Diorama Projects
Here are some diorama projects I’ve documented recently:

Abandoned Japanese Shops Building Diorama
When I was in Japan in November 2022 I went by this building every day for a week bringing my daughter to Japanese elementary school. I was intrigued by the building which clearly looked abandoned and it brought up lots of questions. I took just one photo: I knew that when I came back home…

Lighted Steam Loco Diorama
Steam locomotives are nostalgic. For many of us, we may never have seen a steam locomotive in service. For the older folks you may remember seeing them in service as a child. I had this old HO steam locomotive from a long-since dismantled project that I built for my late dad. It was a real…
Other diorama projects I have planned.
- Abandoned greenhouse diorama
- Shinkansen 700 series diorama
- Japanese EF8185 Loco diorama
- Sagano/Arashiyama Bamboo Forest Book Nook
- Balcony Garden diorama or Book Nook
- Potting bench and raised beds diorama or book nook
- Woodshop book nook
- Mine book nook
- Fan Tan alley book nook
- Hanoi’s train street book nook
- Battle of the Planets/Gatchaman Phoenix leaving hanger diorama
- Fisgard lighthouse diorama
- Campfire scene (either on my model railroad or as a separate diorama)
- “Japan’s Machu Picchu” Takeda castle ruins diorama