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[Totalize]

Very Nice indeed Luis,

I really like your scratch building efforts here. Very nice.

May I suggest you reduce the size of your pictures in order to have them load a bit quicker. Most of your pictures are over 1000 pixels. You might want to reduce them to 400 to 600 pixels. This will allow faster loading for others to see.

Cheers,
David.

 

[SANCER]

Much appreciate your kind comments, my friends.

May I suggest you reduce the size of your pictures in order to have them load a bit quicker. Most of your pictures are over 1000 pixels. You might want to reduce them to 400 to 600 pixels. This will allow faster loading for others to see.

Cheers,
David.

I am interested in your comments and suggestions David, how do I do to reduce my photos?

I am outstanding at recommendations.

Saludos y muchas gracias de antemano.

SANCER

 

[Shinpachi]

My junk PC and slow internet connection can tolerate if the size doesn't exceed 1000 pix

 

[Wurger]

The problem with these large pictures isn't their width usually. The forum system can resize them down to the 932 or so pixels in the width. Mostly it is enough for displaying them correctly.
The trouble is a file size and the Photobucket site with the data transfer more typical for the ZX Spectrum era than for the the 21st century.

An easy way for resizing down of an image file size is to use a picture browser. There should be a such option available. If you don't have any installed I would suggest the Irfanview one that is the free software. Resizing down of large photos is really very easy and reduces the file size significantly.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[SANCER]

The problem with these large pictures isn't their width usually. The forum system can resize them down to the 932 or so pixels in the width. Mostly it is enough for displaying them correctly.
The trouble is a file size and the Photobucket site with the data transfer more typical for the ZX Spectrum era than for the the 21st century.

An easy way for resizing down of an image file size is to use a picture browser. There should be a such option available. If you don't have any installed I would suggest the Irfanview one that is the free software. Resizing down of large photos is really very easy and reduces the file size significantly.

I'll try what you suggest Wurger, thanks for the tip.

SANCER

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure. The Irfanview program offers more options for working with pictures including clipping , cropping , adding of special effects and many others. I have been using the soft for ten years or so. For example ... a pic of MS 406 ( origin size 1238/667 pixels, a file size - 209.32 KB ) after resizing down and clipping 800/405 pixels , a file size - 97.18 KB.

The Rain Drops effect ..

The Fish Eye effect ...

And here is one of yours. The origin file size of the image is 3.50 MB. The pic size 4128 x 2322 pixels. After resizing with the Irfanview to the pic size 1000 x 563 pixels , the file size got 496 KB only. With the 932 pixels in the width , the file size is 439KB. And for the 800 pixels - 336KB.

Here all sizes ....

Oh by the way... you can upload your pictures onto our server too. It would allow to display them faster.

 

[SANCER]

Thanks a lot Wayne, I already got the application of IrfanView, I'm going to study how to use it.

Most of the photos were took with my cell phone and other get them on the web. I keep them in Dropbox (the cloud) and then select which shipment to Photobucket.

Reviewing the options offered me photobucket, I found that I can change the size of the original photo; so here's the tests:

1. The original size photo taken with my cell phone, sent to Dropbox and then to Photobucket ... (1024 width and 576 height)

2. In this I switched to 800 width and automatically adjusted to 450 height.
Photo:

3. I made a 3rd. widht change 600 and 337 adjusted to height.
Photo:

What you think of the results ?, I appreciate your suggestion Wayne, (personally I like the 800 x 450 for larger image possible)

I hope their recommendations and promise to put the photos in a more affordable size (maximum 800 x 450 pix). Thank you all (Shinpachi, Crimea_River and Totalize) for their comments and views.

Greetings.

 

[N4521U]

Good stuff goin on there.

 

[Wurger]

The width of 800 pixels is prefered by us too. The size is very nice both for displaying and loading time...

 

[SANCER]

So it will be, thanks my friend.
In the next update of photos, new sizes appear.

It gives me pleasure seeing you here Bill, thanks for your cheers.

Hasta pronto!!

Luis Carlos
SANCER

 

[fubar57]

You are doing some great work Luis.

Geo

 

[SANCER]

Thanks George,

I will take to update the table of the P-47.
And then up some more of my Hydro.

Hasta pronto mi estimado amigo

LC

 

[SANCER]

Freshly painted ... we seeing "what still while" ... I saw the antenna of the hydro suffered what we commonly suffer with these pieces so fragile , so pretend replace it with styrene and try to put on this occasion one metal "soul" to reinforce the piece, given the particular form that takes the piece ... (also in some forum I've seen this ... and ... well we are stuffed into a kit that has helped me to implement many new things for me in modeling, so ... go ahead, to see how it looks ...)

I cut a strip of styrene by the length of it to give the thickness and straightness of the antenna, made the semi perpendicular stroke with a pen, to remove the excess with limes and sandpaper ...

... I rounded the tip of a needle in the estimated proportion and making it a groove along the edge of the new antenna styrene ... then I rested the needle fixing it with 2 little dots of cyano ...

... once accommodated in the right position, I applied cyano on both sides of the long and then get to filing and sanding to give the way it should be ....

... little progress but much roll in what I present and I talk about how I follow up to my hydro giving and what is emerging me ...

Here I leave what succeeded until now ... let dry well and hope to put hand in some moment at night .... !!

Hope you are clear and informative; but more importantly, your fine critique, questions, comments, suggestions and recommendations .... BE WELCOME! Idea Wink


See you soon with more progress !!

Luis Carlos

 

[Shinpachi]

Nice job, Luis!

 

[Wurger]

Agreed.

 

[SANCER]

Thank you for your visits and batons.

Varnished the whole hydro for applying the decals and a first washing with oils ...

... were so few decals in the Monogram kit, that I began to search among the remaining decals of my Zero "Zeke" (my only previously armed Japanese ) ... from a long text in Japanese decal sheet, I cut a stretch. ..and I simulated the glorious name of my hydro pilot !! ...

... so did by sectioning another decal for details enrolled in the carriage tow ... 8)

... the idea came to me from this original photo ...

Place the pitot and set with cyano (later we paint with finishing touches that are required)

... another detail that I provided him, is the metal piece (not coming to mind the correct name) where the Hydro is anchored to ground.

... my workmanship !!

... a bit of rust on the pontoons with direct oil mixing burnt sienna with a minimum of burnt umber, applied barely to the tip of a toothpick and "disseminate" with a flat brush dampened in solvent.

So far progress ... hopefully continue to accompany me to the end ... (... it seems that almost there !!! ....)

Muchos saludos y seguimos en contacto!!


SANCER

 

[Shinpachi]

日本海軍 Awesome, Luis

 

[Wurger]

 

[SANCER]

日本海軍 Awesome, Luis

すべての私の尊敬と賞賛を持つ。
I hope the translator of Google, has helped me with the correct meaning of my comment.

Thinking of you, I did not know what else to say to put my photo pilot name.
Got rid the doubt of the meaning of the decal or truncate a word.

Muchas gracias por tu comentario y visita mi amigo Shinpachi