HOW TO BUILD AIRCRAFT DIORAMAS

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Almost the end of another year so now would be a good time to review where I have been and where I am going!(dioramawise that is)Normally I would be finished this piece by now but this computer stuff takes more time than I originally thought it would.But I wouldn't want to go back to the days before the internet, when modeling was a pretty solitary experience.
In the painting above ,of the Toronto flying club in the 30's,the main hangar on the right is almost finished.I soon will be finished the engine room modules' interior and then it is on to the checkerboard sandpaper roof and battens.
Early in the new year I plan to take the whole thing apart for the last time and move it from my small,now overcrowded shop into the family room next door.(my wife doesn't know yet!)There I will set about building it up again from the main hangars' floor to completion of the first stage, which will be the Main hangar and its' modules.I will have to make a decision at that point as to phase two,the exterior,dispatch office and outbuildings and maybe even the other hangar.I could deliver phase one to the museum at this time and then continue work on phase two.Or I could take a break and finish up other projects.
I am really looking forward to the time,in the main hangar, when I can say well that part is finished and glued down for good.

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It is here at the back of the main hangar that I changed things around a little.The smaller building with the checkerboard roof I actually made into an open ramp type structure, in order to get a clear unobstucted view into the main hanger and Jenny.
The smaller building out back is where I have built on the engine shop module, which looks a lot like the windowed structure that you see here.
I have no intention of building the flying club as it actually was but something that would be representative of a southern Ontario airport of the 20-30's era.

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Here are a few left over parts from a dollhouse piece of furniture that I cut down to 1/16th scale by removing some parts and pieces.What was left is in the office module.With whats left here I plan to start a couple of tool cabinets.We'll see what happens.Should be fun!

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Sorry about the snow! (white paint dust)
I have begun framing the popsicle stik tool cabinet.I don't plan anything too fancy for the engine shop.I want it to have the look of a amateur conversion of an old piece of furniture.Nothing special here just use your imagination,pretty much anything goes as long as you keep it in scale.Check your 1:1 furniture for reference.