If You Enjoy Being Humbled

John Howling Mouse · December 30, 2007, 06:17:20 PM

My apologies if this has already been tagged over here but I had a look at this fellow's work and I literally had to catch my breath after awhile. He just plugs along like nobody's business, making it look effortless, and is producing a masterpiece of nightmarish detail. I would go completely insane if I even attempted something like this.

http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1190601077/0

The Rat · December 30, 2007, 06:55:37 PM

Yep, Swanny is well known. He's also probably the expert on using Future in all sorts of ways, I think he's tried everything short of making beer out of it!

John Howling Mouse · December 30, 2007, 07:40:30 PM

Yeah, but this isn't actually Swanny's work. This is the work of a Chuck Wojtkiewicz. It's like the guy just appeared out of nowhere. He used to build stick and paper models.

Even his graphic art is amazing:

http://www.chukw.com/

I'm in awe.

The Rat · December 30, 2007, 07:56:40 PM

Okay, that'll teach me to post replies before hitting the link. Of course, I've said that before.

The Rat · December 30, 2007, 08:09:28 PM

Oh YEAH! Just took a quick peek and this guy's goooooood!

Bye the way, have you been noticing Gabriel Stern's stuff over on ARC? I gaze in drooling wonder every time he posts!

Sisko · December 30, 2007, 08:25:59 PM

Man that's taking detailing to the whole next level! :jawdrop:

Daryl J. · December 30, 2007, 10:17:41 PM

Perhaps I should just paint the inside of the canopies black.

Stunning work indeed.

Daryl J.

Brian da Basher · December 30, 2007, 11:19:47 PM

QuotePerhaps I should just paint the inside of the canopies black.

<snip>

You know, that's not a half-bad idea...

Brian da Basher

jcf · December 31, 2007, 12:39:39 AM

QuoteOh YEAH! Just took a quick peek and this guy's goooooood!

Bye the way, have you been noticing Gabriel Stern's stuff over on ARC? I gaze in drooling wonder every time he posts!

If you want to see more of Gabriel Stern's work (Stern is a nom de modelismo, his real name is Claudio Luchina) you can go to Internet Modeler or the Wings of Peace site:
http://wingsofpeace.net/

Claudio is a very active member of the Wings of Peace Yahoo Group.
Sometimes one of us has posted photos or a 3-view of an obscure aircraft and a week or two later Claudio has produced a lovely model. He's wonderfully nuts and an excellent fine artist, 2-D and 3-D.

Cheers, Jon

Amphion · December 31, 2007, 08:19:04 AM

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He's made a saw out-of-a razorblade?

:salute:

jcf · December 31, 2007, 11:57:55 AM

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He's made a saw out-of-a razorblade?

:salute: :salute:

Nope, he purchased it, the blades come from the former Czechoslovakia.

Scroll to the bottom of the page:
http://www.hawkeyeshobbies.com/productlist.htm

John Howling Mouse · December 31, 2007, 03:55:35 PM

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QuoteOh YEAH! Just took a quick peek and this guy's goooooood!

Bye the way, have you been noticing Gabriel Stern's stuff over on ARC? I gaze in drooling wonder every time he posts!
If you want to see more of Gabriel Stern's work (Stern is a nom de modelismo, his real name is Claudio Luchina) you can go to Internet Modeler or the Wings of Peace site:
http://wingsofpeace.net/

Claudio is a very active member of the Wings of Peace Yahoo Group.
Sometimes one of us has posted photos or a 3-view of an obscure aircraft and a week or two later Claudio has produced a lovely model. He's wonderfully nuts and an excellent fine artist, 2-D and 3-D.

Cheers, Jon

Oh man, Claudio Luchina and all these guys at Wings Of Peace are each phenomenal, too!

BdaB: you might want to check out this site which specializes in b/w the war subjects.

Wow, it's cool to know there's that much talent on this tiny planet.