Bridge and Boat Diorama

[Uwek]

I would choose colour combination 7.
Close to the riverbank the river would be like it usual, so everybody from the region will recognize their river.
In addition the deeper water in blue, so your „two face“ vessel would more visible and would direct more the view to the „action-area“ with bridge moving and vessel.....

 

[Peglegreg]

G'day Peter
Now that's a hard one to pick. I might upset your Apple cart and pick number 8 a blend between 3 and the brightness of 5.
A bit like this


If I may be so bold!
Havagooday mate
Greg

 

[Pathfinder65]

I also like number 7. It gives the impression of a deep channel and with shallower edges.

 

[Swabbie]

Laying rock (cork).
It's a hungry activity. PVA glue gets placed in dish. Using tweezers, the cork gets dipped into the glue before positioning into place. The activity reminded me of a Chinese meal.

It is almost a pity having to paint it.

 

[Pathfinder65]

Hi Peter,

Very nice work.

 

[Uwek]

Your shoreline is looking realy realistic - well done my friend

 

[zoly99sask]

Amazing job Peter!!

 

[Peglegreg]

I'm a bit confused Peter. Is this an actual photo of the site or a brilliant photo from your diorama? ​

It looks do real, its daunting.

Amazing photo from an amazing diorama.​

Happymodeling mate
Greg

 

[Swabbie]

...Amazing photo...

Thank you Greg for compliment.
It's a view nobody will get the see. Thought I might as well exploit water level views while I can. Later, the display will have side walls, including a clear front window.

 

[Swabbie]

Today I did time, painting rocks. Well it's different for a swabbie who knows how to paint decks .

Tomorrow I'll add a muddy silt coloured wash along the bottom (tidal line), and just a hint of colour amongst the other rocks.
Hope it will turn out okay.

 

[Peglegreg]

Looking good so far memattie. It will turn out just fine.
Havagreatime modeling
Greg

 

[Swabbie]

I needed a break, so I took a few days off. Well, actually one day. The other day I just had to dabble a bit.

Got myself into muddy waters.

 

[Peglegreg]

Glad that you are back and well. Your muddy waters looks so real, I can smell it from here.
Havagooday
Greg

 

[DocBlake]

Amazing work!

 

[Uwek]

I am looking forward to see how it is looking with your water.....

 

[Peglegreg]

G'day Peter
I found this step by step diorama on YouTube and the waterfall looks great. Though it might help you in the future.

Havagooday mate
Greg

 

[Swabbie]

Thank you @Peglegreg , @Uwek , @zoly99sask , and @DocBlake for your reactions and comments.
Thank you Greg for video. Funny how the water fall never overflows . Lots of info there for future projects.

Painted the car park area today.

 

[Swabbie]

SOS members, I have a question. What am I to do about the side frame walls?

 

[Peglegreg]

G'day Peter
I found this by accident today and I thought of you straight away.
Hope this will help you in the future.

Happymodeling mate
Greg

 

[Swabbie]

SOS members, I have a question. What am I to do about the side frame walls?

Sorry that nobody had any ideas of suggestions.

So I painted the walls white for starters. From there, anything could happen.
Played around with the Tromp-L'oeil concept. It could prove to be a novelty for the museum visitors. They would need to find the ideal view point, which is directly where the bridge operator would stand.

TOP: As it looks today.
MIDDLE: Digital painting to see what it could look like.
BOTTOM: Showing how distorted the image can be from a very different viewpoint (vp). Here the vp is from the bridge road.