Bills72sj Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 With my Freightliners wrapping up, I have decided my (FIRST EVER) diorama is to be my next project. I am combining AMT's Tip Top Garage with, Testors/Fijumi garage and tool shop #430. I am robbing the wall cabinets from a race car semi trailer plus some of the tools. I also have some random ebay items to mix in as well. It has to fit into my display cabinet so I will need to keep it space limited. I am shooting for 4 bays with 3 lifts and some tire equipment. Follow along if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Careful, these get out of hand pretty quickly, lol. i like what you have going on so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Nice start!! Will be checking in as you go!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 5 hours ago, tbill said: Careful, these get out of hand pretty quickly, lol. i like what you have going on so far. Well I am hoping it doesn't get too carried away. I have limited display space that is kitty proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Off to a good start. I had to get rid of one (real) car and move my diorama to the garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Shambles said: Off to a good start. I had to get rid of one (real) car and move my diorama to the garage. That is not likely to happen here. Both my wife and I are very fond of keeping our cars in the garage (unlike most of my neighbors) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Me too, but I had two cars and a pickup and a golf cart. My Silverado stays in the driveway and my Corvette and golf car still stay in the garage. It's climate controlled so it's comfortable year round and I have plenty of room for my diorama out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 Had the day off due to a sore back from overworking it on Saturday. Broke down and masked the 3D printed 4 post lifts for painting. I want all 3 lifts to be the same color so I am priming all the pieces white. They will eventually all be dark blue with some portions safety yellow. I also painted a few items that needed to be white. Unfortunately my pre-painted refrigerator did not go well so it is in the purple lake. I hope it survives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Cool! I like your paint box too. I've got one out in the garage that I use a lot. I thought about getting a 3D printer, but didn't know how much I'd use it, and they ain't cheap! In the last year, I splurged on the MicroMark' decal maker package so I can print decals with a white base coat, and a Wondercutter, also from MicroMark. That pretty much wiped out my budget for a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Shambles said: Cool! I like your paint box too. I've got one out in the garage that I use a lot. I thought about getting a 3D printer, but didn't know how much I'd use it, and they ain't cheap! In the last year, I splurged on the MicroMark' decal maker package so I can print decals with a white base coat, and a Wondercutter, also from MicroMark. That pretty much wiped out my budget for a while! Thanks Shambles I built it last fall. I was looking into getting a 3D printer too. I wanted rectangular headlights for my Freightliners and KWs REALLY BAD! Fortunately Auslowe makes them in resin which saved me the trouble. I have been ordering some diorama items on ebay and the quality of the 3D printed surfaces is hit and miss. I avoid body putty and sanding because it is such a hassle to me. I have been making my own decals for awhile with waterslide paper and an inkjet printer. While I have the artwork side of things figured out, I have to deal with color limitations. (No white, silver or gold etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 That's why I splurged on the decal printing package from MicroMark. It came with at white cartridge for the laser printer that you can swap out with the black cartridge. It's a little tedious, but you can run the paper though the first time with the images converted to all "black"... which prints white if the cartridges are swapped. Then, run the page through again and print the 4 color process. Works pretty good but the registration is a little squirlly on the really small decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 My first load has arrived for my diorama on my new lowboy rig. Some of it still needs detailed but here we go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Niiiiice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Bills72sj said: My first load has arrived for my diorama on my new lowboy rig. Some of it still needs detailed but here we go. Very nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 I want my items to look more realistic so I figured I would add some logos and warning stickers. After snagging some from the internet, I manipulated the files and down sized them via print size NOT file size and created them in exactly the sizes I wanted in pretty decent resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Worked on my work benches yesterday. Laid the two biggest pieces of BMF I have ever attempted. Actually went pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 This is looking Great! I really like the "Truck Load" of parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Thanks Alan, I got the main benches finished up the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Making slow progress. I finally have my "containers" detailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 Finished up my cherry pickers and engine stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Coming right along Bill. Those benches are beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Wow! Everything looks fantastic so far! I can't wait to see more. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 17 hours ago, landman said: Coming right along Bill. Those benches are beautiful. 16 hours ago, David G. said: Wow! Everything looks fantastic so far! I can't wait to see more. David G. Thank you Pat and David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Here are my jacks and creepers before and after decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 Finished up my tire service equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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