help with box art

[RodBurNeR]

First of all, I would like to add these to my web site that helps everyone out when they need instructions, box art or decals for reference. I will credit whoever submits scans.

Secondly, I want to build the AMT '49 Ford like shown here, but I need scans of the box and instructions. I also need scans of the AMT '56 Ford Victoria box and instructions in which this side panel came from. I like to build models replicating old box art and it's tough to do when you have everything but the reference lol

Please , if you can scan these for me I would appreciate it! I prefer scans to be at least 200dpi and you can send them to trakburner@yahoo.com

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AMT '49 Ford

this was built by a friend of mine Dave Charlton. I can't see the box that well.

AMT '56 Ford Victoria

I need the exact issue that has this car on the side.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, THESE WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SO I CAN BUILD THEM.

I hope these help, Ed Fluck pictures...

They are the tops of the boxes I need scanned.

[RodBurNeR]

anyone? what is there like 3,000 members and nobody has these kits? I guess they are buried, don't have a scanner or they are too "valuable" to touch? Oh well.....I will keep trying, can't build them without the info.

[Jon Cole]

I don't think I have the scan you are looking for, but I do have a Fotki album for model box art, listed alphabeticaly. Check here:

http://public.fotki.com/JCole/model_box_art/page20.html

-Jon-

[RodBurNeR]

I don't think I have the scan you are looking for, but I do have a Fotki album for model box art, listed alphabeticaly. Check here:

http://public.fotki.com/JCole/model_box_art/page20.html

-Jon-

Thank you Jon! I actually visit your fotki often when I need some art. I like the way you arranged it all, in fact I plan to use that idea when I get around to arranging what I have.

[Foxer]

I don't have either kit so, sorry I can't help. I'm assuming you've checked the Drastic Plastics site for instructions anyway.

You should describe the minimum file format you desire with something other than 200dpi as this is a printing measure and doesn't fully describe an image file. Just give a minimum resolution such as 800x600 and maybe a maximum jpeg compression of 90%.

[RodBurNeR]

I don't have either kit so, sorry I can't help. I'm assuming you've checked the Drastic Plastics site for instructions anyway.

You should describe the minimum file format you desire with something other than 200dpi as this is a printing measure and doesn't fully describe an image file. Just give a minimum resolution such as 800x600 and maybe a maximum jpeg compression of 90%.

It's ok you don't have them.

Yes I stop by the Drastic Plastics site everyday about 50 times....I own it

200dpi ends up about 1581x2049 but fotki's largest resize is at 800x800 I believe. The larger the file the better. My scanner does 1200x1200dpi which ends up HUGE...I mean really really huge! The dots per inch is important , because the more there are....the better and more crisp the image comes out. I don't ask for 150dpi , because it's very generic looking and not as good. I can accept ANY format, since I have programs to open up and convert if I need to.

Edited May 16, 2009 by awbcrazy

[Foxer]

In the back of my mind I thought there was some connection ... but put the link anyway jsut in case. Sorry about that, Bob. Gave you another plug anyway

Hope I don't step on toes again cause I believe you basically know what you're talking about with the DPI thing. But this has always been a pet peeve of mine. My past 15 years out of the hobby I spent making 3D meshes and creating 2D images from them. The quality of a 2D image file, like a scan, photo ... a jpeg file ... can be described 2 ways. The one typically used for display on a computer monitor is the resolution in pixels, like your example of 1581x2049, 1581 dots X 2049 dots, if you will.. This completely describes "quality" or resolution.

When printing, the resolution is usually described using 3 variables ... DPI X width X height. The width and height are usually in inches when using Dots Per Inch as the first measure. In the example above for monitors, the 1581x2049 file can be described as 150DPI x 10.54" x 13.66" or, 72 DPI x 21.958" x 28.458". All three of these measurements describe the exact same file. The the only point I was addressing is that you could have a 72 DPI file that has much higher resolution than a 300 DPI file.

Your scannners resolution of 1200 dpi by 1200 dpi does fully describe the resolution because it is based on the maximum area of your scanning bed. But without knowing those dimensions, I can not say what your maximum resolution would be. If it could only scan a 1" by 1" area (i-scan? .. ehhe) you could only get a 1200 x 1200 image from it.

Hope this made sense and it was only meant FYI.

[RodBurNeR]

makes sense to me! thanks for taking the time to explain that. I don't print this stuff, so it's just resolution for the monitor more than anything. Last time I scanned at 1200 it took FOREVER and even opening up photoshop to crop and fix things it was so slow that I quit. I doubled my ram since then, so it's probably better....but I usually do between 200 and 400.

[Foxer]

hehe.... I scanned an image of my daughter when I first got a scanner that just about shut down the computer. The scanners do use print descriptions for resolution.. and I use the same range when I scan. They just like to keep us all confused and in the dark by using different descriptions of the same thing.