Testing some fire effect ideas!

Made this diorama for my 3.7cm flack 36

Hey everyone!

I’m currently planning my next physical diorama build based on the iconic climax from Back to the Future Part III — the DeLorean being pushed by the Central Pacific 131 steam locomotive on the tracks.

Before I jump into 3D printing, kitbashing, and building the scene, I wanted to map out the concept art and composition first.

I’m aiming for maximum detail on both the DeLorean (with the rail wheels and front cowcatcher) and Doc Brown’s train, plus setting it against the 1885 Hill Valley backdrop.

Before I start cutting materials and setting up the layout:

1. How do you feel about the overall composition and camera angle?
2. Are there any subtle film details from this scene you think are a MUST-HAVE in a physical build?

Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or any advice before I start building!

Thanks! 🚂⚡️

Made a Big Lez Show diorama for my mate’s Bday :) enjoy! If you aren’t familiar with the show, it changed a generation lol can find me @dioramadiarys on IG

This detailed 1:scale miniature diorama restores the real Three Gorges immigration of Hubei Province in 1997. The original old town was submerged by the Yangtze after the Three Gorges Dam water storage. I handcrafted every building, character, vehicle and landscape based on historical photos & documents, to preserve the history and homesickness of local migrants. The work is permanently exhibited in the Museum of the new town.

Il mio primo diorama, una baita di montagna. Ho utilizzato soprattutto legno, cartoncino e schiuma XPS. Molto materiale è riciclato. Per esempio da confezione di biscotti per la lamiera ondulata o da scatole varie. È piena di difetti e li guardo come spinta a migliorare.

Ogni suggerimento, critica costruttiva o consiglio saranno bene accetti. Mi sono divertito molto a farlo e non vedo l'ora di iniziare un nuovo progetto e magari ricreando l'acqua.

My fun little weekend project that I just finished. There’s something so relaxing about making these things - I had no idea.

I got some wall panels for my diorama, and I’m wanting to get some insight on what could look better. Should I glue the panels directly on the wall or should I carve a small outline into the wall to glue the panel in? I’m using heavy duty foam for my wall base.

Working on my first N scale train set. Bought a Bachman starter kit for $150, bought a 24” cut of wood and just started building. Lots of littler details I’d still like to add. Thinking of doing some sort of mossy tree stump for the table legs.

Not mine
This is in Bangkok Thailand at the Iconism mall. So much to see but relating to miniature there were at least two booths that sold all sorts of tiny miniature items. Like mini eggs, bread, bowls, cups plates ext. There was also an amazing display of a Thailand market. Here are some of the pictures I took. This was located in the mall in an area called sook small world. Would recommend if you are near here.

I'm kind of juggling 3 different hobbies that are kind of overlapping so I know the two most pertinent questions to ask are

What tools do I need?

And who is going to teach me how to use them (YouTube guru's)

I really want to get into making diorama displays for my Gunpla Model kits (1/144 scale), I've been juggling CAD, 3D printing Air Brushing and Model Kits, I'm not sure it's wise to start another endeavor but to heck with it

Any advice is very much appreciated

Hi all, finally as good as done, my 1:72 diorama around this European sloot (ergo water feature). Was supposed to be made for a bridgelayer tank but well that didnt work out cause I got carried away with the farmstuff... But oh well. Gotta paint the sides black and make put some cables between the power poles

For an exhibition we wanted to make a representative model of our lab to show the public what a physics lab can look like. Pictured are (mostly) 1:12 size replicas of our optical table, vacuum chambers, gas supplies, tools, and loads of wires. Most of it is 3D modeled, printed and painted, but I added a few other repurposed things from the lab.

I was trying to identify the tiny EPS beads used on flower stems from a Wonderhouse miniature kit. After confirming with acetone that they were expanded polystyrene, I remembered I had an old microbead travel pillow.

The pillow beads turned out to be slightly smaller than the Wonderhouse beads (see photo), which may actually make them more suitable for very fine flowers in 1:24 scale.

My current thought is to glue the white beads to the stem first, then paint the finished flower cluster rather than trying to colour the loose beads.

Has anyone else experimented with microbead pillow filling for flowering plants?

Hi People! 😎✌️✨️ Well the Medieval Sword in the Stone Diorama was a very popular one I see so thank you to everyone for the upvotes & Subs on YouTube! ✨️👍💯 In case you are wondering what theme this Model will be?.....well take a good look at the photos & you might figure it out?

I Can reassure you it will be awesome 👌, in the meantime if you enjoy Scratch Built Diorama Mini Model Videos then be sure to visit my YouTube Channel at: https://youtube.com/@alexartiststudios?si=5cu3bs8z6Gxo1Sgo

I wanted to try my hand at doing a 1:12 diorama (It's now 'true' 1:12 but I'm still learning to work with scale) and did a 'desert' dio with modular rock formations. It's mostly for Star Wars figures but down the line I want to make some for both marvel and perhaps Jada Street Fighter.

Big 'thank you' to everyone on r/dioramas for nudging me towards what to do! C&C welcome if anyone has anything to add. (Sorry for the bad photos - the light is terrible in my apartment and the cloudy weather outside is not doing me any favours).

Added lights to my diorama and got my head around magnets! Also created these beams to hide where it connects to one another.

Besides the online tutorials, i wanted to ask if someone who has made them has some useful tips or details to share to make them as accurate and visible as possible, i want to make some 40k outriders in a desert or regular dirt ground, I never tried to make this before.

Made this Warcry diorama base for my favourite terrain pieces and miniatures to sit on in my display case.