tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post9130426161764764315..comments2024-03-17T02:23:41.148-06:00Comments on C&Sn3: Hemlock Street Part 2 - Selecting ModelsDarel Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17654654924870626847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-27715404690950477172014-08-16T19:24:10.494-06:002014-08-16T19:24:10.494-06:00Robert, I really did not understand how the author...Robert, I really did not understand how the author in the MRH article used the topography to add depth to his photos. When I get some time, I will do some major PhotoShop work on my images to scrub out what I can. Erasing an entire forest is more than I care to take on, however: I just want the Mosquito Range in the background.<br /><br />Keith Hayes<br />Leadville in Sn3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-33966629193480101522014-08-05T21:12:51.112-06:002014-08-05T21:12:51.112-06:00Thanks for the tip, Adrian, I will check out the l...Thanks for the tip, Adrian, I will check out the link.<br /><br />I used a similar ruse on Hemlock Street--the crest is a couple inches before the street meets the backdrop, and it only drops down 1/4"-3/8" beyond the crest at the intersection.<br /><br />I have more of a challenge in the center of town. There I have S scale flats lining either side of the street and the point where the street meets the backdrop is quite obvious. I have given this some thought, and in one case I will distract the viewer with a scene of a truck unloading...beer (what else?). In the second case I think I will model a couple bicycles using 3d printing (more on that in another post) and feature a couple teens pushing their bikes downhill to the center of town. As with magic, I think the key is to distract the eye.<br /><br />Thank you so much for your post!<br /><br />Keith Hayes<br />Leadville in Sn3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-19970133629730311312014-07-30T14:15:48.531-06:002014-07-30T14:15:48.531-06:00Looking very nice Keith. As for your question abou...Looking very nice Keith. As for your question about what to do where the streets meet the backdrop, I have always found that to be one of the weakest points in many of the layouts that I have seen. The solution was discovered (or perhaps just publicized?) by a professional layout builder in Germany named Josef Brandl. His trick is to place a crest a few inches away from the back of the real scenery (so the back edge is not visible), then to leave a gap between that back edge and the backdrop. That way when you - the viewer - move, the relationship between the back of the 3D scenery and the backdrop changes as well. This is spectacularly realistic, and I think that you could do the Mosquito Range very well with the technique. The best photos of a layout using the trick are in a book/magazine about a layout set in an Alpine landscape in Norway. A few sample images here: https://shop.vgbahn.info/eisenbahn-journal/news/Meisterlich+umgesetzt+von+Josef+Brandl_167.html Again, the trick is to leave a gap between the back edge of the scenery and the backdrop. Keep up the great work.<br />Adrian Hundhausen Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-43670326104818833262014-07-28T23:45:58.933-06:002014-07-28T23:45:58.933-06:00Remember the before and after of one of the Montan...Remember the before and after of one of the Montana photos that showed the same scene with and without RR tracks.Some of these scenes had been modified to meet the modelers needs.Couldn't some older photos be used as guides to modify newer photos.The video also mentioned something about topographic maps.Robert McFarlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-39777025654083376422014-07-28T20:25:26.643-06:002014-07-28T20:25:26.643-06:00Robert:
Thanks for the tip. I saw this in MRH the...Robert:<br /><br />Thanks for the tip. I saw this in MRH the last month or two. I myself plan to follow Dale Krutzer's method. My Dad and I paid a special visit to Leadville earlier in the summer to make some panoramas for my backdrops. These will be pieced together in PhotoShop, printed on wallpaper paper, and adhered to the wall. One of my challenges is that the viewer looks east, uphill towards the Mosquito Range rather than facing west towards the more dramatic view of Mounts Massive and Elbert. <br /><br />One issue is that my photos are circa 2014 (right before noon), and my layout is set in the 1930s, the key difference being the abundance of trees on Carbonate and Fryer Hill, not to mention Poverty Flat. I am also thinking about what to do in the streets where they meet the backdrop. This will be less an issue on Hemlock Street than on the numbered streets.<br /><br />Since we are off the subject, I wonder if Darel would indulge us in some other blow-ups of the Beam photo and show off the fresh block lettering on the boxes and coals on the depot lead?<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Keith Hayes<br />Leadville in Sn3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-80742968279864172742014-07-28T18:20:00.786-06:002014-07-28T18:20:00.786-06:00A little off the subject-but not far-you've go...A little off the subject-but not far-you've got to see this Youtube video.Not to long ago Darel brought up the subject of backdrops for the Dickey layout-this looks like a good solution on anybody's layout.The video deals with computer generated backdrops and was done in cooperation with Model Railroad Hobbyist online magazine.It explained a little about how they are made and had some good scenes on the layout of the man who presented the video.Go to Youtube and type in:COMPUTER GENERATED BACKDROPS/MODEL TRAIN BACKDROPS/MODEL RAILROAD HOBBYIST/MRHRobert McFarlandnoreply@blogger.com