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Ther is an excellent book published by Kalmbach (same folks that bring you FSM) called 'How to Photograph Scale Models' by Sheperd Paine and Lane Stewart. It deals strictly with photography using film, but a lot of it can be applied to digital cameras as well. Don't know if it's still in print, but you should be able to scare one up on eBay.

Thanks for the tips - can't always shoot outside, invariably it's dark when I want to shoot.
I have halogen lamps - not halide - gonna have to check my manuel for the "whiteness control"

I usually go outside and do my photos there. The natural light is much more easily dealt with. Then I use a fill flash to rid the shadows. I don't have to do much post processing.

Does your camera have an adjustable white balance setting ? Most digitals come preset for daylight, but when you use tungsten, halogen or halide bulbs, the color temperature is warmer and that gives the yellow/orange tint to your pics. By resetting the white balance for the lighting used, you can eliminate much of the post processing. I use 2 portable flash units bounced from white photographic umbrellas for my pics & processs in Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0.

Regards, Rick

At the moment I got a temporare setup.

Using a metal shelf and it's white blind as a backdrop woth 2 lights attached to the shelf for illumination. Digital Camera is mounted on a tripod(a must).

Photos will be retouched and enhanced on the PC.

I am planning on soon getting the Gunze Sangyo Photo shoot kit.