RMweb Premium DLT Posted June 14, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2011 I'm quite pleased with the way my handpainted backscene has come out in this shot - it doesn't look so good close up! That is awesome.... Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2011 Stubby, when you consider the size of the layout, that is an awesome shot! Terrific shot Stubby, a real sense of scale. How on earth did you get the camera in there? Cheers, Dave. Thanks guys. The camera is a little point-n-shoot digital, from Tescos originally. a Technika SH-Z625. It's only 2" x 4", which allows me to get down to track level. This photo also confirms to me the whole concept of the layout, which was to give an impression of a small yard next to a large building. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 A version of this postcard was on an earlier incarnation of RMWeb, but I thought it appropriate enough to regurgitate for this thread. 'Success' was based on an Agenoria Manning Wardle with a number of scratchbuilt elements. The Slater's vans were very early unredeemable efforts which now lie in disgrace in some cupboard, not even fit for making a tenner on ebay. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37255 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Great to see someone else looking after an 82004 I have one (with still working smoke). I have just bought a new motor for it. The attached photo is obviously not a model but it shows what could be achieved on a layout when we photograph locos at events. This was at the 'Thomas' day on the GSWR 12 June 2011, The bus just happened to go over the bridge when I took the photo but it is evocative of some time in the 60s' especially when coverted to B&W and photoshopped a bit. I always look for inspiration when I go to events like this The bus on the bridge makes it look a bit like a model layout! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steaming_chris Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I'm quite pleased with the way my handpainted backscene has come out in this shot - it doesn't look so good close up! Hi Michael as always, great detail with lots of atmosphere. regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Great to see someone else looking after an 82004 I have one (with still working smoke). I have just bought a new motor for it. Hi. I have a few Tri-ang 82004s all different, also the "French" loco on the same chassis. I have had a go at some photo colour editing... Regards Sarah 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 The Slater's vans were very early unredeemable efforts which now lie in disgrace in some cupboard, not even fit for making a tenner on ebay. You'd be amazed what will sell on eBay.. JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 You'd be amazed what will sell on eBay.. You betcha! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 16, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2011 A 56xx arrives at Paynestown with a short pick-up goods. Come along to the free exhibition at Lord and Butler, the Pumping Station, Cardiff, this father's day weekend - more info here. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 As the sun rises in the early morning sky, 27105 waits time at Platform 13 Edinburgh Waverley with a train for Perth, August 1984... Cheers, Dave WW 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 As the sun rises in the early morning sky, 27105 waits time at Platform 13 Edinburgh Waverley with a train for Perth, August 1984... Cheers, Dave WW Glad to see this thread getting back to normal. well done Dave. J 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 More shunting on Factory Lane Sidings 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 The photographer not in a very good position, still its worth capturing the event of a class 26 leaving Glenuig, the signalman's cat is impressed that his master has replaced the signal so quickly 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 not as good as many of the other contributions but this i my first attempt using a cheap digital camera and ms paint so please be gentle david 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 19, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19, 2011 not as good as many of the other contributions but this i my first attempt using a cheap digital camera and ms paint so please be gentle david I do like the atmosphere in this one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Captured circa 1910 using the new state-of-the-art Autochrome Lumière process, this Yorkshire & Lincolnshire tar tank is a very mundane subject for such an expensive glass plate image. More photos here (external link). 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I realize people are easily hurt but lets be realistic. Glossy collectors items from the 1960s are as realistic as as a man with four tits. I wonder what the star awards are actually for. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I wonder what the star awards are actually for. I'm surmising which posts you're referring too and I agree on the loco side of it although there's some other decent elements in some of the pics. It's probably an opportune time to note that this topic should be about realism of which there are some cracking examples on this very page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RBE Posted June 19, 2011 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2011 At request I've added this one of Outon Roads resident shunter, longsight's 08915. Regards Cav 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom F Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 'All Clear!' 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhills Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 A couple in N - 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Arthur Posted June 20, 2011 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2011 A steelworks, somewhere in Lancashire, around 1973. Arthur 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Arthur, that last steelworks shot is amazing! How do you get the metal to look like it is glowing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom F Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 'Now then lad, no more coal til t'uther side of Kirkham' 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Arthur, that last steelworks shot is amazing! How do you get the metal to look like it is glowing? Thanks Simon, glad you like it . It's just a paint effect. The ingots themselves are just blocks of styrene with the top centres 'routed' out with a burr in a minidrill leaving a raised rim. The centres of real ingots sink as the metal cools and contracts. They're then painted with a white undercoat which is allowed to dry, followed by a coat of a bright yellow. It's nothing special, just something in a tester pot from B&Q, which is also allowed to dry. Next is a fluorescent orange by PlastiCote, I think I got that from Wilkinsons. I just paint an oval 'frame' on every face of the ingot leaving the centre of each face yellow. After that's dried for 30 minutes I then use a brush with some thinners on to blend the orange into the yellow so that there is a gradation of colour from yellow in the centre to orange at the edges. When that's dried I use Humbrol gunmetal metalcote to just catch the very corners and tops and bottoms of the edges to replicate steel that's cooled beyond the glowing stage. The real ingots would still be near liquid in the centre at this point so I'm trying to replicate the various intensities of temperature, colour and glow. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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