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23/02/2021 8:56 pm
I guess the first lesson learned is don't take close ups. Granted the model is quite old and it was very ambitious for the time with all those delicate PE parts and glazing. Up close it looks derelict.
23/02/2021 8:59 pm
For the time, it's fantastic! Where else can you get a Predictor?
23/02/2021 11:14 pm
For the time, it's fantastic! Where else can you get a Predictor?
Karl is exactly correct ! It's a model of the magnificent Packard Predictor ..... that's all that counts.
23/02/2021 11:48 pm
My Packard Predictor is one of my favorites, and it has been for several years. I really like Rich's photos and mine can't compare. But I can't pass up the chance for a little different emphasis. Click on pictures for enlargement.
(From HEMMINGS CLASSIC CAR, May 2006) Revolving on a turntable under banks of spotlights, the Packard Predictor represented a harbinger of the company's products for 1957 and beyond, something to generate excitement about the marque and silence the growing whispers predicting the company's demise. (First shown at the Chicago Auto Show, Jan. 7, 1956.)
Packard demurred that the Predictor was neither a dream car nor a glimpse at the next year's model, but a test bed to gauge the public's reactions to a number of innovations. "The Packard Projector is a portrait of styling philosophy," wrote William Schmidt, director of styling for Studebaker-Packard, referring to the car by a name that was soon discarded in favor of Predictor. "While futuristic in the sense that it features many advanced styling and engineering innovations, the Packard Projector is not a 'dream' car. Many of its features are on present Packard models, and those not of the present are in every case practical and under serious study for production models," Schmidt wrote in the February 1956 issue of Car Life magazine.
It was a concept car, not a prototype, and it was the last of its lined, save for a few drawings. It was followed by some modified Studebakers in a hapless attempt to keep the name alive for a few more years.
24/02/2021 12:18 am
Matrix did the Packard Panther Daytona and a Vignale version of a 1940's Packard. Seems like an opportunity here. Or perhaps Minichamps - they did the Norseman, the LeSabre, the Centurion, Lincoln Futura, and others.
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24/02/2021 10:03 am
@d-m-holcombe You did very well on photographing the Predictor. It is very difficult to find a decent light source and balance in order not to have the details wash out. Believe me, I'm not really happy with my shots either.
24/02/2021 12:46 pm
@rich-sufficool Thanks for the kind words, Rich. And it's good to be back with Forum 43. I had problems in re-attaching after the new structure was finished, and a fine gentleman helped me get back. Over the years, I've found the forum members understanding of amateur photography. After all, with the fine subjects we photograph, even poor pictures are usually enjoyable.
BTW, right now I'm working on two Danbury pewter models, with a few pictures of the process. Great fun! David H
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24/02/2021 1:44 pm
@mg-harv So many collectors were complaining about the new wave of resin curbsides, but your pictures are excellent examples of niche automotive images that would never have been made in diecast for fear there wouldn't be a sufficient market to amortize development and tooling costs. For me, those Minichamps concept cars were a dream come true.