The OLD PORT SHOP

I'm pretty sure all of these are digitally enhanced, so don't feel too bad. I believe he has talked about his process before.

 

I have to disappoint you, Bryan, some of Dirk`s pictures are digitally optimised, but others I shot with my I-Phone.
It is all about to catch the railroad atmosphere, which means that you sometimes have to leave the common positions and look for other angles which are closer to typical prototype pictures.
Enjoy!
Best,
Sven

 

I give you an example:

A typical Z-scale picture, zooming brutally in we can create the illusion of a big railroad



Zooming out a little bit, it is still a nice railroad layout



But in real life you are highly disappointed, because then it looks more like this:



Thus, we Z-Scaler have to do a lot and have to have much fantasy in order to create a good illusion.

All my best,

Sven

 

As you all know, the code name for "The old port shop" was OPS, any idea why we call this addition FLOPS ??

 

Oooooh, I'm liking that trestle!!

 

Great weathering on the structures! The trestle is extremely well done as well.
Why FLOPS? Does it mean final loop?