When I get around to going through and sorting out dads collection by the railroad, and the year(s) shot, I may write a book or two, however Morning Sun "WILL NOT" get my business, due to their antiquated ways of cutting the slide mounts to scan the slide. I know of several publishers who are "In the 21st century", who have the ability to scan the slides without even disturbing the mounts. It will be one of these publishers that will get my business. Morning Sun can go pound sand.
Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:24 am (PDT)
Yes! These pictures your father took are some of my favorites from
the entire Morning Sun color series, for just the reasons Jan says.
What is most valuable to me as a modeler are the excellent views showing
how car roofs weather. It has bothered me for ages that so little
effort is expended accurately representing that part of a freight car
which is most visible in a model (because we typically view it from
above, so much of the time). And that's because we normally don't see or
photograph real freight cars from that perspective. Even Mike Spoor's
excellent color guide to freight and passenger cars have very few good
images of car roofs. Your views of the SM16/18 stock car roofs,
especially, are superb. Thanks!
Jonathan
Hi, Andrew!
I don't suppose that you would be able to re-scan some of the images you
posted into extremely hi-res images, could you? There are quite a few
fairly clear shots of vintage CB&Q boxcars, and I think it would be
of interest to the group if we could repost these in a higher
resolution. Let me know if you need to know how to make these higher
resolution...
Cheers!
Jan
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