dptydawg Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Sorry for this long preamble but there is a bit of a back story to tell first. I belong to the Historical Construction Equipment Association Canada (HCEA) because of my interest in construction equipment models. Every two years there is a Heavy Equipment Show at the International Centre is Toronto. HCEA always has a display there promoting the preservation and operation of old machines. They invited me to participate by displaying some of my models. The HCEA holds two events annually at their home base, the Simcoe County Museum near Barrie Ontario. The Fall event is known as"Last Blast" . The Spring event is called "Wheels and Tracks in Motion" or just "First Blast". There are two gravel pits on site and old machines operate in these pits. The show is open to the public and is well attended. I decided to build a diorama depicting operations in the smaller pit during this show. I build in 1/25th scale and the size was restricted by the dimensions of my display case. Therefore things are much more crowded than would be permitted in real life. Consider this to be modeler’s licence. The base is made from 1”extruded foam board covered with ballast and sand and other small aggregates in a white glue mix. It is in two section to allow installation in the case and ease of handling. Well the Heavy Equipment Show has come and gone. It was a great success for us. The following pictures are of the diorama as it appeared at the show: The width of the case makes things are a bit crowded. The spectators are closer than scale to the action, however I hope it portrays the fact that there is a construction equipment show in progress. The upper row is a few of my other models. Since the diorama is too large to show detail in one picture, here is a series of close ups. A Fiat -Allis FL10B crawler loader ( a weathered diecast) and a Hough 60 wheeled loader ( an extensively rebuilt diecast) are working the gravel pile produced by the Sandy crusher. The crusher operator is preparing to start up the crusher to demonstrate its functions to the visitors. Material enters the crusher via the hopper (grizzly) in the left and is screened and crushed and deposited on the conveyor belt on the right side. This is a shot of the bantam swing shovel that moves material from the pit face to the grizzly. The bars on top prevent oversized rocks from entering the crusher. The Bantam is a weathered and relaced with fishing line diecast from SpeCast. The crusher is completely scratch built. All of the models are 1/25th scale. The old lad (there are lots of us) is an HCEA member who is explain things to the visiting public. And cleaning up the corner of the pit is a D8 cat. This model is a conversion of the AMT kit. The straight hydraulic blade has been converted to an angling cable blade. The engine has been back dated to a non-turbo pup motor start. Thanks for looking Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Great dio Carl got a lot going on there Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Very cool and fantastic diorama. Wonderfully done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdWatcher Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 That's real nice Carl! Looks like FUN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorincebu Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Spot on! I love it. great job on this one Carl. be Well Gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 That is an awesome display. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 way cool, good detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Neat dio, Carl. Definitely something out of the ordinary. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 ooh cool i love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dptydawg Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks guys for all the kind words. I realize that This is not the usual sort of diorama that people expect to see and I really appreciate the interest. The attached photo is of an actual show taking place in the pit. This is my inspiration for the diorama Thanks Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 A lot of work and very well done.Thanks for sharing with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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