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                        ma first diorama

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:44 PM
                        Because it's your first diorama, try painting your base green first of all and then when its dry, paint over it with PVA wood workers glue (any DIY store ) and then sprinkle on some static grass. As for the crater, try a simple black painted circle surrounded by rubble glued around it and then just dirty it up a bit. They are not perfect ways but are very easy for a first try. 
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                        tornado
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: darllington
                        Posted by tornado on Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:23 AM
                        kool that still looks good like that i think anyway,i dont think mine will be as detailed as yours tho
                        :-)------Ryan------(-:
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 21, 2006 7:39 PM
                        Here is the only remainder pic of what my dio looked like before paint.



                        As you can see, on the left, the rso, you can see the groves cut out for the tracks. You would have to do somehting similer to this for the crater.

                        Good luck!
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                        tornado
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: darllington
                        Posted by tornado on Friday, April 21, 2006 12:41 PM

                        ok ill try that later on when i have some experence in dio's, it sounded quite hard aswell

                                                                                     Thumbs Up [tup]ryanThumbs Up [tup]

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                        tornado
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                          April 2006
                        • From: darllington
                        Posted by tornado on Friday, April 21, 2006 12:37 PM

                        ok ill try that later on when i have some experence in dio's, it sounded quite hard aswell

                                                                                     Thumbs Up [tup]ryanThumbs Up [tup]

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                        zokissima
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Friday, April 21, 2006 11:28 AM
                        You can use a variety of products for grass. Woodland Scenics seems to be the most common. If you have some strong dyes, you can also dye sawdust, and use that, as a cheaper method. Works pretty well, IMO. As for craters, Anthony explained the basics of it, but to make something so involved, I would not try it in your first dio, as its very difficult to get it to work right.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:46 PM
                        For grass you have to buy a brand, I use woodland sceneics stuff. For the crater you have to start off with base, then use putty over top of it. After that, before the putty dries, texture is with a tooth brush. Try vistiting my tiger dio post in the armour forum to see what the finished product looks like.

                        Also try visiting this.

                        http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/1/529958/ShowPost.aspx#529958
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                        tornado
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: darllington
                        Posted by tornado on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:20 PM

                        i was wundering on how to do the grass ther was anuva post before but it didnt reeli help just wondering if there was any ofer ways to make it look realistic and how to do a creater as if a bomb has been dropped on the grass trying to blow up the airfield

                                                                          thnx Thumbs Up [tup]ryanThumbs Up [tup]

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                        tornado
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                          April 2006
                        • From: darllington
                        Posted by tornado on Monday, April 17, 2006 3:59 AM

                        ill get them posted as soon as i finish it,

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 16, 2006 6:22 PM
                        It's ok, I'm not a great speller, I check all my posts with word before I post it lol. Looking forward to pics.
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                        tornado
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: darllington
                        Posted by tornado on Sunday, April 16, 2006 3:35 PM

                        sorry i forgot that.as i am surpose to be dislecsic i carnt help my spellin sorry,but ill try my best in future                             Thumbs Up [tup]ryanThumbs Up [tup]

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                        HeavyArty
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, April 16, 2006 2:02 PM
                        Wow!  I think you need to use some capitalization, punctuation, and check your spelling a little. 

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                        tornado
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                          April 2006
                        • From: darllington
                        ma first diorama
                        Posted by tornado on Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:35 AM

                        im goin to atemp ma first ever diorama its goin to be a ww2 airfield n its to have a hawker huricane 1/72 scale nd a spit parked up on the grass ready to take off n to have a austin k2 ambulance and a austin k6 fire engin on stanby n i am goin to by a control tower for it wot do use think

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