Agreed, these would make background sets for movies and TV shows, especially if it supplemented one or two full size facades the could interact with. It would save a lot money to only make one or two store fronts for the actors, and using a miniature model for wide shots of the rest of the town, and as a distant background in shots that are superimposed, especially ones with a tight focus that blur the background with bokeh.
I think I’d enjoy it too! I would probably not have the railroad be the focal point, but rather a scene that happens to have a railway in it. Now I just need space to build one haha! Thanks for watching!
@@smolworldworkshop if you live in a house garden railway, if you live in a flat checkout what www.youtube.com/@TravelinginMiniature has done in 1/24th scale in his house
@@smolworldworkshop well if you don't mind going small (smaller than what you usually make) then i recommend making it in HO (1:87) scale, that'll save you some space for sure.
One thing not well known, was that buildings in the old west that butted up against each other, had roofs that sloped downwards from the front to back. This way rain did not accumulate on your neighbor's roof.
I just discovered this channel and its honestly one of the best diorama Channels out there, the fact that almost everything is handcrafted and not 3d printed is so cool because it makes it easier to do it by yourself :)
You forgot the gallow in front of the sheriff's office and a model of Paladin and John Wayne somewhere nearby lol. Good build. Love it. Super realistic. Gotta love the Ole West.
Good build. I have been a model railroader and trainman for a few decades, and here are a few tips that could've improved the train aspects. 1. I can tell you used Bachmann steel rails. You can leave these outside for 3-4 days and they will naturally rust, leaving a similar but less uniform layer as paint does. 2. Railroad ties are always a very dark brown. I usually paint my ties dark brown and then follow up with a black wash in the center to represent oil and grease. 3. On steam locomotives, the front coupler should be painted a dark rust color. Also using a dark gray wash or dry brush on the gray smokebox area can emulate the excess smoke layering on the engine. Also having the engine wheels spin while airbrushing leaves a more uniform coat. I look forward to seeing what you do next.
There is something so satisfying about creating something with your hands and then there’s the level of satisfaction watching someone create something with their hands that is so realistic, that it takes your breath away. I’m in awe. The attention to detail in all of your dioramas is outstanding to say the least. I’ve just recently discovered your channel and I’ve been binge watching all of the full 30 minute diorama videos. I love the way you explain absolutely everything, I love the background music, you really have great taste. I even feel confident enough by watching your highly educational videos to start crafting my own miniatures. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next. Im sad that this is the last full diorama video I am watching. I eagerly await your next one! Thank you for documenting this incredibly talented part of your life.
Awesome work on this! I like the way you used packing tape to lift the paint for weathering of the wood! I learned something new! I think the proverbial icing on the modeling cake for this would be to add a watering trough and a few weeds and grasses between the buildings and walkways, maybe a tumbleweed in the street. I can almost hear the piano playing in the ole' saloon......
FANTASTIC videos. I learned a lot, especially taking more time and don't rush things. Your site is now my number 1 saved videos and I plan to visit them often. Thanks.
All of your building designs look just like the ones Dave from ThunderMesaStudio makes from scratch! They are perfect! So realistic. My favorite time period is anytime before 1870ish. More primitive/simple/New England style. I live in CT in a pretty old house...so I guess it makes sense haha. Anyway, love this as usual! Thank you for sharing ☺️ P.S. I love that everything is handmade and not made with a 3D printer. Real handmade wood buildings look best in my opinion.
These look so freaking good, you're super talented! For the shingles, I wonder if you could 3d print some sort of jig to line them up on one side and then you could glue a strip of paper on to make strips quickly
Ive been building these short depth dioramas since the early 2000s i used to use foamcore but i had problems with it warping. I use PVC sinta foamboard now. You can still use PVA glue but it is stable material
Top notch work. Old West style locomotives in G scale are rare and expensive (the quintessential Old West locomotive is a 4-4-0 prairie style locomotive with large diameter driver-wheels that are spindly like wagon wheels and a large cone shaped smokestack which is to catch embers from wood-burning locomotives.) The engine you selected is a 4-6-0 and is a good choice for the wild west. They used a similar one in Back to the Future 3 which takes place in 1885. Bachmann's large scale is roughly 1/24 and they're way cheaper than the high-end manufacturers. It doesn't help that G scale manufactures use different scales; 1/19, 1/24, and 1/32 (Gauge 1.) Since the gauge (distance between tracks) remains constant the 1/19 stuff ends up being "narrow gauge" scale while the 1/32 is the closest to "standard gauge." Of course, the rail height themselves are over-scale so it's best to not think about it too much. G-scale is the unloved step-child of the miniature railroad community because of its inconsistencies. It does look fantastic and looks realistic when the attention is paid to the details. Only nitpick is you could have used "chicken-grit" as the ballast. It's a size-and-sorted rock product they feed to chickens to help them break down their feed and its sold as most tractor supply stores. Consistently sized and looks great for G scale. To be fair thats a stretch as your solution looks fine as it is. You've managed to make a more realistic layout than most garden railroaders! Have you considered making some clumps of weeds and tall grass using nylon thread chopped up? I've seen the warhammer guys make some realistic grass with this method. A few weeds around the edges of the buildings/walk-way would be a nice finishing touch. I'm working on a 1/24 railroad project right now which is how I came across your videos. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation!
Hi there!! Thank you so much for watching the video and for all of your kind words! Thank you for all of the clarification regarding the locomotives, I’m still learning and that helped a lot. That’s interesting about the different rack gauges, I knew that there were different sizes in real life, but I didn’t know they did the same for model railroads. I believe my track must be the narrow gauge then. That’s a great idea regarding the chicken grit! I’ll keep that in mind for next time. And I would have loved to add some vegetation to the scene, I unfortunately just ran out of time. Thanks again for all of the support, and good luck with your project!
@@smolworldworkshop As a train guy, you did choose a good train. However, you have made one mistake with it: You forgot to include the locomotive's tender. Without that tender, that engine is going absolutely nowhere. It is most certainly not a tank engine (which would have a fuel bunker in the back to carry fuel for the firebox). So a requirement would absolutely need to be adding in a tender to that engine. There is also some suggestions I can give you to sell the Old West locomotive look even more, such as a large diamond-shaped smoke stack, a huge oil burning lamp instead of the small lamp it has, and some more bright colors like red or blue instead of all black. Since old west locomotives had way more colors and steam locomotives only really became uniform black in the late 19th century (1880's-1890's) to early 20th century due to it being cheaper to paint black. I would also recommend depending on when your western town diorama is set, you should consider having more wooden parts on it. But yeah, the only big necessary thing is the tender. That is a must. The large diamond shaped smoke stack, the huge oil burning lamp, and vibrant paint scheme instead of black I would recommend as additions, but are not a necessity.
@@smolworldworkshop The Santorini project was what started me on teh model making path. I have also created a church and a model of a 1950s MG workshop in England. This week I have made a start on a two-storey1500s style Tudor house. It is all very therapeutic!
You make some of the most beautiful dioramas that I have seen. I love the way you take your dioramas outside and film them in a very realistic perspective. I thought it was a real building on the first video that I watched of yours. I hope your channel grows to the moon and I hope im able to watch it do so. Great build!
I'm actually building a wild west town at the moment, too so this is perfect! You are so skilled, thank you for the great ideas and techniques. Especially the way you achieve the old and weathered looks is amazing, will definitely use that for chipping paint looks. You're lucky to have a desert nearby :-)
I love your diarama. How about s0me people in it, and the tender for the loco? I do model trains in the U.K., but in 0 gauge and I create little action scenes all over the layout to make it come alive. great work. regards Paul in Cornwall, UK.
Dude, this looks great! All it needs is some tumble weed and a saloon.🤠 Also, it really reminds me of Hill Valley 1885 from Back to the Future 3. Nice job.
Thank you very much Rick! I’m glad that you found some of the techniques helpful! And glad to hear that, I love weathering balsa wood. Thanks for watching!
Stunning work, and an excellent, clear, inspiring video! Thank you for sharing your skills and techniques. A question: I need to create some buildings with a similar look, and was on board with everything you demonstrated, until the 3D-printed windowpane parts (muntins). Uggh, I have no 3D printer. Do you have a good alternative to recommend? I'm thinking worst case I could draw/paint them on with a paint pen, or use a thin pinstriping kind of tape.
Another amazing piece! Any suggestions on how you would make a modern asphalt shingle roof? The only examples I can find online use paper (which doesn't have enough texture) or pieces cut from real asphalt shingles (which has too much texture). Thank you! :)
Thank you!! While I haven’t made an asphalt roof yet, maybe try sandpaper! With how much variety you can buy, I’m sure there’s a grit where the texture would scale well
for future reference the big hauler the locomotive used in the video is a later steam engine in the 1950s or so a American 4-4-0 is a old wild west type locomotive
Just stumbled across your channel and watched this with my grandson (12) he really enjoyed watching this video and is going to watch somemore of your videos. He's got his own channel Dylington Model Railway, there's a range of videos on there filmed on his model railway, some featuring stop-motion animation. One of them is a Dukes of Hazzard video, then there's a Stormy Day in Dylington. There's also a couple of videos documenting the start of a small 009 layout, on the first one he shows a couple of buildings he's just built . So he's subscribed to you and I'm sure he will be try out some of the techniques you've used. If you get a chance have a look at his Dylington Model Railway channel...cheers James 🙂👍
Hi there! Thank you so much for watching, I’m glad you and your grandson enjoyed the video! Your grandson has a new subscriber! I loved the stop motion, and the layout looks great! Keep up the good work!
Thank you for subscribing to my grandson's channel. He'll really appreciate it, I know he'll be watching more of your videos. So he can pick up more ideas for his model buildings... Cheers James 🙂👍
Amazing build. I was so inspired that I bought old train toy to make my own Wild West diorama;) Where can I buy such miniature claboard siding balsa panels?
That’s awesome!! Glad to hear your inspired to build your own diorama! I bought my basswood clapboard from eBay. However you could also purchase styrene clapboard made by evergreen plastics or plastruct. The spacing I used was 1/4” for 1/24 scale. Hope this helps, and good luck with your project!
1:25 “I’m using quarter inch clapboard basswood sheets…” Is this an error? They don’t look like 1/4 of an inch. It’d be near impossible to cut with an xacto blade. Not to mention dangerous. I’ve tried it before. I also recently bought 3/16” slats and was exhausted and shaking after trying to cut it with a 25mm blade. The board was shifting all over too and the cut was awful. Are you sure you don’t have a mini table saw on the side there? 😅
@@smolworldworkshop thanks for answering. Do you still have the air conditioners stl files on your Patreon? I’m getting a Bamboo A1 mini 3d printer soon. I’ve been 3d modeling in sketchup but still learning.
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Thursday, 18 July, 2024) Excellent! And your modular approach reduces the workload (these could be terribly labour-intensive, even for a group build). I suggest you develop such a plan to shorten the work time of your projects. I would like to create a 1:25th-scale streetscape diorama of the Roaring 20s, a midwestern or eastern small-town setting, with later Ford Model T automobiles-a sedan, a coupe, pickup trucks, one reworked into a tow-truck, a depot hack, etc.-as well as some earlier models that may show a bit of wear; and vehicles of other car manufacturers. R. E. Olds, Dodge Brothers, Plymouth, Pontiac, Chevrolet, etc. Set along the periphery would be Lindberg’s four kits of the 1926 Mack AC Bulldog truck (dump, stake, tanker, and log hauler). I would like to incorporate a G gauge model railroad setup with such a tableau. I also would like to explore the feasibility of blending 1) this “streetscape” display with 2) the equipment, set-pieces, technology, etc., of slot cars (though NOT for racing”!), and 3) model railroading for a broader layout involving trains, vehicles (private, commercial, and municipal). Such urban settings will require perhaps dozens of buildings, familial proprietorships, and commercial establishments: a general store, a tailor’s, a smithy, a grocer’s with his fruit stand, a butcher-shop, a barbershop, with a shoe-shine boy, a hairdresser’s, a hotel, a chemist’s or an apothecary, and many more. One would add figurines to represent the scores of patrons, shopkeepers, and passers-by bustling about their various errands. Telegraph/telephone poles, black, cast-iron light-posts and traffic signals, signposts of every sort, trees yet fresh in their vernal verdancy, and more will crowd one another along the verge bounding the sidewalks and the lawns. At both ends of the gently curving street will be a number of private homes, some rather plain, a few quite elegant, and perhaps one a bit of a mystery . . . . Preisser (Germany) makes generic figurines of people in 1:24th-scale that one of good skill can fashion into the local milieu. If you need ideas for tableaux to create, let me know. I shall fill your mind with the wonder of a veritable tapestries of scenes across the count of generations, your heart with exhilaration, and your soul with a satisfying contentment for your efforts. Study what cinematic model-makers scratch build for backdrops and vistas for their motion picture effects work; take a close look at the ancillary DVDs of The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition trilogy for some of the most extraordinary artistry and techniques ever! Hogwarts Castle in the Harry Potter motion picture serial is another example, a replica in 1:25th-scale that extends over 15 metres (50 feet) across! Also study thoroughly the spectacular handiwork of the miniaturists of Europe since the Middle Ages; figurines, locations, and buildings combined in exquisite tableaux emulating in three dimensions some of the fine art paintings of the masters, of astounding fidelity to actual people, animals, structures, places, etc.! Closely examine the astonishing results of dioramists in historical and natural history museums, representing in scale replicas actual events in history! In France, Germany, and Italy, modern-day artisans in fine metal, wood, stone, and other materials continue with that, dramatising actual events drawn from the works of their predecessors. Some have crafted room-sized spectacles in a wide variety of themes that even now awe and delight! At each of these, take copious notes, make numerous drawings and sketches, and record videos; for that last step, be certain to secure permission, for many of these displays their sponsoring entities have copyrighted.
Dude I was watching Prestongoes and he mentioned you are front Seattle,do you have a place where you expo your Model? I would like to see your work in person 🤩 Thanks you for your time 👍🏻
Considering people are craving a return to practical effects you might be turning this into a business soon it looks so photo realistic
That’s a great point! Thanks for sharing that and thanks for watching!!!
Who is craving a return to practical effects??
@@figmillenium>>> Not you, clearly...🤭
Agreed, these would make background sets for movies and TV shows, especially if it supplemented one or two full size facades the could interact with. It would save a lot money to only make one or two store fronts for the actors, and using a miniature model for wide shots of the rest of the town, and as a distant background in shots that are superimposed, especially ones with a tight focus that blur the background with bokeh.
@@figmilleniumEveryone who loves movies and has good taste. ;)
I know you said you're not a train guy, but I could totally see you getting into model railroading, simply for the joy of making miniature buildings.
I think I’d enjoy it too! I would probably not have the railroad be the focal point, but rather a scene that happens to have a railway in it. Now I just need space to build one haha! Thanks for watching!
@@smolworldworkshop if you live in a house garden railway, if you live in a flat checkout what www.youtube.com/@TravelinginMiniature has done in 1/24th scale in his house
@@smolworldworkshop well if you don't mind going small (smaller than what you usually make) then i recommend making it in HO (1:87) scale, that'll save you some space for sure.
One thing not well known, was that buildings in the old west that butted up against each other, had roofs that sloped downwards from the front to back. This way rain did not accumulate on your neighbor's roof.
You want to know what I think.. I think you're incredibly skilled, this is a Museum quality piece of work, anyone would be proud to display this. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you very much for your kind words! That means a lot and I appreciate your support!
I'd like to see you make a castle, it could even be The Disneyland Castle. Love your work and your video's.
Thanks for all of your support, I really appreciate it!! A castle is a great idea! I’d love to make one in the future!
I just discovered this channel and its honestly one of the best diorama Channels out there,
the fact that almost everything is handcrafted and not 3d printed is so cool because it makes it easier to do it by yourself :)
31:21 The smoke from the train being the cloud in the background is just so perfect 😍😍😍
You forgot the gallow in front of the sheriff's office and a model of Paladin and John Wayne somewhere nearby lol. Good build. Love it. Super realistic. Gotta love the Ole West.
Those signs look 100% hand painted. Great job.
Good build. I have been a model railroader and trainman for a few decades, and here are a few tips that could've improved the train aspects.
1. I can tell you used Bachmann steel rails. You can leave these outside for 3-4 days and they will naturally rust, leaving a similar but less uniform layer as paint does.
2. Railroad ties are always a very dark brown. I usually paint my ties dark brown and then follow up with a black wash in the center to represent oil and grease.
3. On steam locomotives, the front coupler should be painted a dark rust color. Also using a dark gray wash or dry brush on the gray smokebox area can emulate the excess smoke layering on the engine. Also having the engine wheels spin while airbrushing leaves a more uniform coat.
I look forward to seeing what you do next.
There is something so satisfying about creating something with your hands and then there’s the level of satisfaction watching someone create something with their hands that is so realistic, that it takes your breath away. I’m in awe. The attention to detail in all of your dioramas is outstanding to say the least.
I’ve just recently discovered your channel and I’ve been binge watching all of the full 30 minute diorama videos. I love the way you explain absolutely everything, I love the background music, you really have great taste. I even feel confident enough by watching your highly educational videos to start crafting my own miniatures.
I can’t wait to see what you come up with next. Im sad that this is the last full diorama video I am watching. I eagerly await your next one! Thank you for documenting this incredibly talented part of your life.
Te faltó hacer un bar con puertas revatibles y una farmacia. Igual,es hermoso lo que hiciste. Me gustan muuuucho las miniaturas👏👏👏👏🇦🇷🇦🇷❤
Thank you very much!!!
Wonderful build! That packing tape paint chipping method is brilliant, I'll be trying that out for sure.
Thank you very much for watching!!! Good luck with your projects!
I simply LOVE things made by hands 😊😊. It is simply perfect!!!
Thank you so much 😀
Awesome work on this! I like the way you used packing tape to lift the paint for weathering of the wood! I learned something new! I think the proverbial icing on the modeling cake for this would be to add a watering trough and a few weeds and grasses between the buildings and walkways, maybe a tumbleweed in the street. I can almost hear the piano playing in the ole' saloon......
FANTASTIC videos. I learned a lot, especially taking more time and don't rush things. Your site is now my number 1 saved videos and I plan to visit them often. Thanks.
+1
All of your building designs look just like the ones Dave from ThunderMesaStudio makes from scratch! They are perfect! So realistic. My favorite time period is anytime before 1870ish. More primitive/simple/New England style. I live in CT in a pretty old house...so I guess it makes sense haha. Anyway, love this as usual! Thank you for sharing ☺️
P.S. I love that everything is handmade and not made with a 3D printer. Real handmade wood buildings look best in my opinion.
This is amazing! The larger rocks in the ballast really make it look more realistic for the time
These look so freaking good, you're super talented! For the shingles, I wonder if you could 3d print some sort of jig to line them up on one side and then you could glue a strip of paper on to make strips quickly
I love the way the light filters down from the hotel balcony. Makes the rocking chairs look so appealing.
this is awesome reminds me of Back to The Future 3 Movie
I love these, I play RDR2 and frequent Tombstone.
Ive been building these short depth dioramas since the early 2000s i used to use foamcore but i had problems with it warping. I use PVC sinta foamboard now. You can still use PVA glue but it is stable material
That’s a great suggestion, thanks for sharing that with me!
You should do some of the Disney park attractions! 🤩🤩
Top notch work.
Old West style locomotives in G scale are rare and expensive (the quintessential Old West locomotive is a 4-4-0 prairie style locomotive with large diameter driver-wheels that are spindly like wagon wheels and a large cone shaped smokestack which is to catch embers from wood-burning locomotives.)
The engine you selected is a 4-6-0 and is a good choice for the wild west. They used a similar one in Back to the Future 3 which takes place in 1885. Bachmann's large scale is roughly 1/24 and they're way cheaper than the high-end manufacturers.
It doesn't help that G scale manufactures use different scales; 1/19, 1/24, and 1/32 (Gauge 1.) Since the gauge (distance between tracks) remains constant the 1/19 stuff ends up being "narrow gauge" scale while the 1/32 is the closest to "standard gauge." Of course, the rail height themselves are over-scale so it's best to not think about it too much. G-scale is the unloved step-child of the miniature railroad community because of its inconsistencies. It does look fantastic and looks realistic when the attention is paid to the details.
Only nitpick is you could have used "chicken-grit" as the ballast. It's a size-and-sorted rock product they feed to chickens to help them break down their feed and its sold as most tractor supply stores. Consistently sized and looks great for G scale. To be fair thats a stretch as your solution looks fine as it is.
You've managed to make a more realistic layout than most garden railroaders!
Have you considered making some clumps of weeds and tall grass using nylon thread chopped up? I've seen the warhammer guys make some realistic grass with this method. A few weeds around the edges of the buildings/walk-way would be a nice finishing touch.
I'm working on a 1/24 railroad project right now which is how I came across your videos. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation!
Hi there!! Thank you so much for watching the video and for all of your kind words! Thank you for all of the clarification regarding the locomotives, I’m still learning and that helped a lot.
That’s interesting about the different rack gauges, I knew that there were different sizes in real life, but I didn’t know they did the same for model railroads. I believe my track must be the narrow gauge then.
That’s a great idea regarding the chicken grit! I’ll keep that in mind for next time. And I would have loved to add some vegetation to the scene, I unfortunately just ran out of time.
Thanks again for all of the support, and good luck with your project!
@@smolworldworkshop As a train guy, you did choose a good train. However, you have made one mistake with it: You forgot to include the locomotive's tender. Without that tender, that engine is going absolutely nowhere. It is most certainly not a tank engine (which would have a fuel bunker in the back to carry fuel for the firebox). So a requirement would absolutely need to be adding in a tender to that engine.
There is also some suggestions I can give you to sell the Old West locomotive look even more, such as a large diamond-shaped smoke stack, a huge oil burning lamp instead of the small lamp it has, and some more bright colors like red or blue instead of all black. Since old west locomotives had way more colors and steam locomotives only really became uniform black in the late 19th century (1880's-1890's) to early 20th century due to it being cheaper to paint black.
I would also recommend depending on when your western town diorama is set, you should consider having more wooden parts on it. But yeah, the only big necessary thing is the tender. That is a must. The large diamond shaped smoke stack, the huge oil burning lamp, and vibrant paint scheme instead of black I would recommend as additions, but are not a necessity.
It kinda looks like the little map from Roblox!😃
Congratulations !!! Its Very Very Realístico Western Town diorama
Thank you very much!
absolutely Amazing project ❤
The Bachmann locomotive is perfect for this scene. It'd be roughly from the late 1890s -1930s.
Amazing ❤
Excellent and very awesome way of doing such a delicate job, especially patriating the old west , keep it up and all the best..
Thank you so much 😀
another great video, i am building a garden railway in 1/24th scale, just as much for making buildings i find interesting as for the trains
This town looks incredibly realistic!!! Love all of the techniques you showed ❤😊❤
Thank you very much for all of the support! And thanks for watching!
@@smolworldworkshop you are very welcome 🤗
I really love and enjoy your builds 🥰🥰🥰
wow, amasing !
Thank you!!!
This is fantastic! Such a gorgeous piece and I love all the detail you put into this. It's just beautiful!
Thank you very much!! I appreciate your kind words and thanks for all the support!
Very nice, Makes me want to build one also. Thanks
Thank you! And glad to hear that, I hope you do build one. It’s lots of fun!
Great Job, congratulations on your work, it is incredible!!
Beautiful work!
Those signs are spot on.
Thank you!
Another example of your amazing talent, thank you for sharing it and thank you for the inspiration. (My Santorini model is finally finished!)
Thank you very much! And that’s so cool, happy to hear you made a Santorini model!!!
@@smolworldworkshop The Santorini project was what started me on teh model making path. I have also created a church and a model of a 1950s MG workshop in England. This week I have made a start on a two-storey1500s style Tudor house. It is all very therapeutic!
@@davidacton7937 glad you’re enjoying the hobby, good luck with all your projects!
Amizing old small hause like it 😮😮😮
Thank you!!!
Wow, excellent work. Looks like fun to see it come together. Cheers! 😎👍
Thank you!! Glad you like the diorama :)
Awesome work and great use of various techniques. Your signage is spot on! Thank you for sharing your files and keep up the great work! 🙂
Thank you very much for watching! I’m glad you like the signage
Beautifully done 👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Another great video! Perfect for any model railroad enthusiast!
Thank you very much!
Looks awesome, great work!
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Just AWESOME!!! I'm happy for you!
Thank you so much 😀
I think it looks awesome, like a scene from a movie, great job and great design 👍
Thank you very much, I’m glad you like it!
Absolutely amazing even the little details it's just amazing...
Thank you very much!
You make some of the most beautiful dioramas that I have seen. I love the way you take your dioramas outside and film them in a very realistic perspective. I thought it was a real building on the first video that I watched of yours. I hope your channel grows to the moon and I hope im able to watch it do so. Great build!
Thank you very much! I have lots of fun taking the outdoor photos, and I hope the channel continues to grow too! Thanks for all of your support!
Tebrikler harika bir işçilik.Boyayıp eskitmeyi yaptıktan sonra üstüne sürdüğünüz koyu renkteki sıvı nedir acaba?
Nicely done.
I’m sure if you could have you’d have added a lantern with a flame led lighting effect for the hotel.
You can use matt medium as an adhesive for the windows. The medium won't frost the clear sheet
this is really beautifully done
I'm actually building a wild west town at the moment, too so this is perfect! You are so skilled, thank you for the great ideas and techniques.
Especially the way you achieve the old and weathered looks is amazing, will definitely use that for chipping paint looks.
You're lucky to have a desert nearby :-)
Awesome job, my man
Beautiful craftsmanship as always! Thanks for sharing!
I love your diarama. How about s0me people in it, and the tender for the loco? I do model trains in the U.K., but in 0 gauge and I create little action scenes all over the layout to make it come alive. great work. regards Paul in Cornwall, UK.
Stunning work
Thank you!
have you ever made a mostly brick building, like ones you would see in new england/boston? i feel like those would make a pretty fun build
You know, my mom and dad got me a LGB G scale train set to welcome me to summer vacation
This is a masterpiece!!!! Can you please make a beach shack or something like that? THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤❤❤❤❤
This project was well worth waiting for it's awesome. Always learning from you.
GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖
Thank you very much!!! I’m glad the video was worth the wait, and thanks for all the support!
Love it, so awesome 😎😲👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much!!! Glad you like it!
I learned a few techniques here that I had never heard! Excellent video and super cool build!
Glad to hear you learned some new techniques! Thanks for watching!
Love this video. You are Amazing. Keep up the good work
Awesome!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Great work and info! It was a pleasure.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Dude, this looks great! All it needs is some tumble weed and a saloon.🤠 Also, it really reminds me of Hill Valley 1885 from Back to the Future 3. Nice job.
Hi there wow it looks amazing knowing it looks so real.x
Thank you very much!!
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Amazing!!! 👏 👏 👏
Thank you!
HELP I CANT STOP WATCHING DIORAMAS
Fantastic build! I learned several new techniques. I really dig the way you weathered the balsa wood. - Rick, USMC
Thank you very much Rick! I’m glad that you found some of the techniques helpful! And glad to hear that, I love weathering balsa wood. Thanks for watching!
I love this!
Thank you!!
Great video. Subbed...👍
Dude this is so cool!!
Stunning work, and an excellent, clear, inspiring video! Thank you for sharing your skills and techniques.
A question: I need to create some buildings with a similar look, and was on board with everything you demonstrated, until the 3D-printed windowpane parts (muntins). Uggh, I have no 3D printer. Do you have a good alternative to recommend? I'm thinking worst case I could draw/paint them on with a paint pen, or use a thin pinstriping kind of tape.
Amazing!!
Thanks!!
Crikey. Those printed windows make all the difference. Would be a nightmare to hand craft all the fine detail. 😊
Nice! really good.
Thank you! Cheers!
Really great stuff. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing 🙌
Thank you very much!!
Amazing work!
Thank you!
This turned out great!
Thank you!
Great one
Thank you!
I’m so impressed by your skills. Do you offer any classes that I could join? 😊
Another amazing piece! Any suggestions on how you would make a modern asphalt shingle roof? The only examples I can find online use paper (which doesn't have enough texture) or pieces cut from real asphalt shingles (which has too much texture). Thank you! :)
Thank you!! While I haven’t made an asphalt roof yet, maybe try sandpaper! With how much variety you can buy, I’m sure there’s a grit where the texture would scale well
@@smolworldworkshop thanks for your reply and idea!
for future reference the big hauler the locomotive used in the video is a later steam engine in the 1950s or so a American 4-4-0 is a old wild west type locomotive
Just stumbled across your channel and watched this with my grandson (12) he really enjoyed watching this video and is going to watch somemore of your videos. He's got his own channel Dylington Model Railway, there's a range of videos on there filmed on his model railway, some featuring stop-motion animation. One of them is a Dukes of Hazzard video, then there's a Stormy Day in Dylington. There's also a couple of videos documenting the start of a small 009 layout, on the first one he shows a couple of buildings he's just built . So he's subscribed to you and I'm sure he will be try out some of the techniques you've used. If you get a chance have a look at his Dylington Model Railway channel...cheers James 🙂👍
Hi there! Thank you so much for watching, I’m glad you and your grandson enjoyed the video!
Your grandson has a new subscriber! I loved the stop motion, and the layout looks great! Keep up the good work!
Thank you for subscribing to my grandson's channel. He'll really appreciate it, I know he'll be watching more of your videos. So he can pick up more ideas for his model buildings... Cheers James 🙂👍
Amazing build. I was so inspired that I bought old train toy to make my own Wild West diorama;) Where can I buy such miniature claboard siding balsa panels?
That’s awesome!! Glad to hear your inspired to build your own diorama! I bought my basswood clapboard from eBay. However you could also purchase styrene clapboard made by evergreen plastics or plastruct. The spacing I used was 1/4” for 1/24 scale. Hope this helps, and good luck with your project!
1:25 “I’m using quarter inch clapboard basswood sheets…” Is this an error? They don’t look like 1/4 of an inch. It’d be near impossible to cut with an xacto blade. Not to mention dangerous. I’ve tried it before. I also recently bought 3/16” slats and was exhausted and shaking after trying to cut it with a 25mm blade. The board was shifting all over too and the cut was awful. Are you sure you don’t have a mini table saw on the side there? 😅
1/4” refers to the width of each plank of the clapboard siding, not the thickness of the board. The thickness was roughly 3/32”
@@smolworldworkshop thanks for answering. Do you still have the air conditioners stl files on your Patreon? I’m getting a Bamboo A1 mini 3d printer soon. I’ve been 3d modeling in sketchup but still learning.
Instead of the barbershop it should have been a bank!
Love it
Thank you!
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Thursday, 18 July, 2024)
Excellent! And your modular approach reduces the workload (these could be terribly labour-intensive, even for a group build). I suggest you develop such a plan to shorten the work time of your projects.
I would like to create a 1:25th-scale streetscape diorama of the Roaring 20s, a midwestern or eastern small-town setting, with later Ford Model T automobiles-a sedan, a coupe, pickup trucks, one reworked into a tow-truck, a depot hack, etc.-as well as some earlier models that may show a bit of wear; and vehicles of other car manufacturers. R. E. Olds, Dodge Brothers, Plymouth, Pontiac, Chevrolet, etc. Set along the periphery would be Lindberg’s four kits of the 1926 Mack AC Bulldog truck (dump, stake, tanker, and log hauler).
I would like to incorporate a G gauge model railroad setup with such a tableau. I also would like to explore the feasibility of blending 1) this “streetscape” display with 2) the equipment, set-pieces, technology, etc., of slot cars (though NOT for racing”!), and 3) model railroading for a broader layout involving trains, vehicles (private, commercial, and municipal).
Such urban settings will require perhaps dozens of buildings, familial proprietorships, and commercial establishments: a general store, a tailor’s, a smithy, a grocer’s with his fruit stand, a butcher-shop, a barbershop, with a shoe-shine boy, a hairdresser’s, a hotel, a chemist’s or an apothecary, and many more. One would add figurines to represent the scores of patrons, shopkeepers, and passers-by bustling about their various errands. Telegraph/telephone poles, black, cast-iron light-posts and traffic signals, signposts of every sort, trees yet fresh in their vernal verdancy, and more will crowd one another along the verge bounding the sidewalks and the lawns. At both ends of the gently curving street will be a number of private homes, some rather plain, a few quite elegant, and perhaps one a bit of a mystery . . . .
Preisser (Germany) makes generic figurines of people in 1:24th-scale that one of good skill can fashion into the local milieu.
If you need ideas for tableaux to create, let me know. I shall fill your mind with the wonder of a veritable tapestries of scenes across the count of generations, your heart with exhilaration, and your soul with a satisfying contentment for your efforts. Study what cinematic model-makers scratch build for backdrops and vistas for their motion picture effects work; take a close look at the ancillary DVDs of The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition trilogy for some of the most extraordinary artistry and techniques ever! Hogwarts Castle in the Harry Potter motion picture serial is another example, a replica in 1:25th-scale that extends over 15 metres (50 feet) across!
Also study thoroughly the spectacular handiwork of the miniaturists of Europe since the Middle Ages; figurines, locations, and buildings combined in exquisite tableaux emulating in three dimensions some of the fine art paintings of the masters, of astounding fidelity to actual people, animals, structures, places, etc.!
Closely examine the astonishing results of dioramists in historical and natural history museums, representing in scale replicas actual events in history! In France, Germany, and Italy, modern-day artisans in fine metal, wood, stone, and other materials continue with that, dramatising actual events drawn from the works of their predecessors. Some have crafted room-sized spectacles in a wide variety of themes that even now awe and delight!
At each of these, take copious notes, make numerous drawings and sketches, and record videos; for that last step, be certain to secure permission, for many of these displays their sponsoring entities have copyrighted.
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Dude I was watching Prestongoes and he mentioned you are front Seattle,do you have a place where you expo your Model? I would like to see your work in person 🤩
Thanks you for your time 👍🏻
What scale is it approximately? What are the face dimesions (height-width) of the building ? You inevitably got an assuring result.
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I am sorry but I could not understand where you down loaded the wooden barrel files from