Tugboat Diorama

daveinthehat

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January 2005
From: PA

Posted by daveinthehat on Sunday, June 17, 2007 9:05 PM

New bridge.

I took pictures while I was building it.
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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:06 PM

hmmmmm...is this supposed to be a scene from operation Market-Garden?

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daveinthehat

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January 2005
From: PA

Posted by daveinthehat on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:38 PM

It's mostly a scene from my imagination with a little inspiration from pictures of the tugboat grave yard in New York.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:27 PM

Love the new bridge Dave - I noticed the carved out styrofoam in tbe background - are you re-doing the Tug Graveyard layout as well ?

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daveinthehat

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January 2005
From: PA

Posted by daveinthehat on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:41 PM

Yes, MadMel. I started completely over again on the base. The other one had too much going wrong and was starting to look pretty shabby from doing everything over. This one is doing ok, no problems so far.

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daveinthehat

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January 2005
From: PA

Posted by daveinthehat on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:38 PM

I got the new base almost finished. I still have some details to add. Like bushes and more weeds and ground cover. I mounted the tugboats with silicone. I have to do some work around the water lines and add some slime looking stuff to the hauls. I need some seaweed too.

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T-rex

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February 2007
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Posted by T-rex on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:39 PM

woodland scenic makes plastic pebbles that when melt it can be shape into the form you want, but the color is yellowish, not very realistique, what did you did to make the realistique water color?, also how did you do water wave shape.

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daveinthehat

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January 2005
From: PA

Posted by daveinthehat on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1:34 AM

I used Winsor & Newton oil paints for the water color. I should have things ready to pour the clear in a few days.

Here's a link to pictures I took as I was building it.

http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davetown/tugboats-along-the-/

My pictures: http://public.fotki.com/daveinthehat/

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the doog

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January 2007

Posted by the doog on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:06 AM

I love it--the whole idea, the execution, the wierd and witty subject. Fantastic looking new bridge; can't wait to see it done!

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daveinthehat

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January 2005
From: PA

Posted by daveinthehat on Saturday, September 1, 2007 9:36 PM

Finally finished.

More pictures: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davetown/tugboats-along-the-/

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the doog

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January 2007

Posted by the doog on Saturday, September 1, 2007 10:13 PM

WHAT?!?! ONLY ONE PHOTO???

C'mon man! Give us more!!! This looks absolutely STUNNING!!! The weathering and rust on the tugs looks fabulous!

Just one question--why'd the guy drop his oars???

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daveinthehat

Member since
January 2005
From: PA

Posted by daveinthehat on Saturday, September 1, 2007 10:43 PM

There's more pictures on my Fotki page. I'm going to take some outside in better light tomorrow.

Why did the guy drop the oars? Well, its kinda like "up the creek without a paddle"...Plus he's so facinated with Betty that he has no clue of the impending danger.