Movies/TV to Model by

For movies I enjoy the venerable "Top Gun" as well as Memphis Belle.  I do tune in the Military Channel though quite often as I actually find alot of inspiration there to keep plugging along on my armor and military subjects.

That's a sight I'd love to see: you walking around with a picture tube glued to your hand!

Sometimes I might put the Weather Channel on when I model my tornado chase vehicle, especially if there's a big weather event, such as a landfalling hurricane or a tornado outbreak. Unfortunately, it can be a distraction, in large part because the commercials are so annoying (BLEAH BLEAH BLEAH BLEAH BLEAH!) and the Weather Channel is so loaded with them, I spend more time hitting the mute button than working on the model!

Movies and television create a much better modeling backdrop for me than music, so I like this thread topic.

Military documentaries that I've recorded, like all of the "Wings of the....." series, classic 50's sci-fi, a good entertaining war movie like Kelly's Heroes or Tora, Tora, Tora, any movie with Godzilla or the Predator in it, or if I'm in for a long stint at the bench, any of the first 5 seasons of the X-Files that I have on DVD.

armornut wrote:

i've got a mind like a freight train....one track,cant watch t.v. and chew gum at the same time kudos to those who can though.

Armornut, I feel I'm in the same boat.  My dad built a TV holder which suspends from the ceiling.  Before I never watched TV while modeling, often prefering to just listen to talk radio.  Now, however, it seems like I can't work on a model without having some movie playing in front of me!  LOL!  But, like you, I'm not good at multitasking while the tube is on.  That's why I enjoy watching what I just call "brainless" movies.  I'm not saying they're BAD!  Far from it!  It's just that don't really need to have my brain paying 100% attention to it.  I could never watch anything like "The Departed", "Saving Pvt. Ryan" or "The Usual Suspects" on.  Those are movies you really find yourself glued to the TV.  Instead, I'll have movies such as:

All three Matrix movies

All the Godfather movies

Goodfellas

Star Wars

Sin City.....stuff like that.  I love those movies but I can focus more on my models between all the fight scenes, mob hits, laser battles and so on.

Eric

Have a mess of DVDs to watch....."Memphis Belle, 12 O'Clock High, Battle of Britian, [the old movie & the documentary]", & docunentary types, "War in the Pacific, Nat.Geo., U.S.S. Youktown, etc.". But on Friday nights only one show.....Dogfights!

I hear ya Armor. It seems I cant walk and talk at the same time either. 

For me its just a little background noise. I'm not really paying attention to it until there is a little downtime between activities in the room.

It helps create and maintain the atmosphere.

Mike

I like to have the Victory at Sea series on as background and visual relief.

I picked up the whole series for 3 bucks at a flea market and there is a wealth of ww2 footage that you juat have to watch over and over again.

Its not completely accurate but for 3 bucks who cares.

Mike