Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

Interesting that Hornby, while going to the trouble of giving Apollo WR smoke deflectors, used a body moulding with the cover plates for the lubricator on the valance still in place when other releases had it removed. (70015 had lost hers by 1951). I don't blame them for not fitting a short lubricator rod but they could have got the colour of the name plate correct (black). Now where are those rivets I was going to count......

Thanks Killybegs,

.... Now where are those rivets I was going to count......

 

I was a train spotting fanatic for only two or three shorts years, probably 1959 to1962.  However memories as opposed to pictures tend to blur with time and now as a railway modeller it is frequently all too convenient to accept combinations of locomotive detail / livery that could not have happened.

 

I like Apollo - sounds like a good excuse to buy some nice etched plates (black).

 

Regards

 

Ray

As usual, excellent photography. I struggle with room lighting. Can I ask what you use? Proper photographer's equipment is so expensive - but you do seem so, so perhaps I've answered my own question!

 

Regards, Tony.

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6029 looks rather splendid. Your comparisons of old and new models are always interesting, I think, because they illustrate what it takes to make a scaled down model look "real" - and where the pitfalls are. Eg when I look at the two versions of the King here, there is something about Edward that gives it more mass than William. It's partly the bogie area of course, but also other things, eg the cab as you point out. For me the comparison also shows how much the shade of colour means - but that's a well known can of worms.

 

As Tony says, your photos are so clear and well lighted it's almost better than actually having the locos in your hands!

Thanks Tony and Mikkel

 

The comments about the pictures are very good for my ego!

As usual, excellent photography. I struggle with room lighting. Can I ask what you use? Proper photographer's equipment is so expensive - but you do seem so, so perhaps I've answered my own question!

 

Regards, Tony.

 

Top Link!

 

6029 looks rather splendid. Your comparisons of old and new models are always interesting, I think, because they illustrate what it takes to make a scaled down model look "real" - and where the pitfalls are. Eg when I look at the two versions of the King here, there is something about Edward that gives it more mass than William. It's partly the bogie area of course, but also other things, eg the cab as you point out. For me the comparison also shows how much the shade of colour means - but that's a well known can of worms.

 

As Tony says, your photos are so clear and well lighted it's almost better than actually having the locos in your hands!

As Mikel points out - you can often see details in the pictures that otherwise you might not have noticed.

 

As to cameras and photography you can view all our pictures on Flickr which shows the make of camera and the settings used below the individual pictures. I do not use any special equipment other than a rather clever camera and a little patience.

 

I have had the current camera two or three years.  I did get water into the rear screen a year ago and after a silly repair quote from Sony I investigated upgrading.  Interestingly the iinformed opinion at the time was that the later model with more pixels and a bigger zoom didn't actually take any better pictures than the old model.  I ended up importing a new screen from the States and fitting it myself for not many pounds. 

 

The camera is a Sony HX200V which is described as a 'bridge' camera - something btween a Compact and SLR.  Sony make seemingly similar models of their cameras - some with Sony lens and some with more expensive Carl Zeiss lens.  Mine has the latter which I would say accounts for the sharper images.  I rely on room lighting or 'flash' with the majority of pictures made using manual settings and long exposures.  To avoid camera shake I place the camera on boxes or pieces of wood and use the self timer to fire the shutter.   Like all things railway modelling there is a need to pay attention to detail and with digital images there is no cost penalty for having a second attempt.

 

Thank you again for the encouragement.

 

Regards

 

Ray

Thanks for the info Ray. I've also started using the self timer, it does make a difference. 

Yes Mikkel

... I've also started using the self timer, ..... 

Even when taking a close up of bits of engine on the kitchen counter I will use the self timer whilst holding the camera tight against a box.

 

Ray

As someone who is enjoying the use of a new Nikon bridge-camera I'm a bit relieved! It has a massive 42X zoom - which is handy for taking pictures from the other side of the model-room, but it's not Zeiss, unfortunately. I'll tell you one funny tale. I took a long distance picture, which had a fairly shallow depth-of-field,  but I found a missing vacuum-pipe, hidden in a crack but visible in the photo. I am guilty of too much auto, though. I must get down to the manual use.

 

Thanks again for all the information,

 

Tony.

Hello KB

 

Father Christmas was very kind to himself and I have added a picture at the end of the Post showing Apollo with ModelMaster black etched plates.

....but they could have got the colour of the name plate correct (black). .......

Thanks again

 

Ray