B-17engineer
Colonel
Way to go KG!!
Hs 123 A-1, "Red T"10./Lg 2; Greece April, 1941 Group Build
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Benevolens Magister
The overall colour balance is close, but the colour of the cockpit looks strange, assuming it's either RLM 02 or 66 grey. The flash alone will certainly alter some colours at such a relatively short range, and the combination of lighting is being thrown off by the green background. If you can take a focus reading on something white, then fully depress the shutter button, it might help. Other than that, I'd suggest using a neutral background - pale grey, pale blue or white - as these colours won't cause anomalous reflection. The cockpit/internal colours are showing as a warm, almost pink colour, a sign that the flash and/or artificial light is causing a colour temperature shift - basically, the 'warm' tones in the lighting, and the dye pigments in the paint, are being recorded instantly. This can be overcome easily with film, but digital recording is so rapid, that the high-spot of the lighting is retained, i.e. the highest intensity of the flash or lamp, just as the 'shutter' is closing. It's a bit like looking at a light bulb, then closing your eyes - the retina retains the image as a slightly 'cooler' silhouette image, and a similar thing is happening here. Normally, a 80B blue filter would control the colour balance (or a 'daylight' bulb), but some digital camera systems by-pass this, trying to correct what it thinks is the 'wrong' colour!!
Sorry to go all 'techy' on you - just trying to help!!
Sorry to go all 'techy' on you - just trying to help!!
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kgambit
Tech Sergeant
The interior should be RLM 02. Naw, not too techy, I understand what you are saying. I'll try a different background on the next round and I'm going to grab my wife's OT-light as well. The color on that lamp is much different than incandescent or flash lighting it should help.
Thanks Terry.
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
Sweet work! 8) love this plane
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Coming along nicely Dwight, sure is hard though getting the right colour with flash or natural light inside. Cant beat a sunny day.
Coming along nicely Dwight, sure is hard though getting the right colour with flash or natural light inside. Cant beat a sunny day.
ain't that the truth!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Excellent job so far!
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Benevolens Magister
What's "a sunny day"? Are these available for sale in the UK, or do they need to be imported, incurring landed charges and import duty?!!
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kgambit
Tech Sergeant
I believe the UK import duties on them are prohibitively expensive.
And we won't even go into shipping charges ........
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Benevolens Magister
Darn! Looks like I'll have to make do with 'clag to the deck, and it's not much better further south'!
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kgambit
Tech Sergeant
great job Dwight, looks brilliant mate
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Something you only see in holiday brochures, even we are on ration these days!!!
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kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Update:
FINALLY getting around to adding all the detail in the cockpit. Side framing is in place, forward bulkhead in place, control yoke in place and side door hatch cut out. Ready to be resprayed in RLM02. Then the oxygen unit, oxygen bottle, main instrument panel and side panel controls, and the pilot seat get added. Positioning on the starboard oxygen unit and bottle is going to be a TIGHT fit.
Pictures to follow.
FINALLY getting around to adding all the detail in the cockpit. Side framing is in place, forward bulkhead in place, control yoke in place and side door hatch cut out. Ready to be resprayed in RLM02. Then the oxygen unit, oxygen bottle, main instrument panel and side panel controls, and the pilot seat get added. Positioning on the starboard oxygen unit and bottle is going to be a TIGHT fit.
Pictures to follow.
Crimea_River
Marshal
That's looking sweet Dwight. Nice details!
A4K
Brigadier General
Beautiful work Dwight!
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kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Here's the pics as promised.
Forward bulkhead, foot pedal crossbar, control yolk attachement bar and side panel ribbing are all in place.
The control yolk needs to be added with a control cable running thru the forward and rear bulkheads.
After a coat of RLM 02, the main instrument panel, side instrument panel, oxygen tank and seat with PE belts get added and she gets closed up.
The port side door hatch has been cut away - so you'll actually be able to see some of the detail inside.
Forward bulkhead, foot pedal crossbar, control yolk attachement bar and side panel ribbing are all in place.
The control yolk needs to be added with a control cable running thru the forward and rear bulkheads.
After a coat of RLM 02, the main instrument panel, side instrument panel, oxygen tank and seat with PE belts get added and she gets closed up.
The port side door hatch has been cut away - so you'll actually be able to see some of the detail inside.
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Heinz
Captain
Looks great man!
