Dance in the Desert Sun (Reno Diorama)

[spookythecat]

I love this. Can't wait to see it finished!

[Warbird Kid]

Update with no Pics Sorry.

P-51 Strega (After putting a coat of white on it I realized how I didn't fill in many of the recessed panel lines so I putty'd it up, let it dry, then sanded it down so now when I go back for the repaint it should look like the real thing more.)

F8F Rare Bear (My dad wants to strip the paint I applied on it to use decals instead. He thinks it will come out alot better. Im still not sure if I wanna do that. Need to vacuform a canopy for her.)

Sea Fury (Well I decided. Im going with the brute known as Dreadnought as the reno racer. I've already started modifying the tail to be larger and roughly molded a piece of putty that will hopefully become the extended canopy. It will be interesting to see where this one will go.)

[Warbird Kid]

More updates with no pics. The 51 continues to get sanded until it resembles Strega more. The sanding and refinishing of Dreadnought continues. Basically Rare Bear is done structurally. I need to do the detail paint / decal and do the canopy. ugh. I have to do all custom canopies. Shot a first coat on the pylon. Need to fine tune the actual desert floor too.

Does anyone know where i can find just solid decal sheets of color? Red Blue, gold, green, black etc.?

[The Inspector]

Superscale (formerly MicroScale) used to have several different sheets of solid colors also stripes in different widths-might also hit the Artsy Craftsy stores to see what they might have, I find lots of detail stuff for cars (like stainless steel hoses using stretchy embrodery supplies) in the local Michaels craft store.

[Dave Homewood]

How did this diorama turn out in the end? Is it finished?

[Warbird Kid]

Sigh..... sadly no. It sits on my workbench in pretty much the same condition. I seem to have a bad reputation with starting model projects and not finishing them. Lets see as I look at the bench I have:

Dance in the Desert Sun
Running the Gauntlet
Wolf Pack Maintenance
Rare Roadside Wonder
The Chief and the Squaw
Ole' 927
and The Sheep's Nest

I need to get cracking!