discussion Truck 'Loading Bay' Diorama WIP

[tiking]

Superbly detailled. That doorway looks 10% realistic.

Only 10% realistic Peter???  Thanks regardless.

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Only 10% realistic Peter???  Thanks regardless.

That's because I can't type ........... Give yourself another 90% and a biscuit. It looks superb.

 

[Snowman]

Dead cool & very realistic! B|


I like your style! ^_^

 

[tiking]

That's because I can't type ........... Give yourself another 90% and a biscuit. It looks superb.

HIHI!!! IT was a joke from my part. I knew it was mistype. Thanks again.

 

[tiking]

Dead cool & very realistic! B|


I like your style! ^_^

Thanks Snowman.

 

[papa 695]

And I'm sure those little bits from the spares box will turnout to look just like real air conditioners Charles, outstanding work so far.

 

[tiking]

And I'm sure those little bits from the spares box will turnout to look just like real air conditioners Charles, outstanding work so far.

I am hoping they will budding. 

 

[Guest]

Wonderful mind you have their Charles and unbelievable skill to bring your ideas to life too. 

 

[tiking]

Wonderful mind you have their Charles and unbelievable skill to bring your ideas to life too. 

Thank you kindly. We'll see if what was in my mind, really was worth it.

 

[Steve Brodie]

thats fricken superb

 

[tiking]

Thanks Steve.

 

[monica]

great detail, Charles ,like how you use whats on hand and the result is great work,


real liking this one,well done so far,

 

[tiking]

Kind of you Monica. Thank you very much. Just lets see how the end result will turn out.

 

[tiking]

Posting where I left off. I finally got the components together that will give me a reasonable spotlight design. I was planning of purchasing but decided that I could not wait and went ahead and scratch built my own. I think they will look 'ok', when painted.

 

[tiking]

I decided to scratch built my own security camera. Here are the parts and what I used to put my own together:

The components all laid out- I made the glass out of plastic. I had to mount the see-through plastic piece separately. Then cut a second piece to provide a protective cover for the lens. Then a third inner body piece as the internal housing:

 

[monica]

real nice scratch work your doing, Charles ,looking very good so far, 9_9

 

[tiking]

The components mounted together: I think the effort was worth it:

I used resin nuts and bolts. Glad I had bought many of these sometime ago. I knew they would have come in handy:

I made a drainage in the ground in front of the second docking platform:

 

[tiking]

I built the U-beam from an old piece of plastic I found. I painted it blue and added a piece of poster-board painted a concrete color.

This is what I used to paint the building. It was custom mixed by my local paint store. It is a concrete color.

 

[tiking]

The dock platform:

 

[tiking]

real nice scratch work your doing, Charles ,looking very good so far, 9_9

Thank you kindly Monica.