HOW TO BUILD AIRCRAFT DIORAMAS

JohnReid · 16 March 2010, 04:10 PM

JohnReid · 16 March 2010, 04:40 PM

Here is where we disagree.My wife says that the guns look out of place,are painted too bright and they look phony.
I say that is what they are supposed to look like, because if you read the sign on the airplane it says, "Reid and Sons Flying Circus".During airshows of this era they often had fake dogfights and I think the guns fit right in.They were fake and made from tin.The colors are bright because in an air circus you would want to emphasize this aspect of the show.It is an air circus after all.To further emphasize this ,I am also thinking of painting the wheels two different colors like the Jenny inside the hangar.
She says that the viewers eye is drawn directly to the guns and downplays everything else.I say that that is just what I want to do, grab the viewers attention on the L/H side first.I think that when the viewer reads the sign on the airplane it will make sense.(Reid and Sons also like a little free publicity when they can get it)
I took the "Pickford-Fairbanks" sign off the tail to save any confusion, and put it over on the crate for the wings, with a sign reading "Ship To:" on top.
Any further address would be redundant in that era as it was the most famous studio in Hollywood.
Although the airplane is a Camel it could have participated in air circuses of the time but I haven't any direct evidence that they did so.The airplane also could have been at a university ,as some were shipped to Canada for use in the new aeronautical field of study.If by that time the airplane was unflyable ,Reid & Sons could have acquired it and used it for publicity, dragging it through the local cities and towns, with or without the wings,which was often done. They are now shipping it to Hollywood for use as a prop for an upcoming movie production.
What do you guys think??

JohnReid · 17 March 2010, 09:07 AM

For your info I have had to post the following on the other sites that I contribute to:

Due to the volume of work that I have at present ,I haven't been able to keep up to date all of the websites that I have opened.You can however find all my postings over on the first site I joined up at Welcome to The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I once on the site click "Forum" at the bottom of the pic,then click on "Models" under forum navigation,look for "How to........." at the top of the page.
Because of the number of sites that I post to I had to pick one to post everything to and I thought that the first one I started would be the most logical.I will still be posting to this thread but not quite as often as I did,hopefully things will calm down a bit in the near future.Some day I plan to condense everything down into a more readable version and post it on all the sites.I hope you guys understand. Cheers ! John.
You may also want to take a look at a new thread I started over there called Shadow Box Dioramas.