I had posted these links earlier today in the Waldorf and Statlers Photo Of The Day! Prototype Info For Modelers thread but I thought I'd paste them here for the folks that may not see them in that thread.
For some reason a direct video window will not work for Flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/flickr/12211202125/in/set-72157639868074114
Here's a link to Mr. Smiths' Flickr gallery showing how he made some of the models and photographed the dioramas. I thought most of us here would appreciate his exquisite work!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/
Enjoy, Ed
The model work is extraordinary but the photography is what is jaw dropping -- his work has been praised before on these Forums, but I no longer recall which thread.
Dave Nelson
Beautiful work, and a testament to how much can be added to a model where it can be seen without a microscope.
(My standard box car could double for a wheeled tool box in one of the artist's garages.)
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - in 1:80 scale, aka HOj)
OMG!!!! Thanks, Ed, for posting the links. For several minutes I thought his photos were of real subjects---well, I guess they are real, just not 12"=1'! I'll have to flag this on my "Favorites" page so I can come back and spend a lo-o-ong time poring over them. Absolutely superb! Thanks again.
Deano
Ed:
Thanks for the link!
Truly inspiring! Kind of sets the mark a bit higher! The amount of work that has gone into those models is incredible. Even seemingly simple things like having a perfect shiny paint job on an automobile requires a huge effort.
Perhaps the best indicator of the quality of the modeling is the fact that it has elicited responses from previously unresponsive dementia sufferers. That says a lot.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!