............ I founded the Official GTR Owners club in the US over 6 years ago so thats sort of what I do for living. I helped Nissan on some GTR driving events this past year. thats where the helmet on the shelf came from. There were 3 events and i went to the first one. When Mizuno-San came to the 3rd the event he signed a few things and they sent me one of the Kyosho cars as a thank you. I also had a piece of the engine bay on my car signed............
That's pretty cool memorabilia - especially when you are connected to it.
Some snaps of my second Lamborghini (1:18 AutoArt) minus the inside rearview mirror. ..................
Might get better results when I can get some sunshine to help.
Did you say 'snaps'?
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Long time since I spoke to someone who spoke English.
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I use Daylight a lot - it's my preferred lighting. However - my lifestyle rarely permits me time in the day to take my cars out for some sunshine, so most times I'm shooting my 'hobby' shots (snaps
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) I'll be working with artificial lighting - which of course plays hell with colour temp - so getting realistic colour (let alone 'realistic' detail) is not easy work. Daylight environments tend to help me more with the realism of light and shadow as perceived by us when in 'normal vision' mode; studio lighting of course is the way I go when shooting in display or 'layout' mode.
On a tangent, though, artificial lighting helps me in other, more creatively complex situations, such as Diorama shoots.
That Lambo is mine, BTW - not sure how it ended up in your hands.
And both AUTOarts have arrived
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Would you watch the drool on those cars, please? My keyboard is wet and I'm only looking at pictures.
Yes, definitely looking forward to the panorama shots.
Very nice detail on the Lambo - a bit more bokeh on the surroundings would be nice, IMO, but otherwise masterful shots.
As for the car . . . hold on while I wipe the saliva off the keys here . . .
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To me, 1:43 scale is perfect.
For some reason I can't really wrap my head around the 1:18s. They're just too big for me. A little bigger and I would be tempted to climb into them. As it is, the ones I have got get their insides poked at with my fingers, steering, seats, pedals and all. The amazing detail in the 1:18s also boggles. You want to lock them up under glass because you're scared that something will break off or the paint gets chipped and so on. I feel more comfortable with the 1:24s. But like you, my favourite size has always been 1:43s - easy to handle, more robust in construction, easy to store, a lot more inexpensive (or should I say a lot less expensive
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) and as technology evolves constantly with the wealth of competition out there, the quality of craftsmanship is vigorously being honed to it's finest and we're getting the kind of quality in the smaller scales that we were taught to only expect from the bigger scales. So more great 1:43s are coming out, and I check them out (IRL - not via 'net) whenever I visit one of the many, many hobby/craft stores around Toronto - and it's pretty easy to put down a bundle - and also walk out with a boxload of cars.
Storage . . . storage . . . we need to keep this in mind.
Lately, however, I have begun to pick up more 1:32s . . . and having noticed this trend in me, I now have to watch myself when I go shopping. Many of my Diorama stages are for 1:43s and the 1:32s do look kind of strange sitting in them.
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