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| Doug, All the photographs were shot using an Olympus D300-L (one of the first megapixel cameras) and a three point lighting set-up. This camera tends to give pictures a bluish cast so much digital color-correction was neccesary. Today most premium (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| You mentioned an Alps printer. Does it print in white (white ink)? We had an earlier thread about custom logo printing and it seems to be a drag if you have white in your logo, your kind of stuck. BTW As I said in my direct mail. Your models are (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Steve, Thanks for your comments. Lego is such a creative medium for making toy trains. There are only so many elements and I am continually amazed how people find new ways to combine them and capture the essence of real-life prototypes (great (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hi Steve, The model railroader magazine had an article on making your own stickers in the (I believe) June 1999 issue. The author used the Alp printer because it could print in white as well as brass and silver! If you want more details let me know (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Ah, they are behind the times, I believe the issue came up at least before may in MRJ (thats Model Railway Journal, by Wild Swan) The comment that was in the MRJ was that only _some_ of the ALPS printers can print white, and it does not print (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| oops, it was the April 1999 issue, pages 82-83, he uses the ALPS MD-1300. You may want to refer to www.alpsusa.com for more details Michel (...) it (...) let (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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