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Craigh na Dun - OUTLANDER - Diorama

10/12/2019

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Outlander Diana Gabaldon stone circle jamie claire starzOutlander - Circle of Stones, mini Diorama
"Why, it's a henge!" I said delighted. "A miniature henge." exclaims Claire Randall Fraser, the female protagonist in the wildly popular Outlander book series (and now TV series too!) by Diana Gabaldon. This is her first of several visits throughout the series by her to the stone henge called Craigh na Dun, as well as other important characters later on. Referred to as the standing stones, these rocks play a key role as they are how Claire time travels from 1945 Scotland to 1745 Scotland, where she meets and falls in love with James Fraser, a Scottish Highlander. When she leaves 1945, she leaves behind her husband Frank Randall who can find no trace of how she vanished or where she vanished to despite searching the entire country side where they were visiting, the same area that Craigh na Dun is found. 
   
​ As an avid Outlander fan you want to display your collection of books by as well as any other trinkets that pertain to the books. Postcards and pictures of the historical buildings and landmarks come to mind but sometimes feel flat and 2-D. Now there are several important places that are a focal point that the characters center around. The first of these would have to be Craigh na Dun. Others include James' family home in Scotland and Claire and James' home in back country of North Carolina pre-Revolutionary War. Outlander trinkets are nice and all, but I thought to myself why not have a miniature henge, a miniature Craigh na Dun to display alongside some of my favorite books. So that's what we did, we created our own set of standing stones. Up next might just be Lallybroch or Fraser's Ridge, but we might need more book shelves! I will just have to be careful around the stones when dusting and rearranging books so I won't accidentally travel back 200 years and find myself my own red-headed Scottish Highlander. 


See how I built this mini diorama by watching THIS VIDEO

Craigh Na Dun Outlander Starz Diana Gabaldon Diorama
Craig Na Dun Outlander diorama Diana Gabaldon
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Outlander!
stone circle stone henge time travel outlander diana gabaldon diorama in a jar
Don't touch the stones!
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Realistic River Diorama Build

9/30/2019

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I got the bug to build a diorama and one thing lead to another when I got some inspiration from this picture.
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Time lapse of the build
So I began to watch a few tutorials in hopes to gain some knowledge about how to go about tackling something like this.  I new I wanted to start small, something that I could display on my desk and be interesting (and a conversation starter) but also not take up a lot of room.  So I began with these materials.  Pretty modest I know, well that was the idea.

I also wanted to share my journey so I LIVE STREAMED the build and you can watch all the archived streams in the playlist below.  The pictures show the progress made after each live stream.

                                                               Watch all 5 parts in the PLAYLIST below
river diorama tutorial
river diorama build
realistic river diorama build
realistic river diorama how to
Junk car in a river
Tubing in the Republican river
Harlan County Lake river tubing
erosion control junk car river
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Nissan Hardbody model kit 1/24 scale

8/23/2019

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Revell Datsun Offroad Pickup Nissan Hardbody D21The Mighty Nissan 1/24th scale
Check out my complete build and application of some heavy weathering techniques to this Revell 1/24 scale Datsun 720 off road pickup truck. I call it "The Mighty Nissan" Sometimes known as a Nissan Hardbody. This is a low piece count model kit, but still provides some great opportunities for detailing.  In this project I take it off the rails and add a ton of detail work and heavy weathering (rust, dirt, mud, ect...) to replicate my memory of the real vehicle as seen below.  Read on and don't forget to watch the video documenting the process of building this fantastic kit!

Below is some screen shots and links to the actual video of the REAL pickup I am replicating for this kit.  It is a beat and battered 1985ish, the ish is because the pickup is a Datsun 720 with a later pickup box from the D21 (Hardbody), but anyways I digress.  Here is a reference picture which will help describe the scope of this build.

1985 Nissan Hardbody Datsun 720
The Mighty Nissan (my best friend, driver)
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As you can see, this little pickup has taken a beating.  Below is more progress pictures and the video documenting how I went about building this replica of the little Nissan/Datsun pickup we affectionately named "The Mighty Nissan"  Stay tuned, in the next post will be an udpate with another project that goes with this one as an accessory that goes in the bed of the pickup.

The Dirt Bike, and the story continues...

Now to go along with the story this little model tells, it needs a motorcycle, a dirt bike to be exact.  Now this is a model kit of a somewhat "generic" 70's dirtbike, but it looks an awful lot like a 1968 Yamaha DT1 ;) .  Anyways there does not exist a 1/24 scale model of a 1984 Husqrvarna CR250 which is the exact motorcycle that relates to this pickup in memories.  This will do just fine however.  This is why I didn't fill in the obvious "Yamaha" badges, besides the story behind all this, those badges would have been gone anyways from neglect.
Yamaha DT1 scale model 1/24 DT250 250cc
A good approximation of a 1968 Yamaha DT1 that has been rode hard and put up wet
Shift shaft and counter-shaft seals are leaking, as they do on old bikes like these.
Yamaha DT1 250 scale model kit
Shift shaft and counter-shaft seals are leaking..
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NyLint Semi Truck Custom Restoration

7/9/2019

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Watch the customization of this late 70's NyLint Overnight Express Semi truck toy (black color) by adding a custom paint job and LED lights so it can be driven at night!
Nylint Semi Truck
Advertisement in a Sears Wishbook 1979
Nylint Semi Truck overnight express
Nylint semi truck overnight express
Nylint semi truck cargo van
Nylint semi truck road tax
Nylint Semi Truck LED lights
Nylint semi truck
Nylint
Custom Nylint semi truck
Nylint semi truck
Nylint Semi truck door
Nylint semi truck door
Nylint semi wiring
Nylint semi truck wiring trailer
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Tonka Road Grader Restoration

4/6/2019

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Tonka mighty road grader
Complete how to with tips and tricks on restoring my yellow Tonka Road Grader with the soft rubber tires (AT-857) from my childhood.  I choose to do some personal customization along with this restoration.  Watch and enjoy!  This goes hand in hand with my Nylint Road Grader I restored previously
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Tonka mighty road grader
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Tonka road grader
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