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Continuing work on the Diorama
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:10 am
by General Blasto
It's too late and I got to post these quick B-4 the I turn into a pumpkin
I finished the back corner of the Dio, placing the backdrops in behind the flak gun to behind the guard tower connecting it to the tree backdrop.
- This was no easy task
How about a couple Before and after pic.s ....
Before -
and after ...
I also detailed up the 88 emplacement too ...
Then there's a couple "Fun" shots too :rolleyes:
Always so much to do and sooo little time
Da General
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:18 am
by pickelhaube
Your dios sure look great.
Man there is a lot of stuff going on !!!
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:03 am
by aferguson
looks good general B....what did you use for the searchlight....does it work?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:04 pm
by fightin
Looks pretty cool!
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:41 pm
by General Blasto
Hey Capt'n,
The searchlight is the one that came on the Lionel Large scale(G scale) floodlight car. It DOES work !!!! I just don't have it wired up right now. I am fortunate to have 2 of them. I also use the Lionel floodlights from their floodlight tower(O scale) as searchlights in my guard towers and they too work
Da General
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:00 pm
by aferguson
can you buy the floodlight from the floodlight car by itself, without buying the whole car?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:42 pm
by fightin
Looks
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:01 pm
by General Blasto
I'm not sure if you can get the light by itself, but I bought the cars on Evil bay years ago, then removed the lights and gave the flatcars to my grandson
To find parts for these cars would be hard, so I guess you have to get the whole car
Not sure of the floodlight tower, I think it was made in the 80s.
Da General
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:45 pm
by aferguson
how much did you pay for the cars and how would you power the light, now that it's no longer getting power from the train track?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:03 pm
by kevrut
More cool pics.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:53 am
by General Blasto
I think I paid somewhere between $50 -$80 for the cars each back when. Each light has about 3 feet of wire attached to it, so I guess that each stationary light will be powered by a transformer under the table.
I am working on re-working an LGB floodlight car and I will post on it when I get done with the retrograde job that makes it look more 1940ish style with an older type of spotlight.
Da General
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:56 am
by aferguson
well i think that searchlight is cool beans. I'm going to see if i can track one down cheap one day.
thanks for the info, GB.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:51 pm
by flyboy_fx
Me too! I would love some rotating searchlights to shine on my planes at night!
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:31 pm
by ram04
General Blasto,
Can you have the lights off and turn the spot lights on? I think it would be cool to see your display like that
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:23 pm
by General Blasto
Hey ram04 and everyone,
I hope to get to the point where everything is wired and set up so I can take some tripod shots on the "bulb" setting with the digicam. It would look real cool I should think, exp. the bridge with it's overhanging light fixtures. It will happen someday, be patient !!! There is alot to work on, but little time to do it. I shot those pic.s of the backdrop as I worked into the wee hours of the night/morning and I got in trouble with the wife too
So I got to cut it off earlier from now on. Stay tuned as I said, there's lots more to come
Da General
