I often get asked about my layout, track plan etc so here are the key facts: The layout is based on the New Haven but not one specific location in New England I am still not set on an era and may have 3 main dates. My problem is wanting steam and diesel plus I …
The Gladiator Mech Battle Diorama Hulk v Thor is the ultimate gladiator mech battle – who will win – Hulk’s strength or the god of thunder? It’s loosely based on Thor Ragnarok and is for the Gunpla Talk Show Singularity contest. (You can check them out on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/GunplaTalkShow). This was built using 30 minute …
Miniature Working Fun Fair Ride with Flashing LEDs Fun fairs are such great places to model with loads of movement, flashing lights and people having fun! This is the first of what I hope is a series of HO scale fun fair rides that build up into something much larger over time. Materials The Amazon …
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Samurai Star Wars Kitbash Droid | Dojo diorama I love the Samurai Star Wars figures and having collected a few, I needed a diorama for them to live in then Boylei Hobby Time suggested a collaboration on a kitbash Star Wars droid. I knew exactly what was needed! To be honest it wasn’t much of …
Tomb Raider Underwater Escape Diorama Tomb Raider is one of my favourite video games and this is based on many of her underwater scenes. I wanted to show her escaping the inevitable bad guys whilst swimming towards the next tomb… This uses rubber water which is great for encapsulation. I hit a couple of snags …
Animated Spaceport Diorama with Traveller RPG spaceship This is a fully animated spaceport diorama with working cargo gantry, monorail, light up control panels, landing pad lights and flashing warning lights plus a siren when a ship is due to land. The spaceship is from a crowdfunding campaign currently running on MyMiniFactory for 2nd Dynasty. It …
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Starting Scenery: Wonderful Water I love modelling water but it seems to scare some people – I guess I have had my fair share of resin leaks so I am used to it. In the latest instalment of the Starting Scenery course, I look at many of the ways you can add water to your …
How to Model Ultra Realistic Roads In this video, I show you how to make model roads using plaster and paint. It is very easy to come up with realistic results with just a few simple steps. I have struggled with plaster roads in the past as I have never managed to get the plaster …
I made a Realistic River from Rubber + Glue One of my patrons is allergic to resin and asked if I knew anything they could use instead for a river scene. I had this Rubber Glass sat on the side for a future underwater project so decided to give it a go. Pouring an unknown …
Star Wars – The Clone Wars – Final Scenes Dioramas These last two scenes of the Clone Wars are so poignant and emotional and I wanted to capture that feeling of desolation and loss in model form. With the Bad Batch coming out on Tuesday, May the Fourth, I rewatched the last series of the …
Starting Scenery: Basic Bushes This is the next video in my starting scenery course – bushes. Not quite a tree, definitely not grass but a great middle ground for filling out scenes. Model bushes are perfect in so many situations. I’ve used these techniques quite a bit in the last year and I really like …