{"id":2574,"date":"2026-01-25T16:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/?page_id=2574"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:40:34","slug":"geoff-bunza-modeling-signs-from-prototype-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/events\/clinics\/geoff-bunza-modeling-signs-from-prototype-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Geoff Bunza &#8211; Modeling Signs from Prototype Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><br>This clinic explains how to go about using poor prototype photos of building signs to create clear, usable signs for use with models of all scales.<br><br><strong>Description<\/strong><br>We will use basic tools, like Corel Paint Shop Pro and Microsoft\u2019s PowerPoint, and their equivalents to recreate prototype signs, poorly captured in&nbsp;&nbsp;vintage photographs. Such photos are common, and offer their own challenges for the modeler, including origin identification, perspective distortions, color variations, and unique fonts and graphics.<br><br><strong>About Geoff<\/strong><br>Geoff Bunza has presented clinics for the NMRA at Divisional, Regional and National meets, and the National Narrow Gauge Conventions. Geoff has authored over 50 articles on animation, electronics and modeling for Model Railroad Hobbyist, Railroad Model Craftsman, the New York Central System Historical Society Modeler, and The HO Collector. He is blessed with his wife, Lin, in marriage for 47 years and their two terrific sons. He is a life member of the NMRA and holds an Extra Class amateur radio license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/events\/clinics\/#Online-Kickoff-Summary\">Online Kickoff Clinics summary<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SummaryThis clinic explains how to go about using poor prototype photos of building signs to create clear, usable signs for use with models of all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":995,"parent":48,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2574","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2883,"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2574\/revisions\/2883"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/railwaymodellersmeetofbc.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}