Topic: Clonehead's dioramas

[Tamer]

Wow, even more realistic. The grassy areas look awesome. Off to the front pages.

[Clonehead]

Thanks Tamer, it gets the juices flowing.
Switched out the western auto sign for this larger Champion sign with billboard base. I put together another billboard base and used it on the other end side to support the old wonder bread sign
  I cut up what dowel pieces I had for fence posts in that new middle grassy area and came up with 10 that I painted white and stained to weather before spacing 3” apart this time to Poke and glue into our new turf. I need around 10 more to finish this run.
gotta go and buy a dowel today.
   Long grasses and whatnot first then, more lights in this area.

[Tamer]

Oh yeah, looks nice Clint. Off to the front pages.

[Clonehead]

Got some longer grasses planted around our posts yesterday afternoon.
After a trim and vacuuming on the longer stuff, I can add some flowering elements like the other infield areas. 
   Got my dowel posts cut and painted for the other half. It’s time to go and get those in.

[Clonehead]

After I planted fence posts and long grasses in the second half, I came back to the new dry first half and gave the long grasses another trim and vacuuming, then it was time for big flowers and little bloom clusters like before. Tacky glue for the flowers and scenic cement for the blooms.
I didn’t intend to go as crazy with the bloom clusters this time but couldn’t help it. It’s too fun putting that stuff on. Happy with the results, that area is drying and the second area Is now ready for its haircut and flowering.

[Tamer]

Nice, that greenery looks real. As does most of this. Off to the front pages.

[Clonehead]

Got the post, long grasses, and flowers in on the rest of that run. Time for lights next.

[JDeck]

This is really epic! I guess it would be the equivalent to G scale, that's huge. Between the cars the signs and landscaping it's looking phenomenal!

[Tamer]

Wow Clint. When I think you can make this look more realistic you go and do it. Just awesome.

Back to the front pages.

[Clonehead]

This is really epic! I guess it would be the equivalent to G scale, that's huge. Between the cars the signs and landscaping it's looking phenomenal!

yiu are correct, JDECK, G scale would be 1/32nd
O scale is 1/43rd and ho should be 1/87th I would have to look up the Tiny n and z scales.
  Thanks for the comments, bit by bit, it is becoming what I had envisioned. I hope to never run out of things I can do here.

[RCWCreations]

This is looking awesome mate!

[Clonehead]

This is looking awesome mate!

thank you thank you RCW
I have been tracking my imported led light order from China and I should get em tomorrow. Got to replace what I have lost.
  I had an idea for 2 or 3 cautionary blinking yellow lights to warn of 3 particular tire stacks, mounted low to flash at the tire stack in question
  I’ll wire up those with the pit lights using a lighting hub again. These hubs have power dials for each power bank going out so you can adgust or dim your lights. When wired to a flashing circuit, that power dial will change the flash speed or leave it on all the time if you set the current low enough.

[Clonehead]

I got my lights!
Got em today, hoping the Corona stayed off my parcel because I can’t wait to get into it.

[Tamer]

I bet I know what you are doing today.

[Clonehead]

I’m actually a day late getting my big light project done. I’m ready for some reveal shots but wanted to show you a couple of things first.
Part of the light up was incorporating these two yellow flashing cautionary indications aiming up towards two different tire stacks on the course. After running the wires to a flashing circuit, I drilled holes in my shoulder pieces to mount the nanos. Then I used a piece of shrink tube and cut some shades to mount to shield the drivers from the flash.
  I’ll get some video of this when I get a chance.