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Copycat automotive design.
Lunajammer replied to Oldcarfan27's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Copycat automotive design.
Lunajammer replied to Oldcarfan27's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Copycat automotive design.
Lunajammer replied to Oldcarfan27's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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The 2022 Cannonball Run Year of Birth Build Thread
Lunajammer replied to disconovaman's topic in Community Builds
Nice Dennis, some great choices on the Club. Looking less like a concept car and more like a sports car. -
Mercury Cougar #1
Lunajammer replied to afx's topic in 1:1 Reference Photos: Auto Shows, Personal vehicles (Cars and Trucks)
I owned a 68 Cougar for about seven years and I totally relate to his comments like "love, hate relationship." It was an XR7 with a 302 and was clearly a cut above standard 289 Cougars in opulence and accessories. But vacuum power ran everything you could think of; brakes, carburetion, wipers, turn signals, headlights, pumps, gauges, etc. and when those hoses and diaphragms get old, cracked and pin-holed, the whole car becomes a gremlin village. -
I dunno, doesn't seem like a deal breaker to me. Probably just a case of needing to step away for a while. When you come back later these boulders of set backs and grief will seem like pebbles and you'll have a better view of how close you are to buttoning it up. It ain't over till the kinky six sings.
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I agree that it looks okay on some vehicles. I've been looking at the Hyundai Kona but I fear that nothing dates a car's look more than black plastic. Partly, as mentioned, it ages poorly, but also it usually means that later generations will have that part body color, which really makes the black plastic look even more dated.
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Sometimes. Just last night I helped a friend box up her mother-in-laws condo to be taken straight to the charity stores. She came from half way across the country for one week to do this task. It's winter. There's no rummage sale. I usually can't convince my friends to orchestrate rummage sales, they just want the stuff gone and let the charities decide what's trash or treasure.
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Yup. My nephew's wife, while in the USAF was a co-captain of one of these while he flew F-15s.
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Old '97
Lunajammer replied to Chuck Most's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Wow, really, really believable. -
AMT 50 Chevy patina truck
Lunajammer replied to Jantrix's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Imitation is greatest form of flattery is it not? Pretty cool. -
I love these answers because they are conclusive and confirm my findings as well but my brain keeps thinking I'm missing something. I did perspective lines too but I did not extend them to the vanishing point so they simply looked parallel. But that still confirms that they are at least not branching outward to the horizon. Excellent thought. In my Photoshop schooling we also did such an exercise and without perspective everything looks wonky.
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There is an optical illusion in racing stills that's perplexed me for years... decades, where there appears to be a false perspective. The car's far side appears wider than the near side, where you'd expect the opposite to be true. Like you can almost see the grill and the tail lights at the same time, as if the perspective is curving outward. I did some perspective measuring in Photoshop which told me that I'm wrong on some pics and inconclusive on others. Any thoughts from photographers, psychologists or nobel laureates?
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What is this yellow primer?
Lunajammer replied to NOBLNG's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I dunno man, I think the bed looks almost perfectly weathered. Maybe you could make a silk purse out of a sows ear and keep going with the distressed look somehow. Not sure what that next step would be though. -
ThunderCat: 58 TBird with 92 Cougar roof: a contemporary Custom
Lunajammer replied to Claude Thibodeau's topic in Model Cars
Okay, that interior requires some extra looksie. Very sophisticated. My barristers are debating the cat roof, but anything different is good, right? Still, everything lives up to the usual Thibodeau jaw drop. You need to start charging admission. -
Looked at this while at work (graphic design office) and discussed it with my partner in crime. We both agree that this is a valuable tool toward helping people becoming fine arts painters. It helps you to see light and dark and their relationships, helps you learn the qualities of acrylic paint and canvas and leaves you the option to experiment with mixing and blending. When viewing exhibits of emerging artists, it's easy to spot the beginners because they always go too light. Committing to using bold darks can be intimidating. This kind of painting can help you see the value of, well, color values. That gives an artist the confidence to go richer in their own fine arts expressions.
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Another amazing Paul Hettick model
Lunajammer replied to peteski's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Also, not to be overlooked, is there were 55 bids. I don't care what your art is, if you've developed such a consistent reputation for quality that loyal buyers will haggle to own one then you've earned that price. -
Another amazing Paul Hettick model
Lunajammer replied to peteski's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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The 2022 Cannonball Run Year of Birth Build Thread
Lunajammer replied to disconovaman's topic in Community Builds