Inspired by the large spotting sites like airliners.net or planepictures.net, the idea of this web page is to collect images of model aircraft and their airports which give the spectator the impression of a real scenery at first sight. How this is achieved doesn´t matter. Very important is for example that there is no colourful wallpaper in the background visible, but this does not necessarily mean that you have to buy an expensive backdrop foil showing a huge landscape. A white wallpaper can also be acceptable if it does not influence the overall picture negatively. If you are good with photomontages, it can also be an option to insert the background digitally as long as it looks realistic. In this way you can for example also add some light effects to the original picture. One hint: The more detailed the picture is, the more realistic it seems! Mostly the peanuts make the whole thing lifelike. And if you do not have an airport model at all? You can also show "in the air" pics of your aircraft models - but please make sure that the photgraph does not include the hand which is holding the aircraft or the strings attached. One last thing: The scale does not matter at scale-spotting.com, only 1/1 is not allowed. Now you should have some ideas regarding the motif. Needless to say that blurred and over- or underexposed images cannot be accepted ;-)
This project is a non-commercial picture database. Every content provided on this web page is for free and always will be for free. We also try to run this web page without any advertisement as long as possible (depending on the server costs). scale-spotting.com was founded in November 2007, based on an idea at the german model airport community named flughafendiorama.de. At the beginning of 2009, we decided to remove the german parts, so that we can concentrate better on the page content, instead of wasting our time in translating things from German into English and reverse. Together with the new design introduced in April 2009, the page will be more clearly and intuitive. But that is only the beginning, several new features will follow soon.
Enjoy your visit and keep on collecting!
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