Why let them sit on a shelf 24-7?

because some people get bored at just looking a their models and think "hum, I should do someting with my models, how about a diorama? yes that would be good I need to make th sie as real as possible thought so I will put in piping,grass, materieals, debris, sinkholes,caveins when equipment runs over a cave that can't hold the quipment, surveyors and my bestequipment so it will look nice" quote- me after planning my permanet dio.

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-Sean

I do dios for the same reason train guys have layouts. It is also and extention of my collection. A big part of my collection is based on dio machines that I have needed for certain parts of my dios. It is just fun to put these mini machines in the same situations as th real deals.
it is kind of hard to give a exact answer everyone does dios for different reasons though

Jason

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NIkl Scale Models

You're 100% right about that. Maybe I get enough of seeing them in their real enviorment everyday to understand the diorama thing, or maybe I just visualize them that way when I look at my models.

Most have already summed it up. It can be an art. Recreating a whole scene the way you want, anyway you want it, with any machine or vehicle on it makes it real, and gives you a display noone else has. Its creativity.

like some of my buddies say, "Why collect scale models and waste your money"?

My answer, Because I can, and I will.

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Nick
LCMD

Lovrich Custom Models & Dioramas

"Anyone can run a machine, Few can operate it"


"REAL TRUCKS DONT HAVE SPARK PLUGS"

Yes, and the old axiom - It's all about the journey, not the destination - plays a big part. When I was younger, the train layouts were very appealing because of the creative aspect. You are only limited by your imagination - any terrain, any size village/town, any era, any scale. Of course with trains one gets the interactive experience everytime you fire up the engines. The construction dios are a bit more stagnant when finished, but the building process is just as enjoyable.

I for one don't really see the point in "dios" I find a lot of the ones I see actually detract from the level of detail and workmanship put in to the model, you have to be extremely skilled in my opinion to pull off a realistic setting (there are a few people capable of it) but in most cases particularly when theres dirt involved it just doesn't look right, it just looks like your 'x' amount of dollars getting covered in dirt and most people seem to want to jam there entire collection into one small place which doesn't help either! I think the biggest problem is the ability to match the level of detail in your dio to the level of detail in the model your using, it's nearly impossible in most cases, However in regards to my own collection I do like to display my models in a "working mode" just so people who are not in the game can get some idea of size or function, sitting them on small amounts of gravel or lifting a load etc, (nothing worse than someone saying nice crane when there pointing at your 495HR!) Happy new year. Matt

It keep them kids out of trouble and the adults out of bars I suppose.

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9W Walking Dragline Build Links:
http://www.rctruckandconstruction.com/showthread.php?t=117
Scale 4x4 RC Build
http://www.youtube.com/user/Scentlessapprentice9?feature=mhee#p/u/9/59FR27c9BwE
http://imageshack.us/user/caffco

This is so true!!! On a real site the contractor tries to do the job with the least amount of equipment possible but still be productive (you know that cost thing, making money thing). I also agree with you when you say things like great big dirt clots and full size things such as houses are in the background it really makes the whole thing look phoney. Equipment and trucks without drivers or operators look very strange to me as does yellow paint on tracks, blades, buckets and rippers etc.

Again maybe it's the fact I see this stuff everyday and so few dio's actually capture what is real. And again NOT picking on anyone.

I completely understand what you are saying and when I work on my dio, I try to make as real as possible. I sift my dirt with three different screen sizes, so that I can control what is placed on the dio. I also select different grades of soil to add to the realism dio. I have drivers and operators in my machines (not all of them, but the ones that are easy to place them into). The only thing I won't do is to weather a model for the dio, I just can't bring myself to do that. I also don't play with my models, I simply display them.

Another point that should be made is that some of the members with dios are beginners and are on the younger side. These may be their first dioramas, and this is a learning process for them. They are proud to model their machines after what they see at a local jobsite.

Andrew