JowesCrow Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Finally done after 2 years. What you see here is: 21 feet of balsa on the roof structures and 4 feet of various other balsa; 10 feet of 36 gauge aluminum, 6 feet of electrical wire; 32 feet of 1" poplar strip wood *and* 32 feet of basswood balsa strip batten; a little over 13 feet of styrene rod; 1000 bolts of 3 different sizes; 1,146 structure rivets; 56 tubes of superglue, 13 superglue gel; 12 LEDs; over 64 oz of Titebond; 1/2 gallon of plain white Elmer's; 3 pounds of sand, J.B. Weld, epoxy, 3M adhesive, and no telling how much paint. All clocking in at 8 pounds. At *least* 1,000 hours. Β All questions, comments, critiques welcome! Thanks for looking. Jason This is a 1/25 scale, heavily modified AMT 'The General' kit made to look more like 1920s-30s stock. This is a fantasy build, not representing any particular locomotive or technology'; nothing is accurate anywhere. It's an amalgam of things I saw doing research that I really liked. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmarc Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 WOW,WOW,WOW . that is quite something !.. Well done SIR ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JowesCrow Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 2 hours ago, Jmarc said: WOW,WOW,WOW . that is quite something !.. Well done SIR ! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 The more you look the more you see. This particular period piece diorama really draws the eye in to seek out the incredible amount of detail on it and within. Absolutely top class modelling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JowesCrow Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 On 1/9/2024 at 10:54 AM, noelsmith said: The more you look the more you see. This particular period piece diorama really draws the eye in to seek out the incredible amount of detail on it and within. Absolutely top class modelling! Thank you. π Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Lots of "Wow"s.Β You gotta enter this at Nats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralModel Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Labour, sweat, blood and tears... It's all there... It's amazing.ππππππ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 (edited) Had yet another look at this diorama and seen even more! I particularly like the way the Steam Locomotive looks distressed, but then everything in the diorama looks distressed! An incredible eye for realism that's for sure. The combination of using kit items and the amount of scratch built work on this model has been done to the N'th degree. In a word 'Superb'. Edited February 16 by noelsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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