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Well, it took me some time, but here's my first attempt at a diorama. It's a material handling location for scrap metal (I just need some good scrap metal or some other stuff). De storage places have been built out of standard grey 2x4 lego bricks, which are a perfect match in 1:50th scale for real life Legioblocken. The lego bricks are just a bit higher when calculated to 1:1 scale. Currently I have 200 of these bricks, with another 200 hundred on order as well as some other sizes for bigger and more varied constructions. For more information about the LegioBlocken see here: Standard dimensions for LegioblockenThe diorama itself has been built around two machines. First is a standard Liebherr A 904 C material handler with sorting grab, the second is a Liebherr A 904 C HD material handler with mono boom and heavy scrap shear (TreviBenne CS 30RS from the Cat 330D UHD set). Transportation of the scrap metal will be done by the container truck combination from Bovrie Mijdrecht. Seeing this is the first try out for a diorama, I'm sure I have many flaws (might have to include some workmen). So, I'm open for (constructive) criticism and any suggestions. Bird's eye view...  From the front...  Liebherr A 904 C with TreviBenne CS 30RS is being used to cut down thick steel cables (I might fit the model with a cab guard)   Liebherr A 904 C with sorting grab loading the container truck...   
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My Ideas would be get some material to load the truck with and get like paper clips to look like steel bars.
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Also in addition to workmen you can add worksite "clutter". Attachments, trucks, Leftover sand, a container, Just about anything that you could find at a construction site.
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Looks like a good start. DO they have the smooth lego pieces to cap the wall off? it might make the wall look more brick like if you could not see the top of the legos? Maybe you could get some plastic and cut it up into pieces that look like scrap metal and paint it to look weatherd. Keep the pics coming JAson
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hummer13 wrote:Looks like a good start. DO they have the smooth lego pieces to cap the wall off? it might make the wall look more brick like if you could not see the top of the legos? Maybe you could get some plastic and cut it up into pieces that look like scrap metal and paint it to look weatherd.
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JAson I've been thinking about that, but the real deal also shows the top of the "legos". So it's not that disturbing. I'll try to get some good material to use as scrap metal. Or I'll go for wood (matches for example).
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sweet Remko!!!!
I work for a big recycling company who have lots of material handlers,Terex Fuchs and Liebherrs,I've always been threatening to bring my cam into work and get snaps,but now i will make sure i do.
little scraps of aluminium foil,then weather them to give rusty sheet metal affect,
paper clips too,
also pipe cleaners,burn off the fluff,then its like lenghts of re-bar,
old axles and twin wheels from trucks too,maybe the odd scrapped truck cab
great stuff,look forward to seeing more
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The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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http://www.scenicexpress.com/These guys handle model train scenery supplies, but the landscaping stuff works on anything. You might visit the site just to get an idea of what sort of ground cover is available - and there are a LOT of options. Dios are always a bit of a double-edged sword - they are essentially one-shot deals - so the amount of effort and money you throw at them is problematical. However a large percentage of the flora and fauna can be reused. Another real good idea for accuracy is modeling off photos of the real subject. You'd be surprised at the number of small details in a real life scene that can be recreated on a dio.
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Find a small engineering business, ask them if they have any swarf (the scrap bits which come off a lathe or drill), leave it outside to rust and (wearing gloves so you don't cut yourself as it will be quite sharp) add it to the dio. Here's a pic I took in that sort of environment. (in Holland, too)  Tim
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Jazzdrummer27 wrote:Find a small engineering business, ask them if they have any swarf (the scrap bits which come off a lathe or drill), leave it outside to rust and (wearing gloves so you don't cut yourself as it will be quite sharp) add it to the dio.
Here's a pic I took in that sort of environment. (in Holland, too)
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Already planned to do that. Hopefully my second batch of bricks will come in soon, so I can expand it. Nice photo BTW!! I have a similar setup in the works. Iveco 6x4 Strator with flat roof, pulling a Nooteboom EURO-1-bed-3 Pendel-X lowloader with one axle jeepdolly. Load will be a Sennebogen 835 with VarioTool.
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Remko I just had a better idea...(which doesn't run the risk of you requiring a tetanus injection) Get some sheets of thin plasticard (grey if they have it) from a model shop, shred it into strips then pile it up and spray it with some rust coloured paint. It may need quite a bit of plastic. If you can find some cheap plastic from some packaging to do the same with, all the better. Also, make a false floor for the skips so only the top quarter needs 'scrap'. You could do this from grey cardboard. Tim www.scalemodelloads.blogspot.comwww.heavyhaulage.blogspot.com
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That might be better Tim. Good idea!! As for loads for the containers, well, Tekno has given us these: Tekno loads.
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You may be able to make 'rubble' from bits of polystyrene but cellulose paint will disolve it. You'll need to use water based paint I think.
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yup,lol i learnt this the hard way,after making a polystyrene 4 story building for a demolition dio i had planned,i went and sprayed it with grey car paint and it turned it into a disolved mess lol,whoooops lol,ya live 'n learn
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"?
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The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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thats pretty cool Remko,i don't see anything unrealistic about it,i worked in a few yards which had a set up similar to where your red DAF is parked,they had a rap sunk into the ground about 30 foot long and walls at the back and sides,back the trailer in and then load it with a cat 320 which was sitting on a big concrete bank it would be sweet if you found a set up that you were happy with,then made the walls or even the bricks from plaster it looks great!!!!! needs a Terex Fuchs 
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"? ... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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ulf wrote:http://www.scenicexpress.com/ These guys handle model train scenery supplies, but the landscaping stuff works on anything. You might visit the site just to get an idea of what sort of ground cover is available - and there are a LOT of options. Dios are always a bit of a double-edged sword - they are essentially one-shot deals - so the amount of effort and money you throw at them is problematical. However a large percentage of the flora and fauna can be reused. Another real good idea for accuracy is modeling off photos of the real subject. You'd be surprised at the number of small details in a real life scene that can be recreated on a dio.
Great looking equipment... My Dad just turned me on to this company, WOW I think I spent an hour thumbing through that encyclopedia of a catalogue! Looks great Remko! Dan
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Based on a drawing from a fellow forummember from the Dutch Bouwmachineforum, I made a design. From this design I started building the new layout. It's only two blocks high at the moment though. Just testing stuff out. My only concern is that the driving lane in the middle might be a bit to narrow.   
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Nice layout, but where are you going to set your coffee (beer)?
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WCKrueger wrote:Nice layout, but where are you going to set your coffee (beer)?
Wes Good point, so it's been modified again. Just trying out some different layouts, This construction has five equally large storage places. The center driveway is wide enough to accommodate the trucks.     Hopefully I'll be able to include one of the designs to my fictional company location.
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