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Kit used Airfix A55201 Triumph Herald Starter Kit 

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Wall is a form u lay mould, chickens from Tamiya, boxes and cans from Great North Road, Tree scratch built.

Emu

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The kit is skill level 1, not normally a car builder, but tanks and figures etc, it went together ok, a bit of flash, windows were a problem but other then that it is quite a basic kit, this is why i have done it like this to enhance it.

Emu

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Hi Emu.

There's a couple of BM members who have a very similar style when it comes to dioramas/vignettes. I don't know if you've have seen theirs and have tried to emulate them (see what I did there?) or you've done it by accident, but hey, either way your diorama is fantastic. I love the crammed in details and the 'poignant' atmosphere of a machine given over to nature.

I particularly like your thorny bush.... oooooh er missus! Can you tell me what you used to make it?

 

Rearguards,

Badder 

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21 minutes ago, Badder said:

Hi Emu.

There's a couple of BM members who have a very similar style when it comes to dioramas/vignettes. I don't know if you've have seen theirs and have tried to emulate them (see what I did there?) or you've done it by accident, but hey, either way your diorama is fantastic. I love the crammed in details and the 'poignant' atmosphere of a machine given over to nature.

I particularly like your thorny bush.... oooooh er missus! Can you tell me what you used to make it?

 

Rearguards,

Badder 

The idea come from a mini i done one half was show room other half scrap yard, I called it the beginning and the end 

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To make my bushed/trees i go to the garden centre get a dying pot plant and use that with scatters etc glued on.

Emu

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35 minutes ago, Emu said:

wThe idea come from a mini i done one half was show room other half scrap yard, I called it the beginning and the end 

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To make my bushed/trees i go to the garden centre get a dying pot plant and use that with scatters etc glued on.

Emu

I remember the mini dio. Cool stuff. You should do the same with a WWII tank though.:D

 

Rearguards,

Badder

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Great job. you ever been to the  Triumph Herald specialist "dealer" in Eastleigh ? Your diorama actually exists. His field and yard is full of your model. Not sure if they'll still be there now but about 98 ish I went all the way there after 'phoning them I wanted one to "play with".

Couldn't believe my eyes when I got there. Looking around..Which one is around the £1500 mark you told me about? Oh that black one with the white side stripe. Long fur lined interior, 6" steel wheels with arch extensions, evil ! The other 20 odd heaps weren't as good as yours ! Coupes, dropheads all marks and a couple of Vitesses.

Anyway I've been to your model zone. Thanks for showing !

 

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Excellent, imaginative dios ... The Herald always brings back memories of my dad . He had a couple of them.  Nice that Airfix are still producing the kit. :goodjob:

 

BillyD

 

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My first car was a Herald S, the one without even carpets. 948cc.  Alpine Lavender, September 1959 IIRC. It was chassis number 386!  I sold it to a kit car builder on Canvey Island who put that chassis under his RMB Gentry kit car, so it could still be driving around.  When I put the 1200 engine in it, the old one was so worn out it wouldn't run on anything but 2 star!

That car taught me how to drive properly. Slow in, fast out and never brake in a bend or you'll swap ends!

I've subsequently had 15 triumphs. Not one ever let me down and one of them took me all over Europe in the late 90s when I was working for the Germans, etc. as a cay modeller on show cars.

 

Nice little set-piece there.  The Herald is one of Airfix's best kits.

 

Martin

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Very nice Herald (and Mini) dio!

 

My father has a Herald 13/60 (1967 model) in his garage. It has been left there since the beginning of the 90'th. It is in perfect original condition. (The roof has never been removed). I would like to make a copy of this. If I manage to find the right kits I can make a copy of the garage. It also contains a 97 MGF and a 2005 Rover 75. (Yes, British cars are great!)

 

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