Nemo's Nets - O scale, 1/48 waterfront scratchbuild

[robert goslin]

So I made up the diorama base from some 12mm thick melamine board.  On top of this I added a piece of 40mm thick foam for the land area, and added a piece of 2.5mm matt board to the top of that, then added the foam rock carved wall.

In this pic you can see the finished shingled roof.  I also made up a sign in MS Excel and framed it with basswood strips, and painted the water. Also made the large freight door from card & balsa.
And made the wharf planks from stir sticks.

[robert goslin]

I decided I wanted some cobblestone paving around the wharf area, so I sliced some blue foam about 1.5mm thick, and carved in the cobbles.





I also decided I wanted something railroad related on the diorama, so scratchbuilt an old 2nd hand narrow gauge boxcar that the owner had got for free from the railroad, to be used as a storage shed.
It still has the sliding door on one side, but the other side the door was missing and the hardware removed so Nemo just boarded up that side.  So gives it a bit of character & a backstory.
Also added a loading platform to the door side.

[elwoodblues]

Hey Rob,

Just caught up on your build (had a lot of catching up to do   )  Love the narrow gauge boxcar build with the very plausible history.  Boxcar looks great.