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How to build a realistic, miniature cabin diorama from scratch from balsa wood and styrofoam. This scale model is in 1/24 scale. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy my content and want to support my channel! PATREON: If you'd like to support me and my work, as well as have access to process pictures, 3D files for download, & more exclusive content, then please join my patreon! Channels Referenced in this Video: Kathy Millatt : @KathyMillatt Boomer Diorama: @boomerdioramas Check Out Some of My Tutorials Mentioned in this Video: Shingles: Bricks: Static Grass: In this tutorial, I show you how to build an architectural scale model from balsa wood and basswood strips. I cover several DIY techniques for creating the Ultimate, Realistic Diorama. You can apply these techniques to anything that you're working on, such as dioramas, scale models, model railway scenery, model railroad layouts, wargaming terrain, warhammer 40k, d&d scenery, tabeltop gaming, action figure displays, dollhouse accessories, and whatever else comes to mind. I show you how to make a model house from scratch that looks hyper realistic, just using some miniature, strip basswood and balsa wood you can buy from the hobby and crafts store! I take you though every step of building a wooden frame, adding clapboard siding to the frame of the building, making a roof structure and shingles from balsa wood, adding a wooden porch, making a miniature brick chimney from XPS foam, Painting and weathering everything, adding 3D printed furniture/cookware/silverware/accessories, and adding greenery like static grass! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:28 Make Miniature Wooden House Frame 4:02 How to Model Miniature Clapboard Siding 6:31 Miniature Wooden Rafters and Roof Detail 7:21 Miniature Balsa Wood Shingles 8:44 Carving Miniature Bricks From Styrofoam 14:08 Make a Wooden Porch From Basswood 15:02 Staining the Wooden Cabin with Acrylic Washes 15:55 Painting a Miniature Cabin with Acrylic Paint 16:07 Peeling Paint Finish on Wood 17:00 Chipping Acrylic Paint with Vallejo Chipping Medium 18:32 Stain and Paint a Miniature Porch 19:17 Painting Realistic Miniature Foam Bricks 21:25 Adding Firewood to the Fireplace (LED Flameless Candle) 22:03 Painting Miniature Shingles 22:52 Weathering Scale Models with Acrylic Washes 24:13 Assembling the Miniature Cabin 24:33 Installing Miniature Wooden Floor Boards 25:05 Installing the 4th Wall 25:52 Making a Metal Roof from Styrene Plastic Sheets 26:07 Painting and Weathering a Metal Roof 27:11 Installing a Miniature Porch 27:32 Making & Painting Miniature Wooden Shutters and Doors 28:02 Pink XPS Foam Base 28:31 Dirt and Mud Paste for Dioramas 29:00 Gluing the Cabin to the Diorama Base 29:21 Miniature Logs and Wooden Staircase 29:40 Adding Static Grass to the Diorama 30:27 Painting Realistic Static Grass with an Airbrush 30:59 Painting Dirt for Dioramas 31:20 3D Printed Furniture and Accessories 32:19 Completed Diorama! 33:21 Patreon Music: “Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio“ @WhiteBatAudio Song List: 1. Fractals 2. Galaxy 3. Home 4. Rendezvous 5. Edge of Tomorrow 6. Fantasy 7. Distance 8. Nightscapes 9. New Beginnings 10. Saturna
