As some of you may know,
I grew up in Los Angeles, California, before moving out to Northern Arizona.
What most of you don't know, is that I grew up hanging out in the riverbed until I was about 16.
Now, in Los Angeles, quite a bit of riverbed is concrete, not just dirt and wash.
Ever see the movie Them, about giant ants?
That's where I hung out alot.
I did things like learn how to drive a car, and motorcycles there.
Yes, it was illegal then, just like now.
But back then, kids could pretty much get away with anything, except murder.
Fast forward to now, where I own quite a few Trans Ams, my favorite being the 1989 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am, and being into diecast, I though, why not combine the two together?
Now, to have fun, I had to track down some Police cars, and to set the scene in Los Angeles, I had to have some Los Angeles Police Cars, and/or California Highway Patrol (Chips) vehicles.
Why CHP?
Well, because the riverbeds are always alongside the Freeways, and if a chase started on the Freeway, they would chase anywhere until it ended.
Now, I did get me some Los Angeles County Sheriff cars, but I didn't use them in this diorama.
I can change out the cars and such, and I do have to add backgrounds to it, but in the end, I thought it came out pretty well.
I did the whole thing is 1/18th scale, and I even set up some red/orange cones, like even doing a autocross.
I did use some custom Harleys and I even used a CHP motorcycle.
Sorry for the lighting, as I took these inside my glass display case.
I do need to take it outside, on a table, and do the whole thing right, but I wanted to show people my project.
I can also change out cars and such, and overall, it is/was fun to do/make.
How did I do it?
If anyone goes into a toy store (even Wal Mart and KMart sells these), there are are items called finger skateboards for sale.
They make, besides the actual scakeboards, small displays for using them with your fingers, using actual places where the real sport is used.
In this case, I used the riverbed scene.
It cost $19.95 for just one section (and I used 4 sections).
However, sometimes these small sets go on sale.
This one did, just after Christmas last year
So I got them way cheap.
So, I picked up 4 of them for this display of mine, and had to cut them, as they are made on an angle going upwards, to make them level, and glue them all 4 together, to make the one large section.
I just used grey foamboard for the bottom, and I had a finished product.
Like I said, I have to get some nice photos, to add scenes in the background, and sky about the top.
I will use skyscrapers, as this is close to the downtown part of Los Angeles.
I finally got around to taking some pictures of them, to post up.
I hope you all enjoy seeing this.
It was fun for me to make up.
Let me know what you think.
George :beach:
I grew up in Los Angeles, California, before moving out to Northern Arizona.
What most of you don't know, is that I grew up hanging out in the riverbed until I was about 16.
Now, in Los Angeles, quite a bit of riverbed is concrete, not just dirt and wash.
Ever see the movie Them, about giant ants?
That's where I hung out alot.
I did things like learn how to drive a car, and motorcycles there.
Yes, it was illegal then, just like now.
But back then, kids could pretty much get away with anything, except murder.
Fast forward to now, where I own quite a few Trans Ams, my favorite being the 1989 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am, and being into diecast, I though, why not combine the two together?
Now, to have fun, I had to track down some Police cars, and to set the scene in Los Angeles, I had to have some Los Angeles Police Cars, and/or California Highway Patrol (Chips) vehicles.
Why CHP?
Well, because the riverbeds are always alongside the Freeways, and if a chase started on the Freeway, they would chase anywhere until it ended.
Now, I did get me some Los Angeles County Sheriff cars, but I didn't use them in this diorama.
I can change out the cars and such, and I do have to add backgrounds to it, but in the end, I thought it came out pretty well.
I did the whole thing is 1/18th scale, and I even set up some red/orange cones, like even doing a autocross.
I did use some custom Harleys and I even used a CHP motorcycle.
Sorry for the lighting, as I took these inside my glass display case.
I do need to take it outside, on a table, and do the whole thing right, but I wanted to show people my project.
I can also change out cars and such, and overall, it is/was fun to do/make.
How did I do it?
If anyone goes into a toy store (even Wal Mart and KMart sells these), there are are items called finger skateboards for sale.
They make, besides the actual scakeboards, small displays for using them with your fingers, using actual places where the real sport is used.
In this case, I used the riverbed scene.
It cost $19.95 for just one section (and I used 4 sections).
However, sometimes these small sets go on sale.
This one did, just after Christmas last year
So I got them way cheap.
So, I picked up 4 of them for this display of mine, and had to cut them, as they are made on an angle going upwards, to make them level, and glue them all 4 together, to make the one large section.
I just used grey foamboard for the bottom, and I had a finished product.
Like I said, I have to get some nice photos, to add scenes in the background, and sky about the top.
I will use skyscrapers, as this is close to the downtown part of Los Angeles.
I finally got around to taking some pictures of them, to post up.
I hope you all enjoy seeing this.
It was fun for me to make up.
Let me know what you think.
George :beach:
