Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Goings on at the garage

I acquired this mdf kit a couple of years ago and built it over the weekend. I think it’s designed to accompany 28mm toys, so 1/56 scale or thereabouts.  It arrived in my possession without instructions so I blundered my way through assembly. In spite of this it turned out OK and I gave it a basic paint job using emulsion and cheap acrylic paints.
It looks like a lot of old village garages used to - and not just here in the UK. It’s pictured here with a couple of 1/43 scale diecast cars. A side project of mine is an attempt to amass a collection of models of all the cars I’ve owned. At the petrol pumps is a Volvo 850 in more or less the same colour as my 1992 2.0 20V GLT (owned 1998-2000) while lurking inside is a Saab 9-5 standing in for my 2004 Aero (owned 2009-2013).

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6 comments:

  1. Robert (Bob) Cordery31 March 2020 at 22:38

    Tim,

    A rather nifty model ... and it reminds me of the old Airfix model garage, which had lots of uses as a stand-in factory unit.

    I like the idea of collecting models of all the cars you’ve owned. Mine would be rather pedestrian in comparison.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  2. tradgardmastare1 April 2020 at 07:40

    Now that is one of Agatha Christie’s novels I have never read.

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  3. Tim Gow1 April 2020 at 09:10

    Bob Cordery
    The car collection project has been gently simmering in the background for about 15 years now. If there's demand i'll do a post about it.

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  4. Tim Gow1 April 2020 at 09:11

    Tradgardmastare
    It was part of a trilogy which also included Slaughter In The Shed and Ghastliness In The Greenhouse...

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  5. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com1 April 2020 at 12:20

    A collection of my cars should be relatively small and easy there was an old used one of a forgotten colour, followed by 4 hatchbacks of various and models , a white one, 2 blue ones and a yellow one.

    But this takes me back to my youff when I was given toy cars and a garage etc as well as toy soldiers. Somehow the cars kept getting commandeered by the military, as did the farms now that I think of it.

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  6. Tim Gow1 April 2020 at 15:36

    Ross Mac
    I see you don't retain a burdensome level of detail in these matters!

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