Crook Street 0 Gauge - Night Shift

[@andrewblake2254]

The lights are far too bright for the period. Station were very dimly lit even in the fifties which I remember. Just enough light to see where you were going. Same goes for the carriages. Lights were very dim at low speeds and got slightly better as the train went faster and the generator raised the voltage. It was difficult to read the paper (which everyone did). LED's are great but they do not represent lights as they historically were as they are usually far to bright. I think in your period they would have been mostly oil and gas lights. Anyway its a brilliant layout and I don't want my comments to detract from that. There is also the issue about what works for exhibition purposes. Realism may not show up well.

[@lnwrcrookstreet9954]

Yeah, lights are a bit of a compromise - they're not the right colour either! Filament bulbs might be better on that score. In real life they're not quite as bright as they look on film, the camera (a smartphone) adjusts the exposure for the ambient light so makes them look very bright. That's my excuse anyway!

[@andrewblake2254]

@@lnwrcrookstreet9954 A friend of mine had an early 00 landrover with brilliant LED blue white lights. I suggested he paint them opaque orange as an experiment.They ended up a nice dull yellow just as they would have been for that period. I have no ideahow that would work in a display layout though.

[@physiocrat7143]

Looks best in full screen. Interesting about the lights. The platform lights would almost certainly have been Sugg gas lamps with mantles, giving off a greenish yellow light. These were around until into the 1960s. Low powered electric filament lights seem to have come in fairly early. Maybe fiddle with the colour balance in the video? And some firebox glow? Could be worth doing a wet night and getting reflections off the platforms. Would benefit from some atmospherics. Possibilities include dry ice or church incense (charcoal blocks and crystal incense) or joss sticks.