Hi guys! I am new here but have been doing dioramas for a long time.This will be my first RR diorama and will be dedicated to the film and its director Sergio Leone.Cheers! John.This diorama will be for me! Long before other models came into my life their was my American Flyer train ,that I played with for years just on the floor, more than 60 years ago now. Sergio gave an interview once and told of how his interest in the old west was developed in his childhood probably about 10 years before mine.Like he did I went to the movies and sucked in all that old west mythology,then came home and played out the scenes with my buds or my model train. As I reach my 70's it seems that I want to re-connect with my long gone childhood and play with my trains again.
Once Upon a time.........
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I quit drinking beer because the download was taking longer than the upload !
Welcome, John, and good luck in this effort. Please keep us up to date with some pix.
-Crandell
Thanks Crandell ! I am looking forward to doing this one for many reasons, that I will explain as I go along.
John
Welcome to the board, sounds like an interesting project and it will be refreshing to see how to's and hear the point of view of a non model railroader. Lets say an truly untainted perspective.
Should be a very interesting set of posts. hope we all don't scare you away.........lol
Cool! I like pictures.
That old time is one point for me to model narrow gauge.
Wolfgang
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How do I post pics from my photobucket or text from other sites? I don't see a reply button for this?
JohnReidHow do I post pics from my photobucket or text from other sites? I don't see a reply button for this?
Hi John and welcome to the forum!
Photobucket - Just click on the [ img]photoname[img ] at photobucket to copy the photo and then paste it in your text here. The text I think you will have to link to using the link button.
Hope this helps! I too will look forward to seeing your progress.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hi John
Sounds like a cool idea. Why 1/24 scale? Are you planning on using AMTs model of "The General"?
Tom
howmusJohnReidHow do I post pics from my photobucket or text from other sites? I don't see a reply button for this? Hi John and welcome to the forum! Photobucket - Just click on the [ img]photoname[img ] at photobucket to copy the photo and then paste it in your text here. The text I think you will have to link to using the link button.Hope this helps! I too will look forward to seeing your progress.73
Thanks ! I'll give it a go!
DingySPHi John Sounds like a cool idea. Why 1/24 scale? Are you planning on using AMTs model of "The General"? Tom
You are right Tom,I managed to find one!
Maybe it will work this time!
Ok It looks like I finally got the hang of it ! this is the model that I will be using in the diorama.
This is the diorama that I will be doing.
This is the backyard of an old Victorian style house that I am presently working on for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa.The same techniques would work in G or Ho scales.
Here is a better idea of what I am planning!
The red brick building would be the station, probably in wood.The car is a stand-in for the train and the road of course would be the track and platform.This would all be built into a framed box with speakers and a DVD player.Push a button and you would have the sound track of the music,push another button and the film and sound would play.Anyway that is what I am envisioning right now.I don't think that I have seen anything like thist before but there will be lots of changes as this idea evolves.Should be fun!
If you are doing the "Train Station" scene, are you going to have a scale model fly on Jack Elams face?
So your a fan too!
I am planning to use this old unserviceable kit to do a HO scale mock-up .
By what factor would I have to multiply HO scale to get G scale? in other words if I took a measurement on a Ho scale locomotive and I wanted to scale it up to G by what number would I multiply it ?
I figure that this would be about the length of the train as depicted in the film.
nother pic
JohnReidBy what factor would I have to multiply HO scale to get G scale?
G Scale (LGB = 1:22.5) at Wikipedia and HO Scale (1:87) at Wikipedia:
G Scale ratios vary from manufacturer to manufacturer as you can see.
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
Welcome John
I am sure everyone here is looking forward to pics and how to's and whatnot on your diorama, as someone who was once quite heavily into 1/24th scale models and such I am really looking forward to what your doing and seeing your photos. Where did you find a model of the General?... is it an original run or is it a rerun? I have not seen one of them in a looong time. keep it on the high shiny stuff Neil
Hi Neil ! thanks. I found one on ebay I don't know about original or rerun Why? is there a difference.
Cheers! John.
Waitin'
Waitin;Once in awhile I like to take picture vignettes from my dioramas.This is actually from a 1/16th aircraft diorama but would work for RR fans too!
There is no difference that I know of, usually the originals are better than the reruns. I think that it has someting to do with the casting dies getting old and losing the "crispness" of the detail. From the looks of the box it looks like you found an original run, pretty good score on that dude.
keep it on the tall skinny stuff Neil
I have started a thread on the Layouts and Layout Building section of this forum.There I will discuss the "how to's......... that I use for building large scale dioramas.Should be fun!