The Bufferstop Challenge - Diorama Competition.

[Mountain]

Apologize for not progressing further as I would have liked. Had an optimistic plan but was delayed with time away and then the flu and also mentally hit which has delayed things.

(Hope your recovery from flu is quick. I am still on the cough mixture and the Strepsils since Christmas so I hope you get over it quick).

I have been impressed by the two completed entries and also the other entries even though a few of us didn't get very far. What I do want to say to the others, is to carry on for ones own personal enjoyment or to turn it into a larger feature on ones layout?
My entry was being built side on as they are hills. (I was going to have a go at painting distant scenery and create a wooden viaduct to cross the hills, and conveniently I was unexpectedly given a little N gauge locomotive for Christmas from a friend who didn't realize it was N gauge... But I still love it regardless of its size and hope to use it as a distant scene on my layout when I build the backscene scenery, which will include these hills).

Thank you for the competition as I love things like this!

Well done Lofty! (And your creation (Dad 1) is great!

[Lofty]

… Unless there are any objections I think we should announce Lofty the winner.
There are good reasons : All done from stuff laying around and therefore zero 'On Cost'.
Finished well inside the allowed time. Included 'water', A bufferstop, Non-flat landscape.
Exactly the elements for a good diorama.

So well done lofty - … and perhaps we can have a photo of the prize
sitting on the short siding.

Thank you very much Geoff for your generosity and kind words.

[Phred]

Very well deserved! Exceptional detail and realism.

Congratulations also to the 1st runner up! Geoff's diorama has me itching to build a 1/76th scale open workshop now...

[Lofty]

So well done lofty - Perhaps we can have a photo of the prize
sitting on the short siding.

Thank you once again for Geoff's generosity, the lovely little wagon has arrived safely, and being 100% honest you cannot tell that it's actually kit built rather than ready to run. It really is well built and painted.

So here it is on my Square foot: (If you click on the picture you will see a larger image)

[Mountain]

That really is lovely. He is so tallented in building and finishing it so it looks so nice!

[Dad-1]

That looks like it was built for a 'lofty' micro.
Grot doesn't have to be dark & dingy, perhaps 'well used' is a better terminology.

Good to see it arrived safely.
Also thanks for the kind comment from Mountain.

Geoff T

[aleopardstail]

you can quite clearly tell its kit built

RTR isn't that good...


very nicely done and a worthy winner