(Pics) 1948 Hudson

This is a really nice model and very well assembled. Is it white metal, and could you say who the manufacturer was? As ever, love the photos'.

Nice set of pictures, Mike. That step-down Hudson was a great design and I've often wondered why it didn't carry Hudson to much greater success. I think these models (Commodore coupes and 4-doors in white metal) were made by Western Models in their Small Wheels line.

Terrific pictures and model Mike.

Thanks, all ! Yep, you are exactly right about the manufacturer .....it is a kit by Western Models of this '48 Hudson Commodore. I believe that each of the train backgrounds used in the images actually date from 1943, so Dr. Who and the Tardis are somehow involved here, too.

Very nicely done Mike.

I love your photography.  Would you provide some info on how you place the model car into the scene (first four photos)? They look so realistic.

Very cool.  GREAT pics 

I looked it up - it is a 1943 Santa FE Streamliner Super Chief in Albuquerque NM, Very cool photo!

The large freight yard has Chicago and Northwestern cars so it could be in the western burbs of Chicago!  

Thanks, all ! Karl, you are exactly right about the train images. The first background was actually taken at Albuquerque, NM on a stop of the Chicago-San Francisco Santa Fe Super Chief and the next two were also taken by Jack Delano for the WPA at the big Proviso train yards near Chicago also in 1943. Anyone looking at those photographs, could see taking on the industrial might of the U.S. was going lead to VERY intense consequences for an opposing country.

Since my stroke last year, I am trying to recall and re-learn a number of techniques I used and didn't really have to think about it step by step ! Some are just reflex ....some I have to try and recall ... and some I will probably end up going about it in a (seemingly) different way.

In the first images, I remember I photographed the model car against a white background. The Hudson automobile could then be isolated in photo-shop (in my case, PaintShopPro 7.1) and then placed in a photographic scene I had. They can be images you took (like the San Diego Lindberg Field photograph with my model Bell X-5 I had imaged) or a image found on the internet, like the WPA train images.

If you are lucky, you may end up with an image of your replica car appearing to be in a real scene !

@mikedetorrice 

Thank you for the information about your photography methods. The results are great.

I am so sorry to hear about your stroke and hope you continue to re-learn all your very nice techniques!  I am sure you are already past wherever I could get to in photoshopping! 🤨 

Thank you , Karl. You do a great job with information and images here, so the entire hobby already benefits from your contributions ! 

All Hudson's from 1948 to 1952 will never be anything less than classics.  They define the era so well.