Very nice shooting, and a great looking layout.
One of our club members has boo-hoo'd modern stack or grain trains
because 'they all look alike'. Certainly true enough sometimes, but
then a whole string of black hoppers probably fits the same mold to some
degree. I was impressed with the smoke, although I'm sure it was
probably 10% of what it should have been--respirators anyone!
Regarding the filming itself; shooting during a time when guests are
roaming around isn't the best time, although it really wasn't a problem
on the earlier Bob Jackson video. It's also nice to have a mini crew
to help. One guy to run the trains, one to run the camera and another
if you're doing any panning or manual focusing--something you don't see
too often.
I've always done all my own work. Someplace I've got some footage of a
steam double header running in my mountain terrain. I didn't consist
the engines, so I could use each whistle as a signal to the other engine
as in protoype practice. The sequence is fairly short because there was
just too much to do.
Bob Werre
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On 4/7/12 7:56 AM, Charles Weston wrote:
Wow! A You Tube video done with a tripod! What a concept!
Charles Weston
--- On *Fri, 4/6/12, scale S only /<[email protected]>/* wrote:
From: scale S only <[email protected]>
Subject: {S-Scale List} Fw: [coalhauler] Nickel Plate Coal Turn
video on Model Railroader
To: [email protected]
Date: Friday, April 6, 2012, 9:09 PM
Hi all --
This is HO, but very cool. The room size is about 30 x 40 feet,
and rather than cramming tight curves and a lot of track into
every square inch, Bob has kept it wide open. There are several
other videos he has done as well that you will find in the related
videos after the main showing. I asked about the smoking locos
and they are factory made by BLI and MTH, and he only uses smoke
when filming, otherwise the room gets uninhabitable.
Have fun!
Bill Winans
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...the video can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/QydLJ5EWPrY
Bob Helm
