AREA 88 : "East Africa Safari Rally"

Jv
Looks interesting taking a seat

Greg Baker
It's a bit of a "blink and you'll miss it" one. I discovered a "lost" scene from Area 88 and got inspired to add to my 1/144 series of mini dioramas.

There's a scene that was removed from most editions because the Safari Rally scene has some distasteful "ooga booga" drawings of African natives. Still, I'm not a fan of historical censorship… but beyond that, it's a great Rally Car battle scene between a Porsche 911 and the legendary Datsun Z. So, a quick search for 3D files, some modifications to add the rally car lights and a run through my resin printer, and here we are.

Needed a bit of sanding and some primer, but the real challenge will be applying tiny transparent decals.

Jv
Sound's even more interesting now Greg

bughunter
Oh , a speed build of fast cars 👍
You don't have to be afraid of the tiny decals!

Jv
Very nice Greg how did you paint the board the cars are on looks fantastic
More pics please

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Awesome work ! Congrats !

Greg Baker
Thanks Julian! It was a fun little project.

Jv - I didn't paint the wooden base... that would've been too hard. Like all my Area 88 1/144 projects, I use a homemade transparent decal. Basically I just print off the scene from the manga onto water slide decal paper, spray, pray, and slide it on to a slab of wood. The big decals are quite challenging to get into the right position without getting folded or torn, but afterwards I think they look very cool.

Jv
I agree looks great
Great way to display it
First time I seen it
Thanks for sharing

Greg Baker
Thanks Jv. You're not the first person I've mystified with the decals on the base. 😉

Daniel Klink
Very cool greg!
Back on track better than ever👍👍👍👍🤛

Nils Steyaert
i got to hand it to you, Greg, you really pulled of a hard-to-build diorama.
making rally cars in 144 scale is nearly impossible at this scale, fantastic job! 👍

Greg Baker
Thanks Nils! Coming from you, that means a lot! After I found a "missing" few pages from Area 88 that I never knew existed, the inspiration just hit me. I've got an idea for a couple of other 1/144 scale car dios... including a pair of Lincoln Continentals racing through the jungle and an F1 scene (or two) from the Shintani manga titled "Gentle Man". So, stay tuned!

If you want to read the "lost" pages - check out the full story on my blog - strobez.ca/wp/index...afari-rally-area-88/

Spanjaard
great job Greg!