As one of those that models a small scale tramway, one tends to heavily invoke the modellers licence; but what if your slightly obscure view of your small empire became reality?
X1 460 (an old Footscray Tram) leads SW6 964
X1 460 (an old Footscray Tram) leads SW6 964
across the crossover heading off to the football
Victoria Street is my little microcosm of the tramways that run in the western suburbs of Melbourne, while not true to any particular part that exists due to the ever dynamic streetscape that is an inner urban environment.
I have kitbashed various buildings with verandas together with rather local signage to offer an experience of familiarity. A combination of local and nostalgia breathes life to Victoria Street.
This weekend stuff did happen, my little empire may have cross pollinated life as we know it, because I for my own amusement had populated the local streetscape with small copies of the 1954 premiership banner poster from the long forgone Melbourne Herald newspaper celebrating the Footscray Bulldogs grand final victory.
The Milk Bar
The Servo
The Pub
The Signal Box at the gates.
Football (Australian rules) is much a part of Melbourne as its trams, the original suburban football grounds were/ are served by nearby tram routes, some even had spur lines or loops built nearby to handle the traffic on game day (every game then started at 2pm and finished about a quarter to five).
The club I follow are now called the Western Bulldogs, formally Footscray. The club has somewhat a tumultuous history featuring the combination of poor luck, decisions and financial management. It has survived through all these dramas, but has never been successful on the field, it has always been every one else's second favourite club.
This weekend I got to see my beloved Western (Footscray) Bulldogs play off in the AFL grand final, their first opportunity in fifty five years, then finally win their second premiership in sixty two years. I also managed to obtain a ticket to 'the big dance'.
time for an update
As you may guess, the entire inner western suburbs of Melbourne and beyond are at this stage painting and or decorating this region red, white and blue.
Somewhat a shade dusty under the wires in a red, white and blue neighbourhood.
Glenn
I've admired this model ever since the first section appeared on Carl Arendt's website. To use an old cliché, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, and I think a lot of that is down to little touches like these that appear small, but together create a deep sense of atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteThanks, and keep it up!
I've admired this model ever since the first section appeared on Carl Arendt's website. To use an old cliché, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, and I think a lot of that is down to little touches like these that appear small, but together create a deep sense of atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteThanks, and keep it up!