RE: Scanner test
Indeed. You make very good points. My flatbed is a max optical resolution of 1600, and thats what I scan it at. An A4 sheet is quite large, but is then shrunk down to the 12″x8″ @ 300 (24.7mb in RGB, 8.24 in grayscale). Now, I print all my files onto real photographic paper, via the photolab I run. True c-type photo paper holds a resolution of 300 dpi, and these settings give me what I need up to 12″x18″ (the machines maximum). When I scan 35mm film, I do it in 48 bit at 4000 dpi. This gives me a huge file (thanks scsi!) which is immediately dropped to 24 bit before manipulating. Once that is done, its shrunk to the 24.7mb file that I use. If I want to upload it on here for example, I change it to 72 dpi, and a size of around 750 x 550 (ish) so that it fits on most monitors without scrolling. The monitor is not going to show the benefits of a 300 dpi file, and it would be very impractical. However, most of the files that I upload are clear, and printable, even from 100K files. And they still load quickly. Example was scanned from a 5×4 tranny on my Epson, in the manner described. I have printed it 12″ square at the lab, and it looks incredibly good.
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RE: Do you build kits? Stick em up
Dragged some old 1:32 kits out of a dusty box in the loft. The Hurri canopy is still masked up ready for spraying the matt varnish (4 years its been waiting!) and bits of that and the 109 have been broken off – ailerons etc. Perhaps I should buy some pellets for my airgun too! I can’t believe how many uncomplete models there are up there! Big 1:32 kits mainly. German, British, Japanese, American. A pity they didn’t do any Russki fighters in that scale yet. Must have a tidy up and get back into the modelling sometime.
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