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                        How I Build Dioramas(step-by-step)

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                        JohnReid
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Monday, August 21, 2006 10:26 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Monday, August 21, 2006 10:42 AM
                        I received this addition to the parking lot today.It is a 1913 Mercer raceabout that I will convert into a barnstormers jalopy.I couldn't resist the price but the instructions are all in Chinese! No matter though ,when I am finished with it there will be very little Mercer to be recognized anyway.The engine and any left overs will look great in the junkyard.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:37 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:22 AM
                        I decided to install the spark plugs afterall ,as holes in the cylinders just doesn't look right.
                        Here I have temporarily pinned on the carb air box and one of the intake manifolds.I will leave the R/H one off ,so I drilled out the cylinder where the manifold meets.
                        I found something on the kits plans that I found confusing.Letter "N" indicates both the carb air intake port on the block and the carb air intake box at the carburetor.
                        Next its on to painting these parts.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        JohnReid
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:04 AM
                        So you think that I work in large scale.Take a look at this.WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

                        http://www.onesixthcollectors.co.uk/...pic.php?t=3989

                        Cheer! John.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:50 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:01 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:32 AM
                        Adding to the parking lot!
                        I have decide to upgrade the VIP's parade car from a Ford T to a RR 1907 Touring Car.A bit of bunting and a few flags should look good on this car.It is a 1/16th Minicraft kit.
                        Now I wish I could find an everymans car of the period other than a Ford product.There just is not that much to choose from in 1/16th.One good thing about the Model T though is that the variety of bodywork is endless as it seems that old Henry would sell you the basic car and you could build the truck or car body of your own design.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:51 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:33 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Friday, August 25, 2006 5:22 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Friday, August 25, 2006 5:40 PM
                        Now that the valve train and the magneto assembly are installed I can move on to the waterpump and its plumbing.I will not be installing the wiring for the mags or the exhaust manifold at this time.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        JohnReid
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:35 AM
                        Ideas for dioramas
                        For some inspiration and a great source of ideas check out Dirks work at
                        http://www.xsdreams.de/
                        Cheers! John.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:51 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:11 AM
                        The above pic is of a great little diorama from WW1 by my modeling friend Stephen Lawson.It really works well as a one frame action scene.Sort of a photo of a photo being taken ,where no actual movement would be expected ,especially in a pic being taken using the early equipement of those days.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Saturday, August 26, 2006 6:50 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Saturday, August 26, 2006 7:05 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:17 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:38 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:06 AM
                        You know it was only when I saw the first pic of the rear view of the engine did I realize that something was out of whack.Granted the pic is crooked but so is the engine! I never saw this before posting the pic.I was going to delete it but I thought that this could serve as a very good example of how the eye can be fooled.Sometimes when you are looking at something for a long time obvious mistakes somehow can escape you.Being a diorama I can always say ,of course what do you expect after an engine has been in an accident .It is being re-built isn't it?
                        I think that if I was going to build for perfect accuracy I would be tempted to take pics during the build just to catch mistakes like this before they go too far.In my case once the engine is on its stand and in the diorama this will not be noticable and can easily be hidden.Man,this is one thing I love about my kind of diorama,you always have a fall back position even for mistakes.Sure takes the pressure off!!!
                        Cheers! John.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:35 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:06 AM
                        The above pic is of the parts yet to be finished.Of these parts the carb and the round rear plate are the ones actually going on the engine.The carb is to be painted a brass color.
                        The intake manifold has yet to be hollowed out as well as the exhaust collector.The small gaskets will be be installed at each collector.The lower water pipe still needs fitting.
                        My modeling will taper off for a week or two as I have a lot of "honey dos" to get caught up with.I thought that I would have made more progress with the hangar lighting but I found that it was hard to drop this little engine once I got started.It is very hard to make estimate of how long things will take now that I spend so much time documenting everything on the computer for the various websites.

                        The next engine build will be another OX5 for the engine shop and I even have another Mercedes from Model Expo that will probably be destined for the future junkyard.This will make a wonderful weathering project.All of this I hope to do step-by-step builds of in the future.Stay tuned!
                        Cheers! John.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Monday, August 28, 2006 10:33 AM
                        Royal Mail Model T Van

                        One of the many roles of the Jenny here in Canada was flying the mail.I would like to include this aspect of its history into my diorama.Therefore, I have purchased a 1/16th 1910 plastic kit which I plan to modify much like I did for the Neiuport 28 diorama.
                        I have been able to locate a few pics of US airmail vans of the day but so far no Canadian versions.In fact there may not have been that much activity in Canada at the time to warrant a need for special vans.I will assume for the purposes of my diorama that there must have been a Model T somewhere with Royal Mail written on its side.
                        I cant remember whether I used the Lindberg 1910 version or the Academy 1912 version before but this time I will be working with the Lindberg kit.It doesn't really matter as I will only be using the basic frame anyway and that changed only very little over the years.From the windscreen back the body will be re-built using wood as the basic material.
                        Re-modeling these old Model T's ,to suit your own purposes is really a lot of fun .I understand that in those days Ford did not produce a truck or van ,so if you wanted one your bought the basic frame and engine ,and built or had built a body
                        of your own design.This ,of course is great news for the dioramist like myself who is not adverse to using a little artistic licence in his work.
                        This
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Monday, August 28, 2006 4:41 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Monday, August 28, 2006 5:14 PM
                        Just after completing my post this morning my doorbell rang and there was the postman with my new model T kit.There has to be a good omen in there somewhere!
                        I posted the above pics of what I now realize was a modification of an Academy kit.In this case the mods were quite easy to do.This time I plan something a little more complicated.
                        Right now the only thing that I am painting is the garage doors of my house.Ugh....
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Monday, August 28, 2006 6:03 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Monday, August 28, 2006 6:39 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Monday, August 28, 2006 8:43 PM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:18 AM
                        The 1st sketch above is the Academy kit and the 2nd the Lindberg version.I used the academy kit for the Neiuport diorama which was a fairley easy mod as I just had to add the wooden box in the back.The lindberg kit will be a bit more of a challenge as the body is of earlier design.For one thing the running board is a lot shorter and the body is curved fore and aft.
                        The cab will be made from wood like in the pic.I am not planning to build it any time soon ,only after I finish the main hangar and yet to be built engine shop is finished, will I finally decide on what goes where in the parking lot.
                        When I am not actively building something as I am now(doing honey do's)I like to keep the old brain busy planning future builds.
                        There is another really nice kit out there of a 1913 Model T Van by Entex that is very different from what I have seen so far. Hmmm.......
                        I wish that I could find something other than Fords, especially family type cars.The way it is now you would swear that the Reid Brothers owned a Ford dealership.
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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                        Posted by JohnReid on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:46 AM
                        Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
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