"Airfield" photos

[willysmb44]

I took my 1/18 scale mustang onto my back deck, took my 1/20 (die cast) slat grille MB and got some decent photos, I think:

My favorite of the bunch:

[FightenIrish35]

looks pretty cool to me!

[gwb123]

I think they call that "forced perspective". The viewer has an inate understanding of what the relative size of each subject should be, so the mind makes an interpretation that the jeep must be in the far distant background of the aircraft.

 

A similar technique is used on Mainstreet in Disneyland. The "two story" buildings are actually shorter than that, but the windows and details on the upper level are actually smaller than they are on the "ground floor".

I believe in Disneyworld they had more funding available and the two story buildings really are two stories.

 

Maybe Disney Dave can enlighten us?

[The Meatcan]

great pix! nicely done

[Mercenary25]

Cool pics, I should try it sometimes.

[willysmb44]

I think they call that "forced perspective". The viewer has an inate understanding of what the relative size of each subject should be, so the mind makes an interpretation that the jeep must be in the far distant background of the aircraft.

It wasn't that much of a forced perspective, as 1/18 and 1/20 aren't that far off at all. That Jeep was probably at least 3 feet away when I took the photo (I couldn't get it further back without showing the wall of the house). Still, I think it worked because it wasn't that far off and the effect is reasonably subtle. The concrete is pretty rough in that scale, but I think it worked decently. I didn't have any figures that actually looked like real people, though. I really want to get my 1/18 scale P-47 and do these again, as that 'Jug' has a prop that spins far more freely, I think I could make the prop look like it was spinning at full throttle. I used this plane first because I think it's simply a better model of the real thing.

The P-47 I have is exactly like this: http://www.largescaleplanes.com/preview/21.../p47_odgrey.jpg

[disneydave]

I think they call that "forced perspective". The viewer has an innate understanding of what the relative size of each subject should be, so the mind makes an interpretation that the jeep must be in the far distant background of the aircraft.

 

A similar technique is used on Main Street in Disneyland. The "two story" buildings are actually shorter than that, but the windows and details on the upper level are actually smaller than they are on the "ground floor".

I believe in Disney World they had more funding available and the two story buildings really are two stories.

 

Maybe Disney Dave can enlighten us?

 

 

Correct.

 

The buildings on the street level are built at 7/8ths scale; the second floors were built at 5/8th scale, while any three story buildings had the top level constructed at 1/2 scale. FYI, the names on the windows on the buildings are a special honor for those who have made significant contributions to the Disney Company. The occupations that accompany the names coincide with that persons contributions. For example:

 

Inscription: "Golden Vaudeville Routines - Wally Boag - Prop." Boag played the role of Pecos Bill in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue in Frontierland.

 

Inscription: "Evans Gardens - Exotic & Rare Species - Freeway Collections - Est. 1910 - Morgan (Bill) Evans - Senior Partner." Evans was the original landscaper for Disneyland. When the park was about to open, they ran out of plant material, so Evans put placards in front of weeds with their Latin names to impress the guests.

 

There are several dozen named windows. On our family trip to Disneyland this past summer I noticed the Company finally put one up in honor of Walt Disney himself - it's very fancy and appears to be reverse painted glass with gold leaf - very ornate and fancy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

nscription: Golden Vaudeville Routines - Wally Boag - Prop.

Wally Boag was the original Pecos Bill in the original Golden Horseshoe Revue. He also wrote the show for the never materialized Chinatown project described in the Nickel Tour. You can still hear him as he did the voice for Jose in the Enchanted Tiki Room.

[packratt713]

I love the Black and White Photo

I took my 1/18 scale mustang onto my back deck, took my 1/20 (die cast) slat grille MB and got some decent photos, I think:

My favorite of the bunch: