CONSTRUCTION
Honestly, I had almost a year of efforts until I managed to find the material to build successfully the facades. I tried balsa, cardboard, thin laminated wood and cork sheets. None of them had worked for me. I decided to build it from plastic (a material which I am very familiar with) and finally felt pleased with the outcome. A lot of measurements had to be made to be historical accurate and keep the diorama in a practical size without a lot of dead spaces.
First photos are Anne Frank's building where the hideout was in Pinscengracht 263.
Next photo is Pinscengracht 261 building facade. The basement nowdays is a restaurant
Buidings in its permanent position with window frames, windows and doors, all according to historical photos
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Next comes the road section with the characteristic standard pavement of a Dutch street which gave me a lot of fuzzy thoughts on how to curve it correctlly.
The embankment wall was the easiest and fastest part as it was the last to build and I have already been used to cut brick and pavement sections in a plastic sheet.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8T8uzaiaQ9vNPV8ulp33NsJz0JDMy-xGmYQzRMQxm4-oHO7f0mtTWTMGOhTLHoTEWYpLx5NptleYGof3djHBqEjENqr7QGoNpDeLuxLV7zY_bubkR_OPpqxcnB8lt20XXDKWLU-WgOjYaeRRBOafrlThwjnw-JIgs_AaKmJQzl3-XsQ7ozjTm2dt0Q/w640-h480/006.jpg)
The final setting of the major parts on my diorama
It looks like a lot with the original street section after some efforts and 18 months of testing since I decided this to become my next project:)