OH - 23 Raven in 1/48th

No problem. Download this program and it is real easy to use. Just continue to take hi-res pictures and open them with irfanview and on the edit menu resize the image to 1024 at 72 dpi and when you save it reduce the file size scale you will see to 80% and save your picture as a new file. That is all there is too it and you'll love the features in irfanview.

http://www.irfanview.com/

Charlie

Well, I guess it is time for "photobucket for Dummies" here...

Trouble is I don't do much with computers and photos... spend more of my free time sanding plastic.

Which is what I should be doing right now....yuk yuk.

What I do for photobucket is take the pictures in hih-res, 2130 x 1700 and then I use Irfanview which is a free download to reduce the pictures to 1200x 900 I think at 72dpi. That gives you a good high-res picture that reduces down good with a file size about 100k. Then I upload them into photobucket and they reduce them down to 1024 by 760 I believe. The problem I think you are having is you dpi is too high before you upload to photobucket. You really do not need much more than 72 dpi for computer screens.

BTW, I'm loven your model more and more!

Charlie

My pleasure,Grandad.  I'm headed to Rucker on Friday so I'll try to get some detail shots of the engine for our master builder.  Wish me luck.

    Ray

OK. I went back to photobucket and did a little messing around.

I'm new to this so I don't quite know what I'm doing over there.

I did find upload options and reset them...

This new setting might do it for me.

Let's see...

Think that did it...I believe a right click on the enlarged picture here shows properties with a higher rez now......so maybe you will enjoy seeing all the flaws...

Grandad, sorry these aren't better quality but i think this is the subdued scheme you mentioned.

   Ray

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Glad you got the manuals. I knew they'd come in handy some day. 

 In Photobucket are you using the 1 MB picture setting when you upload you photos?  In any event, she looks awesome!

    Ray

Let's see what we get with this....

Sorry...no joy.

I'm no expert...but looking into this...I suspect it is happening at photobucket where I upload my pictures to make available here.

I took the source picture which has properties showing 1501 x 700 and 3152100 bytes....leaving "as is" with no resizing, just cropping the margins a bit...I logged into photobucket and browsed my pictures..then uploaded this one again, un-resized..

After uploading ...it shows as 639 x 298 , 52251 bytes

Not much to say about the subdued paint job, they were painted in the same flat OD color has the Huey's used, The tail boom was marked in "UNITED STATES ARMY" and the tail number and stenciling were black. Believe the tail number was on the tail boom, but I can't remember for sure. No star and bar national insigina was carried. Wish I could find a photo for you, got a box full of slides I need to go through

Does your camera have a "macro" setting, if it does try using it

Charlie:

I'll try and jack the resolution up a bit...I have a primitive digital camera that doesn't do close ups very well...and I'm so used to having to crop and resize pictures to keep from getting my uploads bounced off some the other hobby forums that I frequent - it didn't occur to me to leave the pictures "as is"...

I'll see what kind of resolution I get out of the box....

Grandadjohn:

Thanks!  Appreciate all the feedback from you and the guys.

I have but one memory...but it is a good one.

My father used to buzz our farmhouse in their base OH-23..(my dad commanded some Nike Ajax/Hercules batteries and that bird was their ride).

BTW: I did happen to pick up an OH-13 Sioux in 1/48th when they were available, and I have been giving the engine a going over...there are some strong similarities...

Tell me about that subdued scheme......I'm interested.

I was planning on doing my dad's bird in the Army OD and yellow with orange...but the one picture from the old base newsletter was in B&W...

Ray:

Got 'em.

Thanks man...awesome stuff.

That will keep me busy for awhile.

You are doing a great job on this build and it's bringing back some memories for me. Really wish someone would pop a kit of it.

Have you thouhgt about trying to find the Italeri OH-13 kit as a basis for your engine. If memory serves me, I think they used the same engine at the end of thier careers.

Please note that in Korea, we had G models painted in the subdued scheme like Huey's had

She is really looking awesome. I wish you would post a little higher resolution images though so I can admire your detail even more. Maybe 1024x768

Charlie

<"I'm realy curious about the canopy..>"

 So am I....

 I'm also curious about the canopy.....

Would like to think I will get a nice transparent clear vacuform...first test shot was ok, but not perfectly clear...

I got em. You weren't taking any chances were you, my friend! Should be on short final in less than 30. Lemme know when you get em.

Ray

I got em. You weren't taking any chances were you, my friend! Should be on short final in less than 30. Lemme know when you get em.

Ray

Ray:

Done! Thanks.

Let me know if you got the PM....

Looking awesome! Like a dummy I just realized I have the dash 10 for the OH-23A, C, D, F and G.  If you'd like em, send me a PM with your e-mail address and I'll get it right out to you.

   Ray

Worked on the bulkhead behind the canopy...

I will have to start this Lycoming engine soon...(ugh) That will be a challenge...I'm really pondering that one,....

Retired Gunpilot wrote:

Your tailboom is looking really nice! Charlie

I beg your pardon....

LOL ...(that's a joke....my lame attempt at humor).

Your tailboom is looking really nice!

Charlie

I did some work on the tailboom and corrugations...
All plastic strip added on to the shaped laminated plastic parts.

The Special Hobby kit...1/48th.

not too bad..cockpit resin part was a tight fit.

I like funky looking helicopters...

I'm attempting to clean up and detail this pig of a Mi - 2 kit in 1/48^th.......ok, but needs alot of work.

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Some websites automatically do this with direct links, some like this one don't.>"

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Ah hah!...so that's what that IMG code reference is for........eh?

I'll give it a try...lets see now...here we go.........

Also there is a guy on ebay that sells precut plastic sheets, and replacement parts for the Mattel Vacuformer. The upgrade is about $20 and includes the commonly lost / damage parts as well as a new valve for the vacuum part. 

I think this was the seller, I got the kit from.

http://myworld.ebay.com/lotekengineering/