Skelton Junction Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I think the most telling words used by @Dodge1965 come near the end of that video: ”…..that’s staying as is, for now…” One of the most enduring attractions about my layout is its ever changing mood(s). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 11 hours ago, Skelton Junction said: I think the most telling words used by @Dodge1965 come near the end of that video: ”…..that’s staying as is, for now…” One of the most enduring attractions about my layout is its ever changing mood(s). I like to add and remove parts.. But for mine, the track was my issue. I kept adding and adding.. One day i will fix it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman On The Rails Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 14 hours ago, Skelton Junction said: I think the most telling words used by @Dodge1965 come near the end of that video: ”…..that’s staying as is, for now…” One of the most enduring attractions about my layout is its ever changing mood(s). The most dreaded words in layout building 😝 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 42 minutes ago, Postman On The Rails said: The most dreaded words in layout building 😝 Plus being my first ever layout... Had no real ideas what to do.. My tech advisor helped loads.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman On The Rails Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 9 minutes ago, Dodge1965 said: Plus being my first ever layout... Had no real ideas what to do.. My tech advisor helped loads.. Least you have one lol … my first layout, I am engineer, electrician and technical support for myself 😝 Thankfully I can farm out the art department as I would be rubbish at it 😜 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 1 minute ago, Postman On The Rails said: Least you have one lol … my first layout, I am engineer, electrician and technical support for myself 😝 Thankfully I can farm out the art department as I would be rubbish at it 😜 For me the hardest part was, what should go where and no expert on trains or related items. Learnt alot this year.. The electrics and tech stuff, i enjoy.. Used to be a mainframe engineer and then Fibre Optics and networking.. ART i'm ish.. The wife is so much better than me.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 (edited) So i bought a Polaroid Cube camera online.. £20 and thought i would try it out tonight. Converted a wagon, by removing the top part. The Cube has a built in magnet, so attached easy. Then put it in front of the 125.. Loving the quality , i might need to add somemore weight to it.. Did a few laps.. You can see the track needs aligning.. Edited April 12 by Dodge1965 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Looks good to me. R- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 4 minutes ago, RB51 said: Looks good to me. R- Thanks Rog… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew-372848 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 10 hours ago, Dodge1965 said: So i bought a Polaroid Cube camera online.. I contemplated getting one of those, but was put off by reports that the camera's companion App didn't work on current versions of phone/tablet software. How did you set the Polaroid up and retrieve the footage (which appears to be excellent by the way)? I did buy something similar, but the picture is rubbish - too much judder to be of any use. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 2 hours ago, Andrew-372848 said: I contemplated getting one of those, but was put off by reports that the camera's companion App didn't work on current versions of phone/tablet software. How did you set the Polaroid up and retrieve the footage (which appears to be excellent by the way)? I did buy something similar, but the picture is rubbish - too much judder to be of any use. Thanks. Not sure on phone software, I plugged Cube into a laptop, it appears in file manager and copy straight to YT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 (edited) Thought i would do a quick double HST few laps of the layout today.. Haven't been up here much these last few weeks.. Edited April 20 by Dodge1965 Sorry for typo on YT name.. Fixed YT name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 Thought i would do a quick double HST few laps of the layout today.. Haven't been up here much these last few weeks.. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Very impressive, I bet it’s loud up in that loft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic Hornby Username Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 On 12/04/2024 at 14:33, Dodge1965 said: So i bought a Polaroid Cube camera online.. £20 and thought i would try it out tonight. Converted a wagon, by removing the top part. The Cube has a built in magnet, so attached easy. Then put it in front of the 125.. Loving the quality , i might need to add somemore weight to it.. Did a few laps.. You can see the track needs aligning.. This is one of the most unforgiving things you can do to your track work. Even a tiny imperfection that is irrelevant to running can cause the whole camera to wobble. I've seen commentators describe filming their track work from this level as one of the most humbling things someone in the hobby can do. I think the track in your video looks great! 10 hours ago, Dodge1965 said: Thought i would do a quick double HST few laps of the layout today.. Haven't been up here much these last few weeks.. So cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 (edited) @Generic Hornby Username Thanks very much.. When i fix the track down (Around July) i hope to get it as good as possible. It can't be that bad at the moment, as the two HST's go around very well.. Edited April 21 by Dodge1965 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 19 hours ago, Rallymatt said: Very impressive, I bet it’s loud up in that loft! Funny u should say that... I did turn the socund down for the 4 decoders.. But they do sound amazing and these are my most favourite loco's so far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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