HOW TO BUILD AIRCRAFT DIORAMAS

lactrifus · 21 September 2009, 08:02 PM

Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.

JohnReid · 28 September 2009, 02:13 PM

JohnReid · 29 September 2009, 06:45 AM

My confuser has been down awhile,something about the power supply.

The last pic shows how I will use the two brick facade panels for photography.
Brick facades are common everywhere, so they make great backdrops for a lot of subject matter.The museum will have to wait awhile for this one,I guess.
Speaking about the CAM ,it seems that their building project has been delayed.The money has been approved so I guess that it is just government bureaucracy.
Speaking about museums, I went to the RCAF museum in Trenton Ontario this month.There has been a lot of very nice improvements going on there but the aircraft that are sitting outside still look a lot worse for wear.

JohnReid · 30 September 2009, 08:58 AM

The first Canadian military aircraft ,The Burgess- Dunne float plane.
Replica at RCAF museum Trenton.

JohnReid · 1 October 2009, 08:14 AM

JohnReid · 1 October 2009, 08:45 AM

This is the only figure that I plan to use in this diorama, except for maybe a nosy neighbor peeking out from behind one of the window curtains.
It is the 120mm Guynemer figure from Model Cellar Productions. It is up to their usual fine standards and well worth the price, when compared to some similar quality figures that are on the market.
For my purposes it is just perfect and reflects the mood that I am trying to create in this diorama.Like a lot of my figures it is just the starting point as I foresee having to make lots of changes.Medals to be removed,alterations to the uniform and a new head will be among them .I also plan to put an old duffel bag leaning up against one of his legs.
With all these great figures around to be modified ,my ambition to one day sculpt my own from scratch, keeps getting pushed back further in time.So much to do,so little time!

JohnReid · 2 October 2009, 11:38 AM

JohnReid · 2 October 2009, 11:42 AM

About half way up the wall now.It should go a little quicker now that there are not so many angle cuts to make.

JohnReid · 3 October 2009, 08:15 AM

JohnReid · 3 October 2009, 08:50 AM

I may keep the head and modify the hat,as I really like his facial expression.The blank stare, as I would call it,fits in with the mood of the piece.The coat over the arm suggests spring or fall which gives me a lot of options when doing the vegetation.I don't want a summer look as all that color would distract attention from the main subject matter,the figure and the airplane.
A muddy backyard would be more common in spring in this part of the world and springtime does symbolize rebirth.Fall on the other hand here in Canada indicates the end of something.
My storyline could go either way,the beginning of something or the end.Will he find a renewed interest in aviation now that he has lost his innocence in the war

above the trenches? or will he just scrap the whole idea and go on to a new future and leave all of that behind him?