Mini Models..
The blue Jag in my fingers is a 1/87 (HO railroad) scale, while the smallest one in the foreground is a MicroMachines (roughly "N" model railroad scale) XKE coupe. In the background is a 1/24 scale crystal XKE..
A note on the photos...these were taken using a translucent light table, mostly using a Nikon SB-24 to illuminate the backpanel and a variety of smaller SB-30's for detail lighting or to light the glass models from underneath the frosted acrylic. In many of the shots I used a colored gel or two for some additional 'pop' to the shot... Exposures were generally 1/4000 of a sec. at f 8.0. None have been enhanced or altered with PhotoShop except for the addition of the 'matting' effect and a few bits of blemish removal..(cat hairs on the table!!)
While most of my collection of some 75 Jaguar XK models (120's, 140's, 150's and XKE's) are the more conventional 1/18, 1/24 and 1/43 scales, I do have about ten that don't fit into the usual 'die-cast' category. These are ones that are either made of glass, plastic, rubber or even coal!!! The ones shown here are from that group...
Mini Models..
The blue Jag in my fingers is a 1/87 (HO railroad) scale, while the smallest one in the foreground is a MicroMachines (roughly "N" model railroad scale) XKE coupe. In the background is a 1/24 scale crystal XKE..
A note on the photos...these were taken using a translucent light table, mostly using a Nikon SB-24 to illuminate the backpanel and a variety of smaller SB-30's for detail lighting or to light the glass models from underneath the frosted acrylic. In many of the shots I used a colored gel or two for some additional 'pop' to the shot... Exposures were generally 1/4000 of a sec. at f 8.0. None have been enhanced or altered with PhotoShop except for the addition of the 'matting' effect and a few bits of blemish removal..(cat hairs on the table!!)
While most of my collection of some 75 Jaguar XK models (120's, 140's, 150's and XKE's) are the more conventional 1/18, 1/24 and 1/43 scales, I do have about ten that don't fit into the usual 'die-cast' category. These are ones that are either made of glass, plastic, rubber or even coal!!! The ones shown here are from that group...