John's Wall of Plastic

giulio_gobbi · Post by **giulio_gobbi** » October 5th, 2016, 9:26 am

The tank it's superb, a great weathering, well done Sir.

johnsan · Post by **johnsan** » October 16th, 2016, 4:20 am

Thanks, guys. You're making me blush.

James - I don't think I've ever seen a Diamond T in the flesh ever. Pretty cool.

Just finished number 14 for the year.

I like this kit and will build several more. I've trying to finish this one for a bit now, bui I'd mislaid a few parts. Today, I just happened to glance in the right place and there they were.

Post by **PaulBradley** » October 16th, 2016, 4:25 am

That's pretty, John.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » October 16th, 2016, 10:48 am

That's a lovely looking Hurricane John - Nice work.

I do like your photos - very sharp and clean. What set-up do you use? Do you have a light box?

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » October 16th, 2016, 11:03 am

That is a superbly done early Hurricane John - Belgian markings?

TeeELL · Post by **TeeELL** » October 16th, 2016, 2:58 pm

John you are doing some lovely work on an eclectic mix of subjects. I am definately into the Great War rhomboid tanks - I really must get on with building (nay finishing) the ones I have. Trouble is, I keep signing up for GBs.

johnsan · Post by **johnsan** » October 17th, 2016, 2:19 pm

Thanks, guys. I appreciate the comments.

Stuart - this is my photographic setup:

I have 2 different light boxes. Which used depends on the footprint size of the photo subject. Incidentally, the subject here is in the current SAMi issue.

Shaun - yes. Belgian markings from the kit. They behaved very well. First rate stickers.

TeeEll - I'm also becoming very interested in Great War subjects. I recently picked up Flyhawks Renault. Tiny little kit, but it looks like a gem. I gave up on GBs as I rarely seem to be able to complete them. I'm too distracted by the bright and shiny new.

Zen · Post by **Zen** » October 17th, 2016, 9:09 pm

Great looking Hurricane, very nice!

That photo studio also looks very good indeed, i'll be aiming for something like that in the future, first step will be a real camera, so i can stop taking pics with my iPhone 3GS...

johnsan · Post by **johnsan** » October 17th, 2016, 9:44 pm

Zen wrote:...first step will be a real camera, so i can stop taking pics with my iPhone 3GS...

I can't emphasize this strongly enough. You don't need an expensive camera to take good model photos. A good point & shoot that allows some manual control will be sufficient. Good light is important. A tripod or someway to steady the camera and some sort of remote trigger are also important. All of these can be had relatively cheaply.

I have the setup I have to support my photography hobby. Model photos are just a bonus.

Zen · Post by **Zen** » October 17th, 2016, 11:08 pm

I never owned a camera before so never did much photography myself before modelling came back into my life 3 years ago.
Thank you for the tips, it's great help for someone who has no real knowledge on the subject.

celt · Post by **celt** » October 17th, 2016, 11:13 pm

Fantastic photo of a fantastic Hurricane,well tidy.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » October 18th, 2016, 12:00 am

that's a lovely set up John - thanks for sharing it. I do need to invest in a lightbox and some decent lights.

airjim · Post by **airjim** » October 18th, 2016, 6:40 am

Great job on the Hurricane John!

Jim

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