Favor me with a context switch as I return to Albemarle number one’s diorama. Since this Albemarle was going to my wife’s uncle, the display would be simpler, featuring the plane and uncluttered by airfield apparatus. I used the guidelines in Sheperd Paine’s How to Build Dioramas and purchased a simple picture frame and pebble matte board.
I scribed sections with a hobby knife, then primed and painted what turned out to be a pretty good concrete color. I made a trip to the art supply store and returned with syringes and thick Liquitex Payne’s Gray acrylic paint. This was fun to apply and with a little sculpting/smoothing, looks like tar placed within the expansion joints.
Final touches included tire residue, concrete cracks, oil spatters, and a whole lot of dot filters to blend the colors together. As this was a gift, I added a small brass tribute from http://www.plaquemaker.com/.
With diorama number one completed, it was time for wrapping up diorama number two.
Cropredy Albemarle Project 