Happy Saturday, dear readers! And it is happy indeed, because for the first time in what seems like ages, your humble blogger has a weekend day entirely to hisself, free and clear! What better opportunity to head down to the toy room, the happy place in the basement, and spend some quality time at Drag City Raceway!
Thanks mainly to the awesome skills of my cub The Hot Wheels Hunter, the last year and a half I have added hundreds upon hundreds of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars to my die-cast collection. I have amassed such a huge stockpile of cool, newer, die-casts that my hand has been essentially forced into another round of diorama changes.
This round represents the biggest changes that I’ve made in a while, with several new cars being introduced to the layout and others moving around or being re-positioned to new areas, adding some realism by enforcing the idea that these are snapshots of a living, dynamic world where the cars don’t just sit still indefinitely, but migrate from place to place.
In addition to the cars, I’ve also added some more peeps, as the last year has seen me add several more multi-packs of American Diorama die-cast figures to my collection as well, all of which have been stacking up and waiting to stretch their legs. Now, a few lucky figgys are getting the chance to make the scene!
What you may notice about the figures is that I’m trying to utilize clay as a base more often than the glue or tape I’ve used in the past, because the clay is easily removed and replaced, allowing the figs to be easily re-positioned…a luxury the glue does not afford! I haven’t decided for sure yet if I like the results better or not yet, so here’s your chance to tell me what you think!
The hardest part was deciding what to remove from the layout, but the second hardest part was picking which ones to add, since I had so many awesome candidates that it’s taken me months to decide what should get the honor of being displayed!
One of these cars, a very special and unique one, is displayed where there was no car before it, making it a new tableau on the scene.
As for the others, take a look at the new additions and the new looks and tell me what you think: were these good choices, or would you have chosen to pull something else off my dining room table?
These are some really cool tableaus you have created with the new additions and peeps! I love all the different types of people you have, like the greaser in the one picture. The clay is a good idea to keep them upright and be able to move them around to keep the action alive. These new cars look great it’s really cool how you set them up. Thank goodness you finally had some downtime and fun at Drag City!
Still not sure I’m sold on the clay; I think it may be fine for some scenes but not so good for others, but the glue-which of course looks best-keeps causing problems every time I do an update like this and need to move things around. What are YOU using to anchor your figures in place in your O-scale world?