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Jonah and the Lionel
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Ken Tanaka
pro member
A very cool shot, Jim. I sure can remember countless hours spent on my model rr as a youngster about Jonah's age.
Was the train moving in reverse or did you use 2nd curtain flash to get that trail in front of the engine?
Was the train moving in reverse or did you use 2nd curtain flash to get that trail in front of the engine?
Hi Ken. Yes, and yes, it was going backwards and we used rear curtain flash and a rather slow shutter speed to get the effect. Thanks.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
So how long is the track and when do the women make it get packed away again?
I have just enough for a good sized loop on the living room carpet. It will be picked up again tomorrow after the boys go back home. I've been cured of Lionels for a while but the grandsons have rekindled an old flame. I bought a New Haven electric engine of about 1957 vintage just the other day..........for the laddies of course. Anybody got some 0-22 switches?
James Newman
Member
It's a very nice and telling photo of the now hooked lad. You can almost see his imagination whirring around just like the engine. I always wanted one when I was small but never had the opportunity. I had an uncle however that was really heavily into the "hobby". He had a huge basement setup with many multiple tracks, bridges over streams, mountains, people in towns, cattle, trees, the whole works. It was huge. He had a conductor's hat that he wore when running the trains. He never let me or my cousin run the trains but we still had fun just watching. He was a very strange uncle.
James Newman
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Doug Kerr
Well-known member
Actually, first curtain sync would do that. We use second curtain sync to make the trail behind the moving object.
Of course this could have been done with the train moving backward and second curtain sync.
Best regards,
Doug
Yes, it was going backwards and we used rear curtain sync, slow speed. J
Doug Kerr
Well-known member
Never expected to get a response! No, can't use the 027's. I've always had the slightly larger 0 guage. Thanks! Jim
Doug Kerr
Well-known member
Ah, so. I didn't recognize the 0-22 notation.
Actually, O-27 and O are the same gauge. (The scales of the rolling stock are different.)
Best regards,
Doug
Thanks Ron. When your wife's not looking, squirt a little WD40 down the stack. It smells terrible (see advice above) but man does it smoke.