I'm going to post this mostly to draw attention to an interesting thread with herald: http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=97179
I got two Proto 2000 L&N E6-A's in the mail today from a friend in Texas. They were both converted into dummy locos but the shells won't sit on the frames properly as there are no tabs on the inside of the shells. It'll be a simple matter to make some tabs from scrap. The locos are identical, right down to their numbers, 776.
Layout scenes on Friday night. B. Lee Transfer and Storage Overnight boxcar for engine terminal storage. A load of forklift parts for Southwest Lift Co. Concor flat car with Gold Medal Model bulkhead ends. Paper building. SSW7796 B30-7
Weekend already?! Where'd my week go? This is a similar image to last week's, but taken during the day...you can see the bluish reflection off the boiler. Last week's was with over head halogens only. A fellow Canadian added the smoke and steam effects using photoshop.
Today's project was to rebuild and re-motor a Proto 2000 E6-A that had been stripped and made into a dummy loco. I do believe I accomplished my goal. See it here: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZ1E_DxNl4"]YouTube - Proto 2000 E6-A remotored[/ame]
CP AC 4400 and two crack FP45s prepare for a days tonnage. AC 4400 by Kato FP45s by Gran Sar - Assembled and painted by Hemi Fantasy paint scheme by me. Mock Ups of the main Industrial area Grain Train on the Right:
It's not often that I do what is called a 100% crop--that is, I take a section of a photo and post it with the actual pixels. There'a a thread on this post about Helicon software, where I took actual pixel sections of an image. Here it is: Here's my case. The overall image posted above isn't much use in determining sharpness because it's only 640 pixels wide. The following images should show actual pixels. First the top (distance) of the image: You can see near the top of the bridge that Helicon got confused. You can also see the speckling on the far wall, which indicates that last slice is in focus. Then the mid-distance, or middle, of the image: Then the bottom, or near, of the image:
I'm also doing some "100% crops" from my photos. This means I take a 640 pixel wide crop out of the 3008 pixel wide original, so I can post actual pixels, instead of cramming them down. Interesting results. Here's one: It lets me show a little more details from my shots.
I've been frustrated over the years by the limits of the images sizes here and elsewhere, which I completely understand and support--I am an admin here.:tb-biggrin: I've been occasionally accused of over-Photoshopping my images. When it comes to extending foregrounds and backgrounds, yes, I do that. But when it comes to faking my modeling, no way! I've known about 100% cropping for many years. That is, if an image is limited to 640 pixels wide, then I take a 640 pixel wide selection from a larger image (in my case 3008 wide), and post that selection in a new image. That way you will see the actual pixels in the image. At this level, there is no Photoshopping. I think it finally shows the level of detail that I am modeling at. It certainly shows all the flaws, too. This cutter was nearly destroyed when I fell on it in June 2006, and hasn't been fully repaired.
Here's another crop. It turns a wide-angle full image into a medium telelphoto, but it also shows the details inherent in the larger photo.
