RAF Linton-on-Ouse, smaller diorama
1February 23, 2017I was quite pleased with my first diorama effort. This diorama remained at the Montreal Aviation Museum, on loan, from Ronald C. Loucks; it was displayed for nearly one year in the museum's Art Gallery.
2February 23, 20171/76 Airfix Bedford tanker. I added a fire extinguisher fashioned for sprue material, and 3/64" shrink electronic tubing to one of the un-tanglers.
3February 23, 2017Ron: "What brand of cigarettes is he smoking?"; June: "Should he be smoking there at all?"
4February 23, 20171/72 Airfix Bedford water tender, without the ugly (in my view) spare tire.
5February 23, 20171/76 Airfix Matador 2 500 gallon tanker. Note the purple steering wheel. Why purple? Amusing but true answer further in this album.
6February 23, 20171/72 Airfix Tilly utility truck.
7February 23, 20171/72 Bedford utility truck.
8February 23, 20171/72 oil bowser.
9February 23, 20171/72 Airfix David Brown tractor. There is one of those 0purple steering wheels again!
10February 23, 20171/72 Airfix bomb troleey and 500 pounders.
11February 23, 20171/72 Airfix trolley bomb trolley with 500 pounders.
12February 23, 20171/72 Airfix bomb trolley with 250 pounders.
13February 23, 20171/72 bomb trolley with 4 000 pound cookie.
14February 23, 20171/72 Airfix trolley with 8 000 pound cookie (flash glare on rear right tyre). Why "MAT", you say? Explanation later.
15February 23, 20171/72 trolley with incendiaries.
16February 23, 2017Other side of "MATH"
17February 23, 20171/72 Airfix bomb trolley.
18February 23, 20171/72 Airfix maintenance scaffolding.
19February 23, 20171/72 Airfix maintenance scaffolding.
20February 23, 20171/72 500cc motorcycle. Ahh, purple tank.
21February 23, 20171/72 bicycle, faded purple seat.
22February 24, 2017Cast of supporting actors.
23February 24, 2017Same cast.
24February 24, 2017Same cast.
25February 24, 2017Main star with the cast of supporting actors.
26February 24, 2017Ditto.
27February 24, 2017Cast.
28February 24, 2017Helen Back fictional nose art created by Wiliam Burns of CanMilAir custom decals (London, Ontario).
29February 24, 2017Ditto.
30February 24, 2017Ditto.
31February 24, 2017Cow with smeared lipstick. A satisfied purple bull going for his next conquest.
32February 24, 2017On loan and displayed in the Art Gallery of the Montreal Aviation Museum.
33February 24, 2017With Airfix 1/76 Queen Mary, tractor, crane, fire truck, and that purple bull AGAIN!
34February 24, 2017I use black and white filters to create photographs as they most likely appeared during WWII.
35February 24, 2017Detail of port landing gear.
36February 24, 2017General view of lower surfaces.
37February 24, 2017Close-up.
38February 24, 2017Imagine 1 000 of these on one mission!
39February 24, 2017More details.
40February 24, 2017Ditto.
41February 24, 2017Hedgehog exhaust and wheel well (port) details.
42February 24, 2017Detail, dorsal turret
43February 24, 2017A teaser: the second RAF Linton-on-Ouse diorama getting there; 6 months in building, 3'6" x 2'. Currently on permanent display in the Art Gallery of the Montreal Aviation Museum. Much more in its own album later.
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This diorama was commissioned by my university hall-mate to commemorate his Father's wartime contributions as Senior Flying Control Officer at RAF Linton-on-Ouse (Yorkshire) from 1942 to 1945.