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Dioramas
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
Security lot for my shop.
mitchum
Joined: May 07, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 04:41 AM UTC
Built a new larger shop and decided I needed a secure storage lot for my project cars. Added the wooden privacy fence with popsicle sticks and the narrow planks are from corn dogs.

I bought a couple of 36" steel rods at the home improvement store to cut and bend for the fence frame and the gates. Added the "chain link" using metal taken from an old air cleaner from my full size truck with a little fine solder to attach it to the frames and make hinges.

Or, as they say on the credit card commercials--------------

Wooden fencing-$.00
Pipe for fence framing-$2 per piece
"Chain link fence"-$.00
Fooling my full size racing friends with my pics- PRICELESS!!!


mitchum
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 04:51 AM UTC
Different angle showing the shop too.

keenan
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 05:17 AM UTC
Wow. This I like. Different and very cool.

Thanks for posting the pics,
Shaun
JackBlock
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 06:31 AM UTC
Very nice indeed! Different from what I usually see, however a job well done. Thanks for sharing your pics.
Cheers

Dave
mitchum
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 06:44 AM UTC
Thanks guys. But if you liked that, you should see what I can do with a 4X8 sheet of styrofoam and some nylon screen.



Henk
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 06:51 AM UTC
Very good, but now show us some pictures of your models..



Very nice, is this 1/24 scale?. Great photography.

Cheers
Henk
mitchum
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 07:41 AM UTC
Most of my cars are 1/25 because that's what the raw material (AMT) is but the shops and tracks are 1/24 because the math is so much easier to do.
kiwibelg
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 11:02 AM UTC
Hehe,
I've seen you pull this one over on the poor souls on FSM ,you cheeky bugger!!
Extremely nice builds and your photography skills certainly decieve the
viewer somewhat!!
Refreshing to see something other than armour in the dio forum!
Cheers,Shay
KoOkiE
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West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 12:16 PM UTC
i bet it was defenately worth it
KoSprueOne
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Myanmar
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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 09:05 PM UTC
Great models and great shots!




sweaver
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Kentucky, United States
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Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 01:27 AM UTC
OK. The joke's over. That's your real car, right?
mitchum
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Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 06:36 AM UTC
Afraid not, this is my real car. '64 Galaxie, three speed manual trans, 302 V-8 bored .040 over and a few little "tweeks" to the suspension. Wanted one ever since '64 and finally got this one finished around '92 and she's due for a little "freshening". Having it re-wired right now and I'm gonna do a little cosmetic work on her when that's finished so I can start back using her a a daily driver again.

CaptainA
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Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 05:46 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Thanks guys. But if you liked that, you should see what I can do with a 4X8 sheet of styrofoam and some nylon screen.






I bought my first car from Ed Martin in Indianapolis. So, yeah, I like it.
mitchum
Joined: May 07, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 04:49 PM UTC
Way cool, what "flavor" Ford was it?
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