Welcome Greg. Glad you found it. The small touches will add up to a large scene, possibly 19" x 36".

1941 was filmed from the left front and right front. Duel was filmed from the right front and rear, giving me an almost 360 view of the buildings. The buildings were similar with a porch added for 1941.

Michael - re: "movie models are so crude" - so true! When "The Right Stuff" was made (first movie I played a minor role in as asst to the Unit Publicist, responsible for driving Chuck Yeager around, which was pretty cool since I got to go flying with him in his Bonanza), they tried to do computer controlled motion and it didn't work. They ended up hanging the X-1 from a line and shooting CO2 "clouds" at it while shooting from below. The "hypersonic tumble" in the X-1A was literally done by throwing 3-foot models of the airplane off the production office roof and shooting them as they fell past the 3rd floor window. The "out of control" NF-104 was Hawk/Testors F-104s dangling from helium balloons and shot against a sky backdrop in the same park where they did the X-1 "flight." All very "old school" but it works.

To quote a line from another movie, American Graffiti, Bob Falfa (Harrison Ford), "Hey, I like the color of your car there, man. What's that supposed to be? Sorta a cross between P**s Yellow and Puke Green, ain't it?"

My custom paint mix is Semi-gloss white, Imperial Japanese Navy underside grey and a few drops of chrome yellow. It is slightly more green than in the photo, which matches the pick up truck in 1941.

I am working on the clear "glass" now.

Ditto on the use of that quote. Truck is looking awesome.

Michael @mrieth,
You probably be know about this site but if you don't, they specialize in automotive color matching.

http://www.scalefinishes.com/welcome.html

I've not tried them yet but plan to in the future.

Since Hurricane Barry is causing some rain and wind and keeping me from doing anything outside for a few days, I am working on the 1941 diorama. We dodged a bullet, as the wind shear and dry air has kept the storm from getting worse. Luckily, we are not under the feeder bands now that was expected to cause heavy flooding in the Metro New Orleans area. I hope it stays this way and the power doesn't go out. But enough about the weather, on to Al's Gro. & Mkt.

After watching the clips from the movie numerous times and making still images, I created CAD drawings for the grocery store in 1/48th scale. I laser cut the parts and assembled them. I used my wash of Grumbacher Raw Umber Oil Color with 90% Isopropyl Alcohol to weather the wood.

Next step is to drybrush paint the building.

Thanks Tom and keep dodging the aftershocks.