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It will be a great weekend!
My initial thought was #5 as Carl and Kevin both picked. As I started playing around with the placement I started enjoying the look of the not-angled approach. Hence the poll. Thank you for participating. I'll put you down for a solid #1 with the wrecker on either side of the back of the diorama.
I decided on placement #1...no angle with structure up front. It was just too long and skinny for angled placement.
I took a couple of progress shots. Nice to see it shaping up with just the initial placement of interior details. The last pic shows how I hid all the wires running down the wall with a piece of scrapwood. Also notice the running water. A fun touch.
My 2 cents worth about the positioning of the structure in your diorama box.
Just as Carl and Kevin have indicated, I like view #5 best as well. It gives an opportunity to see some of the fine interior detail that might otherwise disappear or be dominated by the exterior of the structure. Perhaps once the lighting has been activated and the roof is on that view will be the $$$ view because that is where the action would be, inside the structure.
I like vehicles in a scene as well, and I think they often tell a major part of the story, sometimes more so than static figures. I didn't have that opinion until I began to see and study more and more modeling by Tom Johnson along with his rationale for including vehicles and no figures in his town scenes.
Maybe in the case of this diorama all bets would be off regarding figures if the wrecker was delivering another vehicle for service. But I think that would change the location of the action from the interior to the exterior while defining a purpose for the shop.
My personal preference is also for NGineering prewired LED's.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
Please excuse my late entry above. I posted this earlier this morning after some editing late last night and before I had read that you had made your final decision.
As always I have learned from your exquisite modeling efforts Final photos are awesome. Looking forward to seeing the fished project.
Sorry, Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
Wow Brett. That puts a lot of pressure on for the rest of the build.
Dave, I was very close to glueing it down angled but it just didn't look right in person. I hope the wrecker turns out the way I want. I really think it will look good. And of course, there will be LP. I love populating my dios.
Tom, the interior shots are what drew me to SW kits in the first place and to O scale. It starts with great castings then just follow the instructions and you end up with a great looking scene. And I need to get a few more of those water spigots. I like the way it looks also. I know the flared end is supposed to go up against the wall but I liked the idea of the exposed pipe.
FYI: there is a small piece of "screen" in this kit that looks like wedding vail material. Do you know how hard it is to find this when you set it down and forget where you put it? I can tell you it is very hard to find unpainted, and equally hard to find once painted. You would think I would have learned.