KenS Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 another thing in the reducing its best to only go down by 1/3 of the resolution at max at a time. doing a huge res reduction in one step will really fuzz things out with all the interpolation going on. i did see in the past when fooling with res up photo software there were some that had some res down features as well to do better pixel interpolation than photoshop does. That's good to know. I've read that multiple steps are better when enlarging, but I hadn't seen anything about using it for reductions. But that's probably not something people do very often. Something I haven't yet tried is "sharpening". For those not familiar with it, that's a step in digital photo processing that modifies the image to (hopefully) emphasize edges. It doesn't actually improve resolution, but it gives that impression. I've been learning more about raw image processing for my non-railroad photography, and getting quite familiar with sharpening as a result, which makes me think I'll use it on the next image that ends up blurry to see what it can do. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Ken, its become more of an issue these days when getting increasingly larger digital files that have to be reduced down to something to use on a website at like 200x200 pixels! anyhow the pros will even do some color correction, contrast, brightness etc at each stage in order to keep as much detail and crispness in the shot as it shrinks into a tiny one. ive been meaning to go out and look at some of the image enhancement software packages to see if there is anything great to help with this as i do more and more of it all the time. cheers, jeff Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 ok some new ones for you in my roaming i found some interesting paper cut out games for your interiors. probably easier to just glue onto a small block of styrene or basswood than trying to fold them up at that size. some small rod for the legs. could even build around a little smd led to have it light up, going to experiment with that. pinball http://www.matica.com/paper-craft-toys/61/Classic-Miniature-Pinball-Table-Paper-Toy-Models.html (theres even an adams family values for maisie's house!) video game http://www.matica.com/free-flash-games/43/Papercraft-Arcade-Cabinet-Desktop-Toy.html http://wayoftherodent.com/pa/pa_staff.htm foosball http://www.beverage.co.jp/fun/papercraft/football/ BOSS vending machine http://whatilink.com/sites/default/files/Japanese%20vending%20machine%20papercrafts.jpg coke vending machine and of course pepsi http://www.freewebs.com/jlrev/Pepsi%20Machine.bmp then there is the futurama crack vending machine you may want to put some where and see if anyone notices! Crack Vending Machine PDF pg 1 or for you anime fans! http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/59463 and of course a pizza box at 5mm square! http://fortunaswandel.deviantart.com/art/Pizza-Box-110908145 cheers jeff Link to comment
Densha Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 That pizza box is impossible in N scale! Coca Cola vending machine is nice though. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 ahh no whimps! works fine! actually needs to get hit with dull coat after printing as the toner breaks up the paper when you bend it but would work great with that addition. heres the 2 minute test complete with a leftover slice... its a 2' sq box at 4mm. cheers jeff Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 i think a couple of these needs to go on curt's conference table! but i would need to make mayonase and shrimp pizza for them probably. jeff Link to comment
bill937ca Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 i think a couple of these needs to go on curt's conference table! but i would need to make mayonase and shrimp pizza for them probably. jeff Where`s the pineapple? Link to comment
Densha Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 ahh no whimps! works fine! actually needs to get hit with dull coat after printing as the toner breaks up the paper when you bend it but would work great with that addition. heres the 2 minute test complete with a leftover slice... its a 2' sq box at 4mm. cheers jeff I am lost for words... Link to comment
Davo Dentetsu Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 ahh no whimps! works fine! actually needs to get hit with dull coat after printing as the toner breaks up the paper when you bend it but would work great with that addition. heres the 2 minute test complete with a leftover slice... its a 2' sq box at 4mm. cheers jeff I am lost for words... I'm not. He's insane. :D Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 no i'm perfectly sane its the rest of you that are wacko. its all in the perspective. jeff typing with his nose while wearing the straight jacket... 1 Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 All the sane people are boring anyway ;) Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 damn, then from my perspective i guess im boring myself... on a papercraft note ive been meaning to get to the craft store to get some decent drafting tracing paper to try laserprinting on it by sticking it to regular paper and running it through. im interested to see what it will do for tiny things like the pizza box. also wondering if it will make good shoji screen material for printing more traditional things like that out and what it might do with some back lighting. jeff Link to comment
Darklighter Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 New office building from Scalescenes.com: http://scalescenes.com/products/T007-Office-Block Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 im tempted, looks nice. its sometimes hard to tell with papercraft from pictures though, so look better in pictures, others worse! but not a bad price for the file. thanks jeff Link to comment
Hobby Dreamer Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 OK, more free stuff mostly UK but still free! http://www.wordsworthmodelrailway.co.uk/index.html http://www.ss42.com/pt-buildings.html There is some fun to be found... Rick 1 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) JR and Hiroden paper models http://www.geocities.jp/kawakei5382/trainkurahuto.html Series 201 http://www.geocities.jp/kawakei5382/mori_lb11_tc201.png Edited February 17, 2013 by bill937ca Link to comment
bill937ca Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 From the Tusgawa web site. http://www.tgw.co.jp/train/kosaku/kado/kade.html Link to comment
Blevins18 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Has anyone tried to put together the B train paper models? I attempted one last night and came up with a few things I need to work on to improve my techniques but I'm interested in hearing tips from other people too. Link to comment
Kabutoni Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) I haven't tried any B-train papercraft models, but I did make a prototype paper model for a future project on a Bandai chassis. I want a nice convex-style locomotive, as those are so common on small private railways, but a World Kogei model is too expensive and I'd like to make something unique as well. The model I made here is much too large and all, but it was just about figuring out what it would look like in 3D. The length of the body is too long, the footplates are too large and the height is maybe too much as well. I think, in the end, this locomotive will be scratchbuilt, without much planning ahead. I'll probably make two of 'em, since I have some other power units laying around as well, but that is something for a new topic. EDIT: forgot to attach picture =_=; Edited March 14, 2013 by Toni Babelony Link to comment
Blevins18 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I was pretty proud of myself for this being my first ever attempt at a papercraft model of any kind but I just bought a good cutting surface and small swivel blade exacto knife for detail work. Let the building begin! Link to comment
cteno4 Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Tony Nice start! Great way to zero in on what you want to do! B Good on ya, that's basically all you need to get started. Go at i and enjoy! Jeff Edited March 15, 2013 by cteno4 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 A Tokyu 5050 EMU model. http://www.shibuyabunka.com/special/201303/platform4/ Note at the bottom there is an additional two links to create an un-decorated train. Create your own painted train!! Link to comment
macdon Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Has anybody ever built the either the scale scene city block or parking building before? http://scalescenes.com/products/T007-Office-Block http://scalescenes.com/products/T035-Multi-storey-Car-Park Mardon Link to comment
cteno4 Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Mardon, they look like decent pdfs and a reasonable price. I think someone here on the forum has used scale scenes buildings. i think it was the row houses though. ive always wanted to do a car park like this. very easy to scratch build. i like the use of the exposed aggregate concrete for the outside walls, nice detail. jeff Link to comment
macdon Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Mardon, they look like decent pdfs and a reasonable price. I think someone here on the forum has used scale scenes buildings. i think it was the row houses though. ive always wanted to do a car park like this. very easy to scratch build. i like the use of the exposed aggregate concrete for the outside walls, nice detail. jeff Go for it buddy! :) Mardon Link to comment
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