Continuing work on the Diorama

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Continuing work on the Diorama

Post by General Blasto » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:10 am

It's too late and I got to post these quick B-4 the I turn into a pumpkin :eek: :D

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 :o

How about a couple Before and after pic.s ....

Before -

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and after ...

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I also detailed up the 88 emplacement too ...

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Then there's a couple "Fun" shots too :rolleyes:

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Always so much to do and sooo little time :confused:

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Post by pickelhaube » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:18 am

Your dios sure look great.

Man there is a lot of stuff going on !!!
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Post by aferguson » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:03 am

looks good general B....what did you use for the searchlight....does it work?
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Post by fightin » Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:04 pm

Looks pretty cool! 8)
We still need more new 1/18 aircraft!

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Post by General Blasto » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:41 pm

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 8)

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Post by aferguson » Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:00 pm

can you buy the floodlight from the floodlight car by itself, without buying the whole car?
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Post by fightin » Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:42 pm

Looks 8)
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Post by General Blasto » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:01 pm

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.

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Post by aferguson » Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:45 pm

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?
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Post by kevrut » Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:03 pm

More cool pics. 8)

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Post by General Blasto » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:53 am

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.

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Post by aferguson » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:56 am

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. :)
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Post by flyboy_fx » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:51 pm

Me too! I would love some rotating searchlights to shine on my planes at night!
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Post by ram04 » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:31 pm

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 :D

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Post by General Blasto » Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:23 pm

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 :oops: So I got to cut it off earlier from now on. Stay tuned as I said, there's lots more to come ;)

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