Some time ago I experimented with weathering a locomotive for the first time. The locomotive, as seen above, was needed on my Castle Diorama to pull a short train of passenger carriages with tourists coming to visit the old castle.
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 VI – Reaching the Top…
After looking at white plaster and white styrofoam for a long time, it is quite a pleasure to add colour and texture to the castle diorama.
Model kits of European buildings in O scale are unfortunately rather rare. But it seems like there is light in the horizon as more and more manufacturers begin to produce models for this scale.
The small railroad depot above is a brand new model kit from the German company Busch. I bought the kit for the halt on my Castle Diorama instead of scratchbuilding a building of some sort.
Continued from Castle Diorama V: Cliffs and Arrow Slits…
Finally! No more casting and filing Hirst Arts blocks to build the wall of the castle. A couple of days ago, I reached the top of the tower so I could proceed from constructing to painting the whole thing.
But first a few building notes.
For a while now I have been enjoying the beautiful tree models from the Danish nature-modelling guru Reiner Merke. Please take a look at his gallery to his wonderful and realistic tree models in H0 scale.
Slowly I gathered enough courage to try something similar, knowing that one of the reasons the tree models made by Reiner look so great is because he really knows how the real thing looks. Building good models is of course a lot about modelling skill, but it is very important to be able to see and find inspiration from the real world or at least images of 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.
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.
Narrow gauge vehicles is a great thing for saving space compared to normal gauge. Nonetheless is there a great pleasure in accurate and detailed models of large cars in O scale.
I only recently discovered the excellent models from a German company called O Scale Models. They seem to have produced a number of German tank cars as well as some small German gondolas with various markings to represent vehicles from the beginning of the 20th century till the 1960’s. Continue reading »
Continued from Castle Diorama II: The Dungeon…
Before closing off the dungeon from above, I wanted to place some interior to set the mood.
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