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Andrew wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:20 pm
Excellent stuff, well done, that'll be really handy. I wonder if you'll resist the urge to add scenery???
I did wonder about a backscene ......
Rik
Rik,
Some inspiration for backdrops can be found here. https://ringbalin.blogspot.com/p/construction-logs.html
They are painted with white acrylic paint tinted with student artists acrylics found in a $2/Pound shop.
I have a cunning plan (sorry Baldrick) to put some on my G layout to ide the fence palings.
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:02 am
by ge_rik
Thanks Graeme
Much food for thought here. I was considering creating a photographic backscene with shots taken around Peckforton. I'll give that a try first, but if it doesn't work or I need to fill some gaps then I'll try tapping into my artistic side
Rik
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:31 pm
by GAP
ge_rik wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:02 am
Thanks Graeme
Much food for thought here. I was considering creating a photographic backscene with shots taken around Peckforton. I'll give that a try first, but if it doesn't work or I need to fill some gaps then I'll try tapping into my artistic side
The "Gormo" person mentioned is a modeller in Sydney who does workshop videos of making stuff with whatever is at hand some good ideas there and some things can easily be scaled up to G.
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:47 pm
by ge_rik
My latest .....
Hope you like it
Rik
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:23 pm
by Peter Butler
I love it Rik, beautiful scenic filming and great editing. The landscape is at its best and the trains are there for a purpose, what could be better than that?
Your voice-over is calming and informative and, despite my reservations over loco sounds, they work well with the action. The horns and whistles seem a little 'enthusiastic'.
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:55 pm
by gregh
GREAT.
We really enjoyed watching the trains wending their ways through your line. Some of your scenes almost looked like rain forest! (But I guess not in Cheshire)
Must be a nice time of the year for your garden. Love the scenes that just give glimpses of your beautiful buildings. Peckforton station fence needs some repair, but that just adds to the realism.
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:11 am
by FWLR
Love it Rik. Fantastic voice over, far better than music and a lot more informative, it tells a story on the days running. It seems to be different every time....
Thank you Rik, I could watch your videos for hours, but Anne won't let me...
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:39 pm
by BertieB
Very nice. And an agreeably relaxed voiceover too. The ‘deliberate mistake’ will have to be pointed out to me though.
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 8:06 pm
by ge_rik
BertieB wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:39 pm
The ‘deliberate mistake’ will have to be pointed out to me though.
All my locos face Down the line, so an Up train should be hauled by the loco in reverse. I thought the shot would look better if the loco on the Up ore faced the camera, so I reversed it for this and a couple of other shots. It grates on me, but evidently no one has spotted it yet .......
Rik
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:37 am
by FWLR
Sorry Rik I didn't because I don't know if a train is going Up or Down a line. Not being that well up on how trains run on railways lines....
Still a fantastic video and like I say, I could watch them for hours, Anne permitting....
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:07 pm
by BertieB
ge_rik wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 8:06 pm
“All my locos face Down the line, so an Up train should be hauled by the loco in reverse...”
Gosh. I’m afraid that would never have occurred to me. Thanks.
BertieB wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:39 pm
The ‘deliberate mistake’ will have to be pointed out to me though.
All my locos face Down the line, so an Up train should be hauled by the loco in reverse. I thought the shot would look better if the loco on the Up ore faced the camera, so I reversed it for this and a couple of other shots. It grates on me, but evidently no one has spotted it yet .......
Rik
So Rik, how does this work if you have a loco turntable, or is this just a specialism of your railway.
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 7:58 pm
by ge_rik
Jimmyb wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 5:17 pm
So Rik, how does this work if you have a loco turntable, or is this just a specialism of your railway.
Hi Jim
As far as I know, very few UK narrow gauge railways had turntables and they generally had all their locos facing one way, though the Ashover had a triangle junction at one end. The PLR decided to have its licos all facing Down.
Rik
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:01 pm
by ge_rik
FWLR wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:37 am
Sorry Rik I didn't because I don't know if a train is going Up or Down a line. Not being that well up on how trains run on railways lines....
Trains heading towards the main terminus are said to be heading Up the line and vice versa. London was considered to be there main terminus in the UK (for some reason) so trains travelled Up to London
Rik
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:10 pm
by Peter Butler
That explains something I often thought strange..... why do people living north of London often say the are going 'up to London?' That now resolves that question for me.'
FWLR wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:37 am
Sorry Rik I didn't because I don't know if a train is going Up or Down a line. Not being that well up on how trains run on railways lines....
Trains heading towards the main terminus are said to be heading Up the line and vice versa. London was considered to be there main terminus in the UK (for some reason) so trains travelled Up to London
Jimmyb wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 5:17 pm
So Rik, how does this work if you have a loco turntable, or is this just a specialism of your railway.
Hi Jim
As far as I know, very few UK narrow gauge railways had turntables and they generally had all their locos facing one way, though the Ashover had a triangle junction at one end. The PLR decided to have its licos all facing Down.
Rik
Rik, that make things a lot clearer, you see i enjoy trains because of the engineering, but don't know much about the operation
FWLR wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:37 am
Sorry Rik I didn't because I don't know if a train is going Up or Down a line. Not being that well up on how trains run on railways lines....
Trains heading towards the main terminus are said to be heading Up the line and vice versa. London was considered to be there main terminus in the UK (for some reason) so trains travelled Up to London
Rik
Thanks Rik. Suppose I will have to turn my line to face South now...Only joking ....
And the build I am doing will probably have to go in the bin now too...... ...More on that later..