Afternoon Good People,
I've been kind of absent lately due to a Mojo dip and some winter blues too. Weeks of dark dreary days without sunshine and always working under the LED lamp has taken it's toll on the remaining few brain cells in my melon. Playing in plastic wasn't cutting it (pun intended) and I thought a change of pace might do the Mojo some good. Fingers crossed!!!...
RT-diorama is a German company that specializes in buildings, bases and accessoires for the diorama modeler. You can check them out here https://www.rt-diorama.de/english/ to see what they offer. I grabbed this kit in a one day Nikolas sale from MBK. I almost bought it at the SMC, last October, but got it much cheaper last week in their sale. It's a true multi-media kit that has no regular plastic parts in it. It consists of laser cut wood, plaster, thick cut paper, thin plastic sheet stencils, chain, cord, and 3D printed parts...
I am hoping to incorporate this piece into a dock scene set on the Mole in 1916-17. It will be lowering a floatplane into the water from the deck of a RR flatwagon. Enough Blah Blah, so here's what we get,
A nice sturdy box with a pic of the item on the cover. Nothing fancy and the kit well packed inside,
Thicker laser cut paper card pieces with etch imprinted details. If you look at piece #5 (roof), you can see there are only 3 attachment points to nip off,
Pre-cut stencils for the lettering of 4 different firms on a flexible plastic sheet,
1mm laser cut wood detail pieces and a small sheet of acetate with the windows on it. The next pics are of the laser cut wood pieces. They vary between 1.5 and 3mm in thickness depending on use,
Now you see why I had an interest in a laser cutter/engraver. The details are fine and the parts fit together pretty easy too. I'm just not good at computer programs or math stuff...The 3D printed pieces for detailing,
The plaster base that I won't be using,
Most all RT-Diorama kits have plaster cast parts, but can be ordered in resin cast parts. It costs extra for the resin cast parts and takes longer for the kit to be shipped. The resin parts are stronger and for those who don't like to work with plaster,
The destructions book and the included chain & cord baggy. The destructions are sort of vague and need to be studied well. There is no diagram for the chains and cabling either. Looking at the pics on the last few pages will help solve that prob though.The destructions,
On the left page you get the idea of what's needed to build it and painting tip. It's all in English. Another page,
A pretty cool kit and I did have a play with it earlier. The sun came out for an hour this morning, so I nipped off some pieces, cleaned the nibs up and did a test fit of the 'Traction Machine' parts,
It's just stuck together without glue. I'm going to use AK Wolverine PVA to stick it together. The operator's house frame,
It slots into the floor and each other to fit together. Pretty easy and has very little play in the joins. One just has to keep it all squared up till the glue sets/dries. One sheet of wood now empty,
All of the pieces on this sheet had only 2 attachment points...
That's it for now. I hope you will join me in this endeavor and it helps get rid of my 'Blues'.................
Prost
Allen
I've been kind of absent lately due to a Mojo dip and some winter blues too. Weeks of dark dreary days without sunshine and always working under the LED lamp has taken it's toll on the remaining few brain cells in my melon. Playing in plastic wasn't cutting it (pun intended) and I thought a change of pace might do the Mojo some good. Fingers crossed!!!...
RT-diorama is a German company that specializes in buildings, bases and accessoires for the diorama modeler. You can check them out here https://www.rt-diorama.de/english/ to see what they offer. I grabbed this kit in a one day Nikolas sale from MBK. I almost bought it at the SMC, last October, but got it much cheaper last week in their sale. It's a true multi-media kit that has no regular plastic parts in it. It consists of laser cut wood, plaster, thick cut paper, thin plastic sheet stencils, chain, cord, and 3D printed parts...
I am hoping to incorporate this piece into a dock scene set on the Mole in 1916-17. It will be lowering a floatplane into the water from the deck of a RR flatwagon. Enough Blah Blah, so here's what we get,
A nice sturdy box with a pic of the item on the cover. Nothing fancy and the kit well packed inside,
Thicker laser cut paper card pieces with etch imprinted details. If you look at piece #5 (roof), you can see there are only 3 attachment points to nip off,
Pre-cut stencils for the lettering of 4 different firms on a flexible plastic sheet,
1mm laser cut wood detail pieces and a small sheet of acetate with the windows on it. The next pics are of the laser cut wood pieces. They vary between 1.5 and 3mm in thickness depending on use,
Now you see why I had an interest in a laser cutter/engraver. The details are fine and the parts fit together pretty easy too. I'm just not good at computer programs or math stuff...The 3D printed pieces for detailing,
The plaster base that I won't be using,
Most all RT-Diorama kits have plaster cast parts, but can be ordered in resin cast parts. It costs extra for the resin cast parts and takes longer for the kit to be shipped. The resin parts are stronger and for those who don't like to work with plaster,
The destructions book and the included chain & cord baggy. The destructions are sort of vague and need to be studied well. There is no diagram for the chains and cabling either. Looking at the pics on the last few pages will help solve that prob though.The destructions,
On the left page you get the idea of what's needed to build it and painting tip. It's all in English. Another page,
A pretty cool kit and I did have a play with it earlier. The sun came out for an hour this morning, so I nipped off some pieces, cleaned the nibs up and did a test fit of the 'Traction Machine' parts,
It's just stuck together without glue. I'm going to use AK Wolverine PVA to stick it together. The operator's house frame,
It slots into the floor and each other to fit together. Pretty easy and has very little play in the joins. One just has to keep it all squared up till the glue sets/dries. One sheet of wood now empty,
All of the pieces on this sheet had only 2 attachment points...
That's it for now. I hope you will join me in this endeavor and it helps get rid of my 'Blues'.................
Prost
Allen
. Didn't know of its existence. Thank you for the hint.
