Landships II

A couple of years ago, I came across a smallish photo of a beautiful diorama by Erik Trauner of the wonderful Austro-Daimler armoured car of 1904. Superbly crafted and imaginatively posed and photographed, it is a wonderful diorama. A few minutes ago, to my delight, I found a new website by Herr Trauner with several big photos of his creation:

http://www.diorama-dreamland.at/gal/austrodaimler/index.htm

My delight is tempered, however, by this note:

(unfortunately this diorama was destroyed during an exhibition)

I should add that the rest of his site is a sheer joy:

http://www.diorama-dreamland.at/

-- Edited by Roger Todd at 00:41, 2007-04-02