Scratch Built Brick & Mortar Corner Ruin (lotsa pix)

[Super Cracked]

Here's some pix of a diorama piece I did back in 2002 - 2003. I sold a few of these (under the name Der Kitbashe), but it was so labor intensive, I gave up pretty soon. I was heavily into WWII history and research at the time - and with 21 Century's XD line in full-swing, It was easy to populate and drop these pieces into a dio.

Materials include: hand molded wall sections; Build-A-Rama bricks; balsa & bass wood sections, door, window & floor trim; real copper pipes (plumbing); real brass hinges & nails and a dollhouse floor section. Painted with Folk Art acrylics and finished with Doc O'Brien's weathering powders (man, I love those!). Oh yeah, sealed with Testor's Dull Cote.

Hope you like the shots and find them encouraging to your own efforts!

 

[unclassified]

ridiculous..

 

[MMorelock66]

I'm a huge fan of urban dioramas. These blow me away

 

[Monkeywrench]

Wow!!!

 

[MAJOR BLOOD]

Simply beautiful! The detail is great! That would be perfect for a lot of the things the guys on here are doing. Hopefully someone sees it and it gives a few ideas. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[Super Cracked]

Hey - wow! Thanks for the great feedback!

Can you stand a few more shots? I figure that since 15 is the limit, here's another 10-15.

 

[Mandingo Rex]

The fine details are what sell it to me. The tile floor and the door handle, not to mention all the other debris elements. Looks amazing!

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

The details are astounding...totally looks real, totally!...

Only thing I think could use improvement is the loose boards...I think some of them being broken up and splintered more would be more realistic

 

[Super Cracked]

Thanks again!

Here's another door style I tried out - I think I prefer this one.
And the bombed -out style of the right side of the building (2nd shot below) seems more realistic to me.

 

[Keenan]

That is so well done. Looking forward to more.

 

[flint-wo2]

 

[Meddatron]

That door kicks ass. Alot of details here. the small details attract my eyes my eyes the most and you have alot of them..

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Did I miss what scale this is?

 

[Super Cracked]

Only thing I think could use improvement is the loose boards...I think some of them being broken up and splintered more would be more realistic

You're right about the boards. But, what you see in the pictures is the "long" version of the "Scorched Planks and Boards" we used to sell (the ruined building in the shots was a production model and the pictures taken were only to show scale). There were shorter, more splintery boards which really went great with the longer, less splintery ones. We also had a ton of small debris, bricks, block, dust and household items as well (scorched books, burned-out furniture, pots n' pans, etc.). If I was doing an out-n-out diorama for a contest, or something of that nature, I surely would've had it arranged more like you suggest. I wish I had pix of everything in action, but I don't think any survived.

Did I miss what scale this is?

This all is 1:18.

 

[NSA]

I'll take 3 please, thx!

 

[unclassified]

Did I miss what scale this is?

it's 1/6 scale on a 1:18 site, haha..

just messing..

 

[Fled74]

That's some phenomenal work there!

 

[Super Cracked]

Thanks for the nice happy feedback from y'all. Kind words and kids interested in the the same hobby go along way!!! Seriously, I truly appreciate the enthusiasims.

That's some phenomenal work there!

Hey, I just now got around to checking out your HobbyStop. Gotta say, that is my kinda blog - my kind of attitude. Naturally, I loved your ruined building! Also, I thought your tut on making 1:18 cardboard buildings turned out a very decent looking serious play piece. I can especially appreciate your first post from 02/2011 re: the hardcore kids and the sentiment that the hobby SHOUlD BE FUN.

One last thing, back in 2006, I sold my custom Sherman on eBay to a character in Australia. It arrived in perfect condition (I was amazed) and the buyer was apparently very happy and was going to send me pix of his display, but I never heard from him again. Just thought you'd find that interesting, you know, being an Australian citizen and all.

 

[Fled74]

Hey, I just now got around to checking out your HobbyStop. Gotta say, that is my kinda blog - my kind of attitude. Naturally, I loved your ruined building! Also, I thought your tut on making 1:18 cardboard buildings turned out a very decent looking serious play piece. I can especially appreciate your first post from 02/2011 re: the hardcore kids and the sentiment that the hobby SHOUlD BE FUN.

I appreciate the kind words, bro, and I'm glad you agree.

 

[Rick]

Encourage our own efforts!?! Is that a joke? Damn Cracka!.... That's got to be the best piece I've ever seen.

Where do I begin?

I've been in construction either in the field or in the design room my entire life and your construction detail is incredibly accurate. I live and work around the oldest buildings this country has to offer and I see this all the time.

I mean right down to the slopped mortar in slide 10. That's amazing.

Great job with the stucco and even the damn effloresense (white powdery salt on brick).

I agree with Eddie though. A few of those longer timbers could at least have fracture points and slightly bent, but that's it.

That tile floor is dated to the time period you chose. I walk on that exact tile in older city kitches. Damn!

And then there's the doors. WTF and FTW with the wear marks.

You did your research and have some mad skills.

Thanks for sharing and please post some more.

Help encourage our own efforts! lol

 

[malcadon]

Yeah... what he said! :greedy:

 

[Super Cracked]

Encourage our own efforts!?! Is that a joke? Damn Cracka!.... That's got to be the best piece I've ever seen.

Where do I begin?

I've been in construction either in the field or in the design room my entire life and your construction detail is incredibly accurate. I live and work around the oldest buildings this country has to offer and I see this all the time.

I mean right down to the slopped mortar in slide 10. That's amazing.

Great job with the stucco and even the damn effloresense (white powdery salt on brick).

I agree with Eddie though. A few of those longer timbers could at least have fracture points and slightly bent, but that's it.

That tile floor is dated to the time period you chose. I walk on that exact tile in older city kitches. Damn!

And then there's the doors. WTF and FTW with the wear marks.

You did your research and have some mad skills.

Thanks for sharing and please post some more.

Help encourage our own efforts! lol

Inconceivable!! That is some pretty big "kind words." I am honored with such a a qualified observation as yours. Thank you.

I have no design/construction experience outside of little shoe-box dio's I did as a kid and these more elaborate pieces you see here. I draw big inspiration from films/books on the subject (WWII), Video games like Medal of honor & Deadly Dozen (I know they're 10+ years old already!). But, probably the single biggest influence on the "details" aspect is from Shep Paine and all the Osprey series of modeling/diorama books.

Anyway, I'd love to know more about your expertise and what kind of projects you're working on and have already done. Truly, I know my weaknesses/faults in this hobby and I have as much to gain from you boys here, as anyone else does. Persistence and practice is key, Oh yeah, knowing where to get stuff is important too.

Thanks, a million times.