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JohnReid · 3 August 2005, 05:44 AM

As you guys know, who have been following this thread, it is a personal ambition of mine to see dioramas given their rightful place amoung the arts.To that end I have helped set up a couple of new forums.It takes a little convincing to get them going but things are starting to takeoff.
Over on http://www.scaleautomag.com we have 1,511 hits in only a couple of days.I have started a "How To....." thread over there with already 600 hits.(go to scale auto forums section)
The reason I mention this is that this diorama thing of ours seems to be growing rapidly.I al ways knew that it would ,as dioramas are really a modelers natural destination as an artist.There is more and more interest in this artform at the shows.There is a backup of artistic energy just waiting to given expression.The internet has had a lot to do with this as a means for people to encourage others to get involved ,without the filter of book and magazine publishers who are mostly historically conservative.
Shep Paine has said that he wished someone else would pickup the ball and run with it for awhile.How are we doing so far Shep! Cheers! John.

I forgot to mention that the other site that has a new Diorama Forum is:
http://aircraftresourcecenter.com

3 August 2005, 05:44 AM	#505 (permalink)
JohnReid Forum Ace of Aces Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal,Canada Posts: 4,699	Dioramas as Art As you guys know, who have been following this thread, it is a personal ambition of mine to see dioramas given their rightful place amoung the arts.To that end I have helped set up a couple of new forums.It takes a little convincing to get them going but things are starting to takeoff. Over on http://www.scaleautomag.com we have 1,511 hits in only a couple of days.I have started a "How To....." thread over there with already 600 hits.(go to scale auto forums section) The reason I mention this is that this diorama thing of ours seems to be growing rapidly.I al ways knew that it would ,as dioramas are really a modelers natural destination as an artist.There is more and more interest in this artform at the shows.There is a backup of artistic energy just waiting to given expression.The internet has had a lot to do with this as a means for people to encourage others to get involved ,without the filter of book and magazine publishers who are mostly historically conservative. Shep Paine has said that he wished someone else would pickup the ball and run with it for awhile.How are we doing so far Shep! Cheers! John. I forgot to mention that the other site that has a new Diorama Forum is: http://aircraftresourcecenter.com __________________ "Once upon a time......." Storyboard dioramas by JohnReid. My photobucket: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/ Last edited by JohnReid; 3 August 2005 at 05:51 AM.