The awesome dioramas thread

[martinbayer]

Hmmm... over lunch break I went to the nearest ocean shoreline (Seal Beach, Calif.) to have a look at the real thing in form of wave interaction with the local pier pilings. Though the sea was pretty calm (no major offshore quakes today, therefore no tsunami, and not even what passes for a winter storm in these parts – no whitecaps in the open water, and according to the beach weather board 2 to 3 feet surf, with 0 to 5 knots onshore wind), the backwash following an onshore wave produced some notable and fairly impressive bow waves around the pilings, especially the ones closest to the water line. Keeping in mind that the effect of pontoons would obviously be somewhat less dramatic, since pilings displace water across the whole depth rather than just near the surface, the overall rendering in the diorama still strikes me as pretty realistic (the only potential nit you might still pick is that the flow around the jetty pilings does not look consistent with the flow around the pontoons, but then again I noticed different flow patterns even around adjacent pilings due to cross flows, eddies etc.) – no tsunami required.

Martin

[B777LR]

Lol Mossie, i like that title! Joyless Maritime Numpty. Sorta like when i set the sails when sailing

Hmmm... over lunch break I went to the nearest ocean shoreline (Seal Beach, Calif.) to have a look at the real thing in form of wave interaction with the local pier pilings. Though the sea was pretty calm (no major offshore quakes today, therefore no tsunami, and not even what passes for a winter storm in these parts – no whitecaps in the open water, and according to the beach weather board 2 to 3 feet surf, with 0 to 5 knots onshore wind), the backwash following an onshore wave produced some notable and fairly impressive bow waves around the pilings, especially the ones closest to the water line. Keeping in mind that the effect of pontoons would obviously be somewhat less dramatic, since pilings displace water across the whole depth rather than just near the surface, the overall rendering in the diorama still strikes me as pretty realistic (the only potential nit you might still pick is that the flow around the jetty pilings does not look consistent with the flow around the pontoons, but then again I noticed different flow patterns even around adjacent pilings due to cross flows, eddies etc.) – no tsunami required.

Mind, i've been sailing, kayaking and windsurfing since i was 6. I would know how much speed is need to create any sort of noticeable pattern flow in that shallow and calm water that close to the beach That is not a beach in california, but a beach in the Maldives. Beaches around there are not the same long flat ones, and the backwash is not as great as you might see in places such as west Jutland or California

[martinbayer]

Looking at Google Image results for 'Maldives' and 'beach' yields a whole number of beaches that are indeed notably longer and flatter than the one in Seal Beach, so pardon me for taking your blanket statement with a grain of salt (or sand, so to speak).

Martin

[ChernayaAkula]

I think some of these might have been shown, but here's a site with some fantastic stuff by Martin Schuster:
http://www.schusterdiorama-35.cz/en/gallery/1/
http://www.schusterdiorama-35.cz/en/gallery/3/

Wow!  Seriously wow! 

[B777LR]

Looking at Google Image results for 'Maldives' and 'beach' yields a whole number of beaches that are indeed notably longer and flatter than the one in Seal Beach, so pardon me for taking your blanket statement with a grain of salt (or sand, so to speak).

Martin

Does Seal Beach have a coral reef to break up the big waves though?

[martinbayer]

Not that I'm aware of, but since, as I previously mentioned, there were no big waves at the time of my observation to begin with, there weren't any to be broken up anyway . And since the Maldives are also a surfing destination with associated resorts http://surfmaldivas.com/waves.php http://www.wwwmaldives.com/surfing-resorts-maldives.html http://www.tropicalcruise.co.uk/maldives/surfing-maldives.htm (note especially the quote "Some island resorts on the atoll edge have good waves for surfing.") http://www.seansunmaldives.com/content3.asp?uid=19 (note especially the quote: "The surf throughout the Maldives generally ranges in size from 4-8 feet, however bigger days have been experienced."), it sounds like there's a few spots where the waves make it through after all  . But here's an actual Maldivian beach picture that's pretty comparable to the conditions I witnessed in Seal Beach yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/truebavarian/248070551/

Martin

[Mossie]

Blimey guys, let it go....

[Taiidantomcat]

Those are some excellent dioramas thanks for sharing Mossie  Really like the snowy T-72

[nev]

In order to get this thread back on track, how about this work in progress!!

[Mossie]

Excellent job on the car so far!

[NARSES2]

Seconded 

[Mossie]

I was focusing on the car, but that piece of rug is probably the most impressive part.  Now it's possible to buy cross-stich book marks & stuff that would work, but it's actual fabric, great attention to detail.

[ChernayaAkula]

On Modelshipwrights.com I found THIS LINK to Monogram Diorama Tips by Shep Paine.

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Found this dio >>HERE<< on Modelshipwrights.com as well.
It's called "At the Garden's Gate" and is part 1 of a triptych about the abandoned town of Pripyat (Chernobyl disaster) and the Exclusion Zone. I don't know whether you can call it a dio, without figures and without telling a story, but it kind of tells a story in its own, very strong way. The handiwork is first class, too!



Look at the puddle and the fallen leaves! 

[Sisko]

Very nice!

I have always thought the doco "Life after people" or the book on which it was based called "The World Without Us" would make for great Dio ideas.

Abandoned cars, building boats etc all in varying stages of decay. The sky is the limit.

[nev]

How about this.  Oh, and by the way, its 1/72!!!



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