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2) Description of the existing structure and reasons for changes
3) Planned modifications (removal of the diagonal braces and
portals, replacement with B-B girders and styrene, using the
new Micro Engineering decals to represent rivets, etc.)
4) Photos of the modifications
5) Painting and weathering with artist's acrylics, brushes and
cosmetic sponges
6) Conclusions: don't be afraid to re-do something that's
already finished, applying new techniques to old models, etc.
I've uploaded a photo of the existing bridge in my MRH folder-
it is dsc_0027. I assume you have access to this folder- if not,
let me know and I'll e-mail you a copy. Let me know if this
would be of interest.
Regards,
Tom Patterson
Good news! The folks at MRH are interested in my article. At
this point I printed and reviewed all of the article submission
material I could find on the MRH website.
I made a list of what would be needed, i.e. bill of materials, list-
ing of photo captions, etc. and set up folders on my computer
for the project.
I went back and reviewed a number of previous construction
articles in MRH with an eye toward how the article was put
together. I also realized that I was going to need to spend some
time with my new digital camera in order to be able to submit
photos that would be acceptable.
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I decided to send the e-mail below to Charlie Comstock along
with a test photo, and ask for a little feedback.
Charlie-
I look forward to working with you guys, too.
Along those lines, and since this is my first rail-
road article rodeo, would you please check the
attached photo and make it sure it meets all of
your criteria? I've started the article and now need to take pho-
tos. I don't want to get through the project and find out the
photos won't work.
I reviewed the photo submission criteria and, being somewhat
new to DSLRs, was confused by several comments. Here's what
I have been shooting, and I've used these settings for the pho-
tos I've posted so far on MRH:
Camera: Nikon D3100 14.2 megapixels
Lens: Nikkor 18-55mm
Image size: 2304x1536 (small setting)
Image quality: basic (compression ratio of 1:16) - this is the
lowest quality setting on the camera. If I move it up one step
to Normal, the file size is slightly in excess of 1.0M. Any higher
setting, like RAW, and the files get huge.
F-stop: smallest possible for the lens and available light-
generally f/29-f/36.
White balance: set to cool white fluorescent which matches
the lighting in the layout room.
Shutter speeds: shooting 3-4 exposures, usually starting at the
optimal exposure in the indicator and then stepping up in over-
exposures. The lighter exposures seem to give a better repre-
sentation of the colors and add some depth to the photos.
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