The Country Church - 1/48 Diorama
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Published 2022-08-02
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Materials List:
Glue: wood glue, Mod Podge, super glue
Paint: acrylic paint
Church frame, panels, roof: balsa wood
Wood plane: Master Airscrew 4100 Razor Plane
Base: ply wood, bass wood, insulation foam
Dirt: tile grout
Gravestones and crosses: insulation foam and balsa wood
Grass: Woodland Scenics Static Grass
Woodland Scenics Static King Applicator
Vines: twine, spray adhesive, Green Stuff World Micro Leaves
Music by Kai Engel: freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
Original tracks:
Nothing Lasts Forever
The Moments of Our Mornings
Prelude - Bells In Heavy Clouds
Fading Rays Waltz
Interlude - In Anxious Shadows
Laceration
Shining Dawn
The Burden Of Empathy
Twinkling Stars Wont Answer Me
I Am Climbing on Air
Encore - Tender
From Dreams to Melancholy
Warm of Mechanical Heart
Comfort In A Bottle
Deserted City
Life's Composing
When the Lights Came On
00:00 Constructing the frame
01:29 Panelling the walls
04:09 Creating windows
09:17 Building a door
11:56 Adding corner moulding
12:57 Building the base
14:53 Adding dirt
15:58 Glueing the church to the base
16:30 Dark washing the church
17:14 Dry brushing with white
17:36 Painting some grime
18:29 Dry brushing some more
18:50 Creating gravestones
21:27 Painting the dirt
22:35 Ageing the gravestones
23:16 Building stairs
25:46 Adding "glass" to the windows
27:18 Painting the base
27:32 Painting more grime on the walls
27:51 Making grass tufts
29:04 Placing grass tufts
29:21 Applying static grass
30:56 Adding flowers
31:38 Building the roof
32:35 Cutting and glueing roof tiles
34:25 Painting the roof
35:18 Glueing the roof
35:39 Making roof flashing
37:13 Weathering the roof
38:14 Dry brushing the roof
38:35 Final roof details
38:53 Making shrubs
39:51 Glueing shrubs
41:13 The Final Church
All Comments (21)
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Once again a big Well done to my Grandson. Excellent construction detail and then using your photagraph and editing skill you have come up with a professional production.
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I follow a ton of scratch builders but the level of detail you put into your work is baffling, inspiring and infuriating in the best way. You’ll never see anyone else using a bench plane on basswood/balsa wood. It’s incredible and it really makes all the difference. Even building the entire skeleton of the structure, when technically you could just slap the facade together. It is all stuff most other people skip entirely but yours turn out so realistic. Amazing work.
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If you put autumn leaves on the grass, the sad impression will be stronger.Congratulations on a good job!
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These small churches in the upper Midwest ..I love to model. Started my first Baptist church in 75. I’m so glad others are doing this. It’s a hobby of love for history and for me the lords house is number 1 in my book.. down to the lathe and plaster.. nail holes and real brass bell.
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Bravoo ! Bravoo!
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It looks real!
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Mesmerizing
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Breathtaking.
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Woooow Very very very beautiful
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Great build.
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Doesn't post too often. Always creates a high quality video. Has an off the beaten track channel name. 10/10
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That is awesome! It looks very much like the Church building my Great-grandfather preached at when I was a child.
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The piano music is otherworldly. Great taste you have 😊
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Omigosh, the roof! I said out loud "no way"! Lovely!
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Farcry 5 , Looks amazing though nice one.
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Wow. Your patience in making the shingles is superhuman. Awesome work.
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Really great way you did the vines growing up the church walk👍😊
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😍😍😍 it's amazing !!!
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Thank you for the information on the glue.😊
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Very late to the party, but thank you for posting this; I've learned several things that will help me with one of my current builds at roughly this scale--from the shingles to the greenery climbing up the wall. Thank you!
