Here's a small vignette which purpose was to practise for a larger airport diorama in the future. I got an Airfix Trident second-hand kit and found N-scale Ford Anglias from Osborn's Models, UK and thought they might look interesting together.
This vignette is really simple and basic, but I intend to keep the same attitude in the actual diorama too. Yet my wife liked it so much she keeps it as a small working desk decoration.
I haven't really done any dioramas worth mentioning before, so I thought a small vignette built into a tiny jewelry box would be a good start.
The old couple is from a N-scale Noch set titled 'Reisende' or 'Travellers', product number N36225. The white 60's Ford Anglia is a Graham Farish model, product number 379-901. These were all purchased at the Osborn's Models' webstore. The parking lot asphalt is 2000-grit wet-or-dry sanding paper, grass is from Noch. Glues used were white glue for the grass and paper and cyanoacrylate for the car and figures.
N-scale is really small, the Anglia looks a bit rough through a supermacro lens but in reality it looks quite good. I'm also satisfied with the Noch figures, as I didn't have to paint them myself. N-scale isn't actually exactly same as the 1/144th scale, but I think it is close enough for my diorama purposes!
This Airbus model is among the best ones I've ever made, partly because it is just the livery I wanted and just the plane I wanted.
Original kit decals were for Austrian "Wiener Filharmoniker" and SAS, the former would have been nice too but in reality there was no other choice but Finnair.
Finnair decals are made by TwoSix Decals, UK and they are laser printed.
I've seen the original plane and had some reference photos of my own too, so it was an easy build reference-wise.
Building the model took time, but it was just because of the sheer size, the Revell kit itself was good quality. All painting was done by airbrush with Revell enamels. The "Finnair blue" on engine nacelles is tad too dark but I had to match it to the decals.
Quite a task but well worth it, my son says it's just like the real thing and I tend to agree!
