some questions about making a diorama

[Druna Skass]

OK today nature saw it fit to meddle with my collection. I was airing out my room and had an incence stick buring to in an attempt to kill a musky smell from my room. Anyway a gust of wind knocked over a Gundam kit which in turn knocked my prized EX Albion off the edge of the stool it was on and on to the incense stick. Well the front end of the ship light up and melted, but after the initial rage, I got the idea to make a crashed ship diorama.

Anyway, I want to make it appear that the ship had crashed into a city. Mainly how do I go about makeing the buildings, and all the rubble? I also want to try to make it look like the crew had made a perimiter around the wreaked ship.

[ewilen]

There's a book on dioramas by Shepherd Paine published by Kalmbach. I got a copy on eBay pretty cheaply and it shows up there frequently. It has a great chapter on wrecks. I think his book on scale model armor also has a section on wrecks.