1/48 Progress MS-16 and Pirs Docking Compartment

[saturnapollo]

1/48 LVM Soyuz TMA converted to a Progress MS resupply spacecraft together with a scratchbuilt Pirs Docking Compartment, recently undocked from the ISS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bertie McBoatface]

But. But. But.

 

I kept waiting to see the model. I really thought these were shots of the real thing.

 

Perfect deception. I've never seen it done as well as this. 

 

Wow!

[saturnapollo]

Thanks very much. Certainly that is always my intention and in this case I obviously succeeded! Some models are just a bit more photogenic than others!

 

Keith

Edited August 13, 2021 by saturnapollo

[Uncle Monty]

These are models??? Wow. How did you get the lighting to look so good? Also the photographer in me would like to know what your rig was....

[Pete in Lincs]

Epic modelling and pictures! Very realistic indeed.

[saturnapollo]

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These are models??? Wow. How did you get the lighting to look so good? Also the photographer in me would like to know what your rig was...

 

Thanks very much, guys.

 

Nothing special. Hang the models on threads in front of a blue or black background, light it with a 500W Photoflood in a reflector. Trick is getting the angle of light to make the model look dramatic and make sure the lighting is from the same direction as the background photo. That is where some photographers go wrong - matching the lighting direction.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Keith

Edited August 17, 2021 by saturnapollo

[GrahamS]

Absolutely brilliant - I too thought they were the real thing.

 

Graham

[TonyW]

I thought the pictures were of the real deal as well. Quite outstanding work.

[saturnapollo]

Thanks very much chaps. Mission accomplished then. 😀

[Will Vale]

That first shot in particular is the bee's knees. I can't see any model tells in it at all. Second one is almost as good but maybe the foreground lighting is a bit off? I guess it could be illuminated by the ISS

 

Will

[saturnapollo]

Thanks very much. The lighting is coming from below the crescent of the Earth which extends far below the image. Because the spacecraft is high above the Earth, whilst the Earth below is receding into darkness, at nearly 300 miles up the spacecraft will still be in sunlight. That's why we can see the ISS overhead after dark because at that altitude it is still in sunlight.

 

Keith

 

 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2021 by saturnapollo

[rockpopandchips]

Flipping heck I passed over the pictures as I thought they were reference pictures, had to go back, outstanding!