1:35 Animals Set - Hens, Roosters And Chicks

1:35 Animals Set - Hens, Roosters And Chicks from Dynamo-Models

A set of farm animals from the range Dynamo-Models devotes to the rural setting. According to the name these are hens, roosters and chicks in 1:35 scale, that is an accessory for dioramas of a farmyard, a village or a farm. The range also holds further animal subjects, among them dogs, cows and horses, so a rural scene can be populated step by step.

Why animals help a diorama

Animals are one of the most effective ways of bringing a scene to life in a diorama without adding further human figures to it. Poultry also works differently from large farm animals: it is small, it can be laid out in irregular clusters and it fills exactly those spots by a wall, by a gate or under a hay cart that would otherwise stay empty. A viewer mostly does not take it in as the main subject, but he recognizes from it at once that this is an inhabited place and not a stage set. In modeling practice poultry finds its most frequent use in Normandy and Eastern European scenes, where vehicles meet ordinary farming.

Placing in a diorama

With poultry the layout matters more than with any other accessory. Never line it up regularly - animals cluster naturally and the clusters have differing density. Keep the chicks close together, and place the rooster on his own and on a raised spot. Try the layout dry before gluing and look at the scene from the viewer's eye level. If you paint the animals yourself, avoid pure white; farmyard poultry has feathers that are more of a dirty cream, and the legs look convincing only with a gentle soiling from the ground.

Who it is for

• Builders of rural and farmyard dioramas in 1:35 scale
• Modelers who want to bring a scene to life without further human figures
• Collectors of the animal range of Dynamo-Models
• Those who build Normandy and Eastern European scenes with vehicles