Just so everyone is clear: I do not consider myself to be a “serious” scale modeler; I’m not cut from the same bolt of cloth as model railroaders, who strive for accuracy and realism in their dioramas and layouts. Much of what I am doing will seem cheesy and even childish to you if you are all about making sure every piece of foliage and ground cover is accurate and every building is properly weathered. Childish may be dead-on: I’m not making museum pieces, I want to have fun: I’m just a big kid playing with his toys. As a results, my primary goal in creating the diorama surrounding my slot tracks is to show off some of my prodigious 1/64 diecast collection. Please keep this in mind before commenting that “the trees are wrong” or “the angle of that bridge isn’t realistic.”
Having said this, as things progress you can see I have made an effort to blend the HO scale and 1/64 scale to best of my ability, including the use of “forced perspective” where possible. I think I’ve done a decent job but I am always open to suggestions.
Poor quality audio is background noise playing on the stereo in the room when I filmed this
As you can see from the images and vids above, I am primarily a collector of Lesney-era Matchboxes. I do have many others, including Hot Wheels (naturally), Tomica, Johnny Lightning, and of course POST-Lesney Matchboxes, but the British-made Matchboxes of the 60’s and early 70’s are my main field of interest, and it is a topic on which I am quite knowledgeable.
Always up for interaction with others interested in this hobby.