Today is my 24th wedding anniversary, and not only am I a very lucky man to be married happily to a wonderful woman, but I am also a lucky boy to be married to a girl who loves to buy and give gifts. My girl Pam is a legend in our family for her gift-buying, gift-wrapping and card-choosing skils, and she always seems to buy gifts that people really like and treasure. She knows me too well, and so when she saw this book on scooters and microcars she knew I had a love for both of them – and have several examples in my collection – and so I thought this is a perfect topic for another blog posting. First, the book, then the models and a few dioramas.
This scan of the back cover includes the web address of the publisher, and also shows very well the wonderful array of images, advertisements and information within the book's 256 pages. |
And here's a little British seaside diorama I did quite a while ago, featuring Gino's Gelato outfit. |
Maybe it's the idea of a small van with an even smaller car that gets me, but when I saw this BMW Isetta Service combo I was hooked. This is tiny, in 1:87 scale, made by Bubmobil. |
Sure, rough around the edges, cute as a button, though. |
The old priest in the movie had a pig in the back of his Piaggio Ape, so I added one to my dio. |
If you go to Bangkok on holidays, you'll probably do what I did and ride in a Tuk Tuk sometime. This model is by Altaya, and this rather primitive diorama is one of my earliest efforts. |
Bellos scooters y microcars; mis preferidos siempre han diso los Isetta; tengo en mi colección uno de la Mille Miglia, acá puedes verlo:
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Abrazos!
Beautiful scooters and microcars; my favorite always have the Isetta diso; I have in my collection one of the Mille Miglia, here you can see it:
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Hugs!