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JohnReid · 10 May 2005, 06:52 AM

I have been experimenting with doing a lot of heavy weathering on diecasts recently.It is really a lot of fun although it seems a little funny creating something by destroying something else.(like a really cool paintjob)Anyway,
it has got me to thinking about using diecasts in dioramas.There is a lot of potential here for those who like dioramas but havent got the time to scratchbuild everything.
There are some really nice WW2 fighters in 1/18th scale being produced now, and I am sure that with time there will be some WW1s offered.They are also making more figures in 1/18th scale as well and then you have your pick if you would like to add cars to your diorama.
I know that there are some WW1 diecasts offered in smaller scales and that would be a great place to start.Put them in a nice dioramic setting,weather them as little or as much as you want and for minimum time and effort ,your now a dioramist.You could rig the biplanes as little or as much as you want depending on your storyline.With a little imagination the sky is the limit.

The hardest hurtle to get over is to take that nice shiny airplane, that you have paid multi bucks for and screw up the surface.Once you get over this the rest is easy.Over the next couple of days I will offer a tutorial on what works best for me.I hope that I am leaving you guys who are interested in dioramas but have not yet started, less and less reasons not to get on with it..Cheers! John.

( P.S. try to find a source of damaged or 2nds if you can.)

10 May 2005, 06:52 AM	#403 (permalink)
JohnReid Shot Down Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,910	Weathering diecasts I have been experimenting with doing a lot of heavy weathering on diecasts recently.It is really a lot of fun although it seems a little funny creating something by destroying something else.(like a really cool paintjob)Anyway, it has got me to thinking about using diecasts in dioramas.There is a lot of potential here for those who like dioramas but havent got the time to scratchbuild everything. There are some really nice WW2 fighters in 1/18th scale being produced now, and I am sure that with time there will be some WW1s offered.They are also making more figures in 1/18th scale as well and then you have your pick if you would like to add cars to your diorama. I know that there are some WW1 diecasts offered in smaller scales and that would be a great place to start.Put them in a nice dioramic setting,weather them as little or as much as you want and for minimum time and effort ,your now a dioramist.You could rig the biplanes as little or as much as you want depending on your storyline.With a little imagination the sky is the limit. The hardest hurtle to get over is to take that nice shiny airplane, that you have paid multi bucks for and screw up the surface.Once you get over this the rest is easy.Over the next couple of days I will offer a tutorial on what works best for me.I hope that I am leaving you guys who are interested in dioramas but have not yet started, less and less reasons not to get on with it..Cheers! John. ( P.S. try to find a source of damaged or 2nds if you can.) Last edited by JohnReid; 10 May 2005 at 07:02 AM.