Rot n’ Roll

category Diorama
scale 1/35
modifications Rusted-through parts
eraModern
brand Rye Field Model
finished in 2022

This was my first need for a change. I’ve been building armor models on a daily basis for years and I just needed something completely different.

I’ve been always fascinated by photos of old cars rotting in forests or in tall grass, and I really enjoy replicating moss in my dioramas. This project combines both passions, and it was a blast. The whole thing was finished in less than a week and it blurs the lines between dioramas and simple scenic bases. Although nothing is happening in this diorama, it tells a lot. The emptiness around the car gives off the feeling of solitude, and the intense overgrowth tells a story of many years of neglect as if the car was just lost to time and is being slowly claimed by nature.

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