CIGAR-BOX DIORAMAS
A "How-to-do-it" Handbook by
Arminta Neal
CONTENTS:
Box preparation, background 1
Foreground blocks and figures 2
Accessories … paper mache mix 6
Rocks, caves, "moonscapes" 8
Bushes and shrubs 10
Ferns and palms 12
Water 14
Larger displays 16
Trees 19
Evergreen Trees 19
Smoke 21
Snow 21
Sincere thanks are due Shirley Parman and Doris Samford for their assistance in this booklet's preparation.
Copyright 1958 by Arminta Neal
Second Printing 1961
YOU WILL NEED …
cigar boxes scissors, small X-Acto knife with #ll blades
Tri-Tix rubber cement, Elmer's glue black construction paper, index cards or similar weight cardboard paper clips small palette knife or spatula spray cans of paint, black rubber-base paint piece of plate glass about 12" square
In addition, you are apt to need …
Pliobond cement (manufactured by Goodyear)
tooling aluminum or copper (from craft or hobby shops)
Balsa wood in ½″ and 1″ thick boards, or slabs of styrofoam plastic.
Balsa wood from hobby shops; styrofoam from florists, ten-cent stores, or insulation companies.
assorted twigs and dried weeds, collected in the Fall sawdust sifted into fine, medium, and coarse grades
"Rit" or "Tintex" dye--greens and browns lichen (from model railroad shops)
gravel and fine sand nut picks, leather modelling tools, dental tools, etc.
assorted jars with lids, cans, other mixing containers paper mache …