Photo of The Day

[Krusty]

The first one's been tone-mapped in an HDR app. It also looks as though the photographer has been playing with layer blends. A black & white layer blended in Photoshop's soft light mode would produce a similar sort of effect.

[finescalerr]

That makes perfect sense and would account to some extent for the appearance of the cloudy sky. It's the sky that made me wonder if the original had been an older black and white somebody had modified (but left the sky untouched). -- Russ

[Max Corey]

I like the variation of brick and color of brick.  The towns in much of USA have a Main Street of brick storefronts many of which are late 1800s and there are similar brick variations.  I particularly like the bricked up windows, additions and other changes that have taken place over the years.   Back alleys are great for that.  I will take some photos for here.

Max taking prototype photos in MI lately.

[granitechops]

My first reaction was "film set"

[narrowgauger]

Hi Guys

this one will stir the imagination of petrol pump enthusiasts as well as forming the base for a wonderful 35th scale diorama

photo sourced from "Vintage Shots and Days Gone By"

have fun & stay cool
BernardS

[narrowgauger]

Hi Guys,

whilst I am on a roll this one would be a winner at the next Narrow Gauge Convention if the usual "genre" remains popular for the contest.

In any case the overall scene has some very interesting features.

photo by courtesy of "Vintage Shots and Days Gone By", which by the way is worth keeping an eye on for model building ideas.

have fun & stay cool
BernardS

[Ray Dunakin]

That H.A. Rose gas station is neat, and would definitely make a great diorama.

I found a hi-res version online. It looks like the panel hanging on the side wall, near the front, may be some kind of flexible shutter. The rail it's hanging from curves around the corner to the front of the building.

[Ray Dunakin]

Today I came across a couple photos of buildings that look like they'd make great models:

[Krusty]

Improved Mack truck, 1956 version. Pity he only took the one photograph....

[Terry Harper]

Linn Tractor

[Terry Harper]

Golden 40 Employment Agency Bangor, Maine

[kneighbarger]

There are still Linn trucks around. These are photos from the Motor transport Museum in Campo, Calif.
Ken

[kneighbarger]

And this Linn is at the Hays truck Museum in Woodland, Calif.
Ken

[marc_reusser]

Found this for Chuck, in case he wanted to do a different twist on a tractor dio. 

[Malachi Constant]

Hey Tibor!  The spirit of Nikita Kruschev is in your tractor!  

PS -- On an unrelated note, saw a Mini Cooper in a parking lot today ... on the back window it said:  (Actual Size)