November 10th 2019

This months meeting was held in the seminar room at Lee Valley Tools on Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The theme was Digital Photography for Scale Models with a presentation by Alan.

With various cameras, lenses, lighting and slides, Alan discussed and explained how best to control your composition, lighting and equipment to get the best image possible. He explained the difference between JPEG, TIFF, RAW and PNG file types; which is best and why.  He also discussed AWB (auto white balance) HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Stitch Assist.  Then there was the secret of aluminium foil!
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Don brought in his newly acquired 1:48 scale Mayflower kit by Graupner to show the group.  The box contains many stamped balsa wood parts that need to be cut out (scroll saw).  Instructions are mostly in German but Tijs offered to help with translations.

​Tijs brought in a scale replica of a traditional old style Killick Anchor he purchased while in Newfoundland and Labrador.  The anchor is wood with a heavy stone trapped in it for weight.  This rock would be 1 to 40 lbs. (0.45 to 18 kg) in mass to hold it in place on the sea bed.

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Alan brought in his 1:64 scale scratch build model of HMS Bellerophon to show the progress on his forward cant frames and a couple assembled frames on their templates to describe his process.
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The model is resting on a travelling support board (similar to Ray's) which he had made the night before because every time it travels some frames are knocked off.  Not this time though!  The model was also used as part of his digital photography lighting demonstration.