sebo

Hi, Jamie!
I asked Stoddard Hamilton for a set of plans for the Glasair. They sent me the 3 views and a full wing plan. This model was created using that data. I sent the plans and photos to MAN and they published it. Quite an honor.
The model is still a part of my fleet and it still flies great.
Cordially,
Ron

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Kmot... you're making PS comp's you devil!

Spuetz

I wasn't going to post this at all. It is a picture of my "worhhorse" - a GILES 202, 2m wingspan 35 cc gasser..

However, I have had it as a wallpaper on my computer and when I give presentations (as a business consultant) quite a few participants have asked me if that is my airplane - knowing that I fly man-carrying aircraft. Obviously I always say "yes, it is". But then I notice that I have to add: and it has a wingspan of 2 metres. Even then some don't get it! Only after stating again: "do you get it, two meters!" Do they realize in disbelief: "That's a model?"... So how is that for a scale photo test?
Ok then, shoot away. I know the aileron linkage and other things give it away.. but I have undeliberatly fooled a lot of people already. That's why it deserved a place in this hall of picture fame...

Note one more thing:
modeler's superstitious belief: if you take a picture of your model, you risk losing it. Counter spell: I always make sure that I have that church in the picture that you see in the background. So it is blessed...

chasrb

Very believable. The background and the foreground set the picture up well.

Kmot

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What's a PS comp?

SDCrashmaster

PS means Phoroshop, I presume. Although Kmots Cessna shots don't look like having anything to do with Photoshop to mean.
I'd semi like to have an understanding of this random posting also.

Spuetz, your photo is very nice. The CF 3-blade is what pushes it into the realm of believability. Nice.
Paul

Dean rcu

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This B-25 made a stop at our model field recently.

Kmot

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Well, if you are implying that I somehow faked my pictures, I tend to disagree.

Mustang51

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How about some COMPOSITION with your photo taking?

-M51

JIMMYTHEEAGLE

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top flite p-51.

NickC5FE

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My Eurofighter, pictures by the great UNCLEJOE, He can make anything look real in flight.

Phil Bousquet

Hi Mustang

With Top Gun coming up at the end of April, I figure there will be more aircraft to look at.

In reference to composition from an earlier post, how about a quick refresher on what makes a scale photo look good.

Many of us get down low which helps, but are there other things to keep in mind?

Thanks.

Photo: Bud Roane at the controls of his Sopwith Triplane.

ktaylor

sorry to intrude,,


hi guys, I am posting this link to get the word out on a fund raiser, I hope you all don't mind
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4177682

Phil Bousquet

I bumped into this 2005 shot from the WMWA, World Miniture Warbird Association taken in Stuart Florida.

Mustang51

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guess now's the time to re-post those photo requirements...

The photos should be the following...

A) The aircraft modeled must be that of an actual aircraft.

B) The model should be a "SCALE" model.
meaning...
It should look like the aircraft that is being modeled. If the real plane had strut and wheel covers... so should the model(it should'nt have music wire struts). There should be no rx antennas showing in the photo. If the real plane had a 3 or 4 blade prop, and this is a picture of that plane(model) on the ground? Then the model should have a 3 or 4 blade prop, not a Zinger 20x10. etc...etc.

Think of this as a kind of "Top Gun" of photo threads.

And finally, that brings us to the most confusing of the requirements of the photo.
...C) The photo should be "of an angle that you would actually be looking at the aircraft" or "as the eye perceives it".
...meaning...Don't post the picture of that beautiful Mustang with a guy holding it during engine run ups.

Thanks to all for participating...it's going great.

What I mean by "composition" is this... And I am by no means a pro. photographer. You devide your picture in the view finder by 3 equal measurements. Matter of fact I think it's called the "rule of 3rds".
The shot is devided both vert. and horz. You place your subject in the shot into a lower or upper corner with it facing towards where it would be looking or traveling. This gives a shot some "excitement". A picture of a B25 centered in the frame and from too great a distance is quite boring. How ever, place that B25 in the lower right corner with its nose facing to the right, you have some sky and back ground to give you a "depth of scale". Much more pleasing to the eye. That shot of the B25 has the subject centered with a lot of "HUGE" gravel in the forground. The sense of scale is lost as well as it's just a plain old picture.
I think a lot of guys try to get down on the ground which is a good idea unto itself but they get too close capturing a very odd angle along with huge gravel or grass.
If any one can better explain this "rule of 3rds" then PLEASE do so.

-Mustang51

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Well lets stay quite then... the others haven't got a clue what we're talking about.

Kmot

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neither do I........

Kmot

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Here's another "faked" picture!

MalcolmL

Yo ! I really enjoy this thread. It's one of the first - if not THE first - I turn to when I fire up RCU. Thanks to mustang, the originator of the thread, the guidelines have just been repeated - restated if you will. Therefore, I would respectfully request posters to this thread to stay with those guidelines as some recent posts have strayed beyond the boundary fence a little. What about it, Guys ? Keep the spirit alive !
MalcolmL

yovito

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WLJ

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Full Scale or Model ?

WhoDaMan

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Model,,,,,,,,,,, antenna wire and smoke is rising or powder,,,,,,

WLJ

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Wire is part of equipment to keep power lines from taking tail off if cable cutter on canopy doesn't work, Spraying during Turbulent conditions. Actually, it's David Hayes last years TOP GUN model. That was last year for that one. He's got a Turbo-Thrush water bomber for this year.

wdmurphree

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Here are a couple of pics I took at the Rocket City Radio Controllers Big Bird Fly-in back in 2004. I wish I could tell you who these beauties belong to.

Murf

nicostoffi

Hello,

here is my VQ P40 at the maiden flight