Two more shots of my wonky Frisco decapod kit bash job. I think it is more like a caricature depicting a Russian Dec.
Well now, it doesn't look that bad- I can imagine a Frisco local loping across the plains of western Oklahoma somewhere south of Clinton..........
Here are this weeks completed cars! Eastern Car Works ACF Covered Hopper, A-Line Sill Steps, painted Light Gray and lettered with Herald King Decals. Atlas PS2 Covered Hopper, Painted Armour Yellow and lettered with Herald King Decals, Morrison-Knudson had some 270 Covered Hoppers that they refurbished and leased to various railroads in the 1970's. Walthers 52' Thrall Gon, painted D&RGW Orange and Black, carved off the cast on drop steps and replaced with wire drop steps, Removed cast on and added A-Line Sill Steps. Lettered with Herald King Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
In between making a "How To" video on the wire oak trees, I hauled the "Alameda-Belt-in-a-Box" out into a brief shower of sunshine to shoot some shots for an article (these are the rejects ): Think I almost got the white balance thing figured out, too. Now if I could just figure out the #(*&$#&*%*&# iMovie on my new #&^%# iPhone...
I'm still working on the N scale Santa Fe U30CG's, using Minitrix shell on Kato U30C mechanisms: More info: http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?92144-Trix-U30CG/page13 Have a good week, all!
Nothing too spectacular this weekend. I spent most of my time at the club wiring in some new rotarys for block control. I also have started experimenting with Flash on my camera to stop motion on moving trains. Lemme know what you guys think, I personally don't like the shadows cast from flash, but its the only way my little point and shoot will capture objects in motion. 2 RSD4's lead a train out of Thompson Canyon. Same engines now powering past Terra Chemical Both units are atlas RSD4/5's from the yellow box era. The lead unit was repainted by a fellow club member in addition to a bunch of details being added. Looking at this picture, I REALLY need to repaint my unit (the light blue eyesore). The dual gauge yard at the pikemasters has finally been wired for operations! YAY! Here C-19 #345 uses a converter car to switch both narrow and standard gauge. Enjoy everyone.
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Verdana]Geep_fan[/FONT] "Nothing too spectacular this weekend. I spent most of my time at the club wiring in some new rotarys for block control. I also have started experimenting with Flash on my camera to stop motion on moving trains. Lemme know what you guys think, I personally don't like the shadows cast from flash, but its the only way my little point and shoot will capture objects in motion." Aah, concerned about 'motion' on a still photo. I'm confused.......
Daryl, my little point and shoot has a difficult time taking pictures of objects in motion without blurring the picture. The lens doesn't allow enough light in to "stop" the motion. I started using flash to allow more light into a frame to make the pictures non-blurry. The flash removed the motion "blur" effect but I don't like the shadows cast by the flash.
The amount of light isn't the only problem. The other part of the equation is shutter speed. That might be the most important part. A faster shutter speed is required to effectively reduce motion blur. Your point and shoot camera probably has a fixed shutter speed and will blur anything that moves. The only thing freezing the motion when you use the flash is the extremely short duration of the flash. Since you're looking for sharp photos, why not just stage the trains in position? Once you take the picture, you can't tell whether they were moving or not.
Michael, Actually I can adjust the shutter speed on the point and shoot. I can also get it to take photos of the trains in motion without flash, but then the photos are ridiculously dark. I could stage my trains in position, but only when I'm operating them. Other club members aren't going to stop their trains just so I can get a few shots.
