New member, Hello. Merchants Row diorama

[jshack]

First let me say Hello.
New to the forum, lot's of talented craftsmanship here. Hope to pick up a few tips and tricks.
This is a little diorama I've been working on, still much to do.
Thanks for looking.
Jeff

[Ray Dunakin]

Welcome aboard, Jeff! That dio looks great so far. What scale is it? Are the buildings kit, kitbashed, or scratch?

[Allan G]

Hello Jeff. Your Diorama is excellent. Hope to see more.....Allan

[Chuck Doan]

Me too!

[Design-HSB]

Welcome Jeff, that looks promising and would like to learn more.

[jshack]

Thanks all.
Ray, it's HO scale, structure kit is Merchants Row 1,painted and weathered. Roads and sidewalk are craft foam painted and textured. Ground cover is from a fellow modeler, don't know where he got it. Store bought trees. Signs where downloaded and sized to fit. Built on a 2 inch piece of ridged foam.
Allan, I'll post some more pictures, try to get them a little bigger.
Helmut,  what questions can I answer?
Jeff

[Barney]

Welcome - just keep it coming
Barney

[Design-HSB]

Hi Jeff,

most of the questions were already answered by you.
Only your photos are unfortunately very small and so I can not see much actually.
Perhaps can the once larger images with 800 pixel width adjust and even detailed images that would be nice.

[jshack]

Helmut,
Still learning the finer points of posting pictures, thanks for the suggestion.
Same pictures, larger size.
Same as in original post hopefully larger.
Jeff

[jshack]

That worked.
A couple more.

[TRAINS1941]

Welcome Jeff.  Better pictures second time around.  Hope to see more of your work.
Looks like your off to a good start.

Jerry

[jshack]

Couple new pictures. Added a fence along the side drive, needs some weathering. The foam road needs some touch up. Vehicles need weathering.
I plan on adding power poles and a couple street lights sometime.
Are we really ever finished?

Enjoy, comments and suggestions welcome.

Jeff

[jshack]

A little more work completed. Downspouts and scuppers started. What do you use to age copper?? I would like them to not look new?


Jeff

[Ray Dunakin]

If you want it to look like aged copper, there are chemical solutions you can use. One is sold under the brand name, Sophisticated Finishes.

[jshack]

Thanks Ray,
Will have to look for this at the craft store.