tiking Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Ok. Here is where I am with this 'toy conversion' diorama project so far. The results speak for themselves. It is not complete yet. Still have to add more details, boom arm and weathering. This is just to show you all the overall look of the diorama. The container is from an old project. I re-painted and re-weathered it, and made it to look even more delapidated. I converted a toy 1/24 scale excavator model,for a diorama I was planning. This particular excavator is a model of the Volvo Ew160c model. There are some things that are a bit off, but in general overall look, it is pretty similar. I wanted to try and modify it to look like a show piece. I will be adding a figure or two and some accessories. I still have to weather the engine. Will post some photos of that next week. Hope you enjoy the photos so far. The original toy Model excavator: The excavator after re-working it: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Incredible conversion of the Volvo and fabulous diorama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svedberg Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Otroligt! Svårt att tro att det är samma maskin. Containern, stolpen, skräpet... snyggt jobbat! (Pardon the Swedish) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 6 hours ago, Alpha Delta 210 said: Incredible conversion of the Volvo and fabulous diorama. Thank you. 5 hours ago, Svedberg said: Otroligt! Svårt att tro att det är samma maskin. Containern, stolpen, skräpet... snyggt jobbat! (Pardon the Swedish) Man tackar Svedberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I thought it was real for a minute then i started to realize its the model. Incredible work on everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: I thought it was real for a minute then i started to realize its the model. Incredible work on everything. Thank you kindly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Nice reference pictures, now show us the model. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 59 minutes ago, John_W said: Nice reference pictures, now show us the model. 😎 Haha! Good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Part 2: Another update to this diorama, I am still working on. I finally added the boom to the diorama.So far I am liking the whole scene. Did quite a lot of modifications and some scratch building to get it to look descent enough for display. I painted and modified the engine with some scratch built parts as well. I also added an old truck axle from my previous vignette to this scene. I thought it would add interest, instead of a stand-alone vignette, as it was before. Added the first hydraulic to the front of the vehicle. It was also detailed with some scratch built parts. I added some hanging cables from the side of the cab to make it look like they are working the internal cables and hydraulics of the machine. Just some added interest. Started on the first figure for the diorama. Not my best attribute but its a start to making the diorama look lively. Hope you like the progress so far. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswear1 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Brilliant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Kingswear1 said: Brilliant!! Thank you kindly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 Added the figures and details to the diorama. Unfortunately the figures did not turn out as nice as I would have it. The figures are from Fugimi racing set and they are not the best. The facial feature was a hassle to get right with pretty much no detail expression or lines at all. This made it harder to paint especially with the little skills as a figure painter. But I did my best and the results are better than not having figures on the board. The overall effect is better with figures, so it made sense to include them. Hope you all like the update. Thanks for looking. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Beautiful work Charles. Up to your usual standards. Nice one. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 Thank you John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Really inspirational, love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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