WIP: 2CV “Rock and Roll-Bar”

I hope the detail you've put in the car won't be detracted by the detail you've put in
I hear ya'. I've had similar thoughts myself.

My philosophy is simple - there's no rule that says I MUST include everything or anything that I make for the dio (or even use the dio at all). I am just having fun experimenting with various things and seeing if I can do what I set out to do.

Right now for example, I trying to put this (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_07.jpg) to good use ;) :lol:

He can't really drive all the way out there all by himself and only paint the landscape?!?
Yes he can :p :evillol:
But he won't ONLY be painting landscapes I hope :D

Only you could pull off making a car with half it's body missing into one of the most popular and fun wip's here. The engine bay is fantastic, the little details you have added are sublime.

Is JP bringing the girlfriend to the picnic?

that dio looks very promising, and being made by you, it seems like a lot of fun

Great work! Great fun! Just great!:biggrin: :biggrin:

Needs a great Mermaid!:biggrin:

Needs a great Mermaid!:biggrin:
I know you like your ladies grass green, Dan...but a mermaid!?!?!? :rofl: :rofl: :evillol:

This is truly a charming little build mate. I like it, keep up the great work. The impressionistic painting bit made me laugh.

update.

Things are moving forward in a very haphazzard way.

Trying something new as always - this time it's tree making LOL

This

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_07.jpg


became this

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_09.jpg


then this

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_16.jpg


and this

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_18.jpg



I am still working on ways to add leaves so as a backup, instead of birches, I am making some pine trees

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_23.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_24.jpg


hmm...... maybe 2 toothpicks and kitchen paper soaked in diluted white glue could come in useful...?

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_21.jpg


something like this is what I have in mind...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_26.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_27.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_29.jpg

Thanks for looking in :)

Stevenski! Stop right there and never touch it again. If you bring it to a model show like that you'll win first prize for leaving something to the imagination of the viewer!

j/k... keep working on it and surprise us with more fantastic ideas!!! I just can't believe that this build is going on and on without ever getting boring. Great work!

Greetz from Germany to Poland!

PS: What is the fabric in the background next to the black cardboard?

oh man, you keep on amazing me with your inspiring work!

superb job!

This has to be one the most entertaining WIP I've ever seen.....:cool: :cool: :grinyes: :grinyes:


Fantasic work Steven!

Gee, now you are starting to build trees as well. Is there something out there you are not ready to tackle - concerning modeling? I guess you can start a new category rigth after the "machining"-section :evillol: :evillol: !

Keep it up and I´m happy to see you are having this much fun.

Robert

Oh yeah, as Sebastian said, greetings from Poland. See you soon on the pitch!

This has got to be the coolest thing I've seen happen around here. That tree is stunning! I am loving watching this progress!

Thanks guys :thumbsup:

PS: What is the fabric in the background next to the black cardboard?
That's a loooooooooooong story Seb - but I'll spare you :lol:

My building table is an old piece if med lab equipment called a laminar flow table. Basically it ensures a positive flow of clean air over the work area. The "fabric" you can see is the mesh covering the air outlet.

For a year or so it provided an excellent, well illuminated and dust-free environment for me to work in. Unfortunately it has now died and I should really get rid of it but there's a minor problem with that.... it weighs nearly 500kg and to get it back out of my cellar workshop will be a nightmare (again) so I am not in a hurry ;)

:eek2: Sublime! :thumbsup:

I'll have to take a trip to Poland to see this in person! ;)

For a year or so it provided an excellent, well illuminated and dust-free environment for me to work in. Unfortunately it has now died and I should really get rid of it but there's a minor problem with that.... it weighs nearly 500kg and to get it back out of my cellar workshop will be a nightmare (again) so I am not in a hurry ;)

Why don't you repair it? It might be easier to do, and will be an excellent work table again!

I'll have to take a trip to Poland to see this in person! ;)
Any time :)

Why don't you repair it? It might be easier to do, and will be an excellent work table again!
Believe me, I've tried. It's beyond salvage :(

Believe me, I've tried. It's beyond salvage :(

That's a pitty, every time I visited my girlfirend's laboratory I was thinking how good those laminar flow workplaces would be for me! :D

3 months since the last update and I have finally made some progress on this build thanks to being off work sick and two ultra-great modelling buddies - Peter and Dan


Firstly Peter in Australia.
I spent a lot of money, time and experimentation on different kinds of possible materials to reproduce a water effect with no success. Peter remembered something he had used before, went to his "not so local" LHS, bought some and sent it to me all the way from the other side of the world! Thanks Peter!

What he suggested is a 2-part epoxy used for glazing decoupage craft pieces. It's completely non-aggressive and dries crystal clear in 24 hours.

First of all, I used my hot glue gun to build a styrene dam around the water part of the diorama. I then glued the diorama base to my workbench with white glue to keep it flat and steady, mixed the resin and gently poured it in.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_40.jpg



The next day I removed the dam without any drama (although next time I would probably put some release agent on the styrene just in case)
This is a wonderful lake to swim in because, as you can see, the water is crystal clear! :;)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_42.jpg


Some of you may be thinking "it's too clear". I would tend to agree but I just could not find a way to lightly color it to my satisfaction so I played safe and went with the Nordic fjord look LOL

However, to kill the very static and somewhat unnatural look of this glass-like lake, I intend adding some ripples using thick artist's acrylic gel. I have done some tests with this already and the effect is quite good IMO



Next up is the field.
From the very beginning of this diorama project I have been doing tons of research on railroad modeling sites on how to get realistic looking grass as opposed to something that looks like the carpeted interior of a Maybach :)))

Apparently there are 2 secrets to doing grass. The first is to mix colors, textures and lengths randomly. The second is to get the flocking (aka static grass) to stand up straight in the glue like soldiers on parade and not just lie there like drunks in the gutter.

The first is relatively easy but the second not. For that I needed my good buddy Daniel and a secret weapon (you'll see at the end ;) )


Here is SOME of the static grass I used

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_45.jpg



First I put down some darker, shorter grass for the ground beneath the trees. IMO this area would be more like a forest floor than a pasture and would covered with pine needles etc

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_47.jpg


I then started filling up the rest of the pasture with different colored, longer grasses in randomly mixed and placed splodges. Once the were down, I used a Popsicle stick to flatten some areas and generally increase the randomness of direction and height.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_51.jpg


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_52.jpg


Some close ups

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_48.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_49.jpg



In this shot you can see how the blades of grass really are all standing up straight in the glue!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_53.jpg



This was possible due to my secret weapon - the Grassinator!!! ROFL

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_54.jpg



Flocking is also known as static grass because it accepts a charge of static electricity which makes it stand up when applied with an appropriate applicator (this is how they make the flocked patterns on t-shirts etc).

You can buy hobby grade static flock applicators for about 150$ (I'll take 2 please ;) ) but I found a schematic for a DIY version on Google but I comprehend less than nothing about electronics.

Dan flew to the rescue like Superman, found and bought all the component parts and made me one himself!
Believe me, I am sure that the one you can see in the photo made by Dan is twice as good as the one made and retailed by Noch.


THANKS DAN AND PETER FOR YOUR KIND HELP IN BRINGING THIS PROJECT BACK TO LIFE~!!

.....eeeee yyyyy!
........amazing work!
I admire your patience.

:eek2: I'm speechless! :worshippy

Whoa!!! How real looking is that grass?!?!? Maybe you should have some animals too - a cow, deer, beaver, lol - they'd be loving that juicy grass.

The grass looks very impressive and real! Actually the whole thing does.

-Niko

The grass is very convincing and realistic, I wonder... Is there anything you cant do?? I really like this little piece of tranquility and scenery, the water is excellent too.

Thanks dudes :thumbsup:
I am really pleased that you like it and thanks for putting up with this eternal WIP!!! LOL


I've added some texture to the water surface. I am curious what your opinion is.

I spread some Vallejo water effect gel (basically artists' thick acrylic medium) all over the surface. My tests highlighted that it is important to put it all over the surface otherwise the ripples will look "stuck on"

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_55.jpg


I used a clay modeling tool to randomly swish the gel about into....a mess LOL

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_56.jpg


These shots show how it looks during the drying process. As you can see, some of the gel has not fully cured yet and is still opaque.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_57.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_59.jpg



To add some depth to the water (no pun intended) I tried to add a "wash & highlight" approach.
I thinned out some water-based transparent craft paint that is used for decorating glass/windows and added a VERY thin wash around the ripples.
For highlights, I used some very fine lines of Titanium White oil paint on the crests of some ripples and then lightly removed it with a tissue

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_60.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_61.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_63.jpg


Here's a side-by-side of (more or less) the same area with and without ripples.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_65.jpg



Just for fun, here's a National Geographic/Discovery Channel type shot while I was standing in the middle of the lake LOL

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_64.jpg



And here's a dummy run with JP plopped into the middle.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/dry-run_03.jpg


Getting close now!
Just need the hammock, figure and some fine-tune detailing of the terrain :)


Cheers for looking in and let me know what you honestly think of the revised water :thumbsup:

Good to see Jean-Paul (was it?) is getting a quite corner in the world to rest his tired feets (wheels) in.


Niclas

You sir, are a TRUE ARTIST!!
I have been more than curious to try the "static grass" in my LHS but I figured it is just way too much work to build a diorama than the car itself. This is way more difficult to make! (looking natural vs looking clean)
I even had thoughts of jumping ship and start railroad modelling - it would be a great challenge doing artificial landscaping but the results are breathtaking - however with careful thoughts of the space it requires(I wanted a huge town with suburbs here and downtown there, so that's possibly the whole basement)and how hard it is to keep it clean, I turned back.

About the charge you used to make the grass stand, don't they fall back down after the static get discharged?

Man, that was a gutsy effort with the water ripples, but it looks very good and much more interesting. I was expecting to see a fish in the Nat Geo shot :)

wow...






EDIT: I am still thinking what else to say... :popcorn:

About the charge you used to make the grass stand, don't they fall back down after the static get discharged?
Not at all - the glue holds them well and truly in place.
The idea is to put some glue on the area (I used a 50/50 white glue/water mix) and "shoot" the static grass into that.

I was expecting to see a fish in the Nat Geo shot
Mark, you don't know how close you were to seeing one! :lol:
I visited a couple of fishing supply stores looking for miniature fish lures but the good looking ones were too large (would look like a 1/25 Moby Dick) and anything the right size for scale was a shapeless and featureless lump.
I was also thinking about an epoxy putty boot instead :icon16:

It has been often said, but I think you deserve me to repeat it: It is just exceptional what you are doing modellingwise - very creative and distinguished for trying new techniques - always looking for perfection of what you made up in your mind.

Thanks for sharing - anytime you can start one of these monsterprojects again. Make sure to let us watch...

Robert

6 stars from me

Aleks :wink:

Hi Steven,

now you really leave me speechless! That looks just too real! Any chance of seeing this in the Frankfurt show on the first weekend in November?

Cheers

... outstanding stuff, Steve !!!

Thanks guys! :thumbsup:

Seb, which Frankfurt? ;) If it's Frankfurt am Oder, I am very tempted. If it's Frankfurt am Main then that's reeaaalllly far :( It would be great to meet up with you and some others over a beer or two though I must say.

Aleks, I just checked out your website and all I can say is .... :eek2: You get 24 stars from me!!! Amazing work and so varied :worshippy

Klutz

the diorama is amazing, it looks too damn real. awesome job

I'm speechless... or not - Nie ma się do czego przyczepić! Great job ;)

Steven,
I missed this thread, since I was not around when you started, but I just looked through entire thread from the very beginning and let me tell ya - top notch modeling all the way through the project. Simply amazing craftsmanship. It looks terrific.

I was not around when you started, but I just looked through entire thread from the very beginning
Thanks Alex :thumbsup:
That was a huuuge undertaking to read from the beginning :lol: Glad you like it :)

I'm speechless... or not - Nie ma się do czego przyczepić! Great job ;)
Hejka :) Dzięki :thumbsup:
Jestem Twoim pierwszym postem? Jestem zaszczycony! :)

Sorry for triple post :( (edit button does't work!)

I wasn't happy with my dead tree stump amongst the pine tress - it was the least good looking thing in the whole diorama so I am replacing it with this one.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_66.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_67.jpg



It is the same piece of 6mm balsa doweling drilled out with a Dremel ball-bit but with Milliput roots and bark texture added and painted with various washes.




http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_69.jpg

Hejka :) Dzięki :thumbsup:
Jestem Twoim pierwszym postem? Jestem zaszczycony! :)
W temacie z tak powalającą dbałością o szczegóły aż miło pierwszy post napisać :D
You're doing sweet job with this diorama. It's deffinetly one of the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my modelling "career". I can't wait to see it finish :)

Speachless, Steve. This is the dio JP deserve: superb. And I'm sure you're feeling a lot of fun!

Wow Steven. I never clicked on this thread, but I'm glad I did! Amazing work!

Sorry for triple post :( (edit button does't work!)

I wasn't happy with my dead tree stump amongst the pine tress - it was the least good looking thing in the whole diorama so I am replacing it with this one.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_66.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_67.jpg



It is the same piece of 6mm balsa doweling drilled out with a Dremel ball-bit but with Milliput roots and bark texture added and painted with various washes.




http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_69.jpg

Wow, the perfectionist you are couldn't support a not perfect dead tree stump?! I'm kidding!

Great job, on this project. It's the best diorama I saw to this date! :worshippy

Ok what really puzzles me here is how you guys get the polish writing done, is it a special font since you do have a "normal" keyboard, right? :rofl: :rofl: :iceslolan

Ok what really puzzles me here is how you guys get the polish writing done, is it a special font since you do have a "normal" keyboard, right? :rofl: :rofl: :iceslolan

right alt-l gives you ł
right alt-a gives you ą
right alt-e gives you ę
right alt-c gives you ć ...and so on.

The full set of Polish diacritics is: ąĄ ęĘ óÓ łŁ śŚ ćĆ żĄ źŹ ńŃ + wódka, kiełbasa and Solidarność :D

Actually, historically speaking a true Polish keyboard (back from the days of good old typewriters) is QWERTZ and not QWERTY. Of course nowadays we are all pretty up to date and have laptops built into our left palm :rofl:

End of Polish lesson for today :) ;)

It's always so much fun to watch you build!

The static grass is terrific- maybe the best application of static grass I've seen. Please speak more of the the majick static grass machine- this is a mystery I've wondered about for many years.

The outdoor scene looks spectacular- but I'm struck by how much cleaner the great outdoors look than JP. There's no dirt/dust/mud anywhere! How can poor JP get dirty?

Two things I might suggest to add:
Pine trees nearly always have a matt of fallen pine needles beneath them. It's also somewhat unusual to see grass grow evenly around their bases (soil ph thing, I think). Maybe some rust colored static grass applied flat (nonstanding) would simulate fallen pine needles?

Also, I thin a touch of color might add a lot to the stream. Not much, but a bit of brownish/green would probably look right for a forest stream. I expect it could be mixed up with clear Tamiya acrylics and lightly airbrushed on- that way you can also vary it by depth.

Thanks Andy.

grass is terrific- maybe the best application of static grass I've seen. Please speak more of the the majick static grass machine- this is a mystery I've wondered about for many years.
HERE (http://www.ztrains.com/pages/tech/grassinator/grassinator.html) you go. The one my buddy made for me is awesome. Totally professional job.

Make a puddle of glue, stick a nail in it, load up the Grassinator with flock, hook up the grounding lead to the nail, switch on and shake. Easy :D


but I'm struck by how much cleaner the great outdoors look than JP. There's no dirt/dust/mud anywhere! How can poor JP get dirty?

Take your pick:
a) You didn't see what JP had to drive through to get there!
b) This guy is a art student dude! How often do students clean their car!!? It's accumulated dirt from previous excursions looking for idyllic scenes to paint ;)
c) JP is a lazy SOB and would rather just chill out in his hammock... (if he ever gets finished ;) )

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/hamak_01.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/hamak_02.jpg




Two things I might suggest to add:
.....Maybe some rust colored static grass applied flat (nonstanding) would simulate fallen pine needles?
Already taken care of that (I hope) with some scatter and crushed dried herbs.


Also, I thin a touch of color might add a lot to the stream. Not much, but a bit of brownish/green would probably look right for a forest stream. I expect it could be mixed up with clear Tamiya acrylics and lightly airbrushed on- that way you can also vary it by depth.
Nah, the water's OK :) If I play around with it any more, I'll be in danger of spoiling what is already good. What's that saying?... "Better is the enemy of good" :D

I really appreciate the input though! :thumbsup:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/hamak_02.jpg


Come on, that is you relaxing (but where is the beer :biggrin:??). Is the Hammock selfmade PE Stuff or can you buy stuff like that? I have to admit this is not the normal modeling stuff I am used to :cool:

Thanks for the "polish for dummys" explanation, that is what I love about your threads, there is some much to learn here :wink:

Is the Hammock selfmade PE Stuff or can you buy stuff like that? I have to admit this is not the normal modeling stuff I am used to :cool:
You can't buy stuff like this :D

I commissioned the figure as an original piece and a friend in Poland saw what was going on and came up with the idea of the p/e hammock which he made for it :)

Ahh, way too cool!

Woow! Doesn't JP have a girlfriend too? :tongue:

Woow! Doesn't JP have a girlfriend too? :tongue:
Yep :)
He sent her to get some cold beer and stuff to wash the car ;)

Yep :)
He sent her to get some cold beer and stuff to wash the car ;)

Than I'm looking forward to see her washing the car! :D

Dude - the level of detail is becoming quite scary!!! Excellent work :D

Some fine tuning to the diorama yesterday (the first time I have been able to touch a model in some time :headshake )

I re-worked the wires on the hammock and added rings by which it can be hung. The cords now look better IMO although they are not as good as I would have liked.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_70.jpg


As Andy suggested, I added some herbs and other gunk to where there would be debris in the area below the trees.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_71.jpg


After a walk in the forest with my dog yesterday, I weathered up the tree trunks some more by trying to replicate the moss that I noticed growing on them. I made a mix of white glue, micro balloons and green paint and splurged it around a bit

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_72.jpg


It may not be very visible in the first photo but Jean Paul now has a pair of Foster Grants resting on his chest LOL
A piece of wire wound around a toothpick and a disc of vintage photo negative fitted with white glue. (Bloody small little sods they are too! I lost 2 pairs already :( )

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_73.jpg


I added some driftwood to the shore made with pieces of fan coral.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_74.jpg


An “overview”…

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_75.jpg


I think that the Speedster would look pretty cool in there too! hehe

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_76.jpg

I added some driftwood to the shore made with pieces of fan coral.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_74.jpg



:thumbsup:Nice additions (all those debris, the moss and the glasses), but those drift wood look like they are placed a bit to equidistant.

...but those drift wood look like they are placed a bit to equidistant.
Very good comment - thanks :thumbsup:
Better now?

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_77.jpg


beginning on final layout now. Added some smoke to the BBQ.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_78.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/WIPs/2CV%20Rock%20and%20Rollbar/DIORAMA/JP-DIO_79.jpg

I like it - way. Anything else you have in mind. Everytime I open this thread it seems that you came up with another "krass" idea.

Keep it up is all I can say. This is like a book, where you find more and more twists as the pages turn and turn.

Cheers


Robert

I always smile whenever I see an update on this!