Ozmac Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Having recently joined the forum, I thought I'd show you a diorama I made fairly recently. The subject matter is the "Around Australia" car rallies of the 1950s, which were a major event back then. The first one was in 1953, the last one in 1958, and for all that time the entrants were ordinary family cars: Holdens, Fords, Volkswagens, Peugeots, Vanguards, Morris Minors, etc. There was even one nice old Grandma and her son who completed several rallies in her Rolls Royce. The first scene here is from the first Rally, the "Redex" rally of 1953, won by a Peugeot 203 driven by Ken Tubman, a chemist from the country town of Maitland, New South Wales. Following the Peugeot is a Holden FX driven by "Possum" Kipling, of Port Wakefield, South Australia, who came 10th overall but was the first car to cross the finish line (and so he was quite a celebrity for 24 hours, until they figured out who was the winner). And perched up on the hill filming the action is the newsreel team from the Cinesound Film Unit, which followed the rally for all 6500 miles in their Peugeot 203 Station Wagon. For the record, the Peugeot 203 in the water is a plastic Heller Kit (1/43 scale) I built and made decals for, based on photo research. The Holden on the road is a 1/43 diecast Trax model, again with my home-made decals, plus added extras such as the sun-visor and spotlights. The Peugeot 203 Wagon on the Hill is a Solido 1/43 diecast model, with my home-made decals, plus added extras such as the winch on the bumper, the roof racks and luggage, and spotlights. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Great original idea,extremely well made too,lovely job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Haha, brilliant! That's great fun, nicely put together and a great back story. Sort of reminds me of the bit on the Top Gear Africa Special where Hammond swamped his Opal in the river. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Great job Ozmac and welcome to BM...Lol,one of my favourite specials goggsy,didn't Hammond call it 'Oliver'.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bortig Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Looks great, nice to see a diorama thats different to warfare stuff, although they are good its just refreshing for something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Great job Ozmac and welcome to BM...Lol,one of my favourite specials goggsy,didn't Hammond call it 'Oliver'.... Yes he did, the big girl's blouse. He even brought it home with him. I wish I'd known he was after a crappy old 4 speed roller skate, he could have had my old Micra for fifty quid and a packet of Rothmans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Very original dio, and very realistic, I saw all of those rallies as a kid, hard to believe that less than 1/3 of the total trip was on sealed roads back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Oliver rides again, great idea for a diorama,like it very much,well tidy mun. :goodjob: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozmac Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. I've also used the exact same piece of river-crossing ground for a second set of dioramas, on the 1956 Ampol Trial. I'll post some pix of those soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 great dio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Yes he did, the big girl's blouse. He even brought it home with him. I wish I'd known he was after a crappy old 4 speed roller skate, he could have had my old Micra for fifty quid and a packet of Rothmans. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umineko Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 brilliantly done and very original idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I keep coming back to look at this dio and each time I see something different,well done.IIts got me hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Monte Carlo or Bust! Fantastic work - so much going on. Very good idea, and nicely different. Keep Calm & Rally On... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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