunch of 'litter' is going to go in the corner. There will be more piers too.

- Thoughts -

Scott I think you will do well with the suggestions you received in the earlier thread. I feel you are going to be making some real eyecandy here and I have to ask about the rest of the scene. What are you putting on the road and above the canal? Kevin

Scott,

impressive project again !

Yup, I too think the ideas in the other topic will come in handy in this diorama.

The coloring in the canal looks to be spot on for pouring in water. I think the effect will be amazingly realistic.

Here's the plan
On the top right there will be the building in this review
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/864
or this review
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/841

On the top left I'm planning on a phone booth and a bench and a lamp post.

On the corner of the bridge I'm building Tamiya's M16 1/2 track.

It's going to be a relaxed 'clean' diorama.

It's probably too late to do anything about it, but if you rotate the whole composition on the base CCW about 30 degrees your empty space will dissappear. I don't know what this will do to the others items in you plan. Just a thought

As Danny pointed out, fantastic coloration on the bottom of the canal! Only, do you think the bricks are a tad shade too bright?Perhaps it's just the photo or maybe you are going to tone it down later.

Eddie

Looks very interesting Scott! BTW where did the cobbles come from? They look as though they are on a sheet, is this Verlinden?

Eddie - you're right the bricks are a bit bright - No problem, a wash'll take care of that.

Steve - the cobbles on the street are latex sheets from Kancali - Great products. There are a few reviews of them here on this site.

Thanks all for the positive coments.

Very nice, the canal looks good. I personally like the building in the 2nd review. Are you scratchbuilding the phone booth?

Cant wait to see more!
-Shain

MM - the phone booth is from CD. Thanks for the complement on the building - it's a scratch using the blockhaus method.

This diorama is full of AM candy.

Scott,
Looking good. What is the overall size? Despite the redness of the bricks in the canel, the overall slimy appearence of the wall and the coloring of the future water should be quite impressive.

Jay

Coming along really nicely, Scott. You mentioned in your earlier post you will be having a water thickness of about 1/8 inch. Just a thought I noticed that your frame is a bit deep and if your not building up the stream bed you might end up with the water level a fair bit below the top edge of your frame.

Its no big deal but it might, depending on who's viewing it a bit of a "boxed in" look. I had this problem in one of my dios and it looked a bit funny for me when I viewed it from the side where I could see the water level below the frame. Like I said just a thought.

Hey Scott
this is really looking the goods!
One query though. Where you said in review about the down(drain)pipes. You were going to use a 'Y' section to have a branch to a barrel which I assume would be at the base of your building; was this researched off actual plumbing of the time, or of your own choice?
In my own plumbing experience this would not be the place an O.B. or 45 degree junction (the 'Y' section) would be present. Granted you wouldn't see it nowadays, but I'm assuming (only) that the plumbing of the time would be of the same thinking. I merely bring this up for accuracys' sake, but if, as I said, you had seen this then button my cakehole :-)

CK - I left out a detail explaining what I am planning with the water. The white 'box' around the edge is a temporary 'dam'. I'm going to pour the water in,let it cure, then remove the white box. It gives it a bit of a dramatic affect seeing the edge of the water.

Bradley - I'm always welcome to discussions of my projects. As far as the historical accuracy of a barrel at the base of the building? I don't have a specific example. I do have examples of more rural settings where the rain water is captured in a barrel and the water is used for various things around a farm/rural setting. My goal was to 'show off' and use as many pieces of the kit as possible which led me to use what I called a "Y" piece - its actually more of a 45 degree piece. That way I could comment more inclusivly in the review. And also I used a bit of artistic license in bring a rural habit to an urban setting with the barrel. And lastly I wanted to include some visual interest in the diorama and thought that a barrel would break up the corner of the building a bit.