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Re: Roundy Roundy
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:59:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Barnes wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > Yes, at minifig eye level. That's the perspective I'm personally most interested
> > in.
> >
> > No, at normal viewing level. But that's OK. We usually have at least one endloop
> > visible anyway. and both ends if the mountain isn't there.
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> One of the things I am looking forward to at BrickFest is being able to run some
> trains. No room in my basement - it's full of nasty machinery like milling
> machines with a terrible hunger for bright shiny ABS bricks ;)
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> The thing is, my new loco has a wireless camera built into the front. I think
> you'll see some pretty nice "minifig view of the world" pics coming back from
> it. I just hope there are bridges and other structures over the track, because
> they give the best sense of scale speed.
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> JB
I built a B&W CMOS camera into the back of a TV OB-Van a few years ago. The
kids had fun trying to work out from the image where the camera was on the
layout. It never occurred to them it was right where a minifig is sat in a
crane chair pointing a camera straight at them!
We've got someone trying to fit a broadcast camera in to a trian too. It'll be
fun to see the images and how fast it goes.
Jason R
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| (...) IIRC, COLTC has done this, using swallowable gastrointestinal cameras about the size of a large pill, which can be embedded in a locomotove where the headlight would normally go. The result is broadcast, received, and displayed on the laptop (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) One of the things I am looking forward to at BrickFest is being able to run some trains. No room in my basement - it's full of nasty machinery like milling machines with a terrible hunger for bright shiny ABS bricks ;) The thing is, my new (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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