Unnamed Multinational Diorama!

[Cuthbert 80]

Greetings all.

 

So earlier this year I built myself a small diorama loosely based on French high speed lines. It was important to me from the get-go that this would be semi-modular as my sole purpose for it to exist was to take nice pictures of trains on it from different eras.

 

This diorama was to be so diverse...that I also planned to use it to model scenes from multiple different countries! Through the power of photographic trickery and careful(ish) placement...I attempted to make this work. Whether I succeeded or not is another matter lol

 

French high speed lines in the countryside generally don't have the most amazing, exciting scenery which is a big bonus for me cause I mostly suck and don't have the patience for super high quality modelling....I'm probably not even half as talented as you guys/gals for such delicate, intricate work. The main focus for me was the final images and the trains themselves are the stars of the show.

 

BTW....I'm a HUGE high speed train fanboy, especially TGV's! Can't make any excuses for it lol but I do really appreciate other types of trains which I've accumulated literally just over the last 6 months, which you'll see in my images below. My wallet loathes this hobby.

 

I didn't document much of the building process so don't have many pictures to share apart from these:

 

 

 

 

 

The other benefit of having a fairly sparse diorama is so I can easily swap out buildings, trees, etc. Even the catenary is easy to swap out! Wohoooo!

 

Anyways....here's some pictures of the "final" result:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuthbert 80