Looks awesome! Love the colors. The contrast between the well weathered truck and the autum colors is great. It really looks like fall all the way. 

This is really nice. Its hard to pick any one thing out, it all works so well. But i do like the puddle, definatly going to be taking some ideas from this.

Your dios are always a treat.

Griffen, Bish, and Greg, thank you. Wanted to add a temporary subject for scale, proportion, and reference sake; please note the tuna. 

More reference material; mind the tuna.

Okay. Enough reference material. 

I hate to tell you this, but i think that puddle might be a bit small for that Tuna.

Very well done!  The autumn colors look great!

All the best,

Dan

Drive faster the tuna is following us!!! 

Love what you've got here! I love the wheel off the base, figured you'd done it on purpose to indicate the driver's speed until you pointed out the accident. Really love how you worked the accident into the idea of the dio! 

The groundwork looks great, love the bent trees from the blowing wind. 

PS: So the correct term here is 'car'??? I looked up 'lorry' and apparently it applies to a much larger vehicle with an open flat bed? 

Gamera

PS: So the correct term here is 'car'??? I looked up 'lorry' and apparently it applies to a much larger vehicle with an open flat bed? 

 

Almost, Lorry, what you would call a truck, is any large vehicle thats bigger than a van. A car is used to transport people. Useing modern terms, this Tilley would be classed as a van, which i believe is a light truck in the US.

Bish

 

 

Gamera

PS: So the correct term here is 'car'??? I looked up 'lorry' and apparently it applies to a much larger vehicle with an open flat bed? 

 

 

 

 

Almost, Lorry, what you would call a truck, is any large vehicle thats bigger than a van. A car is used to transport people. Useing modern terms, this Tilley would be classed as a van, which i believe is a light truck in the US.

 

 

Thanks Bish, it does fit with what the website described as a 'van'. 

What an amazing diorama!  I love the color changes.

Toshi

Received Woodland Scenics Water Effects, and used it along with small amounts of pigment powder to add some disturbance to the puddle. The product when built up in layers, can provide a three dimensional attribute to a feature, in this case a small wake. However, I used plastic from a store-bought container of salad to form the main, breaking curl of the wave, which was then painted with pigment powder and overlain with two-part epoxy to give the final sheen. Hopefully it holds up to scrutiny.

I love it!

I think its brilliant. I love the colors most.  :)

IS it finished yet? I'm really looking forward to seeing more.

Hi Mike. For now, I am leaving it for another dio. However, I am always open to suggestions. I like the observation and input of others, and the idea of considering products and techniques that might make that idea doable. Then I could say, I used such and such a product and technique to make an idea from Mike doable on this part of the dio. Now that would be cool.

Hi Bish. The Water Effects product was from Woodland Scenics, and it was specifically used over the Envirotex resin to alter the flat and calm puddle, and add disturbance. The earlier pics show the undisturbed resin, while the later ones show the addition of Water Effects along with white pigment to show some water movement. These things together, along with the plastic "curl" of water closest to the tire, hopefully gives the impression of some water activity.  

That is just.....WOW !

the groundwork is,well all of it is....Fine Art !