Well, it's that time again.
I've been doing a little more on the website. Third link in the sig, "Tri State Rail." As always, feedback is appreciated.
March 2010
**Edited for seasonal title**
My Model Railroad: Tri State RailMy Photos on Flickr: FlickrMy Videos on Youtube: YoutubeMy Photos on RRPA: RR Picture Archives
I don't think this thread is big enough to merit being restarted every month. I think we should change it over to a seasonal thread like TRP, that way we only have to restart 4 threads a year and not 12.
Alex
That's what I though back when Bergie requested monthly.
Considering that now they're letting the Trackside Diner be monthly (just changed that, used to be every 50 pages), I really don't see the problem with that.
If everyone agrees, then I'll just go back and change the name of the thread.
I vote for the seasonal option.
I have two videos to kick off April. I finished up planting the weeds between the two lines, now to continue on that role. should be a few weeks long project.
First video is railfanning. I don't have enough cars to fully simulate all the trains but I did the best I could with what I have:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eActbQGP2os
Next up is an update video. there isn't much but there's been several requests so here it is:
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Nice update Sawyer. The weeds look pretty good, can't wait to see progress on the North Branch.
I finally put together a video with some of my equipment at the club, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210VPuR4vk4
What do you think of the dubbing? Most of it works I think, there are a few that I am not crazy about, but I had to make do with what I had, it's REALLY hard to find audio of both EMD's and ALCo's in the same consist...
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
Very nice work guys!
Sawyer, it looks to me like the yard side is just about done, no?
Alex, the sound was fine. I would have thought it was real, if it weren't for the people walking around!
Here's an update on my SOO GP9 project. Many details added, holes have been filed and still need to be sanded down:
Hope to be ready for painting by the end of the weekend.
Alex, sweet work on the Soo GP9! and thanks; hopefully North Branch will be started by the end of this coming week. Very nice video as well, love that C424!
Joe, it's getting close. the basic scenery is done. I still need to plant about a trillion more weeds though, and get some vehicles and people for both King Furniture and the engine servicing, and get the roof for king furniture done. Then it's on to North branch.
I agree that a seasonal thread is more than adequate. We never get past 40 pages even on the busiest months. I was in New Jersey most of this weekend so no layout work, but here's my feedback on the stuff posted here.
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Joe: Like the new orange links which are easier to see. Only change I'd make would be to add some paragraph breaks in the "About the Layout" section since it's a bit hard to read. (note that I just drove 3 hours from NYC though)
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Sawyer: Railside chats are not my area of expertise so I don't have any feedback here. Railfanning videos are, so here are a couple tips that will make your next videos even better than your excellent first try! First, I'd add dubbed sound. I have an ancient video tutorial that you can check out (someday I'll make a new one...) and it's really easy to do in Movie Maker. Also, I am perfectly willing to sacrifice some video smoothness to digitally slow down the train. Use the "Slow down, half" effect once in MM to achieve this.
Alex: Quite nice! The audio dubbing is exceptional and given the constraints of a club layout (backdrops, reflective glass, etc) you managed very well with the angles. I'm just used to my completely linear layout where it's easy to find angles where you can't see into the aisle, the wall, etc. Those are some snazzy locomotives too! Certainly deserves to be added to my favorites list.
Too busy watching rare detour trains to worry about model trains. kthxbai.
Tyler, sweet, thanks. Only problem is I have zero prototype audio videos or files.
Packers#1 Tyler, sweet, thanks. Only problem is I have zero prototype audio videos or files.
If you have any friends on YouTube who have prototype videos of trains, you could probably ask them if you can use their audio in your videos. Try to find one that just lets you use it whenever you want, with just a simple link to their profile. It beats having to request the audio in advance (the terms of the offer one person offered me), and I always do a lot of mixing anyway so it helps to just have an entire library of audio to use.
Wow,
I was in CT for the weekend, and missed a busy weekend here by the looks of it. Let's see if I can get all the names right this time:
Joe: Great looking website. I like the new sections about your layouts. The "about the layout" section definitely gives your RR a purpose.
Sawyer: Great job on those video's and your article in Model Railroad News, I just got the time to read it this weekend.
Railfan Alex: That CP train looked AMAZING. And the audio was good enough for me.
Other Alex: Detour trains? Does that have anything to do with the wreck in Lee, MA? Just curious, I rode through Lee on the Mass. Pike this weekend.
John: What do you think of the UP BSA loco? I think they did a good job but could have gotten rid of the shield and slogan behind the cab. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2000709
Okay, here's what's new on the CVS:
This is the stuff that I got from the TAMR donation (Sawyer knows what I'm talking about). The F7's are in like new condition, and after I added KD's and NWSL wheels to the A unit it ran great. For the B unit, I swapped the dummy chassis with a powered one I already had. Now I have a pair of F units that can pull. As for the cars, one's a bachmann plus, and the other is a Athearn (I think). Both need KD's (I'll be buying another bulk pack soon), but other than that are ready to go. I installed P2K couplers temporarily. Oh yes, the MOW guys like the truck too.
Okay, I have other stuff to discuss too, but it can wait for another day. This post is 50 minutes in the making already.
Goodnight all,
Jamie
Cape Vincent Southern Railroad
HO scale Horseshoe Curve in 5’x10’
My YouTube
No, the Housatonic derailment is unrelated. Most of Pan Am's freight main was submerged which necessitated detours via Boston to get traffic to and from Maine.
Video of a Pan Am train moving at a decent clip.
Tyler, I got some friends that could probably help me out.
Jamie, thanks man! I'm trying to figure out what to write about next; might compare model trains to video games
Tyler, the History page doesn't have page breaks either, and no one's complained (for lack of a better word) about that. Now that you didn't just have a 3 hour car ride, maybe go back again and see.And post a trip report and photos (that is, if there are any) from the Easter Train. And I see it was 18 and 5664- I'm not the only one that 3010 seems to elude!
Sorry Sawyer, I don't have much audio- and all of it has HEP engines in it anyway, so it'd sound weird in your videos.
I've never tried anything with sound dubbing, but I should try sometime...
Nice F7's Jamie
And sorry John, but it seems you've been outvoted-- seasonal it is. I'll go change that now
Feel free to use audio from my personal videos, obviously not the ones that I have already used sound from someone else.
Railfan AlexFeel free to use audio from my personal videos, obviously not the ones that I have already used sound from someone else.
Thanks Alex! Joe, yeah, don't know of any freight locos with a HEP generator. I'll be installign commuter service someday though.
Well, when that day comes, feel free to use them. By then, there'll probably be more videos too...
Just curious, do you guys mean taking the audio from Youtube? Cause if you do, how do you download it? AFAIK, there's no way to...
I have been very busy recently.
I have led my BAS Troop in the RR Merit Badge, http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/172034/1888474.aspx#1888474. The photo is of me in the cab of a GP 38-2.
And I have done some new Scenery
ns3010Just curious, do you guys mean taking the audio from Youtube? Cause if you do, how do you download it? AFAIK, there's no way to...
http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/
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Our plans changed so I didn't actually get to see the train. I did go to the Whippany Railroad Museum several hours before the train was to run and took a bunch of photos there. I'll post those in Teen Railfan Place once I finish processing them.
TrainManTy ns3010Just curious, do you guys mean taking the audio from Youtube? Cause if you do, how do you download it? AFAIK, there's no way to... http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/ -------------------- Our plans changed so I didn't actually get to see the train. I did go to the Whippany Railroad Museum several hours before the train was to run and took a bunch of photos there. I'll post those in Teen Railfan Place once I finish processing them.
Or if you can manage to find IE 6.0 or older, you can just go into the Temporary Internet Files and copy the video (sometimes in .flv format or un-named flash file) and convert it from there into an AVI or WMV or whatever you need.
thanks Tyler, downloaded that.
(Railfan)Alex mind if I download a couple of your videos for dubbing. there will of course be a link to your channel and mention in the credits of the video.
Like I said, no problem!
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So can we change this thread over to a seasonal thread, or are there too many people in disagreement? Last call for anyone who wants to speak up!
Railfan AlexSo can we change this thread over to a seasonal thread, or are there too many people in disagreement? Last call for anyone who wants to speak up!
Already done. See the "Spring 2010" title.
Random question, particularly geared towards GG...
Does anyone have a Kato SD40-2 shell they'd want to swap for a SD38-2 shell?
Or even better, if you have a project or protoype for an SD38-2 let me know, I have one and I have no clue what to do with it.
Railfan AlexLike I said, no problem!
Awesome. hopefully I'll be able to make a sound-dubbed video before the end of spring break!
Well, it isn't a sound-dubbed railfan video, but I had to trim pretty much every clip to make the video fit under 10 minutes. Original was 13 minutes long, but there's was a lot of dead space where I was just working (although I tried to cut some out). so without further ado here's the premier of the video tutorial series A Crazy Guy and His Trains on the model railroader forums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQhzHFFB04A
N-JOY!