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Lightbox for dummies
PanzerAlexander
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 10:07 AM UTC
The idea of a lightbox is to spread the light in a more smooth way on the model.

What you need :
An A4 carton box (for 1/72 models is perfect you can make it any size)
3 white A4 papers
some clamps
Staples and paper glue
A paper cutter/blade
a ruler and pen
3M tape
3 light sources to place close to the box (size of the box is relevant)

I visited a local photocopy store and asked for a A4 carton box which I was given for free. I removed the inner surface on the 3 sides and used vinil glue, common staples and the 3M tape to reeinforce it. I used the vivil glue to place the white papers and the blue backround in the inner side.
A pic from the construction



The whole thing It took me about 30 minutes.
A pic from the photo session.

It's best to have 3 identical lights to create uniform lighting but I used whatever I could find.
The results are great the photos were taken in my dark basement and I used no flash. I beleive the result is rewarding.


Nice color balance and shadows. My model's photos look much better with minimal effort.

Hope it'll work for you, P.A.
steph2102
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 10:26 AM UTC
hello, great idea
steph
phantom_phanatic309
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 10:51 AM UTC
Thanks for sharing. I'll be giving this a go. My photos always turn out pretty bad and I put it down to lightning. Everythings either too bright, too dark or too much shadow on one side.
Ste
PanzerAlexander
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 11:01 AM UTC
Hi Stephen (both of you ) I wish it will work for you too.

P.A.
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