10-02-2020, 05:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2020, 06:42 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
(10-02-2020, 01:58 PM)Hugh Barnes Wrote: What a terrible image! The artists Austin used were usually much better than that. This has terrible perspective..Hi Hugh, The terrible perspective is caused by the original image being a photograph that tapered from bottom to top as well as being angled. The photograph has been "corrected" using Photoshop, but it can only do so much - although if one is willing to spend hours on the job, it can be made better. I do have one or two of the original covers (all in less-than-perfect condition) and, in the fullness of time, I'll put those up fully cleaned. If I'm good enough at the job, they should be virtually indistinguishable from the originals when new.
Here's just the car mostly corrected and, below it, the prototype 6-cylinder version; sadly, never to be produced: