Geoff
Western Thunderer
Thank you John, trying to create atmosphere and a feeling of place is my core interest in modelling.
Geoff
7mm Llanbister Rd.
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Thank you John, trying to create atmosphere and a feeling of place is my core interest in modelling.
Geoff
timbowales
Western Thunderer
Geoff
Western Thunderer
Well thanks very much Gary, but it's narrow gauge track at 31.5mm, the wheels aren't as fine as they could be, and it's a cheap, detailed plastic RTR model, with a dodgy chimney.
cheers TimboI think it's more a case of trial and error, with a little good luck thrown in rather than skill, but thanks Ade.
As for patience, being a happily married man I've always had plenty of that.
Geoff
cmax
Western Thunderer
Well thanks very much Gary, but it's narrow gauge track at 31.5mm, the wheels aren't as fine as they could be, and it's a cheap, detailed plastic RTR model, with a dodgy chimney.
Geoff,
Looking at the photograph, you can't tell its 31.5mm track, can't spot the flange depth, and it looks like a 14xx.
What you can see in the photograph is a work of art, your work of art, its full of atmosphere, when you decided to remove the siding and replace with the bridge, I thought mmmm, what's happening here, what's happened in my eyes, you've improved Bleddfa Road, less is certainly more.
Gary
Geoff,
Looking at the photograph, you can't tell its 31.5mm track, can't spot the flange depth, and it looks like a 14xx.
What you can see in the photograph is a work of art, your work of art, its full of atmosphere, when you decided to remove the siding and replace with the bridge, I thought mmmm, what's happening here, what's happened in my eyes, you've improved Bleddfa Road, less is certainly more.
Gary
Neil
Western Thunderer
Well thanks very much Gary, but it's narrow gauge track at 31.5mm, the wheels aren't as fine as they could be, and it's a cheap, detailed plastic RTR model, with a dodgy chimney.
Yes, but .....
Artistry trumps finescale exactitude every time. It's why in some hands relatively ordinary rtr stuff looks like a trainset and in others it becomes a complete knockout.
Geoff
Western Thunderer
Thanks for your kind comments and likes, guys.
Like Gary, I also wondered what was going on when I removed the siding and replaced it with a river bridge
When making such changes, and there have been a few of late I'm always wary of taking the less is more approach too far. But I think I've got away with it again with the latest chops and changes.
Got to say that I agree with Neil as regards artistry trumping exactitude. I do admire what is being done in the true finescale modelling world, but does an extra couple of millimetres here and there really matter? Whenever I look at layouts I don't notice how accurate the track gauge is, or how fine the wheels are, I'm more interested in the whole scene spread before me, and ask myself does it look like a model railway, or a model of a railway?
Geoff (ducking for cover)
Like Gary, I also wondered what was going on when I removed the siding and replaced it with a river bridge
When making such changes, and there have been a few of late I'm always wary of taking the less is more approach too far. But I think I've got away with it again with the latest chops and changes.Got to say that I agree with Neil as regards artistry trumping exactitude. I do admire what is being done in the true finescale modelling world, but does an extra couple of millimetres here and there really matter? Whenever I look at layouts I don't notice how accurate the track gauge is, or how fine the wheels are, I'm more interested in the whole scene spread before me, and ask myself does it look like a model railway, or a model of a railway?
Geoff (ducking for cover)
Geoff
Western Thunderer
Almost five years ago 1455 departed from Bleddfa Rd., with an autotrain, the coach had been on loan from one of my friends to help me set the platform face clearances.
The same coach recently paid a return visit so I could take a few photos of it before it was put up for sale on a certain auction site, I couldn't resist taking a few new photos.
1455 looks a little worse for wear when compared with the pristine model in the previous photo, but the coach remains as new.
Whilst looking through my photo library, I came across this shot of the might have been engine release. The idea was to model the station on a plateau with the Lugg valley below, but it looked too wild and remote for the Marches.
Geoff
The same coach recently paid a return visit so I could take a few photos of it before it was put up for sale on a certain auction site, I couldn't resist taking a few new photos.
1455 looks a little worse for wear when compared with the pristine model in the previous photo, but the coach remains as new.
Whilst looking through my photo library, I came across this shot of the might have been engine release. The idea was to model the station on a plateau with the Lugg valley below, but it looked too wild and remote for the Marches.
Geoff
Geoff
Western Thunderer
It's been an enjoyable 5 years Gary, but much of that time has been spent on making numerous chops and changes. Naturally I've made a few mistakes on the journey, but I'm pleased with how things have come together.
Thanks Mark, but from a technical point of view my photography isn't the best. I usually just point and aim my trusty 20 year old Panasonic Lumix camera at the subject, set it to auto and just let it get on with it.
I avoid helicopter shots if possible and try and recreate scenes from my Bradford Barton albums. Any editing is carried out by using google photos, and the very basic Arcsoft photo editor which came with my camera. Though at the moment I'm experimenting with a free trial of pixlr photo editor.
Geoff
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cmax
Western Thunderer
Bleddfa Road looks fantastic in your colour shots, but looks real in the black and white shots, agree about the helicopter shots, you wouldn't have seen the real railway this way back in the day, I still can't believe its not an actual long closed station in its last days.
Gary
Gary
LarryG
Western Thunderer
Desaturated colour images tend to look muddy because colour stock lacks the range of tones of true black & white film. I've done my best to replicate black & white film but its not really convincing. It would be interesting to see results from shooting film on an old film camera.
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Hmm. That's a bit simplistic, Larry. It's true of systems using colour couplers as part of their make up but not true of colour separation systems or those relying on a black and white image as their first stage, like Kodachrome or especially Technicolor. The dyes used there do not rely on colour couplers but are non-photographic in nature so have little influence on the silver image.
Often it's down to the photographer. There's correctly exposed, one stop under (artistic) or two stops under (very artistic).
Brian
Geoff
Western Thunderer
I love what you've done there Larry, thanks.
As a matter of interest, this is the last photo I took using Ilford B&W film........
Geoff
timbowales
Western Thunderer
And where is that taken?
Geoff
Western Thunderer
Warrington Arpley stabling point Tim, a BR relief area manager lived next door at one time. He arranged a few cab passes, visits to various TMD's and power boxes for me.
Geoff
Neil
Western Thunderer
Again, it's the art rather than the technical perfection where the wow factor lies.
Jordan or Plymouth Mad
Mid-Western Thunderer
....and the pursuit of the "Most Warnings to One Member for Slipping in Photos of the Real Thing & Claiming it"s a Model" Award....