Topic: Materials for Dioramas: Finding crates, parts and miscellaneous stuff...

[JDeck]

You can see what I think on the front pages.

I like it!

Thank you. I wanted a pirate throne, I thought I could kitbash something similar to the raider throne in the Battle for Endor movie, that is made entirely out of speeder bikes, but nothing I had was really coming together. Then I ordered a 3d printed boba fett throne, and just as I did I got the idea to make a crate throne.

Great idea! It totally makes sense...but keep it modular so you can repurpose them

Thank you. Definitely not going to do anything permanent, I need my crates.

[Darth More]

Studson Studio is the man who presents the definition of model building from scratch with miscellaneous parts over trash to a masterpiece. Watch him turn all kinds of greebles into a complicated and colorful scale model.


I made the flying version of Howl's Moving Castle out of garbage

double-click for full screen view

I suppose he worked another 50 hours creating this 40 minute video after getting done with this 100-hour-project.

[Tamer]

My daughter loves Howl's Moving Castle. So awesome to see junk turned into something awesome.

off to share.

[JDeck]

I found some more crates. I saw a guy use 1/10 RC crates for the E-WEB crate. I thought it was pretty cool. I ordered a set from Amazon Help me decide on this product: HIRCQOO 1/10 RC Simulation Plastic Luggage Case Decoration Storage Compatible with Traxxas TRX-4 Tamiya CC01 Axial SCX10 D90 Redcat HSP 90046 D110 1/10 RC Crawler Truck (Black) https://amzn.to/3Ibix8O
Amazon didn't seal the mailer and shipped an empty package, but they did ship a replacement.
I painted them white. Needs another coat and some weathering. You can only fit the cannon in the long box, but its alright.

[Tamer]

Looks pretty sweet to me.

Off to share these on the front pages.

[Jodo]

Placed an order!!! That is awesome!

[Darth More]

Very nice indeed! I was waiting for Tamer to modify and share this. Affiliates must be a useful tool to support the forums. So thanks to Jodo for buying those. Good to see you, again! I'm going to get some of those crates as well.

Recently, a friend made me aware of this exclusive box that came with some Topps cards of Rogue One. He once had one of those, but sold it. Now he wants it back to display next to his Black Series figures.
Found a couple within a minute for 5€ each on feebay.





Dimensions: 4.9" x 3.3" x 2.1"  or 12,5 x 8,5 x 5,5 cm

[Starchaser]

JDeck, I like 'em. 👍 I think they will work for your purposes.

Jodo, nice to "see" you again 

Philipp, that's a great bit of info. I didn't know those Rogue One card boxes existed.

[Darth More]

You're very welcome Starchaser! I finally got the miniature "Huge Crab Droid" by Wizards of the Coast. What's your opinion, is it in scale to 1/18 action figures?

[Tamer]

Looks like it scales ok to me.

[Darth More]

It really does! I'll take some accurate measurements and try to find specific reference material. But from the screenshots it looks very close.

As a follow-up to JDeck's great find: I found some crates for cheap on AliExpress. 3 different crates were 4€ shipped! Only paid 16 for all 12 and this is how they fit on the Imperial Combat Assault Tank.
Some weathering and they will look starwarsy.

[Tamer]

Love to see a link to those. They look made to fit perfectly.

[Jodo]

Those are great!!!!

[Darth More]

Love to see a link to those. They look made to fit perfectly.

Here is a general link:

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-1%252F10-storage-box-crawler.html?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20230416091634&SearchText=1%2F10+storage+box+crawler&spm=a2g0o.home.1000002.0


Ad I bought it from this store with the best offer:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803828470496.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.7.5a5961b9nSqwaE&algo_pvid=a2279791-7e99-441d-9771-26e8922c17c0&algo_exp_id=a2279791-7e99-441d-9771-26e8922c17c0-3&pdp_npi=3%40dis%21USD%212.85%212.31%21%21%21%21%21%4021224e9b16816653951928905d074d%2112000027743934206%21sea%21US%212965884980&curPageLogUid=HRuTNSOdj7I5

[Darth More]

Those are great!!!!

Thanks for your comment! It's always good to see you back around, Jodo! I shared some links of those crates. You can get them for about $2 each including shipping to the U.S.