Battle of Britain Part 3 Spitfire Mk1

[monica]

Amazing on a counts, the best ones for me are with Dover in the background superb ,

[Robert1968]

Awesome ( no other words can describe it


Robert

[Vaughan]

Wow just outstanding Paul.

[Snowman]

Cooool!!

[Steve Brodie]

Clunk, sound of my jaw hitting the floor, Stupidly brilliant stuff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alan 45]

I keep looking at this and it does look good but could you post more of a walk around of the actual model so I can have a good look please

[eddiesolo]

Outstanding modelling and visuals Paul. 5 star...top drawer...gold award...amazingness.


Si

[tr1ckey66]

Cheers everyone


I intend to post a lot more photoshop comps over the coming years (I'm afraid my model building speed tends to be rather ponderous (I'd love to be able to do this more quickly, but failing a lottery win I will not be able to do this full time!). I will however post a few more shots of the actual model (without any photoshop work) when I get a little time.


With regards to learning Photoshop - there are loads of really good tutorials online that will walk you through the steps. I've learned what skill I have in this program over many years within my career. As with so many things there is no substitute for practice.


The principle to this technique is simple enough.


1. Make a selection of your model


2. copy that selection


3. Paste this selection in a new layer above the background layer.


4. Open your new chosen background eg. Sky and select it.


5. Copy it.


6. Paste this new background on to the model 'background' layer.


That's the simple bit. The skill lies in making the model and the new background seem as one and look natural. Hue, Saturation, Exposure, Tint etc all play a part in making the picture look natural and is too vast a subject for me to cover.


One more thing...


I do believe that photoshop is just a tool. For me, the model is the art and I don't want the technique to distract from the actual model building skill. If anyone doubts this then I hope they will take the time to have a look at the dio I have under construction that contains the other 2 'wheels-up' Spitifres, that were built alongside this one. No computer software is intended here just simply view.


Cheers


Paul

[tr1ckey66]

Sorry, don't want to drag this out much longer but as this was a request I'm just popping a few 'naked' shots of just the model. I've 'shopped' out the stand to further declutter the shot. Also, some of these shots may not be completely sharp as I did these quickly.


Thanks


P


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Again sorry, I wouldn't normally milk a build like this!

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[stona]

Don't apologise Paul, I'm enjoying seeing the extra shots Very nice they are too.


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

I congratulate you on your photos, and models of course. I am also a great fan of PhotoShop and use it a great deal for my astrophotographs, and for more day to day stuff as well. I spends hours, or an entire day, tweaking a single photo.


I would like to make one suggestion for you to consider regarding the first photo in the thread, showing three Spitfires over the white cliffs of Dover. I personally would flip the background so that the light is coming from the RHS of the picture which I think would better match the way the planes appear brighter on their RHS. Just a thought.

[tr1ckey66]

Thanks again, Steve and Keith

I personally would flip the background so that the light is coming from the RHS of the picture which I think would better match the way the planes appear brighter on their RHS.

Your suggestion regards the background is a valid one and you're right the light is coming from the wrong direction. The reason I left it was that if one knows the Dover cliffs it would be immediately obvious. To be honest these are only quick tests and there is much to improve on these in terms of both the photography and the set up. In future I want to light them for a particular shot and properly craft the resulting comp. With these I simply married the shots I had to some suitable skies and tweaked the result to look more 'whole'.


I would be interested to see your work if you have examples. My profession is as a graphic designer/art director and I use photoshop a lot but that's not to say that I know everything nor that I'm any good at it - I'm no repro technician, not even a great photographer but I do like to think I have something of an 'eye'.


Anyway, thanks for stopping by look forward to seeing some of your work


Cheers


P

[Guest]

hello


A fitting tribute so life like such detail cheer's for post id be proud seeing on my self !! cry !

[tr1ckey66]

Errata


Thought I'd just list a few accuracy errors that I know of in the finishing of these 3 spitfires.


1. I'm aware that I sprayed the starboard walk line wrong and this should not be an 'L' shape but continue straight on to the wing root.


2. The camouflage should be harder edged, for the next 2 Spitfires I will be using paper masks.


3. The voltage regulator may be the older style


If anybody knows of any further errors then please let me know.


Many thanks


Paul

[Snowman]

Sweet!! Milk away................!