PHPaul Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 As mentioned in my New Member Intro, this Winter's project is a 2' by 4' farm diorama in 1/64th scale to take advantage of my collection of 1/64 farm toys. It's pretty obvious that neither my building skills nor my photography skills are on a par with some of the stunning examples posted here, but practice makes perfect. I'm trying to dust off what little photography skills I have and take my Nikon P510 out of Auto/Snapshot mode. It's coming back to me, but slowly...very slowly. Here are a couple of the not completely horrible shots I've managed so far. Constructive criticism of both the diorama and the photography are invited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 I see I need to figure out how to manually focus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Little better focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Nice detail for 1/64th there Paul? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Very nice!! I have a friend that has a pretty awesome 1/64th layout. Pretty awesome what you guys do with the smaller scale stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Thanks, all! My experience with HO helps a lot, but being dang near 70 isn't helping as much as I'd hoped...? More patience, but less visual acuity... One of my little joys is making detail items out of whatever I have laying around. For instance the cattail leaves are little slices of green insulation off some 18 gauge wire, and the seed heads are dabs of brown "puffy paint" on some magnet wire. Reeds/dead weeds are snipped off the end of a whisk broom. The corrugated portion of a plastic (gasp!) drinking straw makes a great culvert when stretched out and hit with some silver paint. House, barn and grain bins are kits, all the other structures are scratch built. Trees are stranded copper wire armatures, a little solder, some brown paint, some spray adhesive and static grass. Little dabs of red enamel for the apples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 That’s pretty cool! If you could put a tornado in the background, it’d be perfect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 8 hours ago, tbill said: That’s pretty cool! If you could put a tornado in the background, it’d be perfect? My youngest daughter is a pretty talented artist. She's going to do a backdrop scene for me. I'll mention that! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Love it. That house brought back some moemories. I might have been inside it. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Thanks, Landman. This is the farm I grew up on in the 50's and 60's. (Pic is from late 40's as near as I can tell). I spent a lot of time looking for that house kit, it's quite similar to the one I grew up in as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Just to give you an idea of working in 1/64th scale. The scene is an inside joke among farmers. Certain years of International tractors were prone to failures of the Torque Amplifier which required splitting the tractor to repair. Much like Chevy vs. Ford, farmers will argue for hours about IH vs. John Deere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badluck 13 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I love it!!!! Even though IH had their issues I still bleed red and believe the saying "if it ain't red ,leave it in the shed" ... this dio kinda goes against that sayin' LOL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Dad was colorblind. Our two main tractors were a McCormick Deering Super W6 (Wheatland version of a Super M) and a John Deere B. I spent boucoup hours on that B cultivating corn and soybeans in low gear at half throttle...? My little slice of heaven has a Kubota, a Pasquali and a John Deere lawn tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badluck 13 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 When all said n done I love all old tractors and the two old ones mentioned are beautiful tractors, I myself have a '40 Ford 9N I have slowly been restoring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Night shot. Lights in house and barn are white LEDs running on 3v. Yard light is a modified HO scale street light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Very well done, great details ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglia105E Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That is a good night shot, Paul........ it is always interesting to play around with lighting for dioramas in any scale. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 3 hours ago, cobraman said: Very well done, great details ! Thanks. The amazing work I see here is a little daunting, but I see it as a challenge to take my work up a notch. I'm at the point where the overall theme of the diorama is done and now I'm adding little details and scenes to try to bring it to life. Little things like the lawn mower and little red wagon in the yard and (as I can afford it...) figures like the dogs and cats, some birds, etc. Preiser makes really nice stuff but it gets expensive quickly on my budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 very kool… You're right about the JD - IH crowd.. My father in law is a Farmall guy to the bone and I'm a Deere guy, fan all my life and currently working at Deere in the steel stamping division... We go at it from time to time, but it's good banter!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Can't believe it took me this long to think of this little detail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 We had a combination corn crib/equipment shed on the farm I grew up on. It's visible in the upper center of the home place picture. Decided I wanted one for the diorama, couldn't find anything even close in kit form so scratch built it from scale lumber. Just needs a little more weathering on the corrugated roofing. Oh...and an addition onto the diorama table so I have some place to put it...☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) "Built like a..." Edited February 25, 2020 by PHPaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 4:20 AM, PHPaul said: Thanks, Landman. This is the farm I grew up on in the 50's and 60's. (Pic is from late 40's as near as I can tell). I spent a lot of time looking for that house kit, it's quite similar to the one I grew up in as well. Nothing like an old salt box style farmhouse. I grew up in one myself. Great dio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) Ran out of room before I ran out of ideas, so I added another 2x4 section. It'll be home to the corn crib I mentioned above and some other buildings I've built or had donated to me. Edited March 16, 2020 by PHPaul add pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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