gdenby Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Hi Folks, A pic of something I've been working on and off for the past 6 weeks. An old style rotary phone, Western Electric, ca. 1937. I recalled having a broken one of these as a child, and would take it apart and reassemble it often. Don't make 'em like they used to. I got started on it when I heard a fellow on the radio who was talking about differences between generations. He told his kids, "My mother used to say 'You have such a bad sense of direction that you'd get lost in a phone booth.'" One of his kids looked blankly at him and asked "What's a phone booth?" He went on to say "It is a place where you sit down and rent a phone for a few minutes in private." Then his kids were really perplexed. GDPR-365024, Mediafuel and NilsFinken 3 Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 • The phone itself does it: great patina! For me, the number tag is the tip top detail: great idea to paste a scanned tag. Pure nostalgia! :) Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 The paper was scanned, but the text and numbers are just from the text tool. Most of the images I found of the model showed the bakelite shell really dull, and pitted, while there are a few examples where the surface is still high gloss. If I can figure out how to add pits and scratches from vectors, I will. But for now, I've decided to set it aside, let it cook on the back burner, as it were. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 The paper was scanned, but the text and numbers are just from the text tool… • Really? Masterful! :) Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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