Drag Racing Garage Diorama Built

[jlucky]

Greetings Once Again,

Just thought I'd show off one of my most recent projects...a drag racing garage diorama. As the announcer at the local drag strip (MIssion Raceway) it's always been on my list to build this thing. I've hung on to parts, pieces, kits and so forth for decades just waiting to get this done. Well it's done now...I'm no pro-builder but I sure had a lot of fun putting it together. All comments are welcome.

Take care,

Jerry

[John Pol]

Wow nice job I always wanted to do something like this

[NYLIBUD]

Very nice,excellent job.

[gbdolfans]

WOW !! That is really nice.I love the skeleton reading the newspaper !!

A lot of ice touches.

[Sixties Sam]

Very cool! So much detail, and well done. The wall posters are a nice touch. How long has that guy been reading that newspaper?

Sam

[426 pack]

Very cool. I am building a diorama and this gives me some more inspiration.

[oldr-n-drt]

good job..QUESTION...where did yall get the rocker arm set(between the crank shafts)???????oldr-n-drt

[High octane]

12 hours ago, Sixties Sam said:

Very cool! So much detail, and well done. The wall posters are a nice touch. How long has that guy been reading that newspaper?

Sam

Since they stopped newspaper delivery.

[mredjr]

Great job!!

[abelaxe]

This is WAY Cool!!! I love it!

[jlucky]

5 hours ago, oldr-n-drt said:

good job..QUESTION...where did yall get the rocker arm set(between the crank shafts)???????oldr-n-drt

Hmmm...that's a good question....as I said I've been holding on to stuff for years...so I'm not exactly sure. I want to say they came from the AMT Engine packs. I KNOW that's where the cam shafts and crackshafts came from...so I'm just taking a stab at it because they were already in my loose parts drawer and painted...so that's the best I can do. Sorry.

[jlucky]

Hey guys...thanks so much for your encouraging responses. Much appreciated.

As for the skeleton...well that's a diet program gone wrong. 

[cobraman]

Very cool diorama.

[landman]

Love it.

[TonyK]

I've built many dioramas and enjoy looking at other people's work as I can appreciate what they've gone through to create their own. I like so many things you've done; the window, posters purposely NOT put up exactly straight, the display within a display and a bit of humor thrown in with the skeleton. Nicely built dragsters too.

[oldr-n-drt]

ANYBODY...have an ideal where those rocker assembly came from??need to find a pair...thanks oldr-n-drt

[ATHU]

Fantastic!! Superb work!!

[Lizard Racing]

Just freakin' amazing!  I see lots of work here.

[1320wayne]

On 4/2/2018 at 7:25 PM, oldr-n-drt said:

ANYBODY...have an ideal where those rocker assembly came from??need to find a pair...thanks oldr-n-drt

My memory keeps going back to the Revell Miss Deal Studebaker kit but I'm not sure if that's right.

[Thedragsterdude]

Love this, were you find all these engine parts? 

[Altered Ego]

It's almost like you got inside my head and built my dream garage!

[Zippi]

Great looking Diorama of a drag racing garage.  Pretty kewl man.

[Nicholas]

this reminds me of the aurora racing scenes 1/16 scale garage/funny car kits they used to sell back in the day!

[MAGIC MUFFLER]

Fantastic build!! I went to Mission Raceway in 1978 (from Victoria) so I was probably listening to you then if that's when you were announcing.

[jlucky]

On 7/25/2024 at 6:57 AM, MAGIC MUFFLER said:

Fantastic build!! I went to Mission Raceway in 1978 (from Victoria) so I was probably listening to you then if that's when you were announcing.

Hey Billy,

I'm afraid that wasn't me back then. Not sure who it was. My time behind the mic was from about 2012 to 2023. Thanks so much for the build compliment.

Cheers...Jerry