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« Thread Started on Nov 6, 2009, 4:04pm » | |
Here is a comparison of the Dripping Springs Alamo movie set to the area of the real Alamo.
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« Reply #1 on Nov 6, 2009, 4:10pm » | |
Thanks for the image -- extremely interesting. I wonder how the Bracketville set compares.
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« Reply #2 on Nov 6, 2009, 4:28pm » | |
The aerial photo resolution of the Bracketville area is not as good but I measure the west wall length at about 390 feet vs 520 feet for the real thing. The Bracketville set does have a southern courtyard--unlike Dripping Springs.
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« Reply #3 on Nov 7, 2009, 8:53pm » | |
Here are two attempts I made using the diagram of the Alamo from Mark Lemon's book. I don't guarantee the accuracy as the way I did the overlay was to match the Chapels and let everything else fall as it may. I have no idea why I think this is a good way of doing it, but that's what I did.
First is the Dripping Springs set. The Aerial photo is from Google Maps.
![[image]](http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww227/cantador4u/Alamo%20Overlay/DrippingSpringwLemondiagramoverlay.jpg)
And then Brackettville's Alamo Village. The Aerial photo is from Terraserver.com
It's Black and white but it seemed to be the sharpest image.
![[image]](http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww227/cantador4u/Alamo%20Overlay/BracketvilleAlamoVilliageaerialTerr.jpg)
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« Reply #4 on Nov 8, 2009, 5:27am » | |
Paul, your overlays look great. I used the church outline as a scaling reference as well.
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« Reply #5 on Nov 8, 2009, 2:15pm » | |
I very much enjoyed these-thanks for making the effort and posting.
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« Reply #6 on Nov 8, 2009, 6:40pm » | |
Ditto's! The images are fascinating. Many thanks, guys.
Glenn
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« Reply #7 on Nov 8, 2009, 7:05pm » | |
These put the two sets into perspective. Looks like Wayne's set was pretty close over all.
Paul
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« Reply #8 on Nov 9, 2009, 11:06pm » | |
I was under the impression that much of the reason for the changes in the Dripping Springs was for photographic reasons. I'm not so sure now. As I was looking at a drawing of it I had an epiphany. I'd seen that drawing before. It was drawn by Sanchez Navarro. So here is the Dripping Springs Alamo with the Navarro Alamo superimposed and made slightly transparent.
![[image]](http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww227/cantador4u/Alamo%20Diagrams/CorenblithcomparewNavarro.jpg)
Deja vu all over again.
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« Reply #9 on Nov 10, 2009, 7:23am » | |
WOW!
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