I have heard the name around the forums but I don’t know who he is. It seems that he is/was an extremely good modeler. Are there any links to some of his work? I am interested in seeing some and Yahoo! search didn’t yield much[%-)]
Shep Paine is one of the best known modellers in the world and has inspired many a modeller to try building a diorama. (Many Monogram kits in the '70’s included one of Shep’s “how to build a diorama” leaflets specifically tailored to that kit)
Here’s a link to his (?) website: http://www.sheperdpaine.com/
thank you Phil. Sorry about the mispelled name. But…[:O][:O]that is some incredible work. those bomber dios (and everything else) are fantastic. I certainly see why he is one of the best known modelers in the world.
Very inspirational modeler to anyone who modeled in the 1970s. Monogram included his work on diorama sheets inserted into their 1/48 bomber and 1/32-1/35 scale armor models. It was the first time many modelers saw models being built outside of the box with scratchbuild parts and scratchbuild conversions into different variants than what came in the box.
I myself have wondered, what ever became of him? Is he still alive?
I spent hours and hours examining those color guides Monogram put in their kits with his work in it. My favorite was, is and I believe always will be the B-17. I literally wore that thing out going over and over it. It all seemed so mysterious to me then as a kid… now I go back and read it and it’s all mostly stuff I do now. But not nearly as good as he did! (It’s available as a PDF at his site, URL listed above.)
There was also a neat one of a Sherman tank busting through a hedgerow, and the crazy paint job on the B-24. I kick myself now… I can remember when I left home as a young man throwing away my models, all those guides, and a bunch of other stuff I’d love to have back.
His work is still about the best modeling I’ve ever seen.
Yes, he’s still alive, and he’s still an advisor to FSM. He is, without a doubt, one of the world’s premiere modelers.
His Modeling Tanks and Military Vehicles is a must have, although its a bit of a time piece considering the newer techniques you all now have like filters, dots etc. But yah gotta learn to boil water first, right?
I was particularily educated by his intro chapter about research, where he discussed how to learn about a subject through reductive thinking. His example IIRC, was that if you called Aberdeen and asked “what do you know about the Sherman tank?” they’d never call back, but if you asked “how were the engineers tools on the M4A1 secured”, someone with that interest would give you all the info you ever needed. In other words take your time, use your own skills as much as possible and proceed in steps.
I (and excuse me here Mr. Paine its just my opinion) think his strength is armor. To be certain his a/c dios are great, but tend to be over detailed, in the sense that I think he was playing to Monograms tendency to sell models with all kinds of removable panels. Having all kinds of open stuff is ok, but if the same kit can’t be built with all of those panels buttoned up tight and look clean, it’s limiting. The ones that come to mind are the P-80, the F-86 and the very problematic P-61.
He ranks with the likes of Dave Frary and Malcolm Furlow.
Very much so. He judged at MFCA a couple weeks ago.
He and I share something in common then. [(-D] [(-D] [(-D] [(-D]
The man can work absolute magic with Historex 54mm figures.
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years ago I purchaesed one of the How to build military models and dioramas books, and learned so much from it!
I would have to say that one of the most important lessons I took from his book was that of creative gizmology. His style, execution and belieability made it all seem so real!
David
The short answer–one of my first and still-relevant inspirations as a young modeler. A trylu gifted man and modeller. His builds are easily up to, and beyond, today’s standards–and he was working woth some real dogs back then!
An amazing builder–YOU RULE, SHEP!!! [bow][bow][bow]
(SPEECH! SPEECH! [(-D])