502 and 902 Foden Flat Truck (1947-59)

Not as bright as Jans maybe but we do have some red roads in the U.K.

Hi Jonathan, I painted the roads red because the entire display was made of scrap material and I simply happened to have some remaining tins of red and grey and green paint at my loft. Although its all fantasy (only having the b/w picture available as a model), in my country and I presume in Britain too the far majority of the roads within built-up areas were brick roads before WWII. The result is brighter than brick red indeed, but that happened to be the colour the tin contained, a kind of naive, gay brick red. By the way, I only did not cut the pieces of glass of the cover myself, because it is too thick for amateur manually cutting and polishing. Kind regards, Jan

Jan, your display looks beautifully made and very professional - it makes my attempts feel very amatuer! Bright red roads give a lovely bright look lovely bright look which is in keeping with the diorama's simple charm. I don't know about brick, but wooden blocks were used to pave many London streets before WWII. I see that Meccano were happy to carry the mix of scales to extremes, including the tiny tram and AEC Q bus, and some aeroplanes! I see from the book 'Dinky Toys & Modelled Minatures' that the original board was offered for retail as well as shop display use - are any survivors known? Sorry that this is distracting from the original Foden topic - what is the best way to handle discussions which go off at a tangent?

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