Little Muddle

[KNP]

7 hours ago, darren chpamn said:

Hi kevin

I would like to rack your brains with regards your b set.

When you filled the extra window in how did you match the colour  or did you  repaint  the coach? 

Thanks daz

 

Morning.

I mixed some Vallejo colour starting with Buff until I had a near match then weathered the area.

The rest of the coach is original.

[KNP]

On 01/07/2020 at 20:42, Mick Bonwick said:

 

How did you know?

 

 

I have a picture.....!

 

 

Edited March 25 by KNP

[KNP]

And gone around the bend....

 

 

Edited March 25 by KNP

[aardvark]

8 hours ago, darren chpamn said:

I second that it would be interesting  to find out how you get such great results  

 

Thirded.

[darren chpamn]

36 minutes ago, KNP said:

 

Morning.

I mixed some Vallejo colour starting with Buff until I had a near match then weathered the area.

The rest of the coach is original.

Thanks kevin

[KNP]

Cathcott cottages resting peacefully back home on the layout....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 25 by KNP

[Ponthir28]

Again simply gorgeous views.

[Dragonboy]

And such incredible craftsmanship. The texture on those cottages looks superb.

[Neal Ball]

The cottages are terrific Kevin.

[KNP]

Thanks for all the comments and likes for the cottages.

Though to most they looked finished to me they weren't, so over the last few weeks I have been working on them.

Not fully finished, because do we ever finish our layouts?, but to nearly finish.

I have added, seats. washing lines, bikes, dustbins, chairs, gardening tools, wheel barrows, actually fixed the building to the base and sealed the gap at the junction, shrubs, more plants, weeds and things I have now forgotten about.......!!

 

So here are a few of my favourite views.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully, the modules will not be removed again, easy to do but heart in mouth job nevertheless as one slip and.........

 

 

Edited March 25 by KNP

[St Enodoc]

17 minutes ago, KNP said:

I like the coal bunkers. My Grandad's place had one just like that.

[Ponthir28]

Looks like real place to me. But there again Little muddle is.

[KNP]

With the pubs open, looks like Jimmy had a few tipples, or at least someone did.....!!!!

 

 

 

Makes your eyes go funny, doesn't it

 

Edited March 25 by KNP

[Mick Bonwick]

5 minutes ago, KNP said:

 

Makes your eyes go funny, doesn't it

 

 

Mine already are!

[alant]

50 minutes ago, KNP said:

Thanks for all the comments and likes for the cottages.

Though to most they looked finished to me they weren't, so over the last few weeks I have been working on them.

Not fully finished, because do we ever finish our layouts?, but to nearly finish.

I have added, seats. washing lines, bikes, dustbins, chairs, gardening tools, wheel barrows, actually fixed the building to the base and sealed the gap at the junction, shrubs, more plants, weeds and things I have now forgotten about.......!!

 

So here are a few of my favourite views.

 

 

 

 

Hopefully, the modules will not be removed again, easy to do but heart in mouth job nevertheless as one slip and.........

 

 

Fantastic modelling!

[Gopher]

59 minutes ago, KNP said:

Thanks for all the comments and likes for the cottages.

Though to most they looked finished to me they weren't, so over the last few weeks I have been working on them.

Not fully finished, because do we ever finish our layouts?, but to nearly finish.

I have added, seats. washing lines, bikes, dustbins, chairs, gardening tools, wheel barrows, actually fixed the building to the base and sealed the gap at the junction, shrubs, more plants, weeds and things I have now forgotten about.......!!

 

So here are a few of my favourite views.

 

 

 

 

Hopefully, the modules will not be removed again, easy to do but heart in mouth job nevertheless as one slip and.........

 

 

Kevin - Brilliant modelling and detail.  Fantastic scene.  What more can I say !  

[Andrew P]

I couldn't even come half close to that in 7mm. SUPERB mate.

[Tim Dubya]

38 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

I couldn't even come half close to that in 7mm. SUPERB mate.

 

or even 12" to the foot!

[MrWolf]

I do like what is known as vernacular architecture (I am a connoisseur of home made sheds!) people used to put a lot of effort into building them with anything that they could find and still come up with something that looked good. Modern DIY store sheds garden make good kindling, that's about it.

[Alister_G]

Brilliantly observed modelling Kev, just superb.

 

Al.

[aardvark]

16 hours ago, KNP said:

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I just love that dried twig in the foreground.

[Malcolm 0-6-0]

20 hours ago, KNP said:

With the pubs open, looks like Jimmy had a few tipples, or at least someone did.....!!!!

 

 

Makes your eyes go funny, doesn't it

 

 

Now why do I think that that pic needs -

 

 

[KNP]

They say you can teach old dogs new tricks, well in my case I think I have sorted out an issue that happens more often than not and that is bleeding/ghosting on a picture especially when close up.

Most of the time, when I spot it, I can sorted with some photo editing but then the other day I had one picture that was bad so I decided to try and resolve the issue once and for all.

 

So using Pannier 8701 as a test case here is a close up, camera about 50mm from subject and set on P (program) and post focus mode with ISO on 200.

 

 

 

Have a look at the left buffer, bleeding from the surrounding area has occurred and on the funnel/dome/roof has ghosting around the edge to name a couple of the most obvious issues.

Normally I would sort the buffer but leave the rest.

Not a real issue but annoying to me.

 

So, I had a thought, and tried something I should have tried ages go, obvious now when you think about it really!!!

Camera same distance but now set on A (aperture), macro setting, post focus and auto ISO.

The result, well sharp and no bleeding/ghosting issues of concern, the only thing I had was it was a bit dark but that was sorted by increasing the exposure/brightness/contrast on editing.

No doubt that can be altered on the camera as well when setting up the picture.

 

 

 

Still a bit dark this one, but it is something to work on especially in the areas of shadow.

 

More pictures to follow using the revised settings.....

 

Edited March 25 by KNP

[Tim Dubya]

Yes, using as small (f22 for example) an aperture as possible, will ensure subjects in front and behind the actual subject you are focusing on are all in sharp focus.

Using a large aperture (f1.8/2) will ensure only the subject, or part thereof, will be in focus. 

It's known as depth of field.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field?wprov=sfla1

 

Edited July 5, 2020 by Tim Dubya
hangover

[KNP]

1 minute ago, Tim Dubya said:

Yes, using as small (f22 for example) an aperture as possible, will ensure subjects in front and behind the actual subject you are focusing on are in focus.

Using a large aperture (f1.8/2) will ensure only the subject, or part thereof, will be in focus. 

It's known as depth of field.

 

Agree, my old Canon DLSR would go to f22 but then it would have taken half the layout with it......as even with just the 50mm lens it was large and heavy.

The Panasonic TZ100 is small, powerful but will only go down to f8 hence the use of post focus, sometimes when editing I select which stepped focus frames I will use in order to play with DoF.