1:35 Printed Accessories: Wallpaper Nr.10

Printed wallpaper Nr.10 for a diorama in 1:35 scale

This item is a printed diorama accessory from RT-Diorama, not a kit of a vehicle and not a figure. It serves to give the interior of a building on a diorama in 1:35 scale a wall with a wallpaper pattern instead of a bare area. Within the range it is listed under the sequence number 10.

What it is suited to

Interior scenes tend to be the weakest spot of dioramas. The vehicle and the figures are carried through, but behind them gapes an empty area that gives the whole scene away as a model straight away. Printed wallpaper settles that problem directly - it supplies a background with a drawing of its own in a reduction that matches the scale. It comes into its own in the room of a townhouse, in a corridor, in a gutted apartment above a shot-up facade and in a room that can only be seen into through a window or a breach in the wall.

Usage tips

First think out how much of the wall will be visible at all in the finished scene. With a view through a window a narrow strip is enough and the rest of the area is needless. Fit the dimension to the particular room and run the edges where a trim strip, furniture or a crack in the wall will cover them. Patina lifts the believability a great deal: a fine wash into the corners, a hint of water running down under the ceiling and light dust at floor level turn a clean area into a wall that has been through something. Try the lighting of the scene out before you close the view in - an interior looks different in direct light and different in the gloom behind a window.

Who it is for

• For builders of dioramas and vignettes in 1:35 scale with an interior scene
• For modelers who want to lift the level of the background behind equipment and figures quickly
• For collectors of the RT-Diorama range who put the patterns together
• For beginners, for whom working with a printed accessory is more manageable than painting a pattern with a brush