Help with 2 fifty year old B/W photos (Page 3): I use a Wacom tablet when I need to do fine work . On your photo I used the pen & tablet to apply the skin colors on the men . I only...

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

Ron 717 wrote:

Do you use a Wacom type tablet or are you using the mouse to accomplish this feat?

I use a Wacom tablet when I need to do fine work . On your photo I used the pen & tablet to apply the skin colors on the men . I only used my special Microsoft Trackball Explorer mouse to color the fire truck . This mouse allows me pretty good control of the cursor . You can check it out on the web , although it is hard to find one now since they don't make them any more . I did get a mouse with my Wacom tablet but you have to slide it around which makes it hard to have good control . My Microsoft Trackball I don't move at all , just roll the ball around to move the cursor .Hope this helps you understand my technique better .Tommy

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

TriX wrote:

Wow. That is impressive!

I am humble and I don't get a fat head when someone really likes my work . I know there is always room to get better . I do love a challenge , although I don't always succeed . I am touched that I was able to meet your satisfaction . I hope the photo will meet with the firemen's satisfaction too . I have a sister that is going on 30 yrs with a fire department , and I volunteer my equipment to plow the fire dept in the winter and any other jobs I can do with my equipment during the year . Tommy

Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

kubota king wrote:

I use a Wacom tablet when I need to do fine work .... (show quote)

Thanks a lot, very good information.

Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

kubota king wrote:

I am humble and I don't get a fat head when someone really likes my work . I know there is always room to get better . I do love a challenge , although I don't always succeed . I am touched that I was able to meet your satisfaction . I hope the photo will meet with the firemen's satisfaction too . I have a sister that is going on 30 yrs with a fire department , and I volunteer my equipment to plow the fire dept in the winter and any other jobs I can do with my equipment during the year . Tommy

I also spent many years in the volunteer fire service, and appreciate what the volunteers sacrifice to provide service to the community.

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

I added two more different copies with different grills .I found out that some trucks came with black grill and bumper , and some came with chrome grill and bumper . I also tried rebuilding the siren on the fender . I posted these copies just in case my first copy had the grill wrong .Tommy

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SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

Kubota King, the department should give you the rank of Honorary Fireman for all your effort.

Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

SoHillGuy wrote:

Kubota King, the department should give you the rank of Honorary Fireman for all your effort.

Now, I'll have to find out which grill it had, I think it was chrome though. But I'll check.

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

SoHillGuy wrote:

Kubota King, the department should give you the rank of Honorary Fireman for all your effort.

Wow , that is very kind of you . Funny thing is that is what the fire dept where I live did for me .They made me the 3rd only Honorary Life Time Member to there Firemen Club for all the stuff I do for free with my equipment . I believe we all should do what we can to help our Fire Dept . Tommy

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

Wanted to do something special for this fire station . I work for Fire Station 89 . Although I have put many , many hrs in on this restore . I know it may not be perfect . But hope it will meet with their approval . If they see something they would like changed or if you need a lighter version for printing , let me know ...Tommy

PS , thanks for letting me try

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Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

Tommy,
That is absolutely amazing, I cannot wait to show them these photos.
I cannot thank you enough.
Ron

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

Outstanding restoration work, Tommy. You are one of the Stars of this forum.