Leighbo
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Hi guys, been a while since I last posted a build on sma so thought I would make amends with my latest project
This time its Tamiyas Citroen 2CV Fourgonette getting the rusty treatment, which I am going to show quietly rusting away forgotten in a back street somewhere. It's my first car in months and also my first diorama too so feeling a bit rusty myself
I staretd by mocking up the basic chassis and body to get an idea of the background. then once I had decided (which took a lot of pondering!) how the scene would take shape I went to work with some craft card.
I wanted to make the background as much a part of the scene as the car so after mocking up a garage front in card I set about cutting and sticking the individual bricks using the same card. This is a new technique to me but it will hopefully let me get realistic looking bricks as I can cut a v in the back of the corner bricks and bend them round to look like one single brick. This has not been possible with my previous efforts with foam board.
I'm quite happy so far although cutting the bricks individually has taken hours but it'll hopefully be worth it in the end!
Thanks for looking
This time its Tamiyas Citroen 2CV Fourgonette getting the rusty treatment, which I am going to show quietly rusting away forgotten in a back street somewhere. It's my first car in months and also my first diorama too so feeling a bit rusty myself
I staretd by mocking up the basic chassis and body to get an idea of the background. then once I had decided (which took a lot of pondering!) how the scene would take shape I went to work with some craft card.
I wanted to make the background as much a part of the scene as the car so after mocking up a garage front in card I set about cutting and sticking the individual bricks using the same card. This is a new technique to me but it will hopefully let me get realistic looking bricks as I can cut a v in the back of the corner bricks and bend them round to look like one single brick. This has not been possible with my previous efforts with foam board.
I'm quite happy so far although cutting the bricks individually has taken hours but it'll hopefully be worth it in the end!
Thanks for looking