The Playland Penny Arcade

[Frederic Testard]

Great and inspiring, as always.

[Ken Hamilton]

Thanks.....
EZ - the maps is cut from an office supply catalog.  Most of the small forms and
scraps of paper are from catalogs, too.  There's a ton of useable printed
material in office & tool catalogs!

[TRAINS1941]

Ken

Just excellent.

I see the recent inspection sticker says it is road worthy.  I guess they lowered the standards in NJ on what is okay to drive.

Jerry

[EZnKY]

Of course - why didn't I think of that?!
High-quality printing, usually thin paper, and small images.
Makes perfect sense!

That almost makes getting out of bed this morning worthwhile!

[nk]

Ken that cabin is a diorama all of its own...all that staring as you build pays off, it looks and feels exactly right.

[pwranta193]

Ken,

Really great - as Vespa said - terrific mini-dio... I always love the scenes within the scene.  I had to laugh on your catalog comments - I used to use the Squadron catalog/monthlies for the same reasons for military stuff... obviously their focus being on military, there was tons of stuff to cut and use in tank turrets and truck cabs.  It seems the hardest part is finding light enough paper - I often resorted to making the stuff I had look like Field Manuals or periodicals due to paper thickness.  I've had very limited success trying to print on to ZigZag cigarette paper, sticking individual sheets across a standard sheet of copy paper - with about a 1 in 10 useable rate.  It can also run havoc on your printer if they get loose from the base stock sheet.

But enough about me - great work across multiple processes.

[Ken Hamilton]

PW - If you haven't tried this already, sand the back of thick sheets to thin them out.

Here's some progress on the truck.  I painted and started weathering the bed.
The cab is just mocked-up on the frame.  Nothing's glued in place yet and the
truck still needs mirrors, bed wood, sides, etc......

[lab-dad]

KILLER BED DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very interesting.
I am "assuming" your own design of a prototype?
As always, impressive and inspiring.
-Marty

[Ken Hamilton]

Thanks, Marty.
A "Lift Gate" search turned up photos of this design. 
It had kind of a delicate, spindly look that I liked.

[Ray Dunakin]

Very nice, I like the lift gate!

[finescalerr]

Not bad. Not bad at all. -- Russ

[TRAINS1941]

Ken

That is really cool!!!!  Just some remarkable work as usual.

Jerry

[Junior]

That´s a great truck Ken! Every detail is spot on ! Now we expect pictures of the finished diorama when you take it to the show in Peabody!

Anders 

[michael mott]

Ken the detail in the cab is great, I thinks that the maps are spot on, The beer or pop cans look like paper and not printed metal, I think that given the incredible quality of the rest of the interior I wonder if there is a way to bring the cans up a notch? I only ask this because I think that the cans take away a little of the finesse of the rest.

Michael

[Ken Hamilton]

Point taken, Michael.  Maybe a gloss coat with some weathering
(hand prints, smudges, etc) might do the trick.
I'll try it...........