A bit too much wine, a curved road, and a couple of Harleys are presented in this dio accident scene constructed as part of a group build at the LEM.

The dio combines the Italeri Dodge ambulance, Tamiya's motorcycles, and various figures from Nemrod, Warrior's and Royal Model's. The wine bottles are from Verlinden.

The base is pink construction foam shaped to form a gentle road curve along with the adjacent road side ravine. The ravine contours are formed from newspaper strips soaked in plaster of paris, and then finished with model railroading scenery materials.

The Harleys have a bit of detail added to them, including seat springs, and front fender and rear storage area metal support strips. The Harley in the tree has been modified to present a twisted front fork, sheared off wheel, and bent handle bars and frame damage.

The "dead tree" came off an old tree limb in my back yard.

This was a fun one to build

Thanks for looking.

Steve

very nice, i can imagine the headache the driver will wake up in hiospital with!

Hi
Excellent modelling and painting. nice to tell a story, adding interest to great modelling skills.

My only comment on an otherwise excellent diorama is that considering the somewhat unstable location of the crashed Harley and the possibility of it falling would the medic and the injured soldier not move to a safer position to tend his injuries.

Alan

Nice work. Also like the sign...'dangerous curves ahead'....quite clear now, but a bit too late for those harley-drivers

Very nice Steve,

Brilliant sign, very well modelled Harleys, nice groundwork.

I only have one negative comment though. It appears that the motorcycle rider has oversteered and the skid marks indicate that it occurred at low speeds, not really fast enough to get airborne and stuck on a tree branch! At a high speed (capable of becoming airborne), it would be more likely the rider would understeer and end up plummeting off to the left hand side of the road. I don't know about you but I find it difficult to oversteer on a tight curve at high speeds, especially on a motorcycle.

My comments are not intended to take anything away from your imaginative and otherwise brilliant diorama.

Chas

I like it!!I like the groudwork .But I have to agree with Chas' negative comment!! .

Great DIo, I like the layout and the workmanship here. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the replies. My appreciation for taking the time to post and make comments.




I drive a Harley and freely admit that the scene shown here is not something I would want to personally be involved in

I also know that in this world, just about anything is possible---and in this dio, it's possible

Steve

Hi Steve. As already mentioned .... great dio. Great groundwork and the sign at the back both adds to the scene and the storyline. Overall, I think its a very smart dio ... how its all tied together. I can´t comment on the understeer or oversteer of a 1/35 scale model, but where booze is concerned, anything is possible!!!

Hi Steve,

Nice to see this one out and about. Excellent composition, with a sense of humor and attention to detail. The Figd and ground work look great and I really like the work you did on the Dodge.

The bike in the tree is a gem and the thinking sound.

What to go

Al

Hi there

I think when you are drunk and out of control it would have been quite reasonable for the wobble to have set in way off scene and for the bike to have launched off such a sturdy post to reach the tree like that so close.

Only thing that catches my eye is the chains on the tyres of the meat wagon in what looks like easy 4x4 territory.

Love the ideas in this wee scene if the tyres could be swapped.

Plenty vino -collapso!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the very best

Nige

Great dio! As a long time biker guy whose first Harley was a 1942 WLA my only comment is the front end would have bent back into the frame with such an impact. Having had an unexpected high speed dismount from a springer forked Harley it broke the welds on the front section that is the suspension mechanism. They came apart where they were welded to crosspiece the springs sit on and were slightly bowed. The rear unsprung fixed forks bent back at their cross piece below the neck stem. The wheel was bent to the side, and of course the tire went flat.

The WLA motor displaced a meager 45 cubic inches, and running full speed downhill driven by a little rider with a good tail wind might hit 75 - 80 mph on a good day. That's hardly fast enough to snap a wheel off at the rockers and taking them with it. The springer, when ridden hard over a rough surface would "pogo" which was a bouncing effect that made it really difficult to control, especially when it was out of phase with the road surface. Eventually a shock absorber was added in front of and to the middle of the springs to contain the effect. Despite that there was still a degree of lateral instability with handling as the wheel could move toward the forks at high speed leans so it was no longer running parallel between them. This was especially pronounced if the spring preloads were too different from one another. Again, this is the voice of experience. I still have traces of the scars....

i like it..
i llike the chains on the ambo too..
good job

Smithy

See, just when you think you have looked at the whole diorama... Well spotted Smithy...
An easy to establish story line will pull the viewers in Steve. Well done!
My favourite is the blend of short grass/moss on the embankment; quite real
Cheers
Brad

Steve,
Excellent dio.
If you wanted to add a touch more humor you could place a figure of a curvaceous local female nearby. Between your sign, the booze, and the vehicle in the tree it would be amusing!

very nice...i like the groundwork..bottles with cork on. thanks for sharing.

I bet he wont do that again!...cool dio,Steve

Thanks for all your comments gentlemen. Much appreciated!