Hey, I have been building models for quite a while now (WWII and modern aircraft mostly) but have never put together a dio. I wanted to make like a hanger scene like in the pascific campaigns or a dio of an airbase in europe some where. Weeeellllll, im kinda lost on how to do the hanger, because i was going to do a metal hanger but dont know what materials to use, and i jsut need some help
Thanx

WWII hanger scene. Wow could you pick something more ambitious? For a first project this may be too much. How about the plane in front of the hanger then you only have to build a false front. Looking at historical aviation books should give you an idea of what the hanger would look like.

Next you need to pick the medium. Will it be a wooden structure? Metal? Each has its building difficulties. For a metal structure use Plastic-struct architectural shapes for the frame and model railroad corrigated sheet for the siding. For wood use can use balsa, bass woods.

Plan well pilgrim and you should be OK.

Take a look at the "field hanger" i did on the P-47 diorama, located in the GALLERY- ARICRAFT DIORAMAS... the link is :

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php?set_albumName=The-Dallas-Blonde-(P47D)&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

I agree the hanger maybe a bit ambitious,why not set it in the desert surronded by a "wishbone" sand bank made to protect it from air attack and bom fragments.
Robbo

Yeah thats exactly what i want to do, but you think that the hanger would be too hard for me? Thats kinda wut i would like to do though. maybe with a p-41 in a field site or a hawker hurrican like in an airbase at pearl harbor. But for a desert scene, do you mean like between sand dunes and a camo net over it, thats not a bad idea but the thing is how do i do the hills, and what plane should i use. I could use a p-40 kittyhawk, themain problem for me would be trying to make the dunes. where as i would use just a flat scene for an airbase? what to do? what to do?