Bruce W.

Hello all,

I have a Lionel display layout for my three rail trains but I also kit bash and scratch build in S and On30 for fun. I built a small diorama with two 3' lengths of track parallel ballasted and some what sceniced to learn how to do scale like scenery in the larger scales in this case S scale for taking pics of my trains that I build be they kit, scratch, bashed or even R-T-R. here are some pics of that test diorama.

 

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Here is the diorama with a scratchbuilt stock car to the left with scale wheels and couplers next to a kit boxcar with American flyer compatible wheels and couplers to the right. The other track holds a small diesel with two repainted flyer gondolas from Putt trains. the track is American models code 148 track which is hi-rail for S but also works well with scale wheels. The junk in the background are Ho locos used for painting practice as I plan to do a small modular freelance railroad called Buckeye Freight & Terminal(BFT) in S scale.

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UPWilly

Answer to your question

If you are really asking if there are members here that have made small dioramas, then the answer is YES!

In using the "MRH SEARCH" tool, selectable in the upper right corner of the forum pages, I have over 400 blogs discussing the making of dioramas.

Here are a couple of the blogs on them:

The Snow Diorama

The swamp Diorama

1st page of results:

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Bill D.

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N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'

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Dave K skiloff

Here's a couple

My daughter and I did this one for her school project several years ago in HO scale...

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And the one I built in N scale to figure out how to do the HO scale one...

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Dave
Playing around in HO and N scale since 1976

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shadowbeast

Not yet

but the day shall probably come!

 

May not be much like these (certainly not as many as this modeller), but:

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=carlos+briz+locomotives+and+war&sa=N&biw=1600&bih=789&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCoQsAQ4CmoVChMIur-pwPSlxwIVoS6mCh1D_wCE

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StefanT

Almost done

I am almost done with mine - HO scale.  Only been in the hobby about 16 months, so I don't have a layout yet.  Still in the process of gathering. Everything from locos, rolling stock, scenery stuff, vehicles, figures, you name it.  I din't want my nice loco's hiding in a cupboard - I want to display them.  Decided to do a display diorama that I can build into a case with a glass top, so that it and the locos won't gather dust while being displayed.  It also gave me an opportunity to test out al the different scenery techniques I was busy learning, being new to the hobby and all.   I am going to still do a blog on how it came to life, but this gives me the opportunity to sort-of do a "preview".

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Tim Latham

Inspiration

I've been thinking about this for a while and y'all have finally inspired me to build one of these.

While I've been a model railroader most of my life, I had to lay it aside for a while due to family issues. Getting close to retirement now and I'm back into it with a vengeance. That being said, a lot has changed since the days of nothing but cork roadbed tacked on plywood. I've got a lot to learn and re-learn!

Tim

Tim Latham

Mississippi Central R.R. "The Natchez Route"

HO Scale 1905 to 1935

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/timlatham

 

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hoN3_rr

Modular Clubs

I suspect that a bit of research in your area may very will turn up a modular club or two. You may get lucky enough to identify a club working in one of the scales you model in.

--KP

Life is to short to make all of the models I want to.

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barr_ceo

You should look into T-Trak...

The standard N scale T-Trak single straight module is about the size of a piece of printer paper (When did we stop calling it "typing paper"?)

Follow the links in my sig for more information.

 

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UPWilly

Back to the main subject - dioramas

One person I would classify as an expert in dioramas is Ken Patterson. He discusses them in some of his articles in MRH (he does them commercially for model manufacturers) and you can also see some of his work on his website:

Ken Patterson Model Photography & Professional Model Building

The MRH members bonus downloads include his MRH article videos and he can also be found on YouTube.

These are posted by Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine.

An interesting part of Ken Patterson is that his home is on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River with the Missouri Pacific (Now Union Pacific) mainline running along the bank of the river. Awesome site - in his latest, the What's New August 2015, he shows a diorama he made of his property, bluffs and MP mainline.

His latest, August 2015, article is online here:

https://forum.mrhmag.com/magazine-feedback-was-ezines-891776

 

Bill D.

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N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'

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ray schofield

My dioramas

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UPWilly

Oh, I almost forgot ...

In the latest magazine, in Staff Notes, are dioramas of dioramas (micro-mini modules) here:

https://forum.mrhmag.com/magazine-feedback-was-ezines-891776

The "micro-mini" modules are used as signage on the dioramas to be displayed at the Portland show.

 

Bill D.

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N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'

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NCountrygal

I've done some small ones

Deb

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NCountrygal

Having trouble with the photos

Having trouble with posting photos----the above is the prototype for my "Depots by John" kit.

  Below is what I've done so far on this particular diorama.  Going to rework the trees, they're too "puffball-like",

will add a vehicle, some kids with a bike, etc.   Will post some more dioramas later, have to get ready for work now.

Deb

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NCountrygal

A close up

Deb

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Deemiorgos

My first and smallest

My first and smallest diorama for displaying a car:

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My largest diorama:

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UPWilly

Another Diorama modeler

Look at some of Jure Sporns work. He is quite skilled at this. See the beginning of his latest project for a train show:

Jure Sporn Train Show Diorama

Scroll halfway down the page to see the beginning. He has also posted some of his work on Facebook.

 

Bill D.

egendpic.jpg 

N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'

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trainmaster247

I haven't in the past had

I haven't in the past had space for a layout so yes, most of my photoshoot threads not from the school club are in moduals.

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