WIP: Early 1980s campsite with bronco and wheeler

[crazyjim]

Looks good.

[youpey]

the campus friends kit came in. there is one male figure and 4 female figures. 1 of the females is wearing a dress, so she is out for camping. the other is wearing high heals and is holding a camera phone to take a picture of her self, so she is out.

this leaves my lady with the bike or the lady with the backpack. the lady with the bike has a notch cutout in the back to make it so she can lean against the bike. i dont want to put this bike into the dio, so that means she is out. 

the girl with the backpack however, is near as perfect as it can get for a camping scene.  the backpack is a little big, but could be fine for a camping/hiking adventure. now onto the fellow. he has what looks like a suit jacket on. i think if i paint it back or dark brown, i can get it to look like a leather jacket. or i can do a green jacket, like an army color, and have it look similar to an army light weight coat. lastly, i could do a jean jacket type thing. however, that is probably the only color i dont have in my pile of paints.  the man is in a walking pose, so naturally, i am going to put the dog on a leash and into his hand. 

 

anyway, i think this set has exactly what i need. the lady with the scooter is going onto its own tiny one, that scooter is something else. i really like it

[Anglia105E]

3 hours ago, youpey said:

the campus friends kit came in. there is one male figure and 4 female figures. 1 of the females is wearing a dress, so she is out for camping. the other is wearing high heals and is holding a camera phone to take a picture of her self, so she is out.

this leaves my lady with the bike or the lady with the backpack. the lady with the bike has a notch cutout in the back to make it so she can lean against the bike. i dont want to put this bike into the dio, so that means she is out. 

the girl with the backpack however, is near as perfect as it can get for a camping scene.  the backpack is a little big, but could be fine for a camping/hiking adventure. now onto the fellow. he has what looks like a suit jacket on. i think if i paint it back or dark brown, i can get it to look like a leather jacket. or i can do a green jacket, like an army color, and have it look similar to an army light weight coat. lastly, i could do a jean jacket type thing. however, that is probably the only color i dont have in my pile of paints.  the man is in a walking pose, so naturally, i am going to put the dog on a leash and into his hand. 

 

anyway, i think this set has exactly what i need. the lady with the scooter is going onto its own tiny one, that scooter is something else. i really like it

Sounds like you have worked out what you need from this Tamiya Campus Friends set of figures, and I think if I am remembering correctly, the Vespa scooter is one of three scooters in a different Tamiya kit...... I have the kit, which I purchased purely to get the Vespa scooter for my 1:24 diorama. When the scooter is assembled and painted it looks really good. The painting of 1:24 scale figures can be a bit tricky, but at the moment I am trying to paint 1:32 scale figures, which I am finding much harder !

David

[kilrathy10]

That looks pretty awesome, Man... Very nice work on the trailer and dune buggy... I love the base work, too... Excellent..

[youpey]

I am now finished with this. I tried to find some pebbles but couldn't find any small enough. The smallest i found were giant

 

Anyway, it didn't turn out as i hoped but im not hugely disappointed since its my first completed dio.

I was thinking of adding some camping stuff for the outside but really its tight as it is now, so this is it.

 

I have an idea for my next one, which will use the 4wheeler alone. Much smaller though

 

[Anglia105E]

Well, Miles...... I reckon you should feel very proud of what you have achieved here, especially as this is your first diorama ever !

You encountered some challenges and difficulties along the way, and from these experiences you will have learned a lot. Also, you will have raised the bar as regards your own expectations, so that each further diorama that you build from here on, will be better and more rewarding. This is why I like building scale model dioramas, and scale model cars...... Each project becomes a whole new miniature creation..... and you created everything that went into that scene.

Congratulations,

David

[youpey]

11 minutes ago, Anglia105E said:

Well, Miles...... I reckon you should feel very proud of what you have achieved here, especially as this is your first diorama ever !

You encountered some challenges and difficulties along the way, and from these experiences you will have learned a lot. Also, you will have raised the bar as regards your own expectations, so that each further diorama that you build from here on, will be better and more rewarding. This is why I like building scale model dioramas, and scale model cars...... Each project becomes a whole new miniature creation..... and you created everything that went into that scene.

Congratulations,

David

Thank you very much for the nice words. I really appreciate it. 

 

One quick update. The other day i dropped the bronco and i just noticed the grill was broken. i still had the grill from the first body thankfully, so i quick popped it in. Im really relieved i had it. 

 

Edited June 29, 2021 by youpey

[Anglia105E]

2 minutes ago, youpey said:

Thank you very much for the nice words. I really appreciate it. 

 

One quick update. The other day i dropped the bronco and i just noticed the grill was broken. i still had the grill from the first body thankfully, so i quick popped it in. Im really relieved i had it. 

 

There you go...... Damage limitation, and spontaneous recovery !

[youpey]

i posted an underglass post

 

[misterNNL]

I have two small suggestions. First you might revisit the legs of the picnic table as is they are too close together looking like a tip over accident waiting to happen. The other detail is the dog's leash. It should droop down not be in an upward arc. Remember to build what you love regardless of what others like.

[youpey]

12 hours ago, misterNNL said:

I have two small suggestions. First you might revisit the legs of the picnic table as is they are too close together looking like a tip over accident waiting to happen. The other detail is the dog's leash. It should droop down not be in an upward arc. Remember to build what you love regardless of what others like.

i didnt keep the picnic table. i didnt really like it. i will definitely fix the dog leash though. i didnt notice it.