Mark Diff posted:Here is a diorama I built last year for the Team Track Tuedays' threads...
Again just some scrap foam, a couple of pieces of old Gargraves track left over from a previous layout and some plaster cloth...
The basic backdrop, this time a sheet of foamcore board painted, blue with the clouds spray painted on...
After the initial paint and ground cover applied. Just sitting outside to dry...
Finally with some trees added and the backdrop attached...
The first delivery. It was here, that the townsfolk started to lobby the railroad for a heavy lift crane...
Subsequently, to increase the acerage of the diorama, I added an additional 6 inch strip across the front and later added the crane with a maintenance shack. Check them out on any Team Track Tuesday thread!
The really nice thing about dioramas is that they can be a laboratory of sorts, where ideas can be tried out, techniques and skilled learned and practiced, with out worrying about messing up your layout. They can also be, as noted above, incorporated into an existing or new layout.
I never knew that this was not on a layout Mark. Nice work, sure do miss Mr. Haney though.
Bob
