Designing a shadowbox diorama

[Design-HSB]

Hello Hauk,

this is a great example template.
I'm curious to see how this continues with you.

[Ray Dunakin]

No actual modelling progress this weekend as me and the missus took a trip out of town to visit family. But fortunately I did a find this weekend as well. Peering through the window of a local industrial museum (closed due to you know what) I was able to get this shot of a boiler room with a wonderfully old floor complete with inlaid tracks!

Great find, and what perfect reference for your project!

[Hauk]

Im happy to report that a milestone for the project has been achived. All the subwalls and roofs have noe been milled from 8mm forex board. So I have finally been able to make a test setup:

[Hydrostat]

Wow - what a spacial impact! It's a pleasure to see. What size is it all in all?

[SandiaPaul]

Hauk, that really loos great!

[Bill Gill]

Yes, that looks great!

[Peter_T1958]

In one of your first posts on the « Wooden ore cars » you wrote :

«I have finally realised that I want the cars to be strictly metal and wood as the prototype.»

This credo turns here into a perfect result. Wonderful and delicate workmanship!!!

Cheers, Peter

[Lawton Maner]

With a vaulted ceiling like this one, it almost could be used as a church.  Certainly is inspiring.  Just the thing for a Sunday posting.

[Hauk]

Thanks a lot for all the encouraging comments!

Those who have followed this thread from the beginning knows that I agonized for a long time about how to compose the scene.
Now that things start to come together, I must admit that I am extremely happy that I chose the "straight on" composition. That trip to the miniature museum in Lyon really paid off.

In the last minute I also added some extra depth, so the now the model i 55 cm (22") deep and 31cm across.

This extra depth was added so that there are seven rows of windows instead of six as originally planned. With only six windows depth the skylight came right up to the viewing aperture (crudely mocked up in the picture).  To concentrate the viewers attention to the center of the room, I want the area closest to the viewer  (the first 3") to be slightly darker and less detailed than further into the scene. I don´t know if this makes sense, but hopefully this will help to "draw" the viewer into the scene. Time will show if this work! 

[Chuck Doan]

Looking great! Those trusses are beautiful.

[finescalerr]

Impressively adequate and it makes a big impact. I love those photos of your exquisite modeling. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Very impressive and gives a great sense of space.

[HelgeAndreas]

Aiai, Håvard!

This looks very nice! Very inspiring to take part in your achievements! Hope to be able to see it in "real - life"..

H

[Hauk]

This is really the place to get inspiration to try and raise the bar of ones work!

By the way, I think there might be a couple of interesting learning points  in my last pictures.

First: There really isn´t that much detailing to see at this point. And I think that the images would not loose much impact if you removed the travelling crane and the NBW´s on the roof rafters. The important thing is that the work is sharp. And I mean that literally. (I have in fact cut my fingers on those walls.)  I learned this lesson when building models in Architectural school. Models does not need to be detailed at all, but they must always be sharp. Especially in the smaller architectural scales like 1/500 or 1/1000.

Second: It is all about the light. You don´t need scale lighting. The light will fall through your models windows and skylights exactly the same way as on the prototype.The shadows will be perfect as well.  I shot the pictures indoors, but had I taken the time to take the model outdoors the results would have been even better. Outdoors, the lighting is just perfect, of course.

But I am really looking forward to get details and weathering done!

[Barney]

LOOKING GREAT - Attention to detail is incredible
Barney