I have been busy making videos in recent times.
I have finally finished the
smoke machine, the last version 4 is now packaged and ready to fit to the layout
Having taken some rubbish video at the
Wigan exhibition the other week, I decided to by a better camera, a superdooper DSLR
One of the cool features is stop motion, so as ever, game to try anything, have a peek at my
first attempt!
It's set on part of a 600mm x 400mm diorama I am building (an exercise in testing out my scenery building skills) and is an ideal subject to practice my photography on.
The diorama is a windmill and barn that has been converted to holiday lets, set on a hill with a Styrofoam base that will eventually be incorporated into my layout.
It will feature a 3 motor driven working Windmill, 4 sets of independently controlled lights and realistic smoke!
I am branching out into video versions of my webpage "How to's"
With a new found confidence in the output of my new super camera and some tripod/clamp/bencharmyajigs, I have documented one of my more graphical methods of tips - How To make removable loads (semi-auto). It has taken a lot of editing. I doubt I am up there on Luke Towens level, but its a vast improvement on my earlier vids and hopefully more of a useful tutorial rather than my previous, 'look what I did' type.
It's a learning curve!
Please, please, give me any feedback, I cant improve rubbish, if I don't know it is!
P.S. If the music 'dose your'e nut in!' (as some biased peeps have mention) please let me know!
How To make a removable Mineral Wagon Load
I went to the Wrexham Hobbies and Model Railway Show yesterday. I took some video and loaded to
Youtube, but as usual, it was a buying session. These days I don't tend to buy much at shows, I have enough rolling stock, so it is usually more the modelling side I pick up. This year I found a few bargains. Some coaches that are for a (secret) scratch build project, at £3 a pop and 120 metal wheels loose in a box for 30p each!
Result!!!
That means I think I now have enough wheels to electrically light my whole coach stock!
