Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Land => Topic started by: ericr on October 07, 2014, 01:44:10 AM
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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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQBSnZRBg1Q/Ui3WHUkAaaI/AAAAAAAAGH4/N3pQiCyVacU/s1600/AntFarm_Cadillac.jpg)
and popular enough to be featured in the movie « Cars » :
(http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/dad4c6a8-f0ae-4f3d-8340-34313d7a8ddd.jpg)
(http://www.cuppacafe.com/images/blogimages/carstrailer1.jpg)
(http://www.houseofmove.com/b_images/Cars_poster1.jpg)
It had many versions across the years, begin repainted by passers-by :
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2271/5774036619_accb39eef9.jpg)
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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carhenge)
- the Spindle sculpture :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_%28sculpture%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_%28sculpture%29)
what do you think? inspired? ;)
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*snicker* I keep thinking of one with a bunch of F-16's.
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*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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*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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*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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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 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P9200203s_zps6983f72c.jpg)
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) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PA110086s_zpsf6ccae14.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PA110088s_zpse9ad30da.jpg)
The fronts can make for a nice alignment too :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PA110092s_zpsee4af6dd.jpg)
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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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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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 :
(http://www.marksaunders66.com/USERIMAGES/25~1%282%29.jpg)
It feels like trying to make one, but I have to find new cheap kits then ...
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in the meantime, I have started something with 5 PM Models 1/72 F-100 ...
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in the meantime, I have started something with 5 PM Models 1/72 F-100 ...
a quin-tuplane jet ? ;)
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F-500?
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SuperSabre Ranch ... ;)
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Sabre ranch.
Century Series ranch.
Grumman Cat ranch.
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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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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
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/mini-ranch-s_zps8614aca0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110207s_zpsf477dae0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110209s_zpsd52899e1.jpg)
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in the meantime, I have started something with 5 PM Models 1/72 F-100 ...
here it comes :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/supersabreranch-s_zps2158ae95.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110204s_zps5776430e.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110205s_zps03f2bf9a.jpg)
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here come the front ends!
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110199s_zps7b64571e.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110212s_zps2f14b2e6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/supersabre-s_zpsebaf5364.jpg)
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and here are the Minis fronts,in a row, on a black base, with grey (why? britishness?) background
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/mini-20-s_zps0cb9f01c.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110211s_zps90fa00e6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110210s_zps7a8a8bee.jpg)
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I remember that ...... Minis coming at me out of the fog :D
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actually, it's not exactly a Whiff, just look at that :
(http://www.2cv-legende.com/pompiers-var-2cv.jpg)
but I changed the color ;)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/2cv24c-s_zpsb36bac1b.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC040324-s_zps3c81dee9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC040327-s_zps10cdbcef.jpg)
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:) seems a bit short to me ..... can you cut it apart & insert a 36-foot limo section ?
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:) 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 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/2cv24b-s_zps8c297a0e.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC040332-s_zps8caa22f1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC040330-s_zpsb339b121.jpg)
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put a steering-wheel in the middle and you have a typical french vis-a-vis ! :)
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I just posted a play witth cars in another thread :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg81966#msg81966 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg81966#msg81966)
something like this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220449-s_zps8403eba0.jpg)
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not exactly a whiff, as there are people doing that in 1:1 with working engine, it seems :
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8037/8016655902_9dd66366a7_z.jpg)
I saw one from a distance in Corsica one and a half year ago and finally got to trying it out :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/mini-24-s_zpsd0bd4022.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC260004s_zpsa1aa0b37.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC260006s_zps277c444d.jpg)
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as noticed by eagle-eyed Tophe, I posted this in an aerospace group, whereas it belong to rolling/walking, i.e. "land" like here :
thanks all for your appreciation ;-)
I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
([url]http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg[/url])
here we go again, I used this one crossed with a 1/76 M16 halftrack (Revell, ex-Matchbox, with diorama) like this :
([url]http://www.modelys.fr/img/produit/m16-halftrack-revell-03228-modelys.jpg[/url])
And of course I did it both ways : the halftrack Oryctes Nasicornis :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/scarabeerhino-s_zps33ccc3e0.jpg[/url])
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180244s_zps6d31320a.jpg[/url])
([url]http://http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180242s_zpsc3b38074.jpg[/url])
on the diorama (itself also red-yellow-blue-ed) :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180245s_zpsb6172ab3.jpg[/url])
and the legged M16 :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/m16-s_zps5ff7844a.jpg[/url])
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180236s_zpse7db65b1.jpg[/url])
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180237s_zps2a35de7a.jpg[/url])