Let’s talk diorama. There are all kinds of different dioramas. Remember the ones we made in grade school for book reports in shoe boxes with cotton balls for clouds? That’s the general concept. A diorama is a small scale scene of 3D objects inside some kinds of enclosure. They can be enclosed, however some are just displays on a platform. It could be any rendition of a scene from a book, movie or play in miniature scale. It tells a story of something.

We visited an exhibit in NYC years ago at FAO Schwarz that blew our minds. They had small scale dioramas of space flights, under water diving missions as well as combat war scenes from WWII.

They were all around the 1:12 – 1:24 scale size and intricately detailed....

Here are a few pics of our favorite custom dioramas, made by us back in the day. Building these from scratch was an experience. We learned so much about the fabrication of and the creating of  miniatures that we were inspired to get into the mini business for ourselves.

Model scales refers to a size ratio that falls between a complete size of an item and its version of miniature scale. Scale measurements vary and the easiest scale is the one where one inch is equal to a one foot, 1/12 or else 1:12. In this case, a miniature object that is an inch tall will be 12 inches high in its normal size.

Two scale measures can be used to ensure miniatures are to scale. The scale, which is the miniature size, can be rated using two types of systems. Some types of scales are given as ratios and others are listed as a particular height. The ratio scale is sometimes written as a fraction. The figure on the right normally indicates the number of units such as centimeters or inches. This shows how many original ......

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So a little history about us...We are co-conspiritors that love everything little. He’s into miniatures like the garage items and trucks, while I'm more into the replicas and dollhouse stuff, so we have a nice variety of items for everyone. We started collecting and selling miniatures on ebay back in 2005 under the user name mixedlotminis and in 2009 we changed our name to dioramaminiatures and started this website.

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