Bish

Nomad, just looking through the thread again and there's a couple of things I thought I would mention. I am not sure if you are aware, but in diorama building there are a few 'rules' that someone came up with many years ago. One of these is that nothing should be parallel with the edge of the base. So where you have your street coming from the back to the front, the rules say this should be at an angle.

Now personally, I don't quite get all this 'rule'. In the past I have built dio's that are parallel and I think they work fine. But in the last few years I have made an effort to conform to the 'rule' and they do look better, but if I felt it warranted it, I would break the 'rule' in the future. Just something to think about for future builds.

Another of the rules is that the scene should be balanced but not symmetrical. So with the scene your doing, you could perhaps make one of the buildings just a pile of rubble. Are you planning on adding a vehicle.

Thanks  Bish for the information. I can cut the base without harming the street. (I hope.) I have a photo to show you what I mean.

No vehicle in this one as of now. As far as making one of the building just rubble, that might work also. I would still like to have both MG42's in the dio.

Shoot me some ideas on this.

Doug

The foam board did not look right to me. I anted more control over the way the sidewalks looked.

Thank you for the nice comment.

Nomad, just looking through the thread again and there's a couple of things I thought I would mention. I am not sure if you are aware, but in diorama building there are a few 'rules' that someone came up with many years ago. One of these is that nothing should be parallel with the edge of the base. So where you have your street coming from the back to the front, the rules say this should be at an angle.

Now personally, I don't quite get all this 'rule'. In the past I have built dio's that are parallel and I think they work fine. But in the last few years I have made an effort to conform to the 'rule' and they do look better, but if I felt it warranted it, I would break the 'rule' in the future. Just something to think about for future builds.

Another of the rules is that the scene should be balanced but not symmetrical. So with the scene your doing, you could perhaps make one of the buildings just a pile of rubble. Are you planning on adding a vehicle.

Thanks gamera. I have done some searching and no sign of it here, but knowing that's its a gypsum based product will be helpful. I had thought about plaster, but just thought it would be nice to give something else a try.

Their site describes it as a gypsum based power for home repairs. You might ask for something similar. I guess plaster would work just as well, I've just fell in love with this stuff since it does dry diamond hard and does not chip or flake like plaster. I guess you could contact them and see if they have a UK distributor?

Durham's Water Putty

I did a quick on line search and could not find it here. What is it normally used for when not making roads. I can check my local DIY store and see if there is something similar.

I hope he can find it. I just found about it also. this is the second time I have used it. It is great for what I use it for.

Doug: Bish lives in the UK, I have no idea if they have Durham's there or not.

I just found the stuff at the local Lowe's recently- I love it, much better than the standard plaster.

Gamera

Nomad: Looks great to me. The buildings and streets look really convincing - looking forward to seeing how they look under a coat of paint.

Thanks Gamera. I too am looking forward to seeing what it looks like with paint. I just went with my gut on what to do with the walls and roads. I looked at several photos and also looked at some of the dios on the forum. Then just went to work.

Doug

Bish

Nice looking base. What is Durham's water putty. I have heard of it, but not sure if we have it here. I do like the look of the road.

Bish,

Durham's water putty is found at most hardware stores. I got mine at Lowes. It is a powder that when mixed with water makes a putty. it dries rock hard and does not shrink at all. I mix it up like pancake batter so it pours smoothly. You have to built a fence to keep it on the base. also you need to drill 1/4" holes about 1/4" deep in the base to give the putty something to help bite on.

You can use it for roads, walls. and so on. I love the stuff. You can get it in one pound or five pound cans for real cheap. I think I got my one pound can for about three to four bucks. the five pound can was not much more.

The one thing is that you can mix to much real easy so what the amount of water you start off with. I wasted almost a half a can that way.

Thanks for the complement about the road. It was fun to do.

Doug

Nomad: Looks great to me. The buildings and streets look really convincing - looking forward to seeing how they look under a coat of paint.

Nice looking base. What is Durham's water putty. I have heard of it, but not sure if we have it here. I do like the look of the road.

Raualduke

It's looking great,and I'd say your options are wide open. Inspiration comes in various ways.rock on

Thank you. I will keep posting updated.

It's looking great,and I'd say your options are wide open. Inspiration comes in various ways.rock on

Well I have removed the foam sidewalks and made air dry clay ones. I also have scored the Blocks for the street and added holes and cracks to both sidewalks and streets.

Okay here is some update photos. The street is Durham's water putty.