F-7 CAB RIDE on a Model Railroad in HO Scale -Conway Scenic

[@alcopower5710]

This is absolutely fantastic. Have rewatched several times.

[@HappyHoboTrains]

Thanks. You make my day!

[@williambryant5946]

So amazing how good it looks. Your buddy got a great picture of the inside of the cab. Its really neat how you did this. Great video. Very cool. 👍

[@HappyHoboTrains]

Thanks for watching! Stay tuned, we're working on some new ideas we think are pretty neat.

[@Primogen1]

It feels like you are seeing it from a real locomotive in the real world.

[@HappyHoboTrains]

We like how it turned out. We will likely do more like this and thought of some things to improve our new videos. Stay tuned!

[@marka5478]

Thise American Flyer coaches look excellent.

[@HappyHoboTrains]

The Osgood Bradley cars are Rapido models, and I agree. They are quite nice, and what you see is straight from the box.

[@chazco]

well done. thanks for the video

[@HappyHoboTrains]

Thanks for the comment. I had fun making this one.

[@FlyingCrow]

Great job. Nice trackwork.

[@HappyHoboTrains]

Thanks!

[@jimtedesco]

That is too cool.

[@HappyHoboTrains]

Thanks James!

[@thebibletrain8297]

Pretty cool man 👍

[@HappyHoboTrains]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jefft4303]

I like this, as is, but thought of something you might want to try. The camera is clearly centered on the vehicle it rode on, which wouldn't be the case from the engineer's seat. I'm guessing alignment took a lot of time to get right, between the overlay and the layout video. I'm glad you didn't use a GP-7 overlay... we'd have missed out on the whole left half of the layout! :-)

[@HappyHoboTrains]

The camera location is pretty much fixed, due to the size of the camera and clearances. I don't know any way to move the viewpoint to more accurately mimic what the engineer would see, but you are certainly correct in your observation! Maybe some day if cameras get smaller it may be something we could do.

[@jefft4303]

@@HappyHoboTrains I hear some folks have micro-fiber-optic cameras that ride around on tiny drones that look just like insects, but last time I searched that out on Google, my phone started acting weird, and this black van marked Flowers By Irene started followin me around. I dunno, I think you're good to go like it is. :-)

[@HappyHoboTrains]

@@jefft4303 The thought of a bluetooth-enabled mosquito is intriguing, but I'll bet they're tough to train!

[@bryanthunderfootporter4436]

As we went past Crawford Notch Station, did I correctly observe a “blue dummy” on the signal masthead?

[@HappyHoboTrains]

You are correct! I'm pretty sure that there is no such signal in that location in the real world, but standard MEC/B&M practice has a blue doll arm indicating a track between the signal mast and the controlled track. It follows practice, and I thought it looked cool while serving a real function on my layout.

[@davidblack4555]

Where is this layout? Is it open to the public?

[@HappyHoboTrains]

Near Tampa, FL. Sorry, this is a private layout, not open to the public. Maybe post Covid?

[@ericmould9515]

Which software did you use?

[@HappyHoboTrains]

We use a few different programs at this point. Tying to find what works best. This was a first attempt. Adobe products seem to work very well.