Welcome to the collection of Duart Noordhof Owner: Duart Noordhof, Canada E-mail: traud69@yahoo.ca I display most of my collection on a bookcase with the shelves adjusted so that I can arrange the GIjOEs into little diorama scenes. I've set most of my dioramas on bases that can be slid in and out of the case easily as needed. And then there is my "Adventure Mountain" (see at right) which is actually a display stand I found in a shoe store. It took me quite a while to talk the guy into GIVING me this 6-foot treasure! I made a bombed-out WW2 building using the tutorial in the GIjOE club newsletter a while back. The cobblestone walkway was made using pistachio shells, glued down and covered with a spackling compound. I also made an Atomic Man diorama from some styrofoam stereo packing painted to look like it's down in a sewer. The ladder was made with coat hanger, bent and reshaped. There's an old temple too (that time forgot!), that I made out of styrofoam. All the mortar lines were drawn with a pencil and then carved-in using a soldering iron. I then used a propane torch to go over the entire surface very lightly and give it a worn and weathered look before painting and adding the "moss." ---Duart Noordhof   Duart's towering shoe display makes an amazing (possibly one-of-a-kind) Adventure Team mountain,allowing for almost limitless display options. In the closeups, you see Mike Powers (the ATOMIC Man) hot wiring a circuit panel to activate the door of some bad guy's lair, while two vintage Adventure Teamers prepare to enter Duart's amazing, hand-crafted "Lost Tomb" diorama. Duart's AT Collection looks ALIVE because all his figures are arranged into mini-dioramas. You can almost hear them talking and firing up their equipment for adventures. Cool! This pic reveals how each shelving section contains its own unique Adventure Team diorama. Check out Duart's 1/6th scale garage. Complete with mini fan belts, drop light, oxygen and acetylene tanks and even a "greasy" stand-up toolbox. Fantastic job, Duart! Here's a full-frame close-up of Duart's hand-made "Lost Tomb" diorama base. His easy "slide-in, slide-out" collectiondisplay system makes setting up, cleaning and rearranging a snap. (How many different scenes could YOU think of for this backdrop? Oh, yeah!) More 1:6 Scale Collections Return to Collections Index And Don't Miss... Collections Indoor Dioramas Outdoor Photos Custom Figures Custom Vehicles Tips & Tricks Club Websites Feedback Submit Your Collection About GIjOE Collections Cool Links HOME Address any questions or comments to webmaster Mark Otnes, at 303 E. Sherwin Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, or Phone: 217-337-1706 or Email: sterling@shout.net