HOW TO BUILD AIRCRAFT DIORAMAS

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

Looking at this last pic I noticed that some of the rocker arms are bent.They went on straight but somehow got bent in handling.Rather than take the chance of breaking them off trying to straighten them ,we will just call it a little accident damage.
What to do next?I have been waiting for the weather to improve at bit here in the GWN, before I venture outside to cut the oval base.Once the base is cut I will have to break down the diorama for ,I hope , the last time and rebuild it on its new base.Then I will finally have to decide whether to build an outside or just leave it as is.There are a few other furnishings that I would like to build such as a nice old wooden wheelbarrow that I saw somewhere and a tool box or two,things like that.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

After some searching I finally found the pic.This is a great old wheelbarrow and would make a nice addition to the diorama ,especially if it was piled with old Jenny parts waiting to be thrown on the junk pile. It looks to be all wood so it should be easy to make.
I will have to take some measurements from my modern steel version to get an idea of dimensions.When scratchbuilding it is always a good idea to use whatever 1:1 scale examples that you have available for this purpose. The figures will also help a lot in this regard. I think that this will be a fun little project!

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

Someone asked me the other day what I thought made a good modeler.After thinking about it for awhile I came to the conclusion that probably it was something that I heard years ago from another modeler ,something that I try to do every day in my own work ,and that is to treat every little piece that you are working on with the same respect, no matter how big or small,important or unimportant you think it is..We all have our favorite things to do,in my case one of them is weathering ,which I find a lot of fun and instantly rewarding.But that is just about the final thing that I do on any piece that I am working on.
What is most important is to discipline yourself to spend the same time working on that undercarriage thingy ,that hardly anyone sees ,as you do on that wonderful instrument panel.In other words attention to detail on what you are working on at the time.


Diorama making ,of course ,is a whole different matter.It is the art of taking all these things and telling a story.But in the end you are only as good as what you have to work with.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]