The problem is that the diorama is made up of 9 separate H0 scale buildings each of which, I think, stands alone as a visually pleasing piece.
But together, they seem to make a visual mess. I'm exploring the possibility that the choice of a suitably coloured backdrop might unify the collection of disparate buildings.
Last week I tried BLACK:
This week, WHITEish.
Still not sure - so removed the entire roof of the building in the middle.
Still not sure:
Perhaps, the church is too close to the other buildings.
A bit late too move it now since it's bolted to the board and would be a nightmare to move.
I'll have to keep experimenting.
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A Blast from the Past
I remember this record label so clearly.
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| One of the 1st records I ever bought - in 1962. |
And here's the link to a recording of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8yvnqHmFds
A Hardy Perennial
This Week's Addiction
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Currently reading:
Last week I was reading in an old model railroading magazine from the 1940s about how the writer used a bamboo blind as a background. It was probably around 2 or 3 m wide, and rolled up and down. It was probably something meant to be installed outside on a veranda. It helped a lot to hide the old walls in his basement and made the layout area look finished. I guess on the downside it didn't give the viewer any sort of painted on landscape that blended into the layout to look at, so it wasn't a realistic background, but the natural bamboo looked pretty good.
ReplyDeleteThanks J D,
DeleteThat's exactly the kind of suggestion I was looking for. I'll explore it and how to imprint/sketch a landscape upon it.
Tony