Thanks for that, George. I over-estimated the size of the chess pieces &
thought it might be O Gauge. The vintage Lionel was actually S Gauge, a bit
smaller than O. I have Lionel, Hornby, Rivarossi & Big-Big plus about 80m of
self made track. When I still lived in Rhodesia, there were 3 of us but I
never got going again after moving here. Yes, the modern stuff is very high
quality & expensive, as you say, like our photography.
Alan
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From: George Sinos
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 9:10 PM
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Subject: Re: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Alan - the train in this photo is HO scale, roughly half the size of O.
When I was in the hobby shop buying the circle of track for these
trains I saw some modern O. Wow, nothing like the old Lionel stuff
that I remember from when I was a kid. Much more detailed and very
much made to look as real as possible. Also, very expensive. $50-$80
for a boxcar. Engine prices were in the Hundreds of dollars. That
would add up pretty quickly. Of course, O is pretty big, so you
wouldn't need much. Then again, from the conversation I overheard
while there, I'm guessing the train hobbyists have the same issues
with rolling stock as photographers have with lenses.
gs
George Sinos
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On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote:
Great idea. Gauge "O", is it? I have a huge collection of it from my youth
(simply gathering dust). I intended to build a garden railway but never
did.
I feel the creative juices stirring again.
Alan
-----Original Message----- From: George Sinos
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 3:31 PM
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Subject: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train
I'm putting up a smaller Christmas tree this year that will sit atop a
table. The table is big enough to accommodate a small circle of train
track. Rather than leave such an important task to the last minute, I
decided to test things out this weekend. (Not the tree. Just the
train.)
Killing two birds with one stone, I shot a little video with my iPhone
and tried out the video editing features in Photoshop CC for the first
time. Here are the results.
<http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/10/27/the-christmas-train>
I was surprised at how quickly I figured out the video editor in
Photoshop CC. It was (Unlike most things in PS) quite straight
forward. I've used a couple of other video editors in the past and
they have many more features. But for slapping together a quick video
or slide show, this looks like it will do everything I need.
gs
George Sinos
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