Build an ULTRA-REALISTIC Wild West Model Railroad DIORAMA - Miniature Model Train Scenery
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- How to make a realistic, miniature Wild West Model Railway Diorama in G scale 1:22.5 scale, 1/24 scale (techniques would also work for 1/35 scale military models, O scale, HO scale, N scale, 1:12 scale for dollhouses)
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In this tutorial, I show you how to make a super realistic Old West street front for a miniature diorama in 1/24 scale or G scale (1:22.5). I show you lots of quick and easy construction techniques using readily available and affordable materials that can be purchased at most hobby stores. I show you how to make models from foam core, and add a realistic finish by applying clapboard made from basswood and balsa wood, along with board and batten finishes and ordinary wood planks. I show you how to create realistic windows made from 3D printed parts, how to weather paint with acrylic paint chipping medium and packing tape, how to weather with acrylic washes and india ink, how to used real dirt for dioramas, how to make a model railway track from scratch, how to make rusty corrugated metal roofing, how to make balsa wood shingles, and much more!
I used a Bachmann 4-6-0 steam locomotive for this Wild West diorama. Let me know what you think! This would be a great setting for a model railroad layout, or miniature table top war gaming.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Scale Drawing PDF available on Patreon
0:50 General Store Diorama Facade
1:00 Foam Core Model Making
1:25 Miniature Clapboard Siding Basswood
2:58 Acrylic Wash for Old Weathered Wood
3:22 Painting Models with Cheap Acrylic Craft Paint
4:26 Weathering a Diorama w/ Acrylic Inks
4:53 Installing Windows in Diorama Buildings
5:54 Old West Leather Shop Diorama
6:11 Balsa Wood Architectural Model Making
7:54 Board and Batten for Dioramas
8:12 Sheriff's Office Wild West Diorama
10:02 Old Western Hotel Miniature Facade Diorama
11:44 Wild West Barber Shop Diorama
12:50 Make Miniature Wooden Hand Painted Signs Waterslide Decals
14:26 How to Make Realistic Miniature Windows for Dioramas
19:53 Diorama Base made from MDF and Pine Wood
21:36 Balsa Wood Roof Frame Tutorial
22:31 Installing Miniature Awnings
22:57 How to Make an Old Balcony and Railing
23:36 How to Make Miniature Shingles from Balsa Wood
25:31 How to Make Model Railroad Ties from Scratch
27:14 Use Real Dirt for Dioramas and Model Railroad Layout
28:41 Rusty Corrugated Metal Roof
29:13 Airbrushing Resin 3D Printed Parts
29:23 How to Weather a Steam Locomotive
29:44 Adding 3D Printed Miniatures
30:40 Final Result!
31:09 Please Support Me on PATREON
Music:
"Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio"
@WhiteBatAudio
Song List:
1. Fractals
2. Empty City
3. Galaxy
4. Home
5. 50 Million Year Trip
6. Recovery
7. Floating
8. Nightscapes
9. Distance - Навчання та стиль
Considering people are craving a return to practical effects you might be turning this into a business soon it looks so photo realistic
That’s a great point! Thanks for sharing that and thanks for watching!!!
I'd like to see you make a castle, it could even be The Disneyland Castle. Love your work and your video's.
Thanks for all of your support, I really appreciate it!! A castle is a great idea! I’d love to make one in the future!
I know you said you're not a train guy, but I could totally see you getting into model railroading, simply for the joy of making miniature buildings.
I think I’d enjoy it too! I would probably not have the railroad be the focal point, but rather a scene that happens to have a railway in it. Now I just need space to build one haha! Thanks for watching!
@@smolworldworkshop if you live in a house garden railway, if you live in a flat checkout what www.youtube.com/@TravelinginMiniature has done in 1/24th scale in his house
Those signs are spot on.
Absolutely amazing even the little details it's just amazing...
You want to know what I think.. I think you're incredibly skilled, this is a Museum quality piece of work, anyone would be proud to display this. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you very much for your kind words! That means a lot and I appreciate your support!
Wonderful build! That packing tape paint chipping method is brilliant, I'll be trying that out for sure.
Thank you very much for watching!!! Good luck with your projects!
All of your building designs look just like the ones Dave from ThunderMesaStudio makes from scratch! They are perfect! So realistic. My favorite time period is anytime before 1870ish. More primitive/simple/New England style. I live in CT in a pretty old house...so I guess it makes sense haha. Anyway, love this as usual! Thank you for sharing ☺️
P.S. I love that everything is handmade and not made with a 3D printer. Real handmade wood buildings look best in my opinion.
I love these, I play RDR2 and frequent Tombstone.
another great video, i am building a garden railway in 1/24th scale, just as much for making buildings i find interesting as for the trains
Beautiful craftsmanship as always! Thanks for sharing!
Nicely done.
I’m sure if you could have you’d have added a lantern with a flame led lighting effect for the hotel.
Great work and info! It was a pleasure.
Top notch work.
Old West style locomotives in G scale are rare and expensive (the quintessential Old West locomotive is a 4-4-0 prairie style locomotive with large diameter driver-wheels that are spindly like wagon wheels and a large cone shaped smokestack which is to catch embers from wood-burning locomotives.)
The engine you selected is a 4-6-0 and is a good choice for the wild west. They used a similar one in Back to the Future 3 which takes place in 1885. Bachmann's large scale is roughly 1/24 and they're way cheaper than the high-end manufacturers.
It doesn't help that G scale manufactures use different scales; 1/19, 1/24, and 1/32 (Gauge 1.) Since the gauge (distance between tracks) remains constant the 1/19 stuff ends up being "narrow gauge" scale while the 1/32 is the closest to "standard gauge." Of course, the rail height themselves are over-scale so it's best to not think about it too much. G-scale is the unloved step-child of the miniature railroad community because of its inconsistencies. It does look fantastic and looks realistic when the attention is paid to the details.
Only nitpick is you could have used "chicken-grit" as the ballast. It's a size-and-sorted rock product they feed to chickens to help them break down their feed and its sold as most tractor supply stores. Consistently sized and looks great for G scale. To be fair thats a stretch as your solution looks fine as it is.
You've managed to make a more realistic layout than most garden railroaders!
Have you considered making some clumps of weeds and tall grass using nylon thread chopped up? I've seen the warhammer guys make some realistic grass with this method. A few weeds around the edges of the buildings/walk-way would be a nice finishing touch.
I'm working on a 1/24 railroad project right now which is how I came across your videos. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation!
Hi there!! Thank you so much for watching the video and for all of your kind words! Thank you for all of the clarification regarding the locomotives, I’m still learning and that helped a lot.
That’s interesting about the different rack gauges, I knew that there were different sizes in real life, but I didn’t know they did the same for model railroads. I believe my track must be the narrow gauge then.
That’s a great idea regarding the chicken grit! I’ll keep that in mind for next time. And I would have loved to add some vegetation to the scene, I unfortunately just ran out of time.
Thanks again for all of the support, and good luck with your project!
I'm actually building a wild west town at the moment, too so this is perfect! You are so skilled, thank you for the great ideas and techniques.
Especially the way you achieve the old and weathered looks is amazing, will definitely use that for chipping paint looks.
You're lucky to have a desert nearby :-)
Awesome work and great use of various techniques. Your signage is spot on! Thank you for sharing your files and keep up the great work! 🙂
Thank you very much for watching! I’m glad you like the signage
Ive been building these short depth dioramas since the early 2000s i used to use foamcore but i had problems with it warping. I use PVC sinta foamboard now. You can still use PVA glue but it is stable material
That’s a great suggestion, thanks for sharing that with me!
Another great video! Perfect for any model railroad enthusiast!
Thank you very much!
This town looks incredibly realistic!!! Love all of the techniques you showed ❤😊❤
Thank you very much for all of the support! And thanks for watching!
@@smolworldworkshop you are very welcome 🤗
I really love and enjoy your builds 🥰🥰🥰
Dude, this looks great! All it needs is some tumble weed and a saloon.🤠 Also, it really reminds me of Hill Valley 1885 from Back to the Future 3. Nice job.
You make some of the most beautiful dioramas that I have seen. I love the way you take your dioramas outside and film them in a very realistic perspective. I thought it was a real building on the first video that I watched of yours. I hope your channel grows to the moon and I hope im able to watch it do so. Great build!
Thank you very much! I have lots of fun taking the outdoor photos, and I hope the channel continues to grow too! Thanks for all of your support!
Very nice, Makes me want to build one also. Thanks
Thank you! And glad to hear that, I hope you do build one. It’s lots of fun!
This is a masterpiece!!!! Can you please make a beach shack or something like that? THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤❤❤❤❤
Another example of your amazing talent, thank you for sharing it and thank you for the inspiration. (My Santorini model is finally finished!)
Thank you very much! And that’s so cool, happy to hear you made a Santorini model!!!
@@smolworldworkshop The Santorini project was what started me on teh model making path. I have also created a church and a model of a 1950s MG workshop in England. This week I have made a start on a two-storey1500s style Tudor house. It is all very therapeutic!
@@davidacton7937 glad you’re enjoying the hobby, good luck with all your projects!
I learned a few techniques here that I had never heard! Excellent video and super cool build!
Glad to hear you learned some new techniques! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic build! I learned several new techniques. I really dig the way you weathered the balsa wood. - Rick, USMC
Thank you very much Rick! I’m glad that you found some of the techniques helpful! And glad to hear that, I love weathering balsa wood. Thanks for watching!
This turned out great!
Thank you!
Love it, so awesome 😎😲👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much!!! Glad you like it!
Hi there wow it looks amazing knowing it looks so real.x
Thank you very much!!
Amazing work!
Thank you!
Really great stuff. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing 🙌
Thank you very much!!
Wow. Stunning work.
Thank you!
I think it looks awesome, like a scene from a movie, great job and great design 👍
Thank you very much, I’m glad you like it!
Love it
Thank you!
Amazing!!! 👏 👏 👏
Thank you!
This project was well worth waiting for it's awesome. Always learning from you.
GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖
Thank you very much!!! I’m glad the video was worth the wait, and thanks for all the support!
Just stumbled across your channel and watched this with my grandson (12) he really enjoyed watching this video and is going to watch somemore of your videos. He's got his own channel Dylington Model Railway, there's a range of videos on there filmed on his model railway, some featuring stop-motion animation. One of them is a Dukes of Hazzard video, then there's a Stormy Day in Dylington. There's also a couple of videos documenting the start of a small 009 layout, on the first one he shows a couple of buildings he's just built . So he's subscribed to you and I'm sure he will be try out some of the techniques you've used. If you get a chance have a look at his Dylington Model Railway channel...cheers James 🙂👍
Hi there! Thank you so much for watching, I’m glad you and your grandson enjoyed the video!
Your grandson has a new subscriber! I loved the stop motion, and the layout looks great! Keep up the good work!
Thank you for subscribing to my grandson's channel. He'll really appreciate it, I know he'll be watching more of your videos. So he can pick up more ideas for his model buildings... Cheers James 🙂👍
Great one
Thank you!
Looks like Wenatchee, WA
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I’ve been waiting for your next upload eagerly :)
Thank you very much for being patient, I really appreciate your support! Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!
Another amazing piece! Any suggestions on how you would make a modern asphalt shingle roof? The only examples I can find online use paper (which doesn't have enough texture) or pieces cut from real asphalt shingles (which has too much texture). Thank you! :)
Thank you!! While I haven’t made an asphalt roof yet, maybe try sandpaper! With how much variety you can buy, I’m sure there’s a grit where the texture would scale well
@@smolworldworkshop thanks for your reply and idea!
Looks great. I'm pretty sure that's packing tape and not masking tape, but who cares.
Haha I meant to say packing tape but it came out as masking! Thanks for watching!
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Does anyone here know anyone who makes and sells these awesome diorama's?
Add old Wild West Bank with brick walls
That’s a great idea, thanks for the suggestion!
Do you ever use chemicals to smooth out the 3d prints?
No, I typically just use sandpaper, putty, and primers for my resin prints. I heard some people use different fillers that they thin down for fdm prints, but I think that might fill in too much detail for resin prints.
What train did you use?
YO ? Do you even know where that expression came from? 😉
You did
Incredible!!!🤠🚂
Thank you!!