Posted on 04/22/2014 1:12:02 PM PDT by lowbridge
Yes. Nothing went to waste.
Apparently, burlap sacks made good clothing. I don’t know if this is a myth.
This man is pure awesomeness.
No wonder why it works so well.
Those models looked much better than the AMC/Revell plastic car models of my youth.
Sort of. He simply sets his model sets on a table in front of real scenery for the background, and gets the perspective just right. At the link, there are some pics of the up-close shots, then an away shot that shows the table with the models sitting in front of the real-life backgrounds. I did a few like that when I was a kid. My dad built a 1/16th scale AC Cobra that I used for the car. They weren't great, but they were often mistaken for the real thing at a glance.
Interesting, that didn’t look quite like a certain dam town near Brooklyn...
Dang, That guy has some serious skills!
Thanks for the post.
Seeing the old cars, reminded me of the Hubleys.
Sorry.
Reminds me of our Department 56 Christmas village that shows scenes from the 50’s...
It’s a matter of perspective and focal length and depth of field. Look at pics 4 & 5. 4 shows his table with model, set up out in a snowy back yard. Notice the paint brush at the top right corner of the table. Now image the camera at that level, with the film plane aligned with the line of the brush, and the artist standing at the diagonal corner.
The artist and the trees behind him are real, everything else sits on the card table.
Very cool work, and so detail oriented; it’d drive me to drink. I wouldn’t have that kind of patience.
Thanks, never heard of Dept. 56 b4.
Nice.
One blurb between the pics in the article states the car models are Danbury Mint and Franklin Mint models. They put out a lot of cool stuff.
I have a Franklin Mint 1958 Impala converable that is seafoam green and a Danbury Mint 1952 Chevy pickup that is dark green (both of which show up in his pics, but with different colors). I know a guy who has over 200 of them. I'm not certain, but looking at the web sites of both companies, it appears neither are producing these models anymore. Bummer.
Wow thanks for posting this. I have been a lover of miniatures for decades, have made many and have 2 dollhouses gathering dust now. The photos are just spectacular.
Oh, come on! You know that's not true. They would get some token guy like BO's former preacher to live in the community so they could celebrate their diversity. :;
It’s creepy. Like those old ‘60s movies where everyone in town has disappeared.
This reminds me of the small towns my grandparents lived in. Christmas of 1995 we went to the Stuttgart (Germany) Kristkringlemarkt. We were living there then. One large department store, Breuningerland, had removed their normal clothing section and allowed an artist to set up n the space. The large display was the cut-away of a large house, with all the rooms, baths, basement, work rooms, bedrooms, etc. It was to scale and all the little appliances and utensils “worked” You could purchase all the little things, and of all the years for them to be there, it would have to be the year we sent both boys off to college and were living almost hand-to-mouth, ourselves. I was not able to purchase a thing, but hoped to see them back again. It was not to be. It was so beautiful and amazing, though, that we spent most of that evening oohing and aahing over all t he sections and parts, utensils, etc. I love stuff like this. Just awesome! The train set that was posted on dailymail.co.uk/ is awesome, as well!
Ok....it’s fake.
I still want to go there.
The Hubley kit was the popular with us in the Model A club since most of the different types of cars were represented. If you can find them, the kits are selling for around $120.
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