Model Car Pictures

[halfdome, Danny]

Model car pics
An album of some impressive model auto work.

click here Danny

[caseydog]

Sweet. But when it comes to building a model car, this guy blows EVERYONE out of the water...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeUMDY01uUA

CD

[caseydog]

BTW, Danny, the Photoshop work of mixing the model elements with the real background elements was done well. I can tell the difference between the models and the real stuff, but I knew to look for models. If I took a quick look without knowing, I probably would have been fooled.

Very cool.

CD

[halfdome, Danny]

From the authors website. Danny

Our past is a powerful draw and in so many ways we try to capture it in order to explain it to ourselves.

What started out as an exercise in model building and photography, ended up as a dream-like reconstruction of the town I grew up in. It's not an exact recreation, but it does capture the mood of my memories.
And like a dream, many of the buildings show up in different configurations throughout the photos. Or sometimes, the buildings stay put and the backgrounds change.
Visually, this is heading towards the realm of ART.
NO PHOTOSHOP WAS USED IN THESE PICTURES. IT'S ALL STRAIGHT FROM THE CAMERA.
It's the oldest trick in the special effects book:
line up a model with an appropriate background and shoot.
The buildings are 1/24th scale [ or 1/2 inch equals a foot ]. They are constructed of Gator board, styrene plastic, Sintra [ a light flexible plastic that can be carved, and painted ] plus numerous found objects; such as jewelery pieces, finishing washers and printed material.

[Corwin C]

We tried to do this in college ... had some pretty convincing pictures, but nothing like this.

Thanks for sharing.

[steve smoot]

Well, I used to build model cars, or least I thought I did...this guy is amazing...sure makes me wish it was 1960 again...

[rebapuck]

Are you saying he built the model cars? or the sets?

[halfdome, Danny]

Are you saying he built the model cars? or the sets?

About Michael Paul Smith / Michael Paul Smith
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I was born in 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It is still my Spiritual Geographical Center even though I have been living in New England now for over 40 years.
My model making skills are an accumulation of numerous and varied jobs I've had over the years. Everything from text book illustrator, wallpaper hanger and house painter, designer of museum displays, architectural model maker, and art director for retail stores.
My love of the 20th Century has been a constant inspiration for all of my work.
Joined: March 2008
Hometown: Sewickley Pa. Currently: Boston Ma, USA
I am: Male and Taken Occupation: Handy man aka unemployed

[planovet]

Sweet. But when it comes to building a model car, this guy blows EVERYONE out of the water...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeUMDY01uUA

Amazing...

[halfdome, Danny]

My next visit to San Diego, Calif. this is on my list along with the California Surf Museum in the neighboring city, Oceanside, Calif. Danny