My junkyard diorama and its car's. DU Waring!

These are shots of the two cars Im featuring in my junkyard diorama.

This is my first serious attempt at a realistic diorama.

What do you think of the cars so far?

Believeable?

The first car is an MPC Vintage 1985 "Royal Knight" 1/24 scale El Camino.

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/camino1.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/camino2.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/camino3.jpg

The Second car is a Revell 1/24 scale 1967 Plymouth GTX

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/junkyard2.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/junkyard3.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/elslamino2.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/elslamino1.jpg

Heres some more pics.

For the under carriage I mixed yellow/red/flat black and mildly drybrushed with testors steel.

Here are some more shots.

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/under1.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/under2.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/under3.jpg

Heres the fence Im building on half the groundwork. I even used my very own last Name on the sign. I made the sign in Photoshop 7.0 in a 600 dpi .jpg format. I then printed it on Kodak high gloss photo paper complete with a bass wood frame.

This sign will be TRASHED when Im done. the fence came out "OK" I guess, for my first one it was tough, took me 2.5 hours to make 16 inches?

Im going to dirty the fence up and hang junk on it and what not. It will be sweet.

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fence1.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fence2.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fence3.jpg


Heres another angle of the GTX which now sports a basswood hood prop, neatly splintered too!

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/67d.jpg



Heres some more shots of the fence work and signage I made today.

Before:

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fence1.jpg

After:

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fencenew1.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fencenew2.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fencenew3.jpg

Heres the sign progress as of today.

Before:

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fence3.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/sign1.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/sign2.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/sign3.jpg

Above is some good shots of the Beware Of Dog, Entrance and Trespassing signs. I made these in Photoshop 7.0. If you guys need any crazy or custom sign, I mean anything, I can do it on PS7, just name it.

Heres the third car in my junkyard.

Its another 67 GTX by Revell.

I dremeled off the front drivers fender and door as well as the trunk (Which will be getting custom made hinges and it will be posed open).

Im really rusting this one out bad!! Its been here forever! LOL!

Its also my first vinyl top attempt too.

What do you think?

This shot is my favorite.

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67f.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67a.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67b.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67c.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67d.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67e.jpg

This is tough decision making as far as the layout of the cars and parts go. What do you guys think of this layout?

Please note the cars are NOT finished yet.

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67j.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67k.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67l.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67m.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67n.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67o.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67p.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67q.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67s.jpg

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67t.jpg

Heres a great shot of the rust and grime.

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/new67u.jpg

all of the work you've done is extraordinary! 2 thumbs up!

best diorama i have ever seen, GREAT work :grinyes:

Oh my god!! That´s very impresive! Very realistic work.

Those look great, the attention to detail and effort really shows.
I can't wait to see more.

:iagree: :bigthumb:

Wow thats really good! :naughty: Someone obviously knows too much about rusting cars!! Great job! :lol:

Actually I know shit about rust. This was my first diorama and my first rust attempt. Its a steel wool pad that was left in 1/2 water to rust. Then brush it on.

Wow Wow Wow That Hast To Be The Greatest Diorama Ive Ever Seen!

The cars look like crap.... outstanding!!!! :icon16:

The peeling vinyl roof looks very convincing in the photos. :smokin:

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:
Impressive work!!!

Great work, I plan on working on something similar.. someday.

You can get some inspiration at: http://www.carsinbarns.com Be prepared to be terrified.. :(

thats amazing!! are these old models? or did you specifically make them for the junkyard?

Great work, I plan on working on something similar.. someday.

You can get some inspiration at: http://www.carsinbarns.com Be prepared to be terrified.. :(

Ive been on that site since it started 2 years ago. I contributed two Torino's in the Ford section. That site is disturbing!

thats amazing!! are these old models? or did you specifically make them for the junkyard?

These were all built to perfection then destroyed.

That is amazing bro!!!! Awesome work

the models look great! :grinyes: all you need now is a tow truck :naughty: and that website makes me so MAD!!! All those beautiful cars!!!! :eek: :nono: :banghead: WHY??? WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THAT WAY????? :crying:

very cool.
keep up the good work.

Great job...love the junkyard sign...make sure to post a pic of it completed.

That all looks like some of the ugliest stuff I've ever seen. Very impressive. Looks like you could write a lot of 'how-tos' about your techniques!!

Thanks for the pics!!

Murray

Wow, that's great! I've only done one weathered car and it was a lot of work, probably more work than a "normal" car. I can't imagine how much time you spent on those. All I would suggest is grinding out the plastic from the inside near edges and rust holes; the thickness looks out of scale.

Funny thing is I use a piece of wood for my prop rod, and it has splinters on it just like your model's.

Thanks for all the kind words.

As far as the rust holes and what not you must have missed in that post where I said "Please note cars are NOT finished yet"

WOW!!! Thats very impressive. Even though you trashed, them, its cool. :grinyes:

no word to say...........(still in shock)

So You Built The Cars To Perfection Than Destroyed...? Fantastic Work, But........ Stay Away From My Models!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):): ):):):):):)
Will Do Something Like This One Day....

Absolutly amazing and great subject. I love the way you have done the second GTX.

:eek2::eek2:Stunning work.The best diorama I have ever seen.:bigthumb::bigthumb:

SO gross yet so stunning, Great job man :bigthumb:

Wow Wow Wow That Hast To Be The Greatest Diorama Ive Ever Seen!


:iagree: :sunglasse

Thanks Guys!!!

Ill be working on it all weekend to try and finish it up so I can get back to my clean builds for a while and take a break from the Dio, man there alot of work!!!

Thats a fantastic diorama man,congratulations.

Thank you very much!

Now That is some unbelievable skill. :eek: :eek:

You have inspired me to start my own diorama. Well, kinda. So far i have relocated my 1:24 scale GMC Top Kick flat bed hauler, and i've compacted/flattened 2 cars (1987 Buick GN and 1969 Camaro SS; both cars raped for any valuable parts) Onlything i gotta do now, is find some complete ones, weather them, and make the diorama itself.

SWEET!! Please post pics.

Where did you get the flat bed?

I shown your junkyard pics to my girlfriend (who by the way is not that kin in cars but i'll get there one day) and she said: "some people are really talented...". Have you got anymore picture of it?

hey man nice job. very realistic. the sign looks great too. :chair:

hey man nice job. very realistic. the sign looks great too. :chair:

Thanks I made the signage in Photoshop 7.0.

I have some more pics here:

http://www.digitaldioramas.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2466

http://www.digitaldioramas.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2461

http://www.digitaldioramas.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2453

http://www.digitaldioramas.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2433

I thought the whole dio had a good layout and plenty of interesting details.
BTW....where did you find the 1/24 scale 55 gal drums ?
These were a nice touch.

Thanks

LuckBastard

lol, awesome work. Maybe you should buy some cheapo older style diecasts, and give them the old look, then put 'em in a vice and squish them. :evillol: every junkyard needs a stack of cars.

They all look really cool, I like the filthy look to the whole area. How did you get the sign to look like that?

Man that is nice work, i can appreciate the time that you have put into this, i tried to do something similar some time ago and was starting to look pretty good but i just ran out of patience and put the whole project on ice. seeing this makes me wanna dig it out of my attic, well done!

I thought the whole dio had a good layout and plenty of interesting details.
BTW....where did you find the 1/24 scale 55 gal drums ?
These were a nice touch.

Thanks

LuckBastard

I bought the drums at my Local Hobby Shop here in South Jersey. The HS is call Allied Hobbies, they will ship too.

They were bagged with a wooden pallet and 2 55 gallon drums. I weathered the shit out of them as well as a few dents!!


I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the company that made them.

Goto the military Dio sites that's where ALL the good pieces can be found as well as killer sources.

Heres a KILLER one that Post on.

http://www.DigitalDioramas.com

lol, awesome work. Maybe you should buy some cheapo older style diecasts, and give them the old look, then put 'em in a vice and squish them. :evillol: every junkyard needs a stack of cars.

They all look really cool, I like the filthy look to the whole area. How did you get the sign to look like that?

All I did for the signage was mix 60% Testors flat black and 40% Thinner, added some rust powder (dried out steel wool) and "dirtied" it up!

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/fence1.jpg

[img]http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/sign1.jpg

I use Kodak photopaper to lay my Photoshop creations on so it has a geat shiny layer on top that you can put nice scratches onto with an Exacto knife.

Man that is nice work, i can appreciate the time that you have put into this, i tried to do something similar some time ago and was starting to look pretty good but i just ran out of patience and put the whole project on ice. seeing this makes me wanna dig it out of my attic, well done!

Dig it out. You will not regret it. It's awesome. Im going to really finish it up over the Winter.

thats truly amazing work, good job man

Thanks alot.

That is sooooo Awsome ...