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Re: Stability of cars/rails?
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 11:38:49 GMT
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At 04:14 PM 10/14/2003, Jan-Albert wrote:
The arm on the outside, which has some weight on it, will prevent the car
from waggling on the bogies, thus keeping it 100% steady on the track. See
http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/camcar.jpg for a sample...

That's a nice design, a good idea. Even though I can't use the LEGO track,
I can adapt that method to use with my current setup. Thanks!

Even though that method does require a perfectly level area (which I don't
have), I've added crosshairs to the LCD viewer on my camera. Between that
and the outrigger I think I ought to be able to keep this pan pretty
smooth...I'll post the video clip here when I've completed that shot.

Thanks,
~Mike



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(...) Mike, If I can be of any help, e-mail me. I've got experience doing stop-motion set and camera work. If you check out www.gwarbco.com and look at "Crusade Wars", I was responsible for all the set work and even built the camera dolly used for (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) The arm on the outside, which has some weight on it, will prevent the car from waggling on the bogies, thus keeping it 100% steady on the track. See (URL) for a sample... (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)

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