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by ge_rik » Sat Sep 19, 2015 6:01 pm
On GSC a challenge was issued - to replicate a photo of a railway on your own line. Here was my attempt .....
A few discrepancies, I'm afraid
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by philipy » Sat Sep 19, 2015 6:59 pm
Looks pretty good to me Rik. The only obvious, not nit-picking, difference is the coach roof profile and I know that's because you modified proprietary coaches.
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by ge_rik » Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:04 pm
philipy:113528 wrote:Looks pretty good to me Rik. The only obvious, not nit-picking, difference is the coach roof profile and I know that's because you modified proprietary coaches.
Yes, the coaches are actually based on Leek & Manifold stock - the only balcony coaches I have
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by Peter Butler » Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:24 pm
Just looking at your photograph in isolation, you could easily mistake it for the real thing before scrutinising it more closely.
Well done Rik.
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by planty » Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:33 pm
Very impressive!
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by Soar Valley Light » Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:50 pm
That's a really good recreation Rik. The only things I can really see different are a couple of leaves less on the third tree from the left and Cheddar rather than Cheshire cheese in the Drivers sandwiches!
Peter is right, your picture could very easily be mistaken for the prototype, well done!
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by ge_rik » Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:23 pm
To get the perspective as close to the original as possible, I had to zoom in and 'step back' - which has also reduced the depth of field - which I think helps. Took a while (and several 'takes') before I got it as near as I could.
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by Alan P » Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:30 pm
Excellent Rik, although your driver seems a bit camera shy
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by ge_rik » Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:45 pm
Alan P:113535 wrote:Excellent Rik, although your driver seems a bit camera shy :)
Yes, unfortuately he's glued in a bit too well, so I couldn't remove him to insert another more like the one in the postcard.
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by jim@NAL » Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:56 pm
looks very good well done
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by Big Jim » Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:54 pm
Very nice Rik,
The Southwold railway is about the only thing that could turn me on to 45mm gauge.
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