SidB's Collection Thread

[SidB]

I really admire your mix of live plants, diorama-esque settings, and the Greek-style architecture, it works quite well together with the models. You said before that the moon lights up? I'm curious what that looks like, if you don't mind sharing a photo.

Certainly, though it has been a while since I clicked it on and .. no go. So I took it apart and cleaned some corrosion off of the AA battery terminals and .. presto ... here you are:

The bookshelf at night


The full moon rising in all its glory behind the Baobab tree:

[ceratopsian]

The effect behind the baobab is quite spectacular.

[SidB]

The effect behind the baobab is quite spectacular.

The fountainhead of madness!

[Avian]

That looks very nice! Your display system already stands out nicely, and this only enhances that.

[SidB]

Thanks, @Avian , glad to have taken the time to get this up and running for you and whoever else us interested.

[SidB]

Having crossed the planter 'bridge', the eye now rests on the five black Ikea shelves at the South corner of the east wall, with two of the dish dioramas to the viewer's right on a side table:





The set-up, while not as photogenic as the bookshelf dioramas, does provide for quite a bit of display space in a very limited area. Space has always been and is now more than ever a pressing concern. You will later see how the Ikea picture holder shelves, when taken to their logical extreme, will allow my Safari and Carnegie  Safari to be displayed with no impingement whatsoever on floor and practical/useable wall space for people.

[ceratopsian]

The dish dioramas are an excellent idea.

[Crackington]

Agree Ceratopsian, but on first glance I thought the ankylosaurs were biscuits!

[ceratopsian]

They might have broken your teeth!

Agree Ceratopsian, but on first glance I thought the ankylosaurs were biscuits!

[Stegotyranno420]

Now I am thinking of aetosaurs as bourbons, and any theropods as Easter Peeps(if that is what they are called)
Love the idea

[Crackington]

We're getting into Dr Admin's song territory here  :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwkN63-kRVs

[TooOldForDinosaurs]

I love those round dioramas. And the shelves work really well as well. I plan to start using similar shelves in the future. It saves a lot of space if you start using the surface of the walls.

[SidB]

I love those round dioramas. And the shelves work really well as well. I plan to start using similar shelves in the future. It saves a lot of space if you start using the surface of the walls.

The ideas weren't like Athena, who emerged fully formed from the forehead of Zeus, but they gradually came to me out of necessity, @TooOldForDinosaurs . I'm still exploring new possibilities for that matter.

[SidB]

The content of the Ikea shelves does vary from month to month, but at the time that these pictures were taken, this was the line-up:



Top shelf - GR/Haolongood Dicraeosaurus; PNSO Lingwulong; Invicta Cetiosaurus (for such a classic figure, it has a surprisingly contemporary look (excepting the front feet, which are deliberately concealed)

Second shelf - Eofauna Diplodocus; PNSO mini Allosaurus and Allosaurus; Eofauna Atlasaurus

Third shelf - Favorite Tarbosaurus; PNSO Tarbosaurus; Papo Polacanthus; PNSO Zeuchentyrannus


Fourth shelf - Geoworld Plateosaurus; CollectA Lufengosaurus; Papo Ceratosaurus


Bottom shelf - Vitae Sinraptor hepingensis; PNSO Sinraptor dongi; PNSO Sauropelta; PNSO Huanyangosaurus; Schleich Anhanguera

[SidB]

Dishing it out ... the mini dioramas at the two diagonal corners of the room. One on the side table, the other atop an old china cabinet:


Favorite Concavenator, PNSO Tuojangosaurus and mini, PNSO Borealopelta




Favorite Neovenator, PNSO Pinacosaurus, Vitae Zhejangosaurus

And across the dining room:



PNSO Yangchuanosaurus and mini, PNSO Chunkingosaurus


PNSO Torvosaurus in pursuit of PNSO Pachycephalosaurus


Glimpse of Papo Pachycephalosaurus and Stygimoloch to the right


PNSO Amargasaurus and mini, PNSO Carnotaurus

[TooOldForDinosaurs]

Those look so good! 

[SidB]

Thanks, @TooOldForDinosaurs , it's fun putting these together and periodically re-jigging them.

[ceratopsian]

These dishes work so well.

[Crackington]

Yes, they look great close up, not at all like biscuits!

Good use of the plants and rocks etc too to make realistic mini landscapes.

[ceratopsian]

Much more effective than displaying the animals separately in the space.