07 March 10

Figures at the Mannum Show

Left the busker alone for a while to get on with the dump truck (91 x 112 cm), which is going so well that I’ve abandoned everything else to push it to a swift conclusion. It is a wonderful, ancient, battered Terex dump truck, a faded green. I am very tempted to offer it for private sale.

Did take a couple of hours off to go to the Mannum Show in the hopes of photographing something good (like the old woman sitting alongside the diesel truck, who had been judging Miss Mannum Showgirl several years ago) but the best I could find was a livestock truck tucked away behind a shed, where I could crouch down and photograph the front axle without being seen, but unfortunately it had a leaf sprung suspension rather than a coil so the shape of the axle itself was completely different to one on the dump truck, part of which had been obscured behind a sheet of metal. Having finally worked out how the rear axle of a truck goes together, I’m now starting all over again on the front. Google never has quite the right image.

Decided to add a man digging to the dump truck. If anyone has the time, try feeding ‘man digging’ into Google Images. Every single image was of a man posed holding a spade, or pretending to dig but turning back and smiling! So, it was back to husband, Ken, who contorted himself into a pose that I thought looked like he was digging though he had great difficulty not falling over. The photos were terrific.
After the dump truck, hopefully I will be able to finish the busker, but will probably pack my paints and go up to Blinman to work on a little (71 x 71 cm)tar truck.

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