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The mural was always intended to be a backdrop You can still see most of it from front on Don't you recognize that car tamiyabase.com/...rt=0#22952

The Chameleon:lol:

andyaus wrote:

Hey JR, Here is a pic with the shelves I think the issue is that there are no cars on display at the bottom and it's mainly green there, might be a good spot to put some of those Tamiya posters I'm going to laminate....

Ok, I see the problem here ... in Sheng Phooey terms, the directionality of the cars (all pointing outwards and left is sucking your Chi right out of the door

Another way of looking at it: your neat freak side (stark lighting, regimented shelving, regimented objects, all straight lines) is being thrown in to sharp relief against your artistic side ...

... yet another: industrial vs organic ...


All the ways of looking at it are coming to the same conclusion - that area is not balanced, and that's why it doesn't look right to you. I think the solution is _not_ going to be add more regimented stuff in the free space, it's going to be to soften the lighting (I'd suggest warm white LED ribbon lighting for the cars & brighter, task specific lighting like anglepoise lamps on the bench), breaking up the order of the cars - angles, + mix up the directions & chassis types, or at least have them in a "hidden" order (release date, date you bought them, favourites at the focal point & radiate out?), and to make the bench look a bit more lived in - old mugs with brushes & pens in, a radio, photos maybe, oft-used materials - you get the idea.

Okay got it, Add soft Mood lighting then leave my Coffee cup and biscuit plate on the bench after I've finished looking at the display

Finally 2 years after having the wheels powder coated and new rubber fitted, I spent today cleaning all the other parts so I could fit them back to the bike

andyaus wrote:

So The display over the mural has been annoying me no end Today I did something about it I split the difference between the shelves on the left and finished adding the fo grass bases MUCH better

Nice! They look like à Smart center.
Clean and right. Tip top Andy

stingray-63 wrote:

Nice! They look like à Smart center.
Clean and right. Tip top Andy

Lol Good call, my stack probably has better power to weight though

I was sure that the smart was ep rc cars. I have some at work and they have all a charger

Looking through the tread I realized that I hadn't posted a pic of the deck area as it stands today, I still need to add the step to the grass and the reflected ceiling on the veranda but I'm getting to it I have finally decided on the finish for the workshop wall & I'm getting to that too