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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

T is for Tom's Vineyard

Like Martha's, but smaller, much, much smaller! These wing'ned their way here from the Antipodes last week at the same time as yesterday's Mecki cards were being wung-over from the big apple, with more from Chris arriving on the same day, a sort of Autumn toy-harvest!

Australian Diorama; Bollinger Australia; Grape husbandry; Modelling; Noch Farmers; Plastic Diorama; Plastic Model Diorama; Plastic Model Vineyard; Plastic Vineyard; Preiser Farmers; Preiser. Noch; Shop Display; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Diorama; Toy Vineyard; Toy Viticulture; Viticulture; Window Display; Window Dressing;
Tom Clague spotted this window display for 'Bolly' Bollinger in a wine shop in Oz, and managed to get a few shots off in passing for the readers of Small Scale World; a full-on HO-gauge compatible diorama of a vineyard . . . after a fashion - I'm not sure how many 'Chateau' look like semi-detached, Victorian railway cottages!

Australian Diorama; Bollinger Australia; Grape husbandry; Modelling; Noch Farmers; Plastic Diorama; Plastic Model Diorama; Plastic Model Vineyard; Plastic Vineyard; Preiser Farmers; Preiser. Noch; Shop Display; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Diorama; Toy Vineyard; Toy Viticulture; Viticulture; Window Display; Window Dressing;
I think we looked at the Preiser version of the little motorised horse when I covered the carts and wagons (and nudes - as I predicted; the post with the most traffic out of the series!) a few years ago, but there's some pretty violent pruning going on - it has to be said, the lady on the right has clearly taken against some sour-looking samples and is despatching them like the grim reaper, with a scythe!

Australian Diorama; Bollinger Australia; Grape husbandry; Modelling; Noch Farmers; Plastic Diorama; Plastic Model Diorama; Plastic Model Vineyard; Plastic Vineyard; Preiser Farmers; Preiser. Noch; Shop Display; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Diorama; Toy Vineyard; Toy Viticulture; Viticulture; Window Display; Window Dressing;
While Tom pointed-out the less than orthodox pruning being employed by the chap in the centre here, indeed with the exception's of the driver and 'bo-peep' with her rake, all the workers are wielding scythes - clearly this is the new laurel-privet school of grape husbandry!

Australian Diorama; Bollinger Australia; Grape husbandry; Modelling; Noch Farmers; Plastic Diorama; Plastic Model Diorama; Plastic Model Vineyard; Plastic Vineyard; Preiser Farmers; Preiser. Noch; Shop Display; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Diorama; Toy Vineyard; Toy Viticulture; Viticulture; Window Display; Window Dressing;
I had to cut someone's head off for this image, but as he claimed to be 'no 007' he'll probably be relieved at the retained anonymity. Although, if Bond's main role was spotting toy and model figures while out and about, you'd be a shoe-in for the role Tom; thank you very much, for a charming if anachronistic glimpse at viticulture Down Under!

I'm guessing Hornby resin for the cottages, Preiser or Noch for plastic figures and accessories and people like Noch, Beka, Heki or H&M for the trees and landscaping?

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