zark Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Since I am a young member to this forum I have to listen to the "Olders". Pete advised me to post my "works" here. The following diorama is one of my favourites. It won the first prize in the local modelling competition in the aircraft dioramas class. Everything is scrachbuilt, exept the aircraft. It took me about six months to finish.....but I am a slow builder anyway. So here we go.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Great diorama!!!!I like it very much! Cheers :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VFA-103guy Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 That is just outstanding!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gb_madcat_sl Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Wow! This is a very nice dio. I've been planning on doing something like that for some time now but couldn't really get started. Yours is definitely going to be an inspiration! Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 I want to thank you all fro your replies. What ever you want to know please feel free to ask... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Supercagoulisticexpeiladocious. DOES Anyone know how that is spelled? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Great! I was planning to build a similar scene for months, definitely I will take this as reference. What materials did u use for the carrier deck? Congrats!! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjo Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 HAHA! Awesome!!! My question is can you pack it up and send it to me it would look so much better on my shelf. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 That looks great. Any info you can pass on on how you did the deck and what it's all made out of?... Those wouldn't happen to be our Fightertown Decals on the SH?... Can we put this up in the gallery? thanks, brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 I have to admit that I am really overwelmed by the interest you gave to my work. For all your questions to be answered there will be a full article posted on the home page of ARC. Yes my friend it's Fightertown decals and it would be a privilage for me to let you use the photos . One question for all you out there. Already this is my second aircraft carrier diorama and a third one is "coming out" soon. My greatest problem is that I can not find the dimensions needed. What I want to say is that everything you see is empirical and not entirly accurate. Where do you think is the best place for this kind of information? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Zark, There is a thread in the diorama section where someone has uploaded a print of a carrier section meant as a simple "print and paste" for a base for modern jets. I seem to remember that if you print it out on A3 paper, its sized to 1/48. I bet if you can print that out, you can use it as a template for your dio bases. I'm not sure about the blast shield though. But for all intents and purposes, the shield looks pretty good in the proportions you've put. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gb_madcat_sl Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Just a couple of days back, I sent an email to Masa Narita about the dimensions he used for his awesome 1/32 deck diorama. He sent me back a link which has the data you need. LINK HERE Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twhite80 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 That deck looks unbelievable! I assume it is all scratch built. I had this idea of doing something similar but building it into a display cabinet and putting it behind glass. You must tell us more! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 That's really great dio! Awesome build! Cheers! Alexander. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 First, Welcome Aboard Zark ! Second, young, old, whatever, Beautiful Build ! Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Zark, Outstanding work! As others have said, your dio is similiar to an idea I have wanted to build for years. Definately inspires me. And it only took you six months. It would take me six years - at least. I looked at the other pictures you've got on your photobucket site. All very impressive man! Keep up the good work. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aarzee Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 That is a great looking masterpiece ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sv51macross Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Looks awesome, love the extra detail on the side, really enhances the diorama, and the Rhino's awesome as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f12aaa Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Very cool Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Big to your scratchbuilding efforts and the end result! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leverancier Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Fantastic stuff! I'd like to do one like it to complement my LHD diorama, but I'm out of display room... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GoBlue96 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Okay, so that is an outstanding diorama you've got linked here, but while I was looking that the larger images you linked I couldn't help but notice your in-service A-12 diorama a few pictures later. Dude, you've got to give us some details on that bad boy, it looks awesome! Maybe you could post it in another thread here? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Thanks GOBLUE96 for your comments. I am prommising you that sooner or later I will manage to take some more pictures of the A-12. Unfortunatelly my photografy skills have nothing in common with my modelling skills so I am waiting for some help from friends. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) My hat's off to you sir!!...that dio looks as if you cut a section of flight deck right out of a serving line Carrier and shrunk it down. An excellent job on all pieces involved . ADDED: I've seen a lot of dioramas, none that I can honestly say top yours or your ability to do them, I'm not saying they don't exist, just that I haven't seen them. Edited April 25, 2009 by Angels49 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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