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@vinniecross1092 10 күн бұрын
Ive two of these wee locos may borrow some of your detailing ideas
@Rocketed12 13 күн бұрын
Thank you, excellent video
@gulflines1960 24 күн бұрын
I have a DSLR and experienced all the same issues that you mentioned. Yes, I can get great photos with it, especially when I use image stacking software. But getting good video is a PITA. My camera has tracking focus which allows me to "point" at a moving object (say, a loco) to set the focus, and the camera will in theory stay focused on it. But even when that works, pretty much everything else is out of focus. And of course, getting the best results always required a lot of time consuming fiddling with settings, etc. I have a mid-range Oppo camera that takes good photos, but its video is pretty ordinary. So I bought a (then) top of the range Samung S22 phone specifically for its camera qualities. To say that it has changed my model railroad photography would be a massive understatement. I carry in my back pocket whenever I'm running trains or visiting layouts, and it takes me just a few seconds to pull it out and take great photos or shoot excellent video. Its native small aperture provides excellent depth of field and it has multiple lenses which allow me to zoom without software interpolation. The best feature (IMO) is that it has image stabilisation in video mode, so I can walk along with trains as they run around a layout and get video that is sharp and steady. I still use my DSLR when I have the time to fiddle with the settings, etc. and add extra lighting. But for convenience, the S22 is far better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHm1aIFnbNVosKc
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway 23 күн бұрын
Great insight, thanks for sharing!
@robertomartin8731 24 күн бұрын
I think that camera has tracking focus. It memorize an image and try to focus on it while it is moving.
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway 24 күн бұрын
I'll have to try that! Thanks.
@_RandomPea 24 күн бұрын
Oh...sold my camera ages back 😂 Doh!
@malminstral 24 күн бұрын
Nice video showing the pros and cons of both. DSLR needs lots of practice just to take photos, pick it up everyday and practice.
@MG-Driver 25 күн бұрын
I have a Sony dslr too and makes my railway look so much better than my phone.
@railway187 25 күн бұрын
Great little details 🤩👍🙋♂️
@AnthonyBRADFORD-s3q 26 күн бұрын
the best of a S'L'R camera you can change lenses 24 to 109 or a wide angle lens that is all I use with a canon camera that I have had for 20 years
@railway187 26 күн бұрын
I like the quality of your Oppo camera. It's quite impressive how it makes great recordings without having to fiddle around with settings A, B and C. Personally, I have been filming my layout on a very good camera but it also needed to retake, experiment etc and honestly, that expensive piece of kit came less and less out of the cupboard... Especially since I have a new lower midrange smartphone (A25) now that can do everything just as good (or even better) without needing an extra me to operate it 😊 I might now just as well sell the camera...
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway 26 күн бұрын
It's also worth remembering that all cameras work better if there's more light. I should have talked about that too! So investing in better lighting can sometimes be more effective than buying a better camera.
@railway187 26 күн бұрын
@ I use a floor lamp with a 24w 6000K (daylight) LED lamp in it. I use it from behind the camera.
@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 26 күн бұрын
The fact a mid range phone camera can look good, even next to a professional camera is impressive. I suppose learning a camera is just another possible avenue for model railway enthusiasts to explore these days. And if you enjoy it, then more power to you.
@barryjgalbraith2635 26 күн бұрын
Thanks I found that interesting though I’m not techie enough to give any advice!
@NathanielKempson 26 күн бұрын
I used a Canon 200D for years, and now I use a mad exspensive Sony 4K camcorder XD DSLRs are infinatly better than phone cameras though. If you practice with the DSLR, you will find that its far better in general than a phone camera. The auto focus should be far better on the DSLR aswell. Practice makes perfect. Screw about with it in your time off, its great fun! Also I would advice that you absolutley CRANK the video bitrate as high as you possibly can, KZbin really suffers with low bitrate at 1080p. Which is why I upscaled all my videos to 4K a few years ago, to overcome the god awful compression that youtube puts on everything. Your video editing software should have the option for bitrate or something with a similar name, in the export settings. Crank that number as high as it will go before exporting the video, it will help ENOURMOUSLY!! Have fun!!
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway 26 күн бұрын
I did consider a camcorder, but at my budget a second hand DSLR has a bigger sensor. It's a big complicated expensive world out there!
@stephendavies6949 Ай бұрын
Well, well. The YT algorithm suggested your channel. Glad it did. I've subscribed!
@Finnertoncentralmodelrailway Ай бұрын
Just stumbled across your channel what a cracking layout . Brian
@chugwaterjack4458 Ай бұрын
Interesting and creative technique, along with a great not-so-serious attitude! Thanks!
@_RandomPea Ай бұрын
Assuming that you measured and marked the lamp positions first, if not that was some accurate drilling skills 👍
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway Ай бұрын
I had marked out the positions first, yes! Don't want to go drilling into things without a plan... A rough plan at least.
@_RandomPea Ай бұрын
I have no option as I can't actually get a drill into the space where I'm at 😂 what distance apart did you land on? 🤔
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway Ай бұрын
15cm apart. But to be honest that wasn't based on anything. The important thing is consistency. If it looks deliberate, no one will question it!
@_RandomPea Ай бұрын
@@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway that's exactly the distance I had decided on. Only as my craft ruler is that long. 😂 I think in the real world they are like a carriage length apart but that would look silly in scale imo
@donniblanco5239 Ай бұрын
These little locos can be found pre owned So Cheaply that they are Ideal for learning & practicing weathering & detailing - Trojan 1340 is A GWR Saddle Tank on the Avon Railway Near Bristol, and the Model Pug in GWR livery on my Railway Looks Near enough the same imo - I have around 20 Pugs & Holdens in some Very Awesome Liveries amongst my hundred plus Locos all with detailed cabs and crew, and they are Great Fun to Operate with 4 wheel Coaches (which are also detailed), on a compact size layout which is an ideal way for anyone young or old to get into this Fab Hobby.
@liondecka9062 Ай бұрын
Details, I love details. I‘m obsessed in details. Subscription is out 🎉
@scottrixon5312 Ай бұрын
Really enjoyed that, it's the small jobs that you put off that sometimes make the biggest difference..
@westhavengwr4613 Ай бұрын
Nice video. I’m working on detailing bits on Westhaven now. Will appear on the layout in due course.
@robot7759 Ай бұрын
Enough details make a grand project as well.
@dannyvanstraelen3273 Ай бұрын
sometimes the devil sits in the details they say. About two years ago I bought a 3D printer, and it was worth every Penney, although today I would rather go for a resin type of printer instead of working with PLA filament, the difference sits in better detailing on small scale.. But it's still up to the task, like at the moment I'm building a layout and decided that beehives would look great, so I printed a few. Very fine detailing makes your layout more interesting to look at, even with dead moments when nothing is running, it still gives the viewer entertainment in discovering. I'd like to build in recognizable stories that are recognizable to a lot of people. This could be fictional stories like senes from dad's army for instance, or historical facts, a paper boy announcing the sinking of the Titanic. It all ads up to an interesting layout that's fun to look at……
@Edlinghamjunction22 Ай бұрын
Really really do like the great western pug loco gwt green suits it 😀😀😀❤
@wideyxyz2271 Ай бұрын
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@AllensTrains Ай бұрын
Concerning small details - bottled milk was introduced after the 1st world war, so if it is a 1930s layout, there should be milk crates and not milk churns on the platform! Thanks for uploading.
@thecheez3418 Ай бұрын
Not exactly right. I grew up on a dairy farm, milk churns were still in use well into the 1960s until the local milk board stopped collecting them and tankers were used instead. Milk was then dispensed into bottles locally and delivered to properties.
@AllensTrains Ай бұрын
@@thecheez3418According to someone who worked on the railways, refrigerated bottled milk came in after the First World War. but churns might have continued to be used in some areas. It strikes me there would be no refrigeration on a station platform! You could research this. There might be photographic evidence.
@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway Ай бұрын
It's the little details that make a railway come to life
@KandWRailroader Ай бұрын
I agree!
@C-MAGs Ай бұрын
Great update. Love these kind of updates. :)
@rocknroll527 Ай бұрын
Very nice, thanks for sharing.
@Shauniboy1984 Ай бұрын
Brill little video sir - still one of my fav channels on youtube 👌😎
@NathanielKempson Ай бұрын
Still got the speed bump in the station trackwork then XD We all have at least one eh
@railway187 Ай бұрын
It's a delicious locomotive now, well done 👍 I see you are painting with brushes not with airbrush - so am I 😊
@denodon123 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this fantastic video! I got one of these recently for cheap that wasn't running well. Using your guide I easily got it apart, cleaned and serviced it all up nicely and (minus one issue when I put the little arm/contact things on the springs the wrong way around) its now running beautifully! There's something to be said about how easy these old models are to work on. I wouldn't dare trying to do some of this stuff with the overly complex modern models!
@heaptoncollierymodelrailwa6011 2 ай бұрын
Super stuff man! I love the back story- one of my favourite bits of the hobby
@andrewcleaver8523 2 ай бұрын
Found your channel by accident, so glad I did, great videos and good to get some tips without costing a fortune on bits and bobs 😁👍
@TheGra1959 3 ай бұрын
I've watched all of your rebuild videos over the past 2 or 3 days and have thoroughly enjoyed and learnt from them 👍 They've been particularly inspiring, especially your style and warts-n-all presentation. Thank you.
@railway187 3 ай бұрын
Great video 👍 very interesting and entertaining! New subscriber 🙋♂️
@user-sv4pj5jl8n 3 ай бұрын
Looking forward to the junction of the logging line vering off your back woods branch line.
@gazbaz9345 3 ай бұрын
That banana got you a like
@tonypetts6663 3 ай бұрын
5:21 "If you're struggling to grasp the scale of these mixed measurements that's okay, here's a banana." Me: That bananas not to Scale! 😁
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway 3 ай бұрын
It's a 1:76 scale model of a 76:1 scale model of a banana.
@VictoryWorks 3 ай бұрын
Entertaining and informative, could watch your vids all day 👍
@TheMordious 3 ай бұрын
Great Banana!
@tonyshield5368 3 ай бұрын
Do hope you have a proper banan van. Love the railway.
@Hawaii_HO 3 ай бұрын
Nice looking layout. The banana helped to clear up any confusion about layout dimensions. Subbed.
@monsvillerailways5736 3 ай бұрын
Nice work. It all blends in well. Happy Modelling
@goforitpainting 3 ай бұрын
Really cool. 🌳
@TimberSurf 3 ай бұрын
Making some great progress
@neilharbott8394 3 ай бұрын
Since we model in 4mm = 1ft, 2mm static grass is 6" tall, so not really a nicely manicured lawn!!
@C-MAGs 3 ай бұрын
Great job!!!!!!
@Shauniboy1984 3 ай бұрын
Brill video as ever - always look forward to these