Just started a new truck nocturne. This one pairs a 1/32 scale Peterbilt Model 379 dump truck from New Ray with a 1/50 scale Norscot Caterpillar 980G Wheel Loader. These die cast models were purchased from EBay, but 3000Toys seems to be a good source for inexpensive die cast models. First Gear,  New Ray, Norscot, and SpecCast make models with really fine detail.

For my purposes it doesn’t matter that the loader scale don’t match up with the dump truck because no one knows how big the loader is supposed to be and its smaller size actually lends to a sense of forced perspective.

The trucks sit on a sheet of clear 1/8″ acrylic over a piece of black paper. The acrylic gives good wet-pavement reflections. The snow is white Kinetic Sand from Michaels. Lighting is from a variety of LED headlamps and button lights. The backdrop is a piece of black foam core, but it appears blue in the light of the headlamps.