1:100 to 1:72 (input needed ASAP!)

THANKS!!!!!!!! just the words i wanted to hear philp!
ya im planning on putting it close to a 1:72nd scale HMCS snowberry (made by Revel) so i think it will look pretty sweet with a few life rafts and an RAF recovey set on the scene!
thanks again for the advice

Alex,
I remember that one. Very nice with a lot going on. So, you are planning on putting the C-47 out in the bit of water near the lighthouse? With the overall size of the dio, probably could get away with it but might want to add a water extention on that side to put it a little further from the 72nd scale items. Just an idea.

hmmm sorry I couldn't remember but if you can describe it in more details maybe I can give a more specific suggestion.

hey dwight the entire dio is 72nd scale i had pics on here during the summer it was the one mad out of four 8x4 sheets of plywood

Dwight is describing a Shadow Box dio which is the best way to cause a forced perspective.
These are usually done with a front cut out of the box and some lighting inside the box to show the scene. The scale difference between 72nd and 1/100 is pretty large so a shadow box would be the best way to do this. What part is in 72nd? a PT boat?

Of course, you can just build it for yourself and then it doesn't matter as long as you like the results. A lot of us seem to have a hard time doing that anymore.

Can't wait to see the pics and if you want more info on shadow box diorama's you can check out Shep Paine's How to build Diorama's that Kalmbach carries (hey, that's a shameless plug for them, where are my royalties?).

You maybe able to get away with it through a "forced perspective" approach (meaning you deliberately force the observers to view the diorama from an angle where the DC-3 seems far enough to justify it being smaller than the rest of the components.)

I have seen this technique where planes of different scales where arranged inside a deep box than can be viewed only from the top. The planes in the larger scale are positioned on the upper part of the box (near the top) while those that are in the smaller scale are near the bottom of the box. This creates an illusion that the smaller planes are actually farther below of the bigger plane as viewed from above.