AlienFrogModeller Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Looking good Sir. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 hour ago, AlienFrogModeller said: Looking good Sir. AllenFrogModeller, Thank you my friend for those most kind words. Your comment is great appreciated. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I think the weak modulation is good....less is better, if you have too much it will start to look like a weathering products ad :P Looks nice with the paints on even with the off white balance :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzy Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Good job Joel!...looking forward to the weathering on this bird! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Beauty Joel! Me too have problem with the photografy...the funny is that when I photografed in the past my model with a pocket digital camera on the kitchen table with a simple blue background,the result was better than now that I've a daylight set with a digital reflex... The learnng curve is still hard! Gianni Edited March 5, 2018 by kurnass77 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 11 hours ago, Aigore said: I think the weak modulation is good....less is better, if you have too much it will start to look like a weathering products ad :P Looks nice with the paints on even with the off white balance :P Janne, thanks for stopping by and the positive support. today it does look a little better. Maybe just a touch of post shading before weathering with oils. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 9 hours ago, Fozzy said: Good job Joel!...looking forward to the weathering on this bird! Fozzy, Glad you like where the build is going. Looking forward to the weathering as well. Even I can't screw that up. Well, so far I haven't. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) 56 minutes ago, kurnass77 said: Beauty Joel! Me too have problem with the fotography...the funny is that when I photografed in the past my model with a pocket digital camera on the kitchen table with a simple blue background,the result was better than now that I've a daylight set with a digital reflex... The learnng curve is still hard! Gianni Gianni, Glad you like my efforts to date. My other hobby is Photography, and I shoot with Nikons DSLRs,. The WB issue is totally mine. I've always left it in WB auto, and let the senor decide on the Kelvin temp. It's so easy to adjust in Post processing with Adobe Lightroom. For some reason when I opted for daylight, it should have forced 5500 kelvin, but it didn't. All the pictures were between 5000-5500k, and for some reason when I corrected it, the colors were still slightly off even to some degree. I'll go back to my regular settings next time. Joel Edited March 5, 2018 by Joel_W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Joel_W said: Gianni, Glad you like my efforts to date. My other hobby is Photography, and I shoot with Nikons DSLRs,. The WB issue is totally mine. I've always left it in WB auto, and let the senor decide on the Kelvin temp. It's so easy to adjust in Post processing with Adobe Lightroom. For some reason when I opted for daylight, it should have forced 5500 kelvin, but it didn't. All the pictures were between 5000-5500k, and for some reason when I corrected it, the colors were still slightly off even to some degree. I'll go back to my regular settings next time. Joel That's why the deities created photo editing software :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 39 minutes ago, Aigore said: That's why the deities created photo editing software :P Janne, I spend more time in post with Lightroom 6.1, then out in the field shooting. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I just had to tease you a bit :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Janne and it's the truth. It's like to separate hobbies that meet in the middle. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Aigore said: I just had to tease you a bit :P And me,also... Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 38 minutes ago, kurnass77 said: And me,also... Gianni That's why I like you guys so much. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) As my brother pointed out, the colors aren't correct. They're much to bright, with a cast of yellow to them especially in the Dark Green. At 1st I thought it was a White Balance issue, but that's always correctable in post processing using Lightroom 6.1. I could have spent time playing with the Hue, Saturation, and Luminance filters to come closer, but that doesn't solve the issue. After just thinking about it, the answer has to be the lighting that I've been using, which is what I model with plus one more Tensor light. I used two tensor table lamps which I assumed was 5500k and a Ottlite which is 5500k. The Tensor bulbs aren't close. So I'm going to buy two clip on reflectors and two 5500k balanced floods. But for a test I reset up the lights, put on my 105mm Macro lens which required me to be back more then 4 ft., and used my flash (not the pop up). With a EV setting of -.7, I got close enough to the correct exposure so that the picture is now what I see on the workbench. The Brown is somewhat darker, but the Dark Green is now a Dark Green. Before: After: Joel Edited March 6, 2018 by Joel_W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Look way better my friend! Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 1 hour ago, kurnass77 said: Look way better my friend! Gianni Gianni, At least I got the image color right, and it does match the call outs. So as I told my brother, close is good enough for me, as weathering will only darken the colors further. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Her camo's looking real good Joel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I like read your post.I can always find something helpful to me.To get an available photo in model building is really an issue.sometimes a cell phone camera is just a makeshift one.so much waiting for me to learn. I'm looking forward your hurricane's weathering. Feng Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 On 3/8/2018 at 3:52 PM, CaptainObvious said: Her camo's looking real good Joel. Capt. Obvious, thanks so much for your thumbs up. I really appreciate it. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 4:47 AM, egg2012 said: I like read your post.I can always find something helpful to me.To get an available photo in model building is really an issue.sometimes a cell phone camera is just a makeshift one.so much waiting for me to learn. I'm looking forward your hurricane's weathering. Feng Feng, Glad that you find my posts helpful in your modeling. That's one of the major reasons I post detail builds even of what are basically OOB builds these days. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 On 2018-03-05 at 10:22 PM, Joel_W said: Janne and it's the truth. It's like to separate hobbies that meet in the middle. Joel Indeed.... documenting builds took me from simple cellphone pics to using a semipro SLR :P and I like shooting all kinds of things...waiting for my perfect bee landing on a flower -shot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 On 3/10/2018 at 2:37 PM, Aigore said: Indeed.... documenting builds took me from simple cellphone pics to using a semipro SLR :P and I like shooting all kinds of things...waiting for my perfect bee landing on a flower -shot Janne, I'm shooting with a Nikon D7100 DSLR these days, with 5 lenses in my arsenal. I love macro work especially florals and flying insects, so I have the Nikkor 105mm macro lens. I'm also into birding and sports, so at the other end of my lens stable is the new 150-600mm Sigma Contemporary lens. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Another week has gone by, another Nor'easter snow storm heading right for Long Island once again. That's 3 Storms in 2 weeks. Warmest February on record followed by one of the worst Marches snow wise on record as well. At least being retired I no longer have to worry about getting to work, nor home from work. Just pray that my old snow blower makes it through the season. Last storm the cable that engages the drive gears broke. Luckily, I was able to repair it easy enough. This past week I glossed the Hurricane with Tamiya's X-22 Clear gloss over a 3 day period. For the 1st time in what seems like ages, I decided to use the kits decals after reading several build blogs that all gave them quite positive assessments . The Airfix decals look virtually perfect in color and registration. they're thin but not so thin as to be prone to tearing or curling. And they're not Gloss, they have a beautiful mat finish to them. To bad that I'm going to have to gloss over them to seal the decals, as well as the base for whatever weathering I'm going to be doing. I'm guessing that the Matt finish doesn't require any clear gloss varnish to applied over them, making the decals that much easier to work with. The decals behaved so well, that I had little trouble overlapping the tail Red, White, & Blue decals from both sides. The Airfix decals didn't respond all that well to Micro Set, but settled down with Sol fairly well. A final coat of Solvaset, and they settled into the nooks & crannies with just the slightest prodding and patting. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlienFrogModeller Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Nice work Joel, looks real good with markings applied. I like the matt decals, gives the sealing coat something to stick to. Can't wait for the weathering.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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