1:35 Farm: Feeding pigs

1:35 Feeding pigs (SX-Art)

A genre set for a diorama in 1:35 scale with a scene of feeding farm animals. These are not soldiers or vehicles but an ordinary rural scene that gives a setting a civilian dimension. It is exactly such small things that tell a diorama apart from a mere cabinet full of vehicles. The set is supplied unassembled and unpainted.

Why a civilian scene in a diorama

A military scene made up only of vehicles and soldiers looks empty. As soon as a farm, animals and a person going about their work get into it, the story suddenly starts running: the viewer sees that the war is taking place somewhere where life goes on normally. Rural elements also suit the Eastern as well as the Western Front and serve just as well in interwar and postwar scenes.

Building and painting tips

First wash the parts in lukewarm water with dish soap and let them dry. Cut off the remains of manufacture with a new blade. Animal hair and bristles look best when, over the base color, they are gone over with a dry brush in a lighter tone, which picks up the texture of the casting. Add mud around the troughs and the hooves with texture paste or with pigment mixed with a binder, because here mud belongs in the scene.

Who the set is for

• Builders of dioramas and vignettes in 1:35 scale
• Modelers who give a scene a civilian dimension
• Anyone interested in rural and farming scenes
• Everyone looking for something other than soldiers for a scene
• Builders who are finishing the surroundings of a building or a homestead