I recently completed my miniature of the iconic Olympic Doughnuts van which stood outside Footscray train station here in Melbourne for 30 odd years. It was a Melbourne institution, which sadly was removed during a station upgrade about eight years ago.
The miniature is in 1:20 scale, and is mostly constructed from Evergreen plastic card.
Because the original is no longer there for me to measure and record, I had to work from photos available online. This was a bit of a challenge, but in the end I think I captured the original.
It was a pleasure to build this and capture a little piece of lost history.
Video is embedded below, but in case that doesn't work here is the link:
Scratchbuilt scale model Olympic Doughnuts van in Footscray, Melbourne
Cheers,
Dave
Fantastic diorama Dave. Saw you and your models on 9news afew weeks back. Used to get doughnuts from here whenever I was in Footscray back in the 80s. I also used to make models, mainly Aircraft and Cars.And 1 diorama of a garage(scratch built with cardboard and balsa) with a wrecked 32 Ford and a modified 32 Ford Tow truck.
ReplyDeleteThanks Andrew! Yeah, it was weird being interviewed on the news, but it was good to see scale modelling get a bit of wider recognition :) Dave
DeleteCongratulations Dave. I had a brief chat to you as you were entering your model. Now do the Yarraville Pigeon Club building-👍👍👍
ReplyDeleteHeh heh, maybe next year ;)
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