Gerald Wingrove’s methods of building model vintage cars is an inspiration to all types of toymakers around the world.
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Gerald says on his website: From the start I chose as the aim of my work to try and capture the character of the subject rather than try to reproduce every minute detail of the entire car. No model car in anything less that a quarter scale can hope to show every detail to scale, if only because of the limitations of the materials. My philosophy is, that if you have to use licence, use it to show the character of the subject, rather than attempt to show irrelevant detail that will interfere with the the total subject. The eye expects to see certain things when it recognises an object. With something as large as a classic car, scaled down small enough to be held in one hand, unnecessary detail will distract the eye from the whole and more often than not kill the overall view of the subject, so that the essential character of the classic masterpieces will be lost.
You must visit Gerald’s website and take a look at his fascinating creations.
http://web.mac.com/gawingrove/iWeb/Home%20Page/Home%20Page%20.html
