1:35 Printed Accessories: Wall and Floor Tiles Nr.1

Wall and Floor Tiles Nr.1 - printed wall and floor tiles for a 1:35 diorama

An item from the range of printed RT-Diorama accessories meant for dioramas in 1:35 scale. It is not a model of a vehicle or of a building but a flat subject with which the interior of a scene already under construction is finished: walls, floors and other flat areas that would otherwise stay empty and make the scene come across as unfinished on them.

What the accessory is for

The interior tends to be the most demanding part of a diorama, because nothing can be hidden behind terrain in it. Wall and floor tiles in the right scale give a room a guide to scale by which the viewer judges the size of the space and of the figures in it at once. The number in the name tells the individual patterns of the range apart, so that a modeler can choose by the era and the character of the structure; what the particular drawing of this version looks like is not stated here.

Tips for placing it in the scene

• The area under the subject should be flat and free of dust, or every unevenness of the ground will stand out.
• Run the direction of the joints parallel with the walls of the room, so that the perspective of the scene holds together.
• Cover the free edges with a baseboard, a trim strip or rubble; a sharp end of an area gives away where the diorama stops.
• Unify the shade of the surrounding surfaces with pigments and fine dusting right at the very end.
• Light the scene from one direction - the interior gains depth by it and the surface of the floor stands out.

Who the set is for

It will be appreciated by builders of city and interior dioramas in 1:35 scale who want a believable floor under the figures and the equipment, and just as much by modelers of vignettes, where every detail is looked at close up on a small area.