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Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 - 09:54 AM UTC
Sometimes taking pictures of your model after building it is the most frustrating part of our hobby. Here's a simple way to ensure that your photos are always well-lit. This project can easily be put together in a weekend.
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Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 - 12:16 PM UTC
Hi Paul
Brilliant! Thanks for taking the time to share your design. This is better than the bought one I use - the overhead lamp mount is particularly neat.
All the best
Rowan
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Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 - 04:52 PM UTC
Great work Paul thanks for sharing!
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Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 - 08:06 PM UTC
Agreed, this is brilliant...I will be building one of these....
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 05:26 AM UTC
Paul,
I was waiting for your feature to build my photo booth. As I said before your design and execution is just brilliant. Anyone who doesn't avail themselves of building a better mouse trap, which is not only inexpensive but portable, is missing out on a great opportunity. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
Joel
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 06:43 PM UTC
Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad to see people find it helpful. It didn't occur to me I needed to convert to metric for everyone out there, thanks to Jessica for fixing that oversight.
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Posted: Friday, October 23, 2015 - 02:28 PM UTC
This is absolutely great! Thanks for sharing!
I was wondering if taking the next larger diameter T-joints (and larger diameter perpendicular pieces) could enable these to slide along the bottom and top frame hence making the side walls movable so you can get your lights in closer for smaller models? Although, I'm not sure how stable this would then be.
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#363
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Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2015 - 03:05 AM UTC
Armored76, I think you could do that provided you changed the fabric on the sides. Instead of wrapping around all three sides you would need to have two separate pieces for the left and right, and then leave the back off I guess.
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