1/50 Scale Display Vignette

[tiking]

Just completed a display diorama for a customer. The scale display, is 1.2m x 0.40m x 0.40m in dimension. It is mostly for displaying 1:50 scale truck models, at exhibitions. I have come a long way and have done a lot of home made rock molds and scratch build details. I've even included handles that would make it easier to managed when moving it around. I also tried to make it as sturdy as possible, as it will be moving around quite a lot. I will also be weathering the truck combo you see on the display. I just used it to take photos of the layout in its entirety. Hope Tobias and Fredrik like it. I tried to mimic new/old patch roads, after many years of heavy traffic across this region, especially by truck drivers. The truck will be weathered with some heavy dust, so I am going to give it a try using an airbrush. Not my strongest side, but in this scale and weathering 'Middle Eastern weathering on trucks, an airbrush is the only way to go.

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[TarheelRick]

Excellent work, especially in such a small scale.  I think if I were driving that particular stretch of roadway I would prefer a sturdier guardrail. If you can accomplish such perfection as this diorama, than the weathering project should be simple.

[bisc63]

Very nice! Excellent craftsmanship.

[tiking]

13 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

Excellent work, especially in such a small scale.  I think if I were driving that particular stretch of roadway I would prefer a sturdier guardrail. If you can accomplish such perfection as this diorama, than the weathering project should be simple.

Much appreciated. Not only guardrail but concrete barriers as well. The roads in these places are only for the courages drivers and not for the faint of heart. The drops can go to 90 degrees and the edges between road and drops can be anywhere from 20cm to 5meters. Horribly scary. 

2 hours ago, bisc63 said:

Very nice! Excellent craftsmanship.

Thank you kindly. 

[PappyD340]

That is AWESOME and you have some excellent photography skills, well done!!

[tiking]

8 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

That is AWESOME and you have some excellent photography skills, well done!!

Much appreciated. Thanks. 

[TonyK]

I say trick photography. Seriously, this is amazing! Looks so real and I like the dangerous road as it adds to the whole scene. Just such great work!

[tiking]

23 hours ago, TonyK said:

I say trick photography. Seriously, this is amazing! Looks so real and I like the dangerous road as it adds to the whole scene. Just such great work!

Thanks Tony. Glad you liked it.

[Anglia105E]

Oh yes Charles, and I am liking this one very much ! You have a good eye for perspective and also composition, so that the angle of the mountainside, the road and the DROP are just right. I can see that you have given this diorama a great deal of careful thought. The whole scene photographs very well, and if I were you I would be extremely pleased with the result. When I scrolled down to the photos of the diorama base, and those sturdy handles, I was even more impressed. Any truck and trailer placed in that scene is going to work nicely, and especially with a weathered vehicle. I particularly like the bends in the road, and also the ' blind ' corner that makes you feel that the road is going over the edge !

David

[tiking]

17 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

Oh yes Charles, and I am liking this one very much ! You have a good eye for perspective and also composition, so that the angle of the mountainside, the road and the DROP are just right. I can see that you have given this diorama a great deal of careful thought. The whole scene photographs very well, and if I were you I would be extremely pleased with the result. When I scrolled down to the photos of the diorama base, and those sturdy handles, I was even more impressed. Any truck and trailer placed in that scene is going to work nicely, and especially with a weathered vehicle. I particularly like the bends in the road, and also the ' blind ' corner that makes you feel that the road is going over the edge !

David

David thank you so much for that assessment. You have nailed every point as if you had read my mind during the initial stages of the build. The whole point for building this was the client wanted a diorama for taking photos of the models without the need for a backdrop of some kind. And then he mentioned Middle East truck driving theme, and that was hit. Yep, I googled many many photos of this route and adapted lots of details from many of them. It was actually fun. A little skeptical at first, but the result started to slowly grow on me. 

Edited April 27, 2022 by tiking

[tiking]

Here is the truck I weathered. The customer has now received both the display and the Tekno truck combo.

The combo before weathering:

 

 

After Weathering:

 

 

[RCScaler]

Everything you create just blows me away!!! Looks so realistic, and great job weathering the truck! ??

[tiking]

17 hours ago, RCScaler said:

Everything you create just blows me away!!! Looks so realistic, and great job weathering the truck! ??

Thank you so much. I appreciate the nice comment.

[misterNNL]

Excellent work that looks real world realistic in every way. I'm sure visitors to their display are very impressed with your work.

[tiking]

17 hours ago, misterNNL said:

Excellent work that looks real world realistic in every way. I'm sure visitors to their display are very impressed with your work.

Thank you. I really hope so.