Bobby Allison's "Coke Machine" completed, Look!

Hi Murry, Lowdog,

You are correct, LD, blurring the raised letters and airbrushing a ring of black just outside of the lug nuts.

If you look at a picture of a car in motion, snapped while focusing on the car itself, with the surroundings blurred:

It was while looking at one of these type pictures, that I realized that the cars are frozen in time, but the tires, track & background are blurred from the slow shutter speed of the cameraman..... it just seemed like displaying it as such, would be a dramatic way to pose it... the results are very satisfying indeed.

Thanks fella's, for all the kind words. I hope others experiment with this technique, for the possibilties are quite endless!


Taken in 1992, holding a model of one of Richards family cars.

Frank

Murray -
If you look closely at the wheels ( especially Photo 1 ) the wheels are stationary, i.e., the lugs do not appear to be moving, even if the image had been caught in "freeze frame". What you're seeing is Frank's outstanding job of blurring the tire sidewalls and lettering to give the illusion of speed. Again OH, I congratulate you on a job superbly done!!
Not bad for an "old timer"!
lowdog

That's awesome. I do like the background too, but I also noticed that you did something to the wheels to make them look like they were turning?? What did you do there??

Murray

Wow! Superb model, Frank. More like that, please!

Thanks Frosty,

I enjoyed that build quite a bit, and even though it required a lot of modifications, everything worked smooth as silk, generally the first time! Unusual in modeling these days, but accepted as provodence, as this was the one I've waited on the longest.

It's a good, solid kit, with a lot of building possibilities.

Thanks again,
Frank

coool ! that last photo makes me think i'm looking at an old copy of Road And Track ... i got that same monty lowrider kit last year but it's been sitting on the shelf while i tried to decide what to do with it. urs looks great !
frosty

Really nice work. I agree with everybody else, the background gives a really nice touch.

Looks great, keep it up.

Thanks guys,

I worked more today fitting a better background image, of course I'm not using an expensive imaging device, "Snappy", but it relates the idea of a moving background more effectively.

It's going to be mounted inside a display case (so the hood was sealed, but I replaced the plastic grill with a screen mesh so you can see the radiator and oil cooler ), for which the base is part of. The background image is attached to the back wall of the case, so there's a space between it and the wall, which gives it nice depth when looking at it.



This is the image I made for the website.

Thanks again!
Frank

Great looking build. Very nice job on the blurring, it really sets the kit off.

demono69

Looksgreat, hope to see more stuff in the future

OH -
Turned out great! What a sense of satisfaction you must be feeling to have completed your lifelong dream car. I'm excited for you. Your speed effect also turned out very nicely. So, now what's next on the workbench? Are you sticking to grayside/darkside, or are you thinking of something a little newer?
Good job!

lowdog

WOW! Backwards, !WOW. Awesome job Oldhooker! Thanks for sharing. How bout some engine and chassis shots?
Lee

Hi ya oldhooker ...

Really interesting subject ... and great technique. You posted some great pictures too .... thanks so much for sharing.

That looks really cool!! That background really does do a great job of giving it that 'in-motion' look.

Ray

looks great nice job.

Ooops..... sorry for the douple post... here's the picture that should have been #4.



Frank