Model Train Journal

OUTSTANDING!

Well, you've done it Erik!!! This one absolutely looks real. The angle is terrific and adds to the overall look. Just like sitting on the bank fishing or trainspotting. I can't find anything that says model.

Weathering?

BH

Wow! Fantastic.

Butch,

I have not started the weather of the bridges yet that’s next; still working. Weathering wise it will be not as rusty as we see them today it’s only a 20 year old simulation (1940’s-1950’s)

Thank you for the great support! Glad you enjoyed it- so far.

I'm more impressed by the stream

Erik C Lindgren wrote:Butch,

I have not started the weather of the bridges yet that’s next; still working. Weathering wise it will be not as rusty as we see them today it’s only a 20 year old simulation (1940’s-1950’s)

Thank you for the great support! Glad you enjoyed it- so far.

I totally agreed on the level of weathering, as most bridges during this period were kept up. Cheap labor and materials (before EPA rules) made painting a relatively cheap maintenance task.

Everything is in balance from the bridge, concrete abutments, river, weeds, trees, rocks, etc.and photography. I just looks real. Congratulations!

BH

Erik,


It takes talent to create pictures like you do. Great work!

Larry

Erik C Lindgren wrote:I have not started the weather of the bridges yet that’s next; still working. Weathering wise it will be not as rusty as we see them today it’s only a 20 year old simulation (1940’s-1950’s).

Perhaps, but it might be made to match with the amount of rust on piers in discrete amounts and locations towards the bottom along the edge.

I for one, am totally appalled at you sneaking in these images of REAL scenes trying to fool us! Oh....you say it's a model!

GREAT stuff, absolutely top notch!

Rich

Eric,

You do beautiful work and your photos are top notch.

Thanks,

Joe Foehrkolb

Take the easy way out and add a few guys painting your piers. Make it look like their last task is painting the piers.

Thank you guys I’m honored you like it. Doctor, I will do as you suggest.. good advice.

Ok, so when I look at the cards that I post over on the Lounge section, one of the aspects that I oft times wonder about is where the photographer is standing or placed to capture the picture.

Somewhere I actually have a card that features the photographer caught by another photographer so you can know where they are located.

So, do you give any considerations as to the "reality" of how a scale photographer might capture your photos - are they taken from a plausible angle and location that reflects a plausible reality when you are working around your module? Just a passing thought.....