'37 Ford Snowmobile

[miwi]

This my first posting so I want to use this to show you an older model taht I build during winter 2011/2012.










I'll try the first time hair spray technique


I had been working on the tracks. The small wheels will be from a 1/35 Willys Jeep. I

[miwi]

Here some more pictures

[miwi]

Snow made out of Woodland Scenic Snow powder.
On this project I tried the first time Distress Crackle Paint to get a different look on weathered wood. I first sprayed the wood strips with black ink and then I applied several coats of Weather Wood , Picket Fence, Old Paper and Frayed Burlap.  To get  a deeper apperance of the cracks I used black ink, which wasn't that what I want.  You can see this on the two far left wood strips and the two  smaller stripes. Therefore I used The Detailer Black to get a  different look. This was used on all other wood strips.
Any comments are welcome.






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[miwi]

Any comments are welcome!

[Chuck Doan]

That's an interesting vehicle. I like the grill cover.

[finescalerr]

Thank you for posting those photos. I like what you built. -- Russ

[Geoff Ringle]

I like the snow machine you built.   The blue background is hurting your photo presentation.  The machine looks good on the snow drift base. A white background would look like "white out" conditions and eliminate the visual competition of the blue.   As it is, the first "read" is the high contrast delineation between the blue and snow.

[finescalerr]

Geoff makes a good point and I'd like to expand on it a little:

Most of us pay little attention to the background when we shoot photos. Some, as you, go to the trouble of providing a background but either take shortcuts or don't know the proper way to create one. Usually, for a model, a "seamless" backdrop is ideal and white often works best. "Seamless" means no wrinkles, no horizon line, no other distractions. Use a long strip of paper from a roll (not a bed sheet or tablecloth). Tape it to a wall or window, let it curve onto a table, secure it with tape, and put the model on it.

Even if you are merely displaying a model, it will look better if there is something behind it to finish off the scene and draw attention to the focal point. For example you could curve a sheet of styrene and set it behind the model on the contest table. Not only would that draw attention to the model itself but also on YOUR model because nobody else may have thought of it.

While this isn't really the thread for such thoughts I wanted to offer them anyway -- to anybody who hasn't thought about this subject. Hope I gave you some ideas.

Russ

[Terry Harper]

From my archives 











Best regards,

Terry

[miwi]

terry
is it possible to get some bigger pictures of these pages?

Michael

[marc_reusser]

This is fun and interesting subject and build.

On a critical note, the thing that stands out to me a bit is the cleanliness of the engine. I know that snow would not accumulate, but over time, grime dirt, pine needles, leaves and oil would all accumulate and collect in the corners...even if the engine regularly gets wiped down.

[Ray Dunakin]

Looks like a fun build!