JB's 1:18 Scale Garage Showroom Diorama

might not to be everyone's taste but it's a challenge, i'm not one to pass up on one of them please sit comfy this is picture and story heavy!!!

around November time, i came to the realisation my model addiction was getting out of hand, so i thought i would go outside to work on the real thing…….TO COLD!!!!

so came back inside and thought i would build a MINI garage to store my model MK1's in

well it's gotten a little out of hand

to give you an idea i will show to a picture of how it stands tonight



so!!!!!!!!!! back to the begnining of the build

B&Q (other DIY stores are availble) MDF was purchase then the marking out commenced



before to long we had walls, door holes and windows



floor plan was finished in a  gloss white vinyl



next up the outer wall get painted a morter colour ( all will become clear)



then for dolls house you can get a stencil and a brick paste that you apply over the paint to give you a really realisic brick finish



interior walls were spray painted gloss white over the brick finish



then the exterior looks like this, this is why you pre paint grey to make it look like the mortor



so are you keeping up so far…….!!!!! at this point everything had started the spirel out of control

you can by scale snap of tools and car lifts, ebay got a hammering this week



outside tarmac finished was applyed, consisting of sand, pva and blackboard paint



things are coming together



thought i would screw it all together, put a nice flash red band around the walls, and i had to see what it looked like with the car in there





next up the roller shutter door need to be made, so balsa wood, fabic, paint and a little time later



these are full operational doors





then the windows and doors were lined and architrave was fitted, to take the acrylic windows



then with every good warehouse need rafters



also see and the tools and ramps……. love it

favorite picture so far



so then decided it needed to be illuminated, ribbon LED were purchase



then it was installed around the inside of the building, in a channel i porduced at work, also notice the little HSE signs



then a pully was made to finish the roller shutters



fitted with a peice of small chain the finish the job off



then more lights were made to look like flory tubes





then i decided it need outside lights, so i made these little ones at work



fitted



what it looks like lite up



so for all these lights i needed a scale switch board



not wired this in yet but that brings you up to today



that it told you to sit comfy

Wow that's   , I'm impressed!

That is amazing so mch attention to detail.  

looking good JB fair play! How long did it take you ??

Once again I take my hat off to you JB!  
You are in no doubt extremely gifted and possibly completely bonkers.
(the detail you go to )

So my challenge to you is this.
When finished you will have a lot of money parked in that workshop, so you must install 'Video Surveillance'.

Working of course!  

Fantastic job JB, keep the pics coming. You've still got a few weeks before you get back outside to the real thing!

cheers guys

as to time it's taken, unsure, dont really want to know

mike it's funny you should mention that

Excellent work!!

Holy smokes you have some amazing skills not to mention patience JB. Great attention to detail. Well done mate.  

Blimey Matt nice one.
It's big enough for me to live in lol.
How much rent you want. lol.

Seriously good. Forget the cctv I want to see a full rolling road set up in there lol.

Funny you should mention that Carl

Carl,

Don't give JB anymore encouragement or ideas until he's finished the working toilets and showers!  

Nah, needs a showroom next with reception area, comfy sofa, coffee table with magazines and sales brochures on it. potted plants and a drinks machine.

Good stuff though, rolling road.. I got a couple of electric motors here, mind you they would catapult any cars off the rollers lol…

What about figures mechanics, secretaries and sales men lol…Plus you need a ramp, working of course..

Shall I stop now..lol   

excellent work…..

wheres the mot bay going?

Over the toply awesome

JB you are one sad man … Love it  

Dart board?
Disgruntled customer?
Swearing mechanics?
Porno mags?

Nice work Jelly!

had the afternoon on it after work so fully wired in the lights





then when i couldn't help myself but i had to set the equipment and some models in there

thats real good mate well done i bet your really chuffed with that i would be and how far are you going to go

Love it! Looks incredible.

How much to build me one?

Looks great JB - really impressive. How much do you charge for an MOT ?