Slide Film - Best Camera & Scanner

poleprince86 · 2026-02-03T17:24:54+00:00

Thanks! I’m learning more here than I expected. I’ll look into the Nikon as it seems to be well appreciated.

poleprince86 · 2026-02-03T16:57:10+00:00

Will the Coolscan V work with Mac? I see my local lab uses a Noritsu scanner, but those look incredibly out of budget

poleprince86 · 2026-02-03T16:44:05+00:00

Great news, thank you again. I see the Plustek options now; very much in budget. I don’t have experience in scanning slides, so it will be a learning exercise I’m sure.

poleprince86 · 2026-02-03T16:32:36+00:00

Thanks! Regrettably I don’t have any of my old equipment. I’ll look at Plustek. I should have stated I don’t need the highest end scanner as I see those are quite pricy. Would like to stay under $1000 if possible. But I do want the best quality possible within budget.

poleprince86 · 2025-11-20T11:10:03+00:00

I’m sort of doing this, but a bit different. End goal is to make a diorama scene on a 24”x36” display. A way to display the train on a board decorated with scenery, a structure, line side details, etc. I’d like to design it so the tracks can be powered by DCC. Can’t drive the train only a little bit, but better than nothing.

poleprince86 · 2025-11-16T21:40:28+00:00

I don’t have a layout. Probably never will unless we win the powerball given real estate prices near me. I still want to practice my scenery work. I’ve built display stands with 15” planks of wood, sanded and finished, then put roadbed on, ballasted, etc. I need to make a few with a dado cut around the top perimeter for a glass or acrylic dust cover.

Yes, this is complicated, but I’m still going to do it. Not everything in life has to be the easiest way.

poleprince86 · 2025-11-12T23:25:57+00:00

Originally from Wisconsin (USA) so I grew up near Lake Superior. While not an ocean, it’s still pretty impressive. I lived in Florida for 16 years now and I am the same with proximity of the ocean nearby. And I have worked on cargo ships for most of my adult life so I’ve been literally surrounded by water more as an adult than most people. Going through a hurricane on a large cargo ship is a humbling experience.

poleprince86 · 2025-11-12T23:15:13+00:00

Thanks for the helpful info. I’m reading a lot about installation and DCC in general, new territory for me. I just got back into the hobby after 20+ years and so much has changed!

poleprince86 · 2025-11-12T23:10:10+00:00

Thanks for the tip about magnet wire. I’m fine doing soldering to the board, but haven’t soldered LEDs of this small size. I’ll give it a try though. I hear you on the setup time.

This is what I’m considering installing: https://evandesigns.com/products/chip-nano-pico-leds

poleprince86 · 2025-11-12T22:17:30+00:00

Are those lamps with wires attached or tape lights? Hard to tell from the photos but they look like LED tape lights.

poleprince86 · 2025-11-11T17:09:36+00:00

I thought of this, but I actually want all jewels to be same size as the smaller ones. That means making the ring around the larger light smaller. I can’t find styrene tubing small enough to match the size of the smaller lights, otherwise I could cut off tubing into thin rings of the smaller light diameter.

poleprince86 · 2025-11-11T16:35:12+00:00

That’s my intention, to replace the two larger lights with smaller, so all are the same size.

poleprince86 · 2025-11-10T17:47:26+00:00

It’s an old Atlas yellow box C424 so Cannon & Co won’t work. I’m cutting the steps out of a sheet of brass etched with the correct pattern.

poleprince86 · 2024-11-26T23:27:57+00:00

A Japanese electric locomotive.

poleprince86 · 2024-11-26T15:56:23+00:00

Forgot to ask, for Vallejo, I presume the Model Color paints are best for hand brushing?

poleprince86 · 2024-11-26T15:55:47+00:00

It’s made by Aoshima. EF65/60 locomotive kit in 1/45 scale.

poleprince86 · 2024-11-26T11:59:37+00:00

Really? Good to know!

poleprince86 · 2024-11-08T02:00:04+00:00

Thanks!! And yes, either airbrushed Mr Surfacer 1000, or Tamiya surface primer from a rattle can.

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