Popular Post brylonscamel Posted May 19, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2019 Well - if we are going to mess about in Photoshop - here's my latest bit of digital tomfoolery ... 18 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 Sepia tinted tomfoolery ... 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I must confess to photoshopping some of my uploaded images; especially things like cruel close ups of wagons or coaches I've built but when you first see the photo there's those annoying bits of fluff stuck to them your eyeball didn't detect. My mild OCD-ness insists I edit those away! A shame we do not have the technology to 3D-photoshop things in reality and issue special virtual world glasses to the viewer, would save a lot of time! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 9 hours ago, Martin S-C said: I must confess to photoshopping some of my uploaded images; especially things like cruel close ups of wagons or coaches I've built but when you first see the photo there's those annoying bits of fluff stuck to them your eyeball didn't detect. My mild OCD-ness insists I edit those away! A shame we do not have the technology to 3D-photoshop things in reality and issue special virtual world glasses to the viewer, would save a lot of time! Yes .. I've removed the odd dog hair that's made it into the edit! Photos at the sort of close proximity available from digital cameras reveal all sorts of gaps, fluff, detritus and poor modelling!! Oh and a plus one for the goggles. Rose-tinted. Obviously. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Superb modelling skills, well done 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 42 minutes ago, tigerburnie said: Superb modelling skills, well done Cheers! Much appreciated .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted May 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2019 It's such a gorgeous model. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 I haven't update Caledonia Basin here for a while as I set myself a slightly daft schedule to give Dad's home-based layout 'Braeside' a facelift. Amid the frenzy of making small buildings, I finally got a few coats of coach varnish on the canal wharf, which now looks more 'aquatic' ... Here are colour and black & white renditions 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 11 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 .. oh and the railway arches have also been fixed permanently in pace and bedded into the ground ... 12 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 If anyone is mildly curious, I've started a separate thread which I'll update with details of the facelift on my Dad's layout 'Braeside'. So, far I'm busy with a signal box, Caledonian-style coaling stage and Whisky Distillery! It's over here on 'Toto, we're not in Metcalfeshire any more' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 The canal looks delightfully murky! Good to see the new photos. And yes, being mildly curious, even intrigued, I'm off to see what's been happening! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, Signaller69 said: The canal looks delightfully murky! Good to see the new photos. And yes, being mildly curious, even intrigued, I'm off to see what's been happening! Thanks! .. I spent a bit of time making a base colour that seemed the right shade of murky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2019 A drop that high would break the coal up too much... Very nice. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Oh, Simon, you're such a wit. A shining wit! I like your canal colour. Just right. I used to know a gent who owned a canal boat and enjoyed several holidays with him and his mates going around the canals of the NW. All canals that I recall are a universal 'turd brown' except at the source leat of the Llangollen where it was so clear you could see the bottom, and at the northern portal of Harecastle tunnel on the Trent & Mersey where, due to ironstone geology the water is the most striking bright orange colour. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2019 17 minutes ago, Martin S-C said: Oh, Simon, you're such a wit. I fear you may be only half right there... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 I know the Llangollen having spent three weeks up there with the hotel boats "Rose & Castle" .. the water has a different quality up there .. as I'm sure you know it has more of a "flow" as the canal acts as a conduit for fresh water supplied from the Welsh hills. We were up there to take the boats down a newly opened stretch of the Montgomery canal. We had a rare couple of days free so I had a lovely time with my bike, exploring some hills around Llangollen. All of which were monstrously steep! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 22/08/2019 at 19:01, Regularity said: A drop that high would break the coal up too much... Very nice. .. how did that get in here? I've run out of space in the diorama box and there's nowhere to put it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted August 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 22/08/2019 at 19:47, Martin S-C said: ....I like your canal colour. Just right............. All canals that I recall are a universal 'turd brown' When I get around to doing my canal is 'Turd Brown' a Vellejo or Railmatch colour? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: When I get around to doing my canal is 'Turd Brown' a Vellejo or Railmatch colour? .. Vellejo "Turdos Marrón"? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted August 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2019 Joking aside your canal/canal scene does look fantastic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 59 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Joking aside your canal/canal scene does look fantastic Cheers .. kind comments always appreciated! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 I forgot to share the glossy-water photo in its original colour format ... 10 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Runaway train! I can't really comment, most of my engines are driven by invisible men. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Martin S-C said: Runaway train! I can't really comment, most of my engines are driven by invisible men. I have the Model U figures to match the loco - but they are in white primer. I could fit them and call it a "ghost train" ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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