trekriffic 0 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) Here are some pics of a Martian diorama I finished a few years ago. The ship on the right is the Glencoe Mars Liner kit reissued several years ago. The ship on the left is a retro-50's inspired spaceplane I scratched from an F16 Eagle snapkit and a dollar store booklight. The backdrop depicts the Olympus Mons escarpment on Mars with the two ships having made an emergency landing after a near fatal encounter with the asteroid belt. This dio won the "Best Diorama" award in the 2009 "Wiffie" modeling contest over on the What If forum. Edited December 6, 2011 by trekriffic Link to post Share on other sites
ghodges 543 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Evidently the guys in the black helicopters decided that your pics shouldn't be shown to the public for fear of the secret would be out! GIL Link to post Share on other sites
trekriffic 0 Posted December 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Evidently the guys in the black helicopters decided that your pics shouldn't be shown to the public for fear of the secret would be out! GIL Sorry. First time posting here so took me a sec to figure out what was wrong. You should be able to see them now. You can see more pics in on my Photobucket album here (including quite a few WIP photos): http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/Trekriffic/Martian%20Diorama/ Link to post Share on other sites
GregWise 4 Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 That is really cool! Link to post Share on other sites
RGronovius 74 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Good job on the ships, I really like this dio. Any green Martian head hiding behind a rock somehwere? ;) Link to post Share on other sites
ghodges 543 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Love it! You really captured the look of the surface, especially in that 3rd pic. GIL Link to post Share on other sites
dmorrissette 105 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 It looks great. Dave Link to post Share on other sites
WildBill50 75 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Very martainy(?)!!! It really captures the look of the "RED PLANET". Is the TWA ship lit up or are the little blue lights just MV lenses? COOL! Bill Link to post Share on other sites
trekriffic 0 Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) Very martainy(?)!!! It really captures the look of the "RED PLANET". Is the TWA ship lit up or are the little blue lights just MV lenses? COOL! Bill The TWA Mars Liner is lit. Here's the lighting assembly made from booklight parts and an empty xacto blade tube:: The booklight: Edited January 6, 2012 by trekriffic Link to post Share on other sites
trekriffic 0 Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Good job on the ships, I really like this dio. Any green Martian head hiding behind a rock somehwere? ;) Funny! I'd thoguht about taking a few more pics with a Martian poking it's head out from behind the rocks but never got around to it. Here's another pic of the two ships side-by-side: Link to post Share on other sites
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