Sneak peak current diorama

[Basse]

Here´s a sneak peak of my current diorama project, it's about 50% finished so far...

[guitardave_1]

Looks very promising Magnus. This is exactly the sort of thing I'd like to make. Was wondering how best to go about it, but I like the idea of the grid - gives an excuse for the driverless cars, and a perfect background scene too.

[43rdMuscle]

Where did you get the railings (the fence between the racetrack and the spectators/ garage)

Frank

[Basse]

The railing is made of single face fibre board like this, just painted it in silver.

[dcast]

Very cool diorama Good idea of using that cardboard for the fence.
Did once a road for 1/18 scale with a railing and tried to carve the railing from MDF but it didn't come out very well. I might try the cardboard solution someday

[zimbo]

Looking good so far.

[JSB33]

Looks fantastic!
And a big thank you for the tip of using the cardboard. I was searching ebay for a month looking for some sort of guardrail.
As usual, a simple method works best.

[43rdMuscle]

The railing is made of single face fibre board like this, just painted it in silver.

My hat's off to you guy. I was a Design Engineer in my previous life and that is an ingenious idea. Thanx for the tip! Remember the K-I-S-S method is always the best (Keep-It-Simple-Stupid).

I don't have to be concerned with curving the fence as most of my diecasts travel best in a straight line.

Frank

[Basse]

Thrust me, I've also looked for a long time to find something that would look like Armco barriers in the 1/43 scale.
I've even tried fan belts made for car generators, but so far cardbox has worked best for me.

The ones´s from Denizen Miniatures are very beautiful, but would cost a fortune for my dio:

http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/rd_new/access.htm

Here's a photo showing a bit more of the not so finished diorama:

[RaceOddity]

It still looks very good, can hardly wait to see the finished work.
In this case, well begun looks to more than half done.

It is also something that you can use with many types of model....
Again, great work Magnus!

Scott

[Basse]

Started adding some more details to the diorama, most of them are just temporary, until I have decided the final look:

[JSB33]

Getting better with every installment!

[Basse]

Thanks Jeff, never thought creating fire extinguishers in 1/43 could be so relaxing.

[Basse]

Burning rubber!

[RaceOddity]

Burning rubber!

I laughed so hard, I think I hurt myself...

Scott

[JSB33]

It does look cool! I hope he left 2 long strips of rubber on the pavement with that one.

[43rdMuscle]

It does look cool! I hope he left 2 long strips of rubber on the pavement with that one.

I hope they came from the BACK wheels/tires!!!!!!!

[dcast]

The burning rubber pic looks very cool, great idea

[Basse]

I just had to try, the "smoke" is intented for another diorama, not even sure those WTCC cars have 4-wheel drive...

Used synthetic wool for aquarium filters, but will have to paint it for the upcoming dio..

[dcast]

The smoking tyres photo looked so fun I had to give it a try myself Had the Samara on hand and placed it to the road I made + ripped some white wool from the Q-tips and here's the result, made it shaky image on purpose so it looks like the car is moving