Speedway dirt track oval diorama by Perth and Districts Model Club, Western Australia.

[alan barton]

Hi everyone,

MichaelF asked about this display that he could see in the background of our Modular Hot Rod Show diorama that I posted last week.

The club has displayed this track about four times now in both our annual NNL, the Model Car Spectacular,  and the WA Classic Speedway Club open day.  Like all our displays, it is designed to be knocked down for easy transport and storage.

The fence is made from strips of MDF that were wet and then forced into a curve with ropes and weights and allowed to set in the sun for several days.  It took numerous applications to get it right but it does the job well.

The dirt came from the ultra fine dust found in the Australian Outback, commonly referred to as bulldust and universally hated because it gets into every nook and cranny f your car - once there it is there forever!  I collected a couple of kilos of it on a road trip so that we could use it for displays like this.  Being so fine it works out nicely to scale ( and colour) for a dirt track.  It is sprinkled over PVA ( white glue) and then a weak mix of water and white glue is sprayed over the whole thing to lock it in place.

About eight  club members contributed to this display.   In case you haven't guessed we are pretty keen speedway fans and try to model all classes and eras of dirt track race cars (and bikes!) We built both American and Australian style race cars.

Cheers

Alan

[alan barton]

I didn't have many photos of the full track in my first post so I found these taken in October when we displayed at the WA Classic Speedway Spectacular.  It was a great day and the display was well received by the patrons.  A lot of our models are replicas of actual Western Australian speedway cars so the drivers showed a lot of interest as well!

[DerekV]

It's always nice when professionals appreciate the work)

[TonyK]

This is great! A lot to look at and enjoy. Thanks for the pictures.

[Roger U]

That's an impressive diorama. So many cars and they look right for the setting. The damage to the wrecked cars is very well done. 

[PatW]

This is fantastic! Where does this live as you must have a garage or large clubhouse?

[ChrisR]

Impressive!

[Michael F]

Alan,

thank you so much for hearing me and posting these great pics !!!

How many people took part on this dio?

I like dioramas very much, especially on racing, this one os outstanding, even the watertruck is there.

Again, big thanks to you for posting it 👍👍👍

 

[alan barton]

On 12/25/2024 at 4:52 PM, PatW said:

This is fantastic! Where does this live as you must have a garage or large clubhouse?

Something we always try to do with our club dioramas is make them easy to transport and store.  This is basically just a flat board with mud stuck on -  the fences and other items are pinned on and easily removed. The models go back to the homes of their respective builders and we plan for next year. Meanwhile the board takes up minimal space in someone's shed in case it gets a second outing!

Cheers

Alan

[alan barton]

On 12/27/2024 at 6:40 PM, Michael F said:

Alan,

thank you so much for hearing me and posting these great pics !!!

How many people took part on this dio?

I like dioramas very much, especially on racing, this one os outstanding, even the watertruck is there.

Again, big thanks to you for posting it 👍👍👍

 

Hi Michael, my pleasure!!! 

The first time that we displayed this diorama we had about eight participants and the second time about ten.  The last time there was just me and a friend and we also had some models on loan from another club member making three. Both my friend Rob and I have about 100 dirt track racers each!!!  We are fortunate to belong to a very active club and the car modellers are the most active group within the club. 

Cheers

Alan

[Thedragsterdude]

This is awesome Alan, that must of took a lot of work those cars are cool and that track with cars is insane

[PHPaul]

VERY cool!  So much to look at, hard to take it all in in one visit.

What scale?