Solved the drumheads, I think! I used a Ricoh Pro C7200X Graphic Arts edition and the finish and resolution sure improved! This is the best I can before Kodachrome Slides... Though the best option would be to shrink myself to 1/48 scale. I’d would paint the drumhead myself behihd 0.006 real glass from Clover House! Some pics below... the low quality print is from a Konica Minolta C454... if you can’t spot it, the more orange one (talk about calibration issues) is the low quality...
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Glad that art worked! I would have sent you the vector file if needed.
Exposition Flyer christening by Misses Treasure Island, Feather River Canyon, Salt Lake City, Denver and Chicago - CB&Q Photo. Railway Classics.
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When I get saturated with a particular side of a project, I jump to a different issue.... I’m experimenting with a different approach to carpet modeling. Here I modified and manipulated a carpet design texture image ti fit the floor size and scale. I printed several pages and they came out well...
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Santiago, that 'carpet' is nice!
Dan Weinhold
Cool beans!
@sleepmac posted:Santiago, that 'carpet' is nice!
Dan Weinhold
Thanks! Let me know If you would like to have the file. I don’t mind sharing it.
What can I say Santiago you are a master in building this and specialy the interior really owesome what I see.
Appreciate the support, everyone! I decided to revisit my idea of a clerestory roof I made for my brass diner... this is what I've accomplished so far.... not done, but it looks promising. The interior lights will be powered via the Soundcar decoder. No batteries in this project
The roof is a very free approximation to the design in the actual CB&Q cars. Glick's books were instrumental in guiding me model this.
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WOW!!!! You are an absolute BALLER!
Love it, love it !
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I always wondered how you got the letter spacing so perfectly!
Thanks, RTH! I scaled the SP font from Railfonts.com in InDesign to Clover House’s Pullman Names dry transfers. Helps a lot!
BTW we are at the brink of a catastrophe in modeling. Dry transfers can’t be made anymore. The special pressure activated glue is no longer being manufactured. A disaster!
A always, fantastic work Santiago. The detail work on the Dry Transfers and the Exposition Flyer Tail Sign is really nice. Are the "Exposition Flyer" backlit in the photo or even able to be backlit? Either way, they look nice.
Charlie
Thanks, Charlie. Yes, the drumheads light up. They will be connected to a Soundtrack Sound Car decoder for DCC use. Drumheads are LEDs and markers will be 1.5v Japanese bulbs. I’ll take some pics later of the installation.
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WOW! That looks great!
Thanks, David!
Charlie, I soldered small brass tubes to guide the wires up the body of the car. Of course, they were installed before interior paint to help blend everything in.
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Dear Santiago,
your paintjob is very very nice I like it and a awesome car but your interior is amazing what a detail. I have a lot of unpainted models I send it to you for paint
Edwin
I appreciate that, Edwin! Shipping cars to and from Colombia makes it very expensive. Some people have reached out and I'm happy to discuss projects as long as they are doable for both parties.
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@SANTIAGOP23 posted:I appreciate that, Edwin! Shipping cars to and from Colombia makes it very expensive. ...snip...
I seem to recall that. Anyway, the solarium is looking very nice.