Continued from Castle Diorama VII – Grass, Moss and Ballast…
One of the last major remaining parts to be completed in my Castle Diorama was the half-timbered house in the courtyard.
It was the largest scratch-built house I’ve ever build and it took quite a while to complete from balsa wood, cork, plaster and various wooden strips, but today I finally finished it. 
Continued from Castle Diorama IV: Timberwork and Stone Walls…
Inspired by my new book, the construction of the Castle Diorama continues.
Another inspiration was the news of a diorama contest in the town of Køge in eastern Denmark in April next year. I participated in a similar contest a year and a half ago with a city diorama in H0 scale and was fortunate to receive second place. So I am really looking forward to the next contest and see how my new diorama in O scale will be received.
While building my castle diorama, I have given a lot of thought to how to paint the fieldstone walls. Most people paint thm some sort of grey, but that seems a bit dull to me.
Inspired by the great book Capturing Clervaux, I thought about plastering the walls and trying to simulate an old and worn wall, where the fieldstone shows through the plaster here and there. But instead of experimenting on my growing castle, I decided to make a small fieldstone wall to experiment on.
Continued from Castle Diorama III: Dungeon Interior…
Now that the dungeon below the castle is finished, I have worked a while on the castle itself, a half-timbered building in the courtyard and on the rails below.
Continued from Castle Diorama II: The Dungeon…
Before closing off the dungeon from above, I wanted to place some interior to set the mood.
Continued from Castle Diorama I – The Base…
The first area of my Castle Diorama to receive serious attention was the dungeon below the castle in the corner.
For a while now, I’ve been wanting to create a diorama that would allow me to photograph my O-scale narrow gauge vehicles. Especially the cute litte industrial steam engine deserves a nice base to be photographed upon.
After many weeks of wondering on how such a diorama should look, I finally made up my mind yesterday when I was modelling with my old friend KC.
I finally had some time to work on the monastery diorama again. I spent a couple of hours on this beautiful sunday to sow a lot of grass, plant flowers and even a tree, all in 1:48 scale. Continue reading »
Time for another update!
Since I left off last time, I’ve had time to build a lot on the monastery diorama. It’s both a fun and easy project. Since the diorama is so small, about 58 x 28 centimeters, makes the construction quick and leaves lots of time for the most fun part IMO, adding all the little details. Continue reading »
My vacation continues with lots of time to work on the monastery diorama. I’ve decided to focus on the diorama, so it be able to function as a photo backdrop for when I finish some figures and vehicles. Continue reading »
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