Sweet! It's hard to tell with perspective, but is that rig gonna fit through the tunnel portal in the background? If not, maybe a depressed-center flatcar would work? But then you'll have to scenic the inside of the tunnel... Maybe just as well if it doesn't fit through the tunnel portal!
The cam is 1.2"W x .98D x 1.2H so it should go thru for side videos. However, I also what to record front - back views which looks like it will be extremely tight. The depressed-center flatcar is a great idea! The tunnel track was ballasted and inside walls painted before top was glued on. Maybe you are right about the tunnel fit, since the camera is currently "attached" by its own internal magnet and 2 small external rectangle magnets to the metal "weight" plate on the flatcar. Easy to reposition or rotate camera but can present a minor problem if the cam fell off inside the mountain. At $12 incl ship+tax, it will be fun even if unable to go thru portal.
I think it will be good at times when long side of layout is against the wall, to "see" the scenery from the "wall" side that is generally lost. Or like an engineers front view.
Decided to use the Evans nano colored string for a Christmas tree so picked up an Evans nano string in warm white for the tree lot.
For a long time I've been wanting to assemble a Super Chief like the one I rode in 1965 as a 9 year old. Took the first step with this arriving today. Found it on the big auction site at a good price.
So last weekend PnP trains opened a store in Renton,WA and I couldn’t resist buying a couple things. And then this weekend there was a swap meet in Kent and I purchased a couple of items from Kirk Reddie’s estate. I didn’t know him for very long but he was the kind of model railroader that always had time for new people, kids and the casual observer. I do wish I got to know him better, but now I have a few of his trains to keep my memories of him going. Here is the PnP haul. this is the stuff from Kirk’s estate. This is a special caboose that Kirk commissioned from Fox Valley Models. There were a whole mess of these, some numbered and some not, I got one of the unnumbered ones. Anyone who knew Kirk and bought his stuff got one, his close friends got a numbered one.
We (the Mrs and I) stopped at our local train store on our way home from St Augustine yesterday afternoon. The bridge and foam will be used in the river area on the new addition.
Fiber internet been out for 4 days. Me was not happy But when lately picking up prescriptions for family members they had been putting the credit card in a small plastic baggie. So today I asked for a few and they gave me a bunch of FREE bags. They are awesome for small train items. They are 5 inches by 4 inches and stronger then a sandwich baggie, SCORE What a nice person at Walgreens pharmacy. TB having issues uploading picture, I'll try later. I know bad picture, but you get the point.
If you need a bunch more, you can get them relatively inexpensive in all kind of sizes at craft stores like Michaels, Hobby Lobby, etc.
THE WIFE does 'diamond painting' as a hobby. The small colored beads come in small zip lock bags. when she is done with a painting she gives me the bags. I have hundreds of em !
No matter what hobbies you enjoy, there are tons of little things that need sorting and storing. Especially for small pieces that are not always easy to visually identify, put the factory packaging label in the bag with them. If the label includes the vendor, so much the better when it comes time to purchase replacements.
Nothing better. I repurpose them whenever buying items that come with parts in small reclosable bags. Also bought a 100 4x6 on Amazon for $4 some years back.
I remember when Lionel introduced its RailScope system in the latter 1980s, with a black & white camera mounted in a Geep and Lionel branded monitors too. A friend joked with the hobby shop owner and asked if he'd be able to set the Geep on his shoulder and also use it as a video camera. [Photos from https://www.robertstrains.com/]
I didn’t have Railscope but I remember it. It had no ability to record the video but you could connect it to a VCR to preserve the video. It was primitive by today’s standards but was very innovative for its time.
I visited Dollar Tree yesterday and bought 4 20”x30” foam core boards for my backdrop and 2 sheets of black construction paper. I use the construction paper to make large paved areas like parking lots. It’s not a big or exciting purchase but it’s stuff that I need.
Looking at those monitors reminds me of my first "portable" vcr. Separate large camera. 1984-I carried this thing and recorded the inside of Skyline Caverns in VA. Last time I used it outdoors until getting a smaller Emerson portable VCR. And, the Emerson even had should strap mounts.
