My Deutz Display Diorama

[shropshire lad]

Having been given a bit of a hard time by Marc a week or so ago I thought I would post some more pictures while he is away riding the trains on the Denver , Rio Grande ,Durango ,Chama Loop and Southern Railroad , or whatever it is called . He might come up with some old hogwash about having "a bit of a bike ride" over some hilly bits , but don't believe a word or it , as I know for a fact that he is out there with his notebook trying to complete his collection of  cabooses numbers !

  I built this mini-diorama to display my 1/35th Deutz loco I have recently bought from fellow Finescale Railroader Forum member Bernard Snoodyk , who happens to live in Australia . It is also another "experiment " in the use of a variety of new scenery materials and techniques I have come across .

  The beauty of working in this scale is the ever growing in number of products intended for military modellers that can be used by railway modellers as well . Other than finding suitable civilian figures and vehicles ,the main area of interest to me is searching out for new highly detailed scenery materials . The choice appears to be ever expanding , and the good news for O scale modellers is that they are well catered for to . All you got to do is look for them , like I did . So I'm not going to give you any web addresses , you have to find them yourselves . ...Ha , Ha , I'm only joking . Of course , I'll post them , but not tonight .

  If there is any interest I'll give a breakdown of what I used .


   Nick Ogden

[shropshire lad]

The next few photos were taken by my friend Leigh Clark , a Legend in his own mind , with his posh camera . This shows in the differing quality between what I have posted so far and these next ones .

[shropshire lad]

Another one

[shropshire lad]

Last one

[Ray Dunakin]

Beautiful!

[lucas gargoloff]

Cool pics!! Taken outdoors is the best for show all details!! And... great model on display!!!

[MrBrownstone]

Hey Nick,

that is a great looking dio... nice details 

and your friend has a very nice camera also... 

Mike

[Krusty]

Delicious

[NORCALLOGGER]

Hi Nick,
Just outstanding, no other word works. 
The bridge, the rock wall, the grass/weeds, the locomotive, are all spectacular.
The water, in that third picture the water is so perfect.  I could fish that.
Thanks for sharing
Rick Marty

[finescalerr]

Nobody could have done it any better, Nick. (Well, I could have, of course, but I'm not in the mood just now.)

I do have one criticism: You need to build more! Who would have bothered with Rembrandt had he painted only one picture? Quit messing around with work and family and other unnecessary distractions; add another couple of feet to the diorama. We need even more inspiration.

And thank you very much for posting the photos. You were far too modest about your modeling when we spoke the other day.

Russ

[jacq01]

   That was easy, wasn't it?  now that you did the first step, now the next one..... Eventually it will go by itself.

   Very nice work.

    Jacq

[chester]

Gorgeous work and I agree with Russ. Build more.

[Ken Hamilton]

OUTSTANDING!!  Beautiful work by itself, but taken outdoors the diorama really comes to life.
Great construction, finish & weathering.

I wouldn't mind seeing more of this stuff either.

Thanks for sharing, Nick.

[lab-dad]

Finally!
Not bad for a new guy!
That brick and siding in the first picture are a little out of scale but otherwise it is an adequate start.
I hope my comments dont keep you from posting more, it is great to see your work again.
-Marty

[Franck Tavernier]

Very beautiful Nick, like I told you last time!

I agree with Lucas, the photos taken outdoors are very realistic! Not only for details, but also for colors...