The Country Church - 1/48 Diorama

Building a 48th scale church diorama from scratch.

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Materials List:
Glue: wood glue, Mod Podge, super glue
Paint: acrylic paint
Church frame, panels, roof: balsa wood
Wood plane: Master Airscrew 4100 Razor Plane
Base: ply wood, bass wood, insulation foam
Dirt: tile grout
Gravestones and crosses: insulation foam and balsa wood
Grass: Woodland Scenics Static Grass
Woodland Scenics Static King Applicator
Vines: twine, spray adhesive, Green Stuff World Micro Leaves

Music by Kai Engel: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai...
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
Original tracks:
Nothing Lasts Forever
The Moments of Our Mornings
Prelude - Bells In Heavy Clouds
Fading Rays Waltz
Interlude - In Anxious Shadows
Laceration
Shining Dawn
The Burden Of Empathy
Twinkling Stars Wont Answer Me
I Am Climbing on Air
Encore - Tender
From Dreams to Melancholy
Warm of Mechanical Heart
Comfort In A Bottle
Deserted City
Life's Composing
When the Lights Came On

00:00 Constructing the frame
01:29 Panelling the walls
04:09 Creating windows
09:17 Building a door
11:56 Adding corner moulding
12:57 Building the base
14:53 Adding dirt
15:58 Glueing the church to the base
16:30 Dark washing the church
17:14 Dry brushing with white
17:36 Painting some grime
18:29 Dry brushing some more
18:50 Creating gravestones
21:27 Painting the dirt
22:35 Ageing the gravestones
23:16 Building stairs
25:46 Adding "glass" to the windows
27:18 Painting the base
27:32 Painting more grime on the walls
27:51 Making grass tufts
29:04 Placing grass tufts
29:21 Applying static grass
30:56 Adding flowers
31:38 Building the roof
32:35 Cutting and glueing roof tiles
34:25 Painting the roof
35:18 Glueing the roof
35:39 Making roof flashing
37:13 Weathering the roof
38:14 Dry brushing the roof
38:35 Final roof details
38:53 Making shrubs
39:51 Glueing shrubs
41:13 The Final Church