Best scale photo!
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RE: Best scale photo!
I'm sorry that I'm so enthusiastic though. I just can't help it. I do really agree that we should get RCU people on this one. I mean......dude.......JUICE IIIIISSS da man........I think that that is the best I idea yet......I think that should work.......if we can only like modify the threat title from "Best Scale Photo" to "Best Scale Photo....PLEASE TAKE POLL"...........or something like that.............lemme contact the moderator.......and see if he can get something goin.......OH MAN....THIS IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA......I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE GET IT ALL TOGETHER.....................AAHHHHHHHH........... I CAN'T HELP IT........I'M SSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED............DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.......
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RE: 16 Month Calendar
philly... I agree, let Mustang51 decide what to do. I was just offering some ideas and suggestions.
And I have more ideas... This is a perfect time to this voting/contest thing, with or without RCU's involvement. I say this because we just recently broke 500 posts, which is a nice round number. Mustang51's first post was on Jan 26, 2003. Post No. 500 was on Nov 25, 2003 (by none other than our one-man cheering squad, iflynething). It took us EXACTLY ten months to reach this milestone. Maybe we can vote for the best photos every 500 posts.
Or maybe it should be a yearly thing. We all have one more month to go through all the pictures submitted in 2003. We can vote near the end of December. And on Jan 1, 2004, Mustang51 can start a whole new thread called "Best Scale Photo 2004" or something like that.
I like the second idea better.
Juice
(BTW... If RCU ever had a vote for "Best thread", my vote would be for this one.)
And I have more ideas... This is a perfect time to this voting/contest thing, with or without RCU's involvement. I say this because we just recently broke 500 posts, which is a nice round number. Mustang51's first post was on Jan 26, 2003. Post No. 500 was on Nov 25, 2003 (by none other than our one-man cheering squad, iflynething). It took us EXACTLY ten months to reach this milestone. Maybe we can vote for the best photos every 500 posts.
Or maybe it should be a yearly thing. We all have one more month to go through all the pictures submitted in 2003. We can vote near the end of December. And on Jan 1, 2004, Mustang51 can start a whole new thread called "Best Scale Photo 2004" or something like that.
I like the second idea better.
Juice
(BTW... If RCU ever had a vote for "Best thread", my vote would be for this one.)
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RE: 16 Month Calendar
editing the thread to have a poll and change the title is easy as i understand it. all you have to do is change the first post, BUT! be careful, you could lose all replys after that.
IFLY: calm down, i think your hyper active aproach to the RCU gods may do more harm than good, it's Mustangs baby, let him carry it.
Juice: great ideas, i like them. but.. i'm not sure you could get enough stuff in one year, these pics are what we've got over a year, not from this year. the best crash comp might work like that however, we all contribuite enough
IFLY: calm down, i think your hyper active aproach to the RCU gods may do more harm than good, it's Mustangs baby, let him carry it.
Juice: great ideas, i like them. but.. i'm not sure you could get enough stuff in one year, these pics are what we've got over a year, not from this year. the best crash comp might work like that however, we all contribuite enough
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RE: 16 Month Calendar
Guys,
I sure do appreciate the help of everyone. As I remember it... the "OLD" RCU was unwilling to do anything when I possed this issuue some months ago, but I have made an additional attempt to try again(this includes a prize for the winning entry). I can not edit the original post as it is the "OLD" RCU and can't access it. I can not get into edit.
I like JUCISES idea about 2003...2004..etc.
I have compiled a list of 14 photos that in my oppinion, are just outstanding. I went through the whole thread with a list of criteria that photos should meet.
I think what we'll do is wait till the end of the year and judge those photos submitted as well. I would like to narrow the list to 10, no more then 15(photos). Sometime in the first two weeks of 2004, I'll put together a list of those photos and start a poll.
Please remember... the photos will be judged on their "SCALE AUTHENTICITY".
This means things like angle, composition, Scale effect, Scale of model, as well as detail of the model.
There are some absolutely FANTASTIC shots in this thread. But there are pictures that you can just tell are of a a model. Believe it or not, narrowing the list to 14 was pretty easy when you set a particular(but not unobtainable) set of requirements(which have been outlined time and time again)(The only thing overlooked is the "scale of the grass"which can not be helped).
There were some shots of airplanes that were simply eliminated because a spark plug boot was visible or an "out of scale" "something" was visible in the picture. It took these types of criteria just to narrow the field to the present 14. I have plans of going through those in order to cut the list even more.
There are shots of models that have incredible detail, but because they were taken so "up close" you lose the "depth of field" and they look like nothing more then "detail" shots.
Remember, this is everything about making a model look REAL, not showing off the amount of detail(like you were sending the picture of the detail of the model to a perspective buyer).
LETS KEEP THOSE SHOTS COMMING!
AGAIN... Thanks for ALL your help guys.
-Mustang51
I sure do appreciate the help of everyone. As I remember it... the "OLD" RCU was unwilling to do anything when I possed this issuue some months ago, but I have made an additional attempt to try again(this includes a prize for the winning entry). I can not edit the original post as it is the "OLD" RCU and can't access it. I can not get into edit.
I like JUCISES idea about 2003...2004..etc.
I have compiled a list of 14 photos that in my oppinion, are just outstanding. I went through the whole thread with a list of criteria that photos should meet.
I think what we'll do is wait till the end of the year and judge those photos submitted as well. I would like to narrow the list to 10, no more then 15(photos). Sometime in the first two weeks of 2004, I'll put together a list of those photos and start a poll.
Please remember... the photos will be judged on their "SCALE AUTHENTICITY".
This means things like angle, composition, Scale effect, Scale of model, as well as detail of the model.
There are some absolutely FANTASTIC shots in this thread. But there are pictures that you can just tell are of a a model. Believe it or not, narrowing the list to 14 was pretty easy when you set a particular(but not unobtainable) set of requirements(which have been outlined time and time again)(The only thing overlooked is the "scale of the grass"which can not be helped).
There were some shots of airplanes that were simply eliminated because a spark plug boot was visible or an "out of scale" "something" was visible in the picture. It took these types of criteria just to narrow the field to the present 14. I have plans of going through those in order to cut the list even more.
There are shots of models that have incredible detail, but because they were taken so "up close" you lose the "depth of field" and they look like nothing more then "detail" shots.
Remember, this is everything about making a model look REAL, not showing off the amount of detail(like you were sending the picture of the detail of the model to a perspective buyer).
LETS KEEP THOSE SHOTS COMMING!
AGAIN... Thanks for ALL your help guys.
-Mustang51
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Nice shot Chris.
Tell us about the camera.
I like the idea of a "best of the year" photo contest.
Maybe more scale modelers will focus a little more on the photography end.
I see so many shots on the net of just awesome specimens shot in the front yard or driveway, or living room coffee table.
Maybe this will spark some imagination...or at least motivation.
Keep up the good work guys.
Paul Reese
Tell us about the camera.
I like the idea of a "best of the year" photo contest.
Maybe more scale modelers will focus a little more on the photography end.
I see so many shots on the net of just awesome specimens shot in the front yard or driveway, or living room coffee table.
Maybe this will spark some imagination...or at least motivation.
Keep up the good work guys.
Paul Reese
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I love those shots taken at San Jose. The angle of the distant hills makes it appear that we are the wingman looking down at the plane. And the color of the dry grass seems to compliment every subject I've seen against it.
Chris, do you work at Adobe?
Chris, do you work at Adobe?
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So have you flown at the SCCMAS before? Yes, the hills make for a nice backdrop most of the time, and they change with the season so there's a little bit of variability, but sometimes I wish there was more to shoot against.
Nope, don't work at Adobe....
Here's another shot sans the hills directly in the background...
Nope, don't work at Adobe....
Here's another shot sans the hills directly in the background...
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if the F-16 is a rc jet then it's a damn good one, however it appears to be real looking at the close background ( whats the dark figure by the hard point? ).. but the P-40 looks like a museum mock up, doesn't count
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RE: Cessna 195
if you take the triangle of grass on the left you can see it MUST! be full size, also that would be the best ever "pad" detail i've ever seen. but whats this????
still say the P-40 is in a museum somewhere
still say the P-40 is in a museum somewhere
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RE: Cessna 195
Hi !
Regarding the F16 take a look here:
[link]http://perso.ksurf.net/Phantom/F16/mike_grant_f16.htm[/link]
It shows a Bahrain Aiforce F16 for which Mike Grant offers 1/72 scale decals. The pictures are originally taken by Ivan Brocot. I guess it is a full size one.
Elliot
Regarding the F16 take a look here:
[link]http://perso.ksurf.net/Phantom/F16/mike_grant_f16.htm[/link]
It shows a Bahrain Aiforce F16 for which Mike Grant offers 1/72 scale decals. The pictures are originally taken by Ivan Brocot. I guess it is a full size one.
Elliot
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RE: Scale Photo
Hi Joe,
I've often wondered, does the side contour of the Me 262's fuselage and the resulting airflow pattern, cause this to be viewed as an early version of a 'lifting body' fuselage?
I've often wondered, does the side contour of the Me 262's fuselage and the resulting airflow pattern, cause this to be viewed as an early version of a 'lifting body' fuselage?