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most of you probably have seen this picture, because it is quite widespread and famous,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch




and popular enough to be featured in the movie « Cars » :




It had many versions across the years, begin repainted by passers-by :



and it also had many « cover versions » in the sense that it inspired similar alignments of things other than Cadillacs, e.g. trailers or VWs.


So it could be a good inspiration source for modeling, especially Whifs, with a potential for beautiful dioramas.
I can think of :

- an accurate model of the initial condition, with models of each of the Cadillacs (if they are available)

- other cars : there were variants with
   — VW Beetle / Bug,
   — VW Golf,
   — trailers,
   — Mini (the new kind)
we could imagine others (I have one in mind with Austin Mini Coopers)

- tanks

- aircraft

- trains

- boats

- what else?



Another source of variation is to consider other forms of alignments or accumulations :
examplea are :

- CarHenge, the cars replica of Stonehenge :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carhenge


- the Spindle sculpture :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_%28sculpture%29


what do you think? inspired?  ;)

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Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2014, 01:51:30 AM »
*snicker* I keep thinking of one with a bunch of F-16's.

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Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2014, 01:55:04 AM »
*snicker* I keep thinking of one with a bunch of F-16's.

excellent!
I could see one with F-100 SuperSabre's (because I have 5 of them)

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Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2014, 02:08:27 AM »
*snicker* I keep thinking of one with a bunch of F-16's.

Pretty little Lawn Darts, all in a row?

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Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2014, 03:14:15 AM »
*snicker* I keep thinking of one with a bunch of F-16's.
Some one did show a diorama at the Fayetteville, NC IPMS show way back in 1987 or 1988 that used a Jolly Green Giant figure tossing 1:72nd scale F-16s as lawn darts.  The JGG was around two or three feet in height and was originally some kind of advertising tool for the product line that some how ended up in the possession of a local modeler who put it to use in a funny little diorama.  The height of the JGG figure really did make the F-16s look like lawn darts. 
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Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2014, 04:11:44 AM »
 a first look at the Mini Ranch :
take five of these Mini's (actually, to my astonishent, not quite exactly Austin/Leyland Minis, but rather Honda N360 approximations, with a flatter backside) at 1/20 from Aoshima :



and cut them into pieces (two each : one back, one front).

The backs, with a bent, are lined like this (with appropriate colors, to my taste at least) :





The fronts can make for a nice alignment too :



The next step is to fix them on a support : I am thinking of oil on canvas, a neutral grey, so that all colors come out well.


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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2014, 07:32:00 AM »
good idea  :D .... at the price of Aoshima kits I'd have thought someone else's Cadillac kits would be cheaper to cut up.

I wonder if this is the same Mini kit my brother bought back in the 1970s ? He also got the similar-looking Honda kit.

I've collected a number of photos of heavily modified Minis over the years.
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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2014, 07:30:44 PM »
good idea  :D .... at the price of Aoshima kits I'd have thought someone else's Cadillac kits would be cheaper to cut up.

I wonder if this is the same Mini kit my brother bought back in the 1970s ? He also got the similar-looking Honda kit.

I've collected a number of photos of heavily modified Minis over the years.


These kits were quite cheap actually

the modified Mini looks great! some time ago I saw a shortened one, a bit like this :



It feels like trying to make one, but I have to find new cheap kits then ...

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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2014, 01:17:41 AM »



in the meantime, I have started something with 5 PM Models 1/72 F-100 ...

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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2014, 03:48:19 AM »



in the meantime, I have started something with 5 PM Models 1/72 F-100 ...

a quin-tuplane jet ? ;)

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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2014, 05:13:23 AM »
F-500?
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I am giving up listing them. They all end up on the shelf of procrastination anyways.

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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2014, 10:50:59 AM »

SuperSabre Ranch ...  ;)


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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2014, 12:10:37 PM »

Sabre ranch.

Century Series ranch.

Grumman Cat ranch.

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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2014, 08:57:47 PM »

Sabre ranch.

Century Series ranch.

Grumman Cat ranch.

excellent ideas, please go ahead, just do it !  :)

especially, having a series of different but related vehicles is in the spirit of the original Ranch ...


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Re: Mini Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2014, 10:06:42 PM »
here is a final version where I glued them on a stretched canvas, 20x100 cm, and added a grey background (so that colors come out best) : it is shown here in front of a white background








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SuperSabre Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #15 on: November 18, 2014, 08:33:09 PM »



in the meantime, I have started something with 5 PM Models 1/72 F-100 ...



here it comes :








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Re: SuperSabre Ranch Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2014, 06:40:39 PM »
here come the front ends!









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Minis in a row Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #17 on: December 07, 2014, 05:55:49 PM »
and here are the Minis fronts,in a row, on a black base, with grey (why? britishness?) background








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Re: Minis in a row Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2014, 05:13:29 AM »
I remember that ...... Minis coming at me out of the fog  :D

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playing with cars : 2cv 2-headed Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2014, 03:39:49 AM »
actually, it's not exactly a Whiff, just look at that :



but I changed the color  ;)








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Re: playing with cars : 2cv 2-headed Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2014, 04:54:20 AM »
 :) seems a bit short to me ..... can you cut it apart & insert a 36-foot limo section ?

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Re: playing with cars : 2cv 2-headed Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2014, 04:29:24 AM »
:) seems a bit short to me ..... can you cut it apart & insert a 36-foot limo section ?


aha, an interesting evolution in the concept indeed  ;)

and by the way, here are the backs, forming a nice salon on wheels :








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Re: playing with cars : 2cv 2-headed Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2014, 04:50:47 AM »
put a steering-wheel in the middle and you have a typical french vis-a-vis ! :)

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Re: playing with cars : 2cv and insect Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #23 on: December 24, 2014, 02:37:20 AM »

I just posted a play witth cars in another thread :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg81966#msg81966

something like this :



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half a Mini Re: playing with cars Re: variations on Cadillac Ranch
« Reply #24 on: December 29, 2014, 08:10:05 PM »
not exactly a whiff, as there are people doing that in 1:1 with working engine, it seems :



I saw one from a distance in Corsica one and a half year ago and finally got to trying it out :