Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Completed my scratchbuilt miniature Olympic Doughnuts van

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.


Olympic Doughnuts van, Footscray - scale model miniature by David Hourigan


The miniature is in 1:20 scale, and is mostly constructed from Evergreen plastic card.

Olympic Doughnuts van, Footscray - scale model miniature by David Hourigan

Olympic Doughnuts van, Footscray - scale model miniature by David Hourigan

Olympic Doughnuts van, Footscray - scale model miniature by David Hourigan


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.

Olympic Doughnuts van, Footscray - scale model miniature by David Hourigan

Olympic Doughnuts van, Footscray - scale model miniature by David Hourigan


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


4 comments:

  1. 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.

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    1. Thanks 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

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  2. Congratulations Dave. I had a brief chat to you as you were entering your model. Now do the Yarraville Pigeon Club building-👍👍👍

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