How to Model a Miniature Winter Diorama
Over the next couple of videos, I’m testing out a number of snow products that I’ve picked up over the years. To do that, I need some base dioramas. I eventually built 12 similar dioramas, half in O and half in HO/OO as the different scales may need different methods.
The Final Result
Materials
The Amazon links are all items I have either bought or bought something similar for myself. Clicking on any links to Amazon will give me a small affiliate income which I use to produce more videos. Every little helps!
- Black 5mm Foam Core
https://amzn.to/2DBu9lH - Picture box frames as bases if wanted
https://amzn.to/2QCXgHP - Sculptamold
https://amzn.to/2PvJuKT - Bamboo sticks
https://amzn.to/2PwFvNZ - Cocktail sticks
https://amzn.to/2Lts0Yp - Army Painter Battlefields Razor Wire
https://amzn.to/35jyuob (this is showing as hideously expensive in the UK so the link is so you can see the product and what it is) - Magnet Wire – this is 0.2mm but you can get 0.1mm which may be better.
https://amzn.to/2P92wp8 - Tacky Glue (thicker white glue)
https://amzn.to/2y5QWBJ - Super Glue
https://amzn.to/2J685Q0 - Super Glue kicker or zapper
https://amzn.to/2ylqUuk - Mig Enamel Washes – Dark and Moss. Ammo by Mig and AK Interactive make similar products as Mig were out of production for a long while. This set includes some of my favourite AK colours: https://amzn.to/2NfCPDj
- Basing glue
https://amzn.to/2P19cSL - 10mm Peco/WWS patchy static grass
https://amzn.to/2TeZGOA - 4mm Peco/WWS patchy static grass
https://amzn.to/2PUnqZP - Woodland Scenics Green clump foliage
https://amzn.to/2PYRjrR - Gaugemaster beige grass mat
https://amzn.to/2OICUvd - Tamiya Flat Clear
https://amzn.to/2OJLzgP
Tools
- North West Short Line Chopper
https://amzn.to/2PV7KWe (this is showing as hideously expensive in the UK so the link is so you can see the product and what it is) - X-acto knife
https://amzn.to/2DmPUX5 - Glue Looper
I was given this by Mech Models – well worth checking out their shop too for all those hard to find items in the UK. For overseas (not UK) then this is the product – https://amzn.to/2OIDOrB - PSG-1 Peco Scene Pro Grass Micro Applicator
https://amzn.to/2MRfRRU - Cotton buds
https://amzn.to/2PWwJrT
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