That small band of regular readers of my little diecast blog will know that I like to create dioramas using Photoshop, but I also like the more traditional 3-D dioramas as well. The sad fact is that I don't really have much skill at building things with my hands, and so I have resorted to buying some pre-made 3D dioramas, all in the fabulous 'Route Bleue' series made by Altaya. I have bought nine of them so far, and as I am rapidly running out of places to put them in my study, I think that's it... well unless I see something just irresistible.
So here's the Route Bleue show and tell.
Citroen Dyane 'Flowers' model, stopping lakeside at Annecy, looking suspiciously like they are both lost and on holidays. |
Citroen Type H van in Roanne selling an ice-cream to a little boy. |
It's the people and the setting, as well as the cars, which draw me to any diorama. I can't resist food vans of any sort.... |
Mercedes 280SL, with startlet perched on the bonnet, posing for photos at the Cannes film festival. |
Every time I see Mercedes sports car of this vintage I always think of my sister Helen. It was her dream Lotto-win car and sadly for her, she never won Lotto and hasn't owned a Merc. |
Family of picknickers in a Renault Ondine at Aix-en-Provence. |
Bread, butter, cheese, fruit, cakes, Thermos of coffee. Happy days. |
Fisherman and his pooch stop in their Citroen Mehari to dangle the line for a while, at L'Yonne. |
A beekeeper driving a Morris Minivan stops to tend a hive by a lavender field at Digne. |
Last, definitely not least, my absolute favourite. Protesting farmers dump a load of melons from their Peugeot 203 Pickup onto the middle of the road, stopping the traffic. |
Lovely attention to detail, those dumped, broken melons. |
No to price rises! Love it... |
And they are plentiful, there's no shortage of them, so they're not exactly 'collectable' in the sense of being rare or valuable. I like that 'ordinary and common' thing about them. I'm not interested in 'capitalist collecting' – doing it to make a buck. I plan to keep every model I ever buy just because I like them – and I really do love these charming French dioramas by Altaya.
Bellos dioramas, tan bellos que me dieron ganas de ir de pic-nic, comer sandía y tomar un helado.
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Beautiful dioramas, so beautiful that wanted me go picnic, eating watermelon and take an ice cream.
Hugs!
Thanks Juan H. Those picnic dioramas make me hungry, so I am having olives, pate and cheese for lunch today!
ReplyDeleteLeer ésto a mi también me ha dado hambre. Como aquí hace calor, ya me voy a comer un helado.
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Read it to my has also given me hungry. As here, it's hot, I'm eating an ice cream.
Hugs!
Love these pics Oz. Great collection. The protesting farmers is a very good but Renault and picnicers is the one for me.
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