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Need the name for a type of display please.

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i think Miniart make some, but ive also seen someone stretch clear sprue over a candle to get the neck of the bottle
Oh no not the dreaded sprue trick Paul, are you hoping I'll set fire to the bench ! :smiling::smiling::smiling:.
A good point really as I have some clear sprue with some headlight covers on, I'll have look and see. :thumb2::thumb2:
 
Having just ordered this from John @SMS I was thinking about how to build the diorama, if I remember right there is a term used when this appears to be in a room.
I remember John aka Wotan doing something like this with the Girl with a Pearl earing.
Any idea would be welcome as to the name, and any information.

Thanks John.
The phrase I know is a box diorama regards Jim
 
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I hope you don't mind this piccie in your thread. It is indeed a box diorama and Shep Payne was the master (check out his battle of Trafalgar dio if you can find it on the interweb). The best part of this type of build is having fun with adding lighting,

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i think Miniart make some, but ive also seen someone stretch clear sprue over a candle to get the neck of the bottle
I've got some of these in the stash... more than I could ever use... let me know if you want a sprue or two John?
Jason.
 
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John

I hope you don't mind this piccie in your thread. It is indeed a box diorama and Shep Payne was the master (check out his battle of Trafalgar dio if you can find it on the interweb). The best part of this type of build is having fun with adding lighting,



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John, certainly not, I'm grateful, I seem to remember you doing one a few years ago on MM , was It the Girl with the Peal Earring ? Didn't you also do one of a barn.
Luckily I was sent a pdf file of Shep Payne's book , last night I found his very informative section on the box, will take another couple of reads to take it in fully. Many thanks.
 
I thought these were called perspective dioramas, or is that something different?
Pete
 
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Hi John - really looking forward to this one !
Thanks Nick, seats will be available thro Steve Jones Ticket Masters c/o the forum in the near future.

I've got some of these in the stash... more than I could ever use... let me know if you want a sprue or two John?
Jason.
PLEASE PLEASE, yes indeed Jason just say how much and the postage please. They will be far better than any melted blacked sprue one that I try.:smiling3: Thank you.

I think mine are beer bottles but the offer is still there!
Jason I 'd take a guess they bottled it in any thing they could get their hands on., yes please. PM inbound
 
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I thought these were called perspective dioramas, or is that something different?
Pete
Evening Pete, hazarding a guess I would think you are right, its the same type of thing to me. Just found this on the webb.
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Study from 2014 into producing this type of image. Thank you.
 
I think forced perspective is the art of using smaller scale models at the rear of a diorama to make the back look further away than it actually is. I’ve seen some excellent railway models using this idea.
 
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I think forced perspective is the art of using smaller scale models at the rear of a diorama to make the back look further away than it actually is. I’ve seen some excellent railway models using this idea.
Possible a step to far then Tim :loudly-crying:
 
On a visit to Italy many years ago we visited an old monastery which it was possible to have a look around. It had one room painted in forced perspective decor that really messed with your head. The room was rectangular but the decoration made it look oval in form. The illusion worked when you kept your head still, but when you moved all the walls seemed to swell and shrink!
 
Box dioramas are different John. You can make them look like a window into a room or vehicle. No forced perspective is required, but good directional lighting really lifts them.
 
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Box dioramas are different John. You can make them look like a window into a room or vehicle. No forced perspective is required, but good directional lighting really lifts them.
Thank goodness Tim, bed time reading tonight is Shep Payne.
 
I think he did the Vietnam memorial wall box diorama and it’s shown in that book. It’s pure genius! There is a veteran deep in thought looking at the names. However, when a button is pushed to turn on the internal illumination the wall becomes translucent, showing the lost comrades the veteran is thinking of.
 
I’ve got a book with it in somewhere. I’ll try to find it....
 
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