http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSVGY3FQpPA
Yesterday, I filmed a rather long video of my train layout. I set a personal best on the number of views. I actually had 100 views by the end of the day! Every time I'd check the count and spout out the number, she'd tell me she didn't want to hear about it. It's been fun! My wife and two daughters think I'm nuts....
Mine is crap, but I'm always looking for good links to layouts. Add some links for people like me that enjoy train videoes!
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Great vidoes guys!
Chinatrain you're up to 192 views. Be sure to let the wife know!!!
Is it possible you could be married to my wife's sister? LOL
Rick
Your video is wonderful and your layout is first class. You should be proud of what you have done.
Those of us who have a wife that is as much into our hobby as we are are indeed fortunate. Your post reminds how appreciative I am to have a wife that supports my hobby at every opportunity.
chinatrain99, that is a GREAT Christmas layout for sure!!!
I was hit #204.
How long did it take to complete your layout?
Don, BEAUTIFUL!!!! I had to pinch myself...it looked so real.
Rick and PTC, My wife gets a hoot out of my train interests. She's the one that gets me the cookie tins. It was her idea for me to get a hobby.
groundhog, yes, that is a Grinch ornament. I have no idea when/where we got it. I just snagged ahold of it.
Brakeman, I think I started the winter of 2009. I'm on my 4th version of it. I started on this one in February. I took most of the summer off. I'm already thinking about redoing it. I'm not into collecting or anything fancy. I just like to piddle around. If I actually finish this, I'll run it for a while and then tear it up. I'm already planning on a more along the wall layout. Hopefully, I'll get started on the new layout next winter. 1st thing will be to buy real track planning software.
If I may make a suggestion...it would be best if you did not just turn the camera on and keep filming. Try shooting as separate scenes, and keep the panning and zooming to a minimum.
Now the rest of you can jump on me for being "mean".
Well, you have one more view now. Watched the whole thing. Very nice.
CT99, I was lucky and married a gal in a train family. Her dad worked for Southern Pacific and many times would bring her down to the Oakland shops and cook her breakfast with his settling torch. Don
Chinatrain99 very nice video, I enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks for sharing
Don I've seen that video a while back, what an awesome display of craftsmanship and superb camera work. Just simply incredible
Thanks, Alex
View 254.
If I may make a suggestion...it would be best if you did not just turn the camera on and keep filming. Try shooting as separate scenes, and keep the panning and zooming to a minimum.
Now the rest of you can jump on me for being "mean".
I agree. Nice layout but too much continual camera motion. Two minutes was enough for me.
Something wrong with the YouTube counter I just got a 254 view number also.
you all would be correct...my camera work do suck. i guess that's why i'm in a basement in central illinois rather than in hollywood.
Enjoyed your video. Please take our comments in a positive way and learn from them. Don is a very accomplished retired professional. Learn from his technique. If I could do 20% of what he does I would be great.
Dan
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg had to learn the basics, too. You are in good company.
Please try using your camera to create an Avatar of yourself.
What I find shocking on You Tube are the videos of $700-$1200 locomotives shot in front of a plywood backdrop on a 240p camera. It looks like they spent all their money on the locomotive and did not have anything left for the camera and scenery.
Andrew
With YouTube you can take a lot of short Movie shots from various angles, upload them as individual videos, then use their video editor to put together a longer form video from every video you uploaded.
Andrew
oh I didn't take offense at all. one time i posted a wiring question on how to keep two trains from running into each other by detecting where each train was at on the track. i got a diagram response with resisters and transistors and this spider web of wiring. I was telling a guy at work about the response i got and he said "if you could do that, you wouldn't be sitting in a basement playing with trains". i feel that way about my photography skills to.
CT99, I was lucky and married a gal in a train family. Her dad worked for Southern Pacific and many times would bring her down to the Oakland shops and cook her breakfast with his settling torch. Don
What is a settling torch, may I ask?
--Bob Di Stefano
Very Nice. I enjoyed the video. Thank you for posting it.
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