HOW TO BUILD AIRCRAFT DIORAMAS

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

I picked up Hooter ,the barn owl at a local dollar store.He is pretty well modeled in pewter and easily fits into 1/16th scale.After I remove the foliage from his feet, I plan to paint him in barn owl colors and perch him somewhere up in the hangars rafters.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

This is a pic of the interior of the engine shop doors.I have yet to add the hardware and some final weathering which will be done upon installation.
Right now the plan is to leave these doors open so that the engine can be more easily seen from the loading dock ,as well as through the wall panel windows.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

I finally found the scale button and reduced the pics by 50%(harder now to see the mistakes)
This is the exterior of the same doors.I havent quite decided to show the nailheads on the green exterior as they are not as noticable as on the light grey and besides they probably would be covered with paint.Maybe just a few rusty ones along the bottom may be in order.I have yet to finish weathering this panel.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

Here is a fun project! I was looking around for a design of a worktable on wheels that I could use in the engine shop.Because there is only limited space in the shop ,I need something small but efficient.So I thought why not design my own? there must of been at lot of this going on before the days of Walmart so I decided to give it a go.
Whenever I am in a craft store I tend to pick up wooden odds and ends that may be useful in the future.This is a piece of hardwood(birch) that had already been shaped as you see in the pic.I enjoy carving wood so I took out my trusty #11 xacto and a pencil and began to design something.I wanted a workbench that would be convenient to use and had some storage space as well as drawers.I like the idea of the round shape in a confined space so that you would not be constantly stabbing your legs on the sharp corners.This is a rough idea of what I came up with.Looks like fun!

[JohnReid]