Jason Shron just sent this out... AMAZING!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I can still remember the issue of... a certain rival model publication... which first described the coming wonder of CCD technology. An example pictured was that you would one day be able to run a model train from inside the cab! (the picture I believe showing what looked like a PA... funny what stays with you sometimes.) I was so impressed that I went to the RCA stockholder's meeting and got the technical research reports sent to me... and now, here it is.
That it's by way of generations of mass cellular telephones making high-resolution cameras and image transmission commodity-cheap, or that Jason has inserted the image of his full-size car in the frame, is immaterial -- we finally have the magic of being in the seat in realtime. Now all that's needed is a little piezo three-axis action so we can switch gaze, and that ain't too tough...
We may never have gotten (or, one to mention it, needed) PicturePhones; we may never get cost-effective flying cars no matter how much they cost; we may repeatedly be forced to watch tech stuff work less and less well with each passing year... but we can pause from time to time and revel in something that is actually, demonstrably part of The Future.
As here.
One thing is I notice he said "everything outside the window is an HO model". I suspect the small camera was mounted on say a flatcar. I suspect the passenger car is the interior of the full-size replica passenger car Jason Shron built in his basement, and they're using green-screen technology or some other method to create the view out the window.
I'm impressed! He has some fine detailed modelling there. I'm also impressed with the apparently smooth motion of the conveyance bearing the camera.
He does good modeling and hey, it doesn't hurt that he has money to do stuff most of us could never afford. Life is good!
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
Yeah, the video was well-done, and the layout looked pretty darn good, too.
Wayne
It really sets a new standard for onboard videos. The idea that you can plop a camera on a flatcar and show people your layout and the ceiling tiles, the water heater, people standing around, the unfinished hidden areas of your track is obsolete.
Those videos alway triggered my motion sickness anyway.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Hey dont look at me, im just as impressed as you are!
PMR