first diorama...

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

first diorama...

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 8:58 PM

I have come up with a list of ideas for my first diorama, and I would like to know which one you pros think is best. Here they are:

A Huey in Vietnam, unloading troops while hovering

a WWII American jeep, with driver and passenger (maybe I could show them looking over a map, which is on the hood of the jeep)

mechanics servicing an F-15 which will have it's access panels open, and I know I"d have to scratchbuild the stuff beneath the panels (either on a runway or in a hangar) (and maybe I could exclude the mechanics if they were too hard, and just show the F-15 with it's panels open

My experiences include many aircraft, 2 helicopters, some cars, and 1 figure (although it was a cheap little plastic soldier I picked up from Dollar Tree, I did the best I could with the paint job). Thanks in advance!

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shermanfreak

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January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, January 12, 2004 9:05 PM

Only because it's your first dio .... I'd suggest going with the Jeep and a couple of figures. Hone some of your skills while doing a small one then carry on to something larger.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, January 12, 2004 11:15 PM

I agree with Sherm. It might be helpful to start small. It will enable you to have more focus as you will be dealing with a fewer number of subjects. Also, even small dios can sometimes (when properly done) be as expressive (and impressive) as big ones.

Good luck.

P.S.

I did a small dio some months back involving a jeep. You might want to check it for reference. Here's the link to my site.

http://www.geocities.com/ddta_ala/d3.htm

I am not an expert yet but if you need any help I would be happy to try to help you with your dio.

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djmodels1999

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December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:46 AM

All the way with Sherm and Dwight!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:49 AM

Nothing to add to what has been said already. Sad [:(]

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:15 AM

Go with the jeep. you'd have to find a way to make the huey look suspended and the Tomcat is a big start. Good luck in any case.
I like your huey idea. I have a similar idea, I want to build this:

I'd make the ladder from rod and use it to support the copter's weight.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:50 PM

The jeep sounds most promising for you if its your first, and Dangit! anotrher one of my ideas was stolen... I wanted to do that shark pic and the would be dead diver. lol back to the drawing bord..??... =(...

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mark956

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February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 6:45 PM

DDRmaniac122002, a WWII American jeep, with driver and passenger (maybe I could show them looking over a map, which is on the hood of the jeep). This would be my choice. Good luck.
mark956

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:01 PM

Thanks to all. I will go with the jeep as everyone suggested. It will be months till I get it started, then who knows how long to finish, but I'll probably have some questions along the way. I'll post some pics of it when I'm finished. Thanks again!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:05 PM

Ask us as many questions as you like, people on this forum are hard to annoy lol

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:16 AM

Jeez bill is that a real pic or is that shark just photoshoped in? man that would make an awesome dio. sorry for bein off topic

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:05 AM

pest, the photo is of water retrieval exercises by the brits off of s. africa if memory serves and from what I understand that is supposed to be a real pic but I have blown it up and checked pixels either way cool dio.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:20 PM

the jeep is a great first one, it was what i tried out first. Heres the link to mine if want to check it out http://www.geocities.com/lizardqing/jeepdio.html

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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bbrowniii

Member since
April 2003
From: 41 Degrees 52.4 minutes North; 72 Degrees 7.3 minutes West

Posted by bbrowniii on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:03 PM

The answer is no, that is not a real photo... But it IS a cool dio. Can't wait to see it!

'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke (1770 ??)

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:30 PM

cassabill dont get ya hopes up on that pic it was edited using photoshop cause my dad showed me that a while ago.

also the guy on the ladder doesnt seem to be to frightend to me!?!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:31 PM

I wonder who did that photo, cause I got it in the e-mail awhile back and it said it was real... guess you cant believe everything you read.
PS> Sorry for being off topic

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:03 PM

the photo isn't real the shark was spliced in where a diver was and the golden gate bridge in the background is real. Sign - Off Topic!! [#offtopic]

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renarts

Member since
April 2003
From: Sunny Florida

Posted by renarts on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:53 PM

It was originaly posted to National Geographic. They received tousands of hits on their site regarding it. Their photo editors did a little reseach, found all of the original photos and applauded the effort. Its actualy two photos, the seahawk and the bridge are one, the shark is a shot from South Africa. The two were composted together using photoshop in about 4 hours. NG ran a small article about it in a previous issue.

Still very cool. I think you should do it Cassi.

Mike

Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

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Dwight Ta-ala

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July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:34 AM

Hmmm. Great photochop I might say.

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cassibill

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February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:18 PM

I'll give it a go Mike eventually.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:25 PM

dude mamacat, you dont gotta get pissy about it I said i was sorry for being off topic. Sad [:(]

lol jk

but I am sorry for being off topic

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 5:59 PM

sorry got to lear to losten up after school! ps that was right after i finished homework.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 6:08 PM

I'll go for the jeep as well.
By the way we really have big sharks here.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 6:55 PM

make sure you post pics of your jeep when ur done plzzz. also, sharks are the reason I dont live anywhere near oceans, my swiming pool is the biggest body of water around for miles

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 4:47 PM

Alright, I'll make sure to post pics of it. And man, y'all sure are going off topic... lol I don't have any complaints, but it's a good thing we don't have very strict moderators around here; they'd be getting on our case if they were strict! Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 5:33 PM

LOL I didnt go off topic (much) I just added the shark thing in as a side note.

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