原作者：Martin Aveyard

原標題：Stoke Models: It’s All In The Custom?Details

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? 如果你是個 80 后車迷，那你的童年一定少不了 Hot Wheels、Matchbox 和各種比例模型。我年輕時就把大量的時間花在了 Tamiya、Revell 和 Monogram 模型板件上，但大多數(shù)情況下，我腦海里的想法往往超過了實際的技能水平，這就導致了很多未完成的爛尾工程。

? 時光荏苒，在組建了自己的家庭，經(jīng)手幾輛真車后，2019 年時我又把模型這項愛好重拾起來。

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? 我最開始是從一些老式 F1 賽車模型板件起步，但很快就被 Instagram 上大神們分享的作品所啟發(fā)，隨即便一發(fā)不可收地開始了自己的自有創(chuàng)作。

我的日常工作是在一家品牌和網(wǎng)絡代理公司擔任藝術總監(jiān)和平面設計師，多年以來，我漸漸地積累了足夠的關于構建和設計比例模型的技能 - 包括但不限于概念和可視化、三維數(shù)字建模、平面設計、物理工藝和攝影。

重拾這項愛好之后，我還意識到自己掌握了兒時所欠缺的技能，那就是讓模型看起來更加的逼真 - 我對攝影的熱情也是這樣的 - 于是我以 Stoke Models 的名義在 Instagram 開設了賬號并分享模型攝影作品，其中的大部分場景都取材于我的出生地英國。

最開始我用的大多數(shù)拍攝背景是在網(wǎng)上搜索的圖片并打印出來。去年我決定更上一層樓——建造一個 1:24 比例的加油站場景來專門拍模型 - 這個場景的占地尺寸大概是 1.82m x 1.22m，完全采用 3D 打印件制作 - 有了這個加油站，拍出來的模型更加逼真。

我一般在自然光下拍攝，加上加油站場景內(nèi)置的 LED 燈組會有不錯的效果，而且戶外拍攝具有更真實的感覺，這是室內(nèi)拍攝和補光燈所欠缺的。

目前而言，除了攝影技巧，還有一項技能是小時候的我做不到的，那就是根據(jù)自己的構思設計和制作 3D 打印零件。我可以在幾個小時內(nèi)設計一整套改裝配件 - 發(fā)動機、車輪、寬體套件 ... 然后再等幾個小時就能拿在手中。而且 3D 打印技術的發(fā)展堪稱突飛猛進！網(wǎng)絡上也有很多同好群落分享免費圖紙。

對我而言，社交媒體最大的好處是網(wǎng)上的同好們都非常樂于分享經(jīng)驗，我的水平就是不斷地看教程和提問網(wǎng)友來提高的。

我的靈感來自 Speedhunters 上分享的實車案例，以及?@thekyza、@jonsibal 和 @damon_moran 等設計師和藝術家的作品。廣覽多讀有助于開拓視野，也是我嘗試各種題材類型的根據(jù)。

接下來的計劃是繼續(xù)提高我的 3D 建模技術，嘗試設計完整的車身套件 - 現(xiàn)在我只會修改現(xiàn)有的模型板件零件，期待有朝一日能實現(xiàn)完全自主設計并制作模型。

Growing up in the ’80s as a car guy meant lots of Hot Wheels, Matchbox and scale plastic models. A good portion of my young years were spent painting and assembling Tamiya, Revell and Monogram kits. More often than not, my ambition outstripped my skill and I always had a lot of unfinished kits and parts laying around.

Fast forward a few decades and after having a family and building some full-size cars, I returned to the scale model hobby in 2019.

I had started again by building some vintage F1 cars but was quickly inspired by the amazing custom builds I was seeing on Instagram in particular and it quickly spiralled into another creative outlet.

My day job is as an art director/graphic designer for a branding and web agency and over the years I have gained skills that seem perfect for building and presenting scale models. Conceptual and visualization skills, 3D digital modelling, graphic design, physical craftsmanship and photography.

After I started building again and started taking photos of the finished models I realized that I enjoyed making the finished builds look as realistic as possible. I probably enjoy the photography as much as the building itself. I started posting the photos of my builds to Instagram under Stoke Models – a nod to my birthplace in England.

Most of the backgrounds I use are just printouts of photos that I’ve taken or found online. I decided to take that a bit further last year and build a 1/24 scale gas station to shoot the models in. It’s 6 feet by 4 feet (1.82m?by?1.22m) in size and completely scratch-built using 3D printing for things like the gas pumps and the canopy profile. The goal was to create a scale environment where I had multiple shooting angles and options for presenting the models.

I almost always shoot outdoors in natural light or using the LED lights built into the gas station but the outdoor setting always adds to the realism by providing interesting reflections for the paint.

By far, one of the biggest changes since I was a kid is the ability to 3D print custom parts at a resolution that is suitable for 1/24 scale models. My 3D modelling skills have really come in handy as I can design a part – engines, wheels, camber plates, etc. – in a few hours and then have the physical object in my hands a few hours after that. The technology is advancing rapidly and there’s a great community of people like @blackboxstl creating files for people to download and print at home.

One of the best things about building these days is the community of people on social media and YouTube who are more than happy to share tools and techniques. My skills have grown mostly due to watching tutorials or asking questions of the people I’ve met online.

I get my inspiration from the full-size cars I see on Speedhunters as well as the work of designers and artists like @thekyza, @jonsibal and @damon_moran. It’s why I go from stance to safari to hot rod, Japanese, Euro, American, whatever the spark is that triggers an idea for a build.

Next up is pushing my 3D skills and trying to create full bodykits to take my customization further. Right now I modify existing plastic kits, but I can see the day where I’ll be fully printing and building my own designs.

Thanks for looking!