BR(S) Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Not one of mine and this probably features elsewhere on the site, but well worth repeating here. The excellent Pempoul Reseau Breton: Pempoul, Reseau Breton Metre Gauge, Modelled to 1/50 scale by Man of Yorkshire, on Flickr 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold LH&JC Posted June 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2013 Right, that has got to be real! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted June 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2013 Right, that has got to be real! No just modelling magnificence from Gordon and Maggie Gravett.My seamoss trees look pi**poor compared to those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 It is rather good modelling. 1/50th Scale. OO is 1/76th Scale. It just goes to show that the larger the scale, the more "presense" a model has... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted June 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2013 Not one of mine and this probably features elsewhere on the site, but well worth repeating here. The excellent Pempoul Reseau Breton: A couple of my photos of this work of art, the first is in the 'Realistic Modelling Gallery' 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Liverpool 1961 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) I especially like the Emergency Water Supply signage, and the torn (Hornby Dublo?) Bird's Poster. Edited June 24, 2013 by Sarahagain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 it is the dublo poster, I was going to change it for a "You're never alone with a strand" poster and there is not enough Emergency water supply signs on layouts set in the 50s/60s. the layout by the way is Swan street goods built by Chris Hewitt which I now own, it featured in BRM in 1998, the cobbles (sets) where carved from DAS modelling clay which Chris says where inspired by Gordon and Maggie Gravett's work with DAS. the locos I built a Judith Edge Kitson and DJH class 02. the Warehouse is based on the one at Ducie street in Manchester. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) Bachmann Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2 Tank loco BR. (Not auto fitted.)For my model railway,this loco would be shedded at Wrexham Hightown Depot. LMR Region. For use on local passenger trains on the Wrexham Central, Ffrwd Locks, Denbigh and Rhyl, and Wrexham Central to Crewe routes.Re-badged from the Late Crest with Modelmasters Transfers, and a trip through the weathering paint shop... Pictured at Ffrwd Locks Station on a Wrexham Bound Stopping Train. Edited June 25, 2013 by Sarahagain 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sandhills Posted June 25, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2013 That water is incredible ! A few more from me.... Carlisle at dusk...... Toton in the mist..... A busy Shirebrook..... ....and a MML Peak ! 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I had to do a double-take on those shots, Sandhills, just to make sure they weren't real. The only giveaway I can see is in that last one with the Peak: the curved catenary wires. That's not intended as a criticism, BTW. Excellent work - actually, that applies to all of the contributors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Hi Sandhills The second shot of the 56 is stunning,looks so real....or is it, amazing. Darren01 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Sandhills, can't you at least stick a Lego mini-figure in front of your locos to make us feel a little better? jk, fantastic work. very inspirational. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2013 No no no no no NO! That "Toton in the mist" shot is in the wrong thread. You can cause trouble with shots like that! ..fantastic. I can even remember the year I saw em like that!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2013 Sandhills' pic 4 - who would ever think to leave the edge of the ballast that untidy, but doesn't it just look so natural... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaternosterRow Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2013 Hi Sandhills Have you noticed that every time you publish a pic of one of your stunning Class 56's the prices of secondhand ones on ebay shoot up? Your second and third pics above are just mouth watering - modeling of the highest excellence. You photography skills are brilliant too. More please. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Ratio Locomotive lifting hoist 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 That water is incredible ! A few more from me.... Carlisle at dusk...... image.jpg Toton in the mist..... image.jpg A busy Shirebrook..... image.jpg ....and a MML Peak ! image.jpg My brain is still struggling with that second pick! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) I think the thing that will often give the game away is that our models have surfaces that are too flawless, compared to real engines and rolling stock. Even a well cared for diesel has lots of ripples and imperfections in its body that would be pretty hard to achieve in a model, and even if you got close to achieving it, they'd probably still look "wrong", like the result of bad modelling rather than a quest for realism? Apart from the flaws in paintwork and panel fit, I have often observed in life things like skies and shadows, colours and hues, which if they were modelled would be met with, "it doesn't look real". Yesterday I drove around a harbour here in NZ, a few days after a winter storm, and the water surface was absolutely dead flat, not a ripple anywhere. Unreal, I might have thought, ... So I use basic computer programs to alter digital images. I don't see it as much different from adding backdrops, or in my earlier days in bromide photography, masking and burning photo paper under an enlarger to 'enhance' steam exhaust and skies, or adding filters. But it's not quite the same, this photo editing, and it opens a whole new world of errors. I have greatly enjoyed this thread during a few visits, so offer an example of not exactly pure realism, but an enjoyable effect. I tried to pan passing trains with my cameras back in the 1960s with variable results, with a good Hornby model it was somewhat easier! Rob Edited June 27, 2013 by robmcg 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CLARENCE Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) I think we need another button, for "amazing", looking at some of these pictures, as much for the quality of the photography as the modelling "realism"! I wish my modelling (and photography) was a tenth as good. I wouldn't dare post any of my pics on here! Regards, David. Edited June 28, 2013 by CLARENCE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme3300 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Apart from the flaws in paintwork and panel fit, I have often observed in life things like skies and shadows, colours and hues, which if they were modelled would be met with, "it doesn't look real". Yesterday I drove around a harbour here in NZ, a few days after a winter storm, and the water surface was absolutely dead flat, not a ripple anywhere. Unreal, I might have thought, ... So I use basic computer programs to alter digital images. I don't see it as much different from adding backdrops, or in my earlier days in bromide photography, masking and burning photo paper under an enlarger to 'enhance' steam exhaust and skies, or adding filters. But it's not quite the same, this photo editing, and it opens a whole new world of errors. I have greatly enjoyed this thread during a few visits, so offer an example of not exactly pure realism, but an enjoyable effect. I tried to pan passing trains with my cameras back in the 1960s with variable results, with a good Hornby model it was somewhat easier! 30778_Maunsell_N15_putting_on_fire_2abcd_r800a.jpg Rob Shades of George Heiron! Great shot. Graeme Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QRModeller Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Time to inject a little bit of Aussie into this thread! Not up to the mind-blowingly excellent quality of other shots on here, but I'm happy with it. Matt. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 All this is bought models, and natural lighting. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted July 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2013 Time to inject a little bit of Aussie into this thread! Finished Wagon with Background.jpg Not up to the mind-blowingly excellent quality of other shots on here, but I'm happy with it. Matt. It's what I think of a 'quintessential Aussie'. Wide open blue skies, scorched red earth and lots of rusty corrugated iron! You've got the lot there – thanks for sharing. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted July 1, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2013 A 128 parcels unit off the beaten track at Edinburgh Waverley in the early 80s... 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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