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Suigun Line—Diorama I, Take 2.5

D.E. Goodman-Wilson — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:14:18 +0000

Update 27 April 2008: I’ve added some more photos below.

Well, the static grass idea didn’t really work. Time to think of something new. Thankfully, static grass glued with PVA glue onto a glossy surface comes up really easy, so nothing was really lost—except a small amount of now used static grass, oh, and [...]

Suigun Line—Diorama I, Take 2

D.E. Goodman-Wilson — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:19:34 +0000

I never published anything about my first attempt at a Suigun Line diorama. That’s because it…it, uh. Well. Utter failure before it really got anywhere. But that’s why I did it: To learn. Here’s what I learned: You can’t use foamcore as a diorama base if you’re going to paint or glue things [...]

Suigun Line

D.E. Goodman-Wilson — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:02:01 +0000

So, I thought, just to get the ball rolling, that it might be fun to put together a handful of very small dioramas. I wanted to do something rural, and because I found the appearance of the KIHA 110 so striking, I settled on the Suigun Line. Below is discussion of the prototype; [...]

キハ110-100

D.E. Goodman-Wilson — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:09:36 +0000

Just before the winter holiday, I ordered and received a new bit of rolling stock, Kato’s キハ (KiHa—the designation for standard class diesel passenger cars) 110 diesel multiple unit (DMU—and yes, it’s hard to call a single car a multiple unit, but that’s what it is). Say hello!

I need a little warm-up [...]