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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 25, 2004 2:05 AM
djmodels1999,thanks for your advice.

Peridexion,thanks for your help.
I think it will look good when finished.
keep you informed.
thanks again.
hans
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 24, 2004 11:24 PM
This is how I make rubble. I have made rubber molds of brick wall sections, field stone wall sections, stucco wall, and cobblestones from Plastruck masters, or you can make your own. I cast plaster of paris into these molds to make thin sheets. I break these into pieces to form the larger fragments of the rubble and paint them before placing them on the diorama. I then use the smaller pieces to make the piles of loose rubble. Simply use a plastic cup, fill part way with plaster bits and pour in some diluted paint of a suitable color. Stir the mix until completely covered with paint and pour out on a piece of window screen to dry. Repeat this process with several different colors; tans, browns, grays, etc. This will give you several different colors of partially pre-painted rubble. For very large piles of rubble, place blobs of plaster, styrofoam, etc where you want the pile, then glue in place the large rubble pieces that match the color and material type of your building. Mix several colors of your pre-painted rubble together with some fine sand and sprinkle around the larger pieces. Spray the rubble piles with a water/white glue mix, tinted with dark brown/black wash, to secure it to the base. Dry brush with suitable colors when dry. The advantage to this method is that it produces a very multi-colored rubble without having to paint each and every tiny fragment a different color. I always gets a lot of compliments on my rubble at the shows, it really makes a difference in the overall appearance of your diorama.
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, September 24, 2004 8:58 AM
Not sure if this would be applicable to you but cat litter (clean!) makes great rubble...
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    November 2005
debris direction needed
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 24, 2004 4:24 AM
i'm currently building a Red Arrows airplane crash diorama to display my ARFF fire apparatus with and i run into a great looking collapsed family home from Tsjechien manufacturor REMI/2brothers.
Remi/2brothers makes excellent buildings normally used in WWII dioramas.
however i run out of ideas ,i need to make debris but not sure what the best way is.
any of you made a same kind of diorama and would like to share a pic and some ideas?
Thanks,
Hans
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