1:35 Fence element door

1:35 Fence element door - a fence element with a door

1:35 Fence element door from RT-Diorama is a building accessory for dioramas in 1:35 scale. It is not a kit of a vehicle and not a figure but a fence part with a door, that is a narrow way through in an otherwise continuous enclosure. It belongs to the same range of fences as the numbered panels and the element with a gate, so it can be combined with them in a scene.

When to reach for a way through instead of a gate

A door in a fence is not the same as a drive. It is narrower, usually solid, and serves people, not vehicles - it leads into a garden, into the yard behind a house, to a farm building or into the back part of a complex. In a scene it therefore works differently from wide gates: it will not draw attention, but it gives an enclosure believability and offers an unobtrusive place for a figure to enter the scene by. It is just such small things that tell a set piece that has been built apart from places that look lived in.

Tips for placing it in the scene

Seat the element only once the whole fence line is laid out, so that the way through leads somewhere that makes sense - to a footpath, to an entrance or to a place where the terrain is trodden down. Level the height with the neighboring panels and sink the posts slightly into the ground. Do not leave the threshold edge clean: soil carried over the threshold and a scuffed lower part of the door are details that decide the matter when seen close up. Tell the hardware and the hinges apart by the degree of gloss and concentrate the marks of corrosion at the bottom edge and at the hinges.

Who the element is for

• Builders of dioramas in 1:35 with a fence, a garden or a yard
• Modelers who put an enclosure together out of individual parts
• Anyone interested in small details that raise the believability of a scene
• Those who need an unobtrusive entrance for figures