How to Turn Photos into Model Structure Building Plans

How to turn reference photos into building plans for scratch building or kit bashing model railroad structures.

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Equipment:
*MX-2000 tripod
*2 Clamp Lamps

[matthewlundrideordie]

This build is going to be great to see come stone and so decrative . Cant wait

[seniorpz]

Hi Ron. Just found your videos and boy am I a happy camper now. I've been looking for something just this to help me out. thanks mate

[MRR_Shadowolf]

Lots of great educational info you presented, thank you! Great video as are all the rest!

[Mercatoyd]

excellent..excellent video..I have always admired scratch building and using prototype photos to do it..this method explains the process very well. Thank you.. Tom And...Happy Father's Day

[dodoopps]

When I did CAD drafting for an Architect in the mid 1990's we always used 3' x 7' for doors.

Good overview, Ron

[robertrosson]

Awsome info I will have to try this technique and see were it can take me looks like a great way to do background scenes for starters Thank for sharing

[dacuzzz]

hi Ron.. lots of great info in this vid.. looking forward to your build of this project.. thanks for sharing.. vinny

[vermonterrailfan]

Lots of great info there Ron, can't wait to see the rest

[charlie]

can you describe how to “scale” tge photo to get the 6’-8 door? Thanks

[eldonlowman]

Ron: I believe this is the most useful video you've done! It has the most long term use of them all so far. Thanks, Eldon Lowman, Snowtiger1

[carlboonzaier]

Scratch building and kit bashing now seems doable for me, aslo Now I've seen your video on reserching buildings etc. Keep up the good stuff.

[IMRROcom]

New flat roof over the train room is a 2:12 pitch does not seem that much but over the basic 20 feet gains a little over 3 feet. Then to run it into the existing roof it gains almost another foot. Crazy... Now back to modeling

[dodoopps]

I did CAD drafting for a Architect many years ago. We always use 3' by 7' for doors.

[sammason]

Hi can you share more info about the ruler you were using in this video please

[spankyfuentes]

Can you tell your audience where you purchased the 1:160 Transparent Scale Ruler?
It obviously states C.T.T INC Dallas, Texas!
I Conducted a search I could not locate such item.
Please respond.
Best regards
Spanky
😍 Your Videos!

[dave]

where did you get the ruler? I have a free print out one, but its not the best. Getting better ideal, thanks to your videos.

[WLDT]

Looking at that photo, it is apparent that the front door is at the base of the tall tower. That tower seems to stick out forward of the front of the building. Using a 2D photo, how to you determine how far that that facade protrudes towards you in the photo? I’m guessing it’s a proportional guess.

[charlie]

Can I put the photo into Procreate and scale it?

[trainsasachild]

Scan your scale ruler and paste the image at 100% into your Publisher document and (if possible ) lock it. Then you can import your image next to it and do your size adjustment to match the ruler there on screen, using the standard- size guidelines you talked about while working on the paper copy.

[wearytraveler]

Their are apps that you can use to convert your photo to a line drawing and they work amazingly well for this type of project!