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It is my opinion that with the advent of Sheperd Paine's book, first published in 1980, and all the other great diorama artwork that has followed,the word "Diorama" as used in the traditional sense has become inadequate to describe the artwork that is going on today. I prefer to think of them...

Building your own facades or backdrops are really easy things to do using materials that are usually available to most of us.They are quite cheap to build and require only hand tools to make. Glue,cardboard,tongue depressors , coffee stir sticks or small scale scale lumber is all you...

Photography on the cheap. Lights,Camera,Action ! All of the pics that I have taken over the last five years or so and published in my photobucket ,were taken for the cost of the camera alone and that I got on sale ! The rest is just stuff that I had laying around the house.No expensive...

Not everyone's cup of tea I know but a lot of us do have a wish (secret or otherwise ) to see our stuff in a museum of high reputation some day. Here is how I did it ! Stand by one while I get organized.

Scratch Building WW1 , A Beginners Guide A beginner guide written by a beginner ? Well this should be good ! This thread will be about scratchbuilding a WW1 airplane or parts of an airplane to use with kit models plastic or otherwise. Yes ,I am a beginner too, as...

Hi guys! I am working up a rough draft for an online book that I am planning on regarding the art of making storyboard dioramas.The rough outline will be: Part 1-Early Aviation Storyboard Dioramas. 1-"Keepers Of The Flame 1918-1928".(Jenny Canuck ,1/16th scale) 2-"Some Say ,He Walked...

Shadow box storyboard dioramas! Want to try something new? Tired of ships on the mantel,in cases,in bottles etc....How about a ship in a box or built into a wall?Want to tell a story and take your ship modeling to another level ? Tired of kits and putting together the work of somebody else...

In my opinion,HMS Victory,by Noel CL Hackney is the best by far as a guide to the step by step rigging of this ship and other English ships-of-the-line.It was written by a modeler for other modelers .I have all the other books on modeling Victory but this little book, that I paid $1.98 for new...

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I thought that I might as well start a new thread concentrating on the figures and the storyline.

The other thread is getting a little long and I am starting a new project so I decided to start a new one.This thread will concern the finishing of my 1st diorama of the Albatros airplane and hanger, complete withnew figures.The hanger and its contents were basically finished 7 years ago but I...

This thread is for those who would like to try painting figures in a less conventional way.For those who have tried in the past but were unhappy with the results.For those self taught guys who are looking to do an acceptable job of figure painting without all the hassles.Please keep a open mind...

Scale opinions please. Somewhere down the road I am thinking about doing a diorama in 1/32 scale using 1/35 scale figures.Having only worked in 1/16th to this point I was wondering if it would be acceptable practice, given that most figures and aircraft for that matter, do vary slightly in...

In order to save any confusion this new thread will deal with the Backyard Flyer.

New 1/48 scale figures There are some new 1/48 scale figures available.Although they are from the WW2 era they look like they could be adaptable to the WW1 era with a little imagination.I saw this on another website and thought you guys might be interested...