KIWINZ Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 whats what when it comes to model farms eg what do they involve dioramas??? carpet farms??? farms on a board???(or are they the same as dioramas) so whats what im not wanting to spend to much and its not going on a board it will probabily be in the spare bed room on a horrible patterend carpet its the only bad thing have to make another big shed yet as ive got to much new stuff!!! will see what you say and go from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 mine started as a small layout to display the convos on, layed out on seperate small boards for easy of packing/moving if needed, unfortunalty it rapidly expanded to one large farm with approx 5m2 of fields down each side in total, all raised of the loft floor and built between the rafters, its still all sectional, ie each building on its own board so can be moved, just be aware once you start you cant stop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Usually a diorama is just a small slice of a said item.....ie. modeling just a tiny section of a field with maybe a tractor and a plow. A layout would be larger like the ones found one here. Carpet farming is just that, setting up all your gear on the carpet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmernick06 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Basically what Scott ( Thebritfarmer ) said, a diorama tends to be a detailed piece of the action whereas a layout is the whole thing and then carpet farming is obvioulsy more hands on knees and actually doing the work whereas a layout is more stationery. Mine started off with a few cheap Britains sheds, a few animals, tractors and alot of nesquik. Now it consists of a warehouse a cattle shed, more tractors and still lots of nesquik! Start off relatively small and cheaply, be ambitious but nevertheless build it up as time goes by. It's better as you get to learn more and it's so much more fun Hope some of my advice comes in handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Ditto everything above. I would say Holly Farm is a bit small to be called a layout (6' x 4' more or less) and is probably a display or diorama. But it actually started out on a 12" cakeboard with just a tree in the centre and a field with sheep in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWINZ Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 thanks all i might get one started after my mocks but i will have to twist my parents arm before i go doing anything!!! thanks again its a great help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-man-matty Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 i started off with tractors on my living room carpet that we dont use, then i built my own barns, then as i got older i built more realistic barns, then this summer i came up with the idea of using the garage roof space, and its the best idea out because you can have all your soil and stuff you wouldnt have on your carpet, also you can make your own fields and fencing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWINZ Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 thanks although i have a huge house there isnt ant roof space above the garague and my parents wont converet the loft so its the spare beederoom un till my family come down from scotoland and then its all pulled up for my grandad to sleep in!!! have just up loaded the photos on to photo bucket and will post them in a mo!!! thanks again!! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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