Friday, July 15, 2016

Diorama Le Mans 1966



To prepare for the 1966 24 hours of Le Mans, Ford rented part of the large Peugeot dealership near the city of Le Mans. The 3 teams entering MkIIs for the race shared  the same location. SAI (Shelby) prepared the # 1 (The blue car) #2 (the future winner) and #3 (the red car) H & M (Holman & Moody) had the # 4 - 5 and 6 and Alan Mann had the #7  (silver) and #8 (yellow).
I choose to present the Shelby cars in my diorama.
The winner (#2) is the kit I showed in my previous post: the highly detailed kit by PROVENCE MOULAGE. The #3 in a kit by TESTOR (based on the UNIVERSAL HOBBY kit, itself based on the JOUEF EVOLUTION one) that I chose for its opening parts. I modified it, the original kit being imperfect. The #1 is a kit by MARSH MODELS. This car raced with red "flames" on the front fenders added prior to the race. This diorama represents the Peugeot garage during practice therefore I chose to make this car without them.


The MkIIs in the Peugeot Garage:











The Diorama:













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