Basic "Instant" Diorama Construction by Pisis - Aircraft of World War II

Pisis · 11-08-2005, 05:25 PM

Basic Diorama Construction by Pisis

Hi.

Today I created my very first dioaram. It is for my just finished P-51B Mustang in 1/72nd scale. The plane was flown by a famous 'Flying Tiger' ace Colonel Dave Lee "Tex" Hill in Kunming, China in 1945.

The creating of such a dio is very simple. All you will need is:

1) The model to be placed there (

)
2) A classic frame for pictures
3) Some fake terrain (grass, stones, trees, chips, etc... depends on the Theatre of Operation)
4) Shrap scissors or a scalpel knife
5) A double sided sticky tape

step 1)
Demount the picture frame. It will contain the frame itself, the front glass and the backside tough quarto paper.

step 2)
Take the quatro paper and stick the sticky tape all over one side

step 3)
Remove the second side safety cover. Now it should have a very sticky surface.

step 4)
Now take your fake terrain proprieties and simply pour or place them on the surface depending on your will.

step 5)
Now mount the quatro paper back to the frame and you're set! Simply arrange the objects as you need and you're done!

This is my very first dioarama and if you take in mind it was done within some 10 minutes, it isn't bad, I think. All the plane, the pilot figure and the base needs some improvement but the basic view is already there, I suppose.

Cheers,
Pisis

evangilder · 11-08-2005, 05:48 PM

Good idea, Pisis!

Pisis · 11-08-2005, 05:55 PM

Thanks! I'm not very like to be praising myself but I think this is a genius idea.

Gnomey · 11-08-2005, 06:28 PM

Looks good Pisis. Good idea too as Eric said.

toffigd · 11-08-2005, 06:35 PM

I would say it's an outstanding idea! Easy to make and looks really good

Pisis · 11-08-2005, 07:16 PM

Thanks guys.

Toffigd, I've just sent it as a tip to FineScale Modeler Mag. With some luck, they can pay me for that!

BTW, here is a very useful forum: http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/foru...ForumGroupID=3

lesofprimus · 11-08-2005, 08:16 PM

Looks pretty good Pisis.... Ive made a few of those myself back in the day, only I used spray adhesive instead of the sticky tape...

Next time, try using a larger picture frame and doing alittle more scenery to ur diorama....

Pisis · 11-09-2005, 06:08 AM

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lesofprimus

Next time, try using a larger picture frame and doing alittle more scenery to ur diorama....

I bought three of this size frames, all of them for 1/72 models (or for the 1/35 IDF paratroopers I'm working on...) just for trial... I'll certainly get deeper into creating dio's. Those days back, when I was a kid, I made a huge (0,5 x 0,3 m) dios - one was the Battle for Berlin (with Pzkpf's, T-34s, tens of objects, burned wagon, lamps, soldiers...) and one was a forest scenery with US Army "Calamity Jane" Amoured Track... It wasn't on a very high technique level but it was pure in imagination.... Both are lost now (i threw them away along with my other cdrappy models during our multi-time moving...)

the lancaster kicks ass · 11-09-2005, 12:31 PM

sounds good, looks good too! but check this out

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Dioramas.html

cheddar cheese · 11-09-2005, 04:31 PM

Pisis, you could be on blue peter...

Great idea!

Pisis · 11-10-2005, 07:36 AM

Lanc, I know this site well, I just didn't want to wait for 2 days for the glue to evaporate...

CC: Blue Peter?

cheddar cheese · 11-11-2005, 12:14 PM

Legendary British Childrens TV show...

plan_D · 11-11-2005, 12:15 PM

Which is cursed ...all the presenters end up of cocaine.

cheddar cheese · 11-11-2005, 01:32 PM

Exactly.

Pisis · 11-12-2005, 09:50 AM

sheeeeeeeeeeee

11-08-2005, 05:25 PM	#1
Pisis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Praga Mater Urbium Posts: 5,859	Basic "Instant" Diorama Construction by Pisis Basic Diorama Construction by Pisis Hi. Today I created my very first dioaram. It is for my just finished P-51B Mustang in 1/72nd scale. The plane was flown by a famous 'Flying Tiger' ace Colonel Dave Lee "Tex" Hill in Kunming, China in 1945. The creating of such a dio is very simple. All you will need is: 1) The model to be placed there () 2) A classic frame for pictures 3) Some fake terrain (grass, stones, trees, chips, etc... depends on the Theatre of Operation) 4) Shrap scissors or a scalpel knife 5) A double sided sticky tape step 1) Demount the picture frame. It will contain the frame itself, the front glass and the backside tough quarto paper. step 2) Take the quatro paper and stick the sticky tape all over one side step 3) Remove the second side safety cover. Now it should have a very sticky surface. step 4) Now take your fake terrain proprieties and simply pour or place them on the surface depending on your will. step 5) Now mount the quatro paper back to the frame and you're set! Simply arrange the objects as you need and you're done! This is my very first dioarama and if you take in mind it was done within some 10 minutes, it isn't bad, I think. All the plane, the pilot figure and the base needs some improvement but the basic view is already there, I suppose. Cheers, Pisis __________________ "He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too." - Airplane! Memory of Nation Why Did Hitler Want Czechoslovakia WW2 Was A War That Had To Be Fought! What Really Happened in Israel? Children of Hamas

11-08-2005, 05:48 PM	#2
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	Good idea, Pisis! __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

11-08-2005, 05:55 PM	#3
Pisis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Praga Mater Urbium Posts: 5,859	Thanks! I'm not very like to be praising myself but I think this is a genius idea. __________________ "He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too." - Airplane! Memory of Nation Why Did Hitler Want Czechoslovakia WW2 Was A War That Had To Be Fought! What Really Happened in Israel? Children of Hamas

11-08-2005, 06:28 PM	#4
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,225	Looks good Pisis. Good idea too as Eric said. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

11-08-2005, 06:35 PM	#5
toffigd Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gdansk, PL Posts: 316	I would say it's an outstanding idea! Easy to make and looks really good __________________ Pozdrawiam

11-08-2005, 07:16 PM	#6
Pisis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Praga Mater Urbium Posts: 5,859	Thanks guys. Toffigd, I've just sent it as a tip to FineScale Modeler Mag. With some luck, they can pay me for that! BTW, here is a very useful forum: http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/foru...ForumGroupID=3 __________________ "He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too." - Airplane! Memory of Nation Why Did Hitler Want Czechoslovakia WW2 Was A War That Had To Be Fought! What Really Happened in Israel? Children of Hamas

11-08-2005, 08:16 PM	#7
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,506	Looks pretty good Pisis.... Ive made a few of those myself back in the day, only I used spray adhesive instead of the sticky tape... Next time, try using a larger picture frame and doing alittle more scenery to ur diorama.... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

11-09-2005, 12:31 PM	#9
the lancaster kicks ass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,945	sounds good, looks good too! but check this out http://www.swannysmodels.com/Dioramas.html __________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."

11-09-2005, 04:31 PM	#10
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Pisis, you could be on blue peter... Great idea!

11-10-2005, 07:36 AM	#11
Pisis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Praga Mater Urbium Posts: 5,859	Lanc, I know this site well, I just didn't want to wait for 2 days for the glue to evaporate... CC: Blue Peter? __________________ "He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too." - Airplane! Memory of Nation Why Did Hitler Want Czechoslovakia WW2 Was A War That Had To Be Fought! What Really Happened in Israel? Children of Hamas

11-11-2005, 12:14 PM	#12
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Legendary British Childrens TV show...

11-11-2005, 12:15 PM	#13
plan_D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11,978	Which is cursed ...all the presenters end up of cocaine. __________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club.

11-11-2005, 01:32 PM	#14
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Exactly.

11-12-2005, 09:50 AM	#15
Pisis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Praga Mater Urbium Posts: 5,859	sheeeeeeeeeeee __________________ "He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too." - Airplane! Memory of Nation Why Did Hitler Want Czechoslovakia WW2 Was A War That Had To Be Fought! What Really Happened in Israel? Children of Hamas

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