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Well said Hutch.
I like the graininess of these pics, they remind me of period photos that we see from time to time. They are scans of old photographs. Apologies if they've been seen before.
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I like the graininess of these pics, they remind me of period photos that we see from time to time. They are scans of old photographs. Apologies if they've been seen before.
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Strega - look at the pictures again - your P-47 picture show a smoke screen compared to the Corsair. Sorry, but the P-47 picture just doesn't look right in my opinion and that's all it is - my opinion. If you and others like the picture that fine - but I can say I don't think it's very realistic. After all, you've made your views clear on several pictures.
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Tony, your photo of your DrI looks very realistic. It looks to me like an old photo of full-scale DrI replica.
Neil, regarding "critiquing" models, I feel that's one of the things that makes this thread worthwhile. Knowing it's a "tough crowd" watching this thread pushes me to built to a higher standard. I don't think this thread should just be about "happy model photography" and definitely not "here's my model." You did start the other thread ("Favorite Scale Models in Flight") that was less critical and both a great. Also bear in mind that some of us are primarily builders, others primarily fliers, and still others primarily photographers. That means we're all coming at this from different perspectives.
Neil, regarding "critiquing" models, I feel that's one of the things that makes this thread worthwhile. Knowing it's a "tough crowd" watching this thread pushes me to built to a higher standard. I don't think this thread should just be about "happy model photography" and definitely not "here's my model." You did start the other thread ("Favorite Scale Models in Flight") that was less critical and both a great. Also bear in mind that some of us are primarily builders, others primarily fliers, and still others primarily photographers. That means we're all coming at this from different perspectives.
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ORIGINAL: SunDevilPilot
Here are a few I have taken over the years.
Unfortunately I live in Arizona where 90% of the time the sky is nothing but blue...... Go with National Geographic's idea and ''Bad weather makes for good photographs'' and photography can be a little challenging to get something looking really great.
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Here are a few I have taken over the years.
Unfortunately I live in Arizona where 90% of the time the sky is nothing but blue...... Go with National Geographic's idea and ''Bad weather makes for good photographs'' and photography can be a little challenging to get something looking really great.
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Can we just get back to posting photos of models that are hard to tell if they are full scale or not? I think there have been some great ones posted recently, but I also think there have been a few that are not close to what this thread is about. If you have to look hard at the photo to tell if it's a model, than it's a winner in my book. I also guess it all depends on how much you know about certain models/aircraft. I'm no Top Gun judge, but I can usually tell whether it's full scale or not pretty quickly unless it's great shot of a great looking model. But if it's obvious it's a model, than don't post it, period.
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ORIGINAL: strega7
thanks you folks for your kind feedback ... btw. @bokuda, just count the cylinders it would be the first 5-cylinder fullsize Bolt on earth the socalled P-47 Prius or so, just to save some avgas
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Wow! I'm nearly attempted to accuse straga7 of cheating with a full size plane! I see no way to tell if this is full scale or a model.
Ground shots are so much more difficult, I almost think there should be a separate thread for them.
Wow! I'm nearly attempted to accuse straga7 of cheating with a full size plane! I see no way to tell if this is full scale or a model.
Ground shots are so much more difficult, I almost think there should be a separate thread for them.
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ORIGINAL: sebo
Could the negative been printed backward??? That would change the direction of the symbols.
Could the negative been printed backward??? That would change the direction of the symbols.
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Idigbo... Those 109 pics are truely brilliant. I remember posting one of them 6 million pages ago as a great example of what this thread is about.
They have a certain quality that adds to the illusion. Thats the name of the game... Not just taking high resolution shot of models.
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Hi Mark,
Absolutely superb picture - No.1. If that helicopter doesn't scare the crap out of the enemy ground forces, nothing will!!!
TTFN,
Neil
Absolutely superb picture - No.1. If that helicopter doesn't scare the crap out of the enemy ground forces, nothing will!!!
TTFN,
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How does one go about putting a large picture on here that isn't shown as a thumbnail?
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How does one go about putting a large picture on here that isn't shown as a thumbnail?
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When you click on the "image" button it will automatically put the prompts into your post, then you just click with your cursor between the words "image|image" to set the insertion point. Hit ctrl-v and it will put the picutre info into your post. That's it!
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I have to agee, those 109 shots are great. I thought it was full scale.
Mark, that sunset shot is one of the best I've seen so far.
I have to agee, those 109 shots are great. I thought it was full scale.
Mark, that sunset shot is one of the best I've seen so far.
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Hi Mark,
Absolutely superb picture - No.1. If that helicopter doesn't scare the crap out of the enemy ground forces, nothing will!!!
TTFN,
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Hi Mark,
Absolutely superb picture - No.1. If that helicopter doesn't scare the crap out of the enemy ground forces, nothing will!!!
TTFN,
Neil
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Thanks Mark, hopefully this will work!! That heli is a stunning piece of work, even down to the two row tail rotor as can be seen by the disc!! Got any more pics of it?
Cheers for the comments on the 109 pics, now I know how to put them in large you'll have to put up with them again!! Plus a non scale shot from above!
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Cheers for the comments on the 109 pics, now I know how to put them in large you'll have to put up with them again!! Plus a non scale shot from above!
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Great Ian, glad you got the image posting working - that 109 is fantastic!
Here's a ground shot of the Apache, and a look at the cockpit detail - Wow, the pilot is amazingly detailed with wires and mics. And even the custom made proper tail configuration.
Here's a ground shot of the Apache, and a look at the cockpit detail - Wow, the pilot is amazingly detailed with wires and mics. And even the custom made proper tail configuration.
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Wow, that's a beauty! 125" electric is so cool. I like the scale look of the engine nacelles without cylinder heads popping out where they shouldn't be and so forth.
Congrats on joining in with the picture posting too. Only you're second post and you chose this forum.
The clouds really make that shot.
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Congrats on joining in with the picture posting too. Only you're second post and you chose this forum.
The clouds really make that shot.
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ORIGINAL: Tony Iannucelli
A109 Century fuselage on my Raptor 37 ... with Hobby King retracts ... photo by flying buddy Martin Cohen
A109 Century fuselage on my Raptor 37 ... with Hobby King retracts ... photo by flying buddy Martin Cohen
So on your heli I can see a variety of obvious non-scale features. All is not lost though because with a few photoshop actions you could have a nice near-scale model there. We are all trying to help each other to acheive realistic presentations and photoshop/image manipulation is not a bad word in here.
I would like to see your heli with no smoke exiting the bottom and no flybar paddles for starters. Those are pretty easy items to remove with photoshop.
If you wouldn't mind I could give it a few photoshop tweaks to make it more realistic.
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ORIGINAL: sebo
Could the negative been printed backward??? That would change the direction of the symbols.
Could the negative been printed backward??? That would change the direction of the symbols.
I thought that at first but the T on the wing and the T9 on the fuse is in the correct direction. It is possible I didn't place the swastika quite right at the angle though. But the left and right side of the tail are in opposite directions based on photos and other documentation I have.
BTW, that apache at dusk looks very realistic.