IanR Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Your videos are very well edited Andrew, what software do you use for editing. IanR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Thanks, Ian. The software is Windows Live Movie Maker. It came bundled on our laptop a couple of years ago and I only found it recently. I find it very intuitive and straightforward to use. It may even be free to download. Highly recommended. For soundtracks, Jamendo.com has masses of rights-free music, or else Incompetech.com/music . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 I've just compiled a video with a period feel. As usual it's on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/Dorkingian . Hope it's entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Another new DGR video has just been released after the clips have incubated for several months since being shot in July. Must admit that all my videos look a bit samey -- perhaps I need a different scriptwriter and some new plot-lines. A still photo was posted here back in July at: The video itself, A Pullman Moment, is in the usual place at the YouTube URL link below... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublecee Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Andrew said: Must admit that all my videos look a bit samey -- perhaps I need a different scriptwriter and some new plot-lines. As always, nice shots of the DGR. If I were to suggest something, I would say a better, lower scale angle, as seen from a 00 scale persons perspective. This is what I always try to achieve on my stuff, because I know only too well that a double circuit oval isnt very exciting from any other angle. That and a Wagon cam with a Wide Angle lens will really change the way you shoot and enjoy / share the DGR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Craig, Much appreciate those tips, thanks, especially as I think you may have mentioned that you're a professional in that or a similar field. You certainly have some impressive videos there on Vimeo, especially your current work on night shots (your 'dark period' ?). I've long been an admirer of your well-populated station platforms, complete with Tardis, Grim Reaper and more, and of course your Darlington-style station layout. OK, I'll be asking Father Christmas about that wagoncam. Of course, that will create even more incentive for me to get on and do the double-tracking on the DGR in order to try and emulate your superb 1930s-style parallel running action shots. We'll all be monitoring your video innovations avidly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublecee Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Im toying with the idea of making a few, so watch this space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riddles Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I've often thought that a "wagoncam" inside an Inspection Saloon would be good. It would be prototypically correct to propel (push) it in front of a loco and should be large enough to hold all the components. I wonder when Bachmann's ex-LMS saloon will eventually appear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublecee Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 For me, a Wagon Cam doesnt have to be prototypical, as its obviously never in shot. Here's mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Not a lot seems to have happened recently, but do you remember when it was warm and the sun shone? Here's another view of the 2.30 weekdays Glenwhatsit to Inversomewhere with a BR Standard 2-6-4T: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Merry christmas Andrew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 On the Fifth Day of Christmas we were between storms and the winter sun shone so I was able to run some of the new rolling stock. The video has a festive flavour (but no snow yet) and the link is in the footer to this message... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 You're a brave man! Just been catching up on some of your earlier videos and have to say how much I enjoyed the 'Southern Region in a Storm' video from back in October. Normally it's a battle against the elements to keep our trains running outdoors but in this case the elements have simply added to the realism and overall enjoyment. I'd also like to offer praise for the photo you posted on 5th December - a really wonderful image of a model train in an outdoor setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Andrew said: On the Fifth Day of Christmas we were between storms and the winter sun shone so I was able to run some of the new rolling stock. The video has a festive flavour (but no snow yet) and the link is in the footer to this message... Excellent!... Nice to see some winter running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Mick and IanR, Thanks for the helpful comments, folks. Winter isn't the best time for our hobby, so it's useful to keep an eye out for those occasional days even at this time of year when a combination of fine weather and personal circumstances enable trains to be run. And thanks, Mick, for slotting links to my recent videos into your main video page. Wishing you both a much better time in 2014 (and equally to all our mates on the forum!). A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublecee Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Unfortunatly, the sun is still quite low here, so even on dry crisp days, the track is still wet here, and only dries just before dusk. It certainly is a hobby for the warmer months for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Today's fine weather was ideal for the first running session of the year, which featured a BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0 on an inter-regional passenger train in the 1950s (as usual). The video will be along later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Great work Andrew. Good to see someone back running again - it's bound to give encouragement to everyone else. Here's to a lengthy spell of settled weather for us all so that we can have the forum buzzing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 In honour of Jon in Sydney finally moving on from posts(!) and achieving his first garden track laid and trains operating (congratulations, Jon!) (see http://www.oogardenrailway.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=705&start=80#p10909 ), I decided to help him celebrate by running my Australian rolling stock in today's afternoon sun. My stuff, probably like me, dates from an earlier period than Jon's. The three Lima heritage coaches with six wheel bogies were acquired when visiting Australia in the 1980s, and the other bits and pieces were picked up piecemeal over the years in the UK. Some of the silver coaches which appear in the forthcoming video aren't actually from Down Under (one is a Frateshi model of a Brazilian RFFSA coach, and the other is a European TEE coach), so don't look too closely! Likewise the green Alco diesel (apologies to Australian railfans). We start with shots of the New South Wales Government Railways 44-class diesel no. 4469. Leon Oberg's book "Locomotives of Australia" (1975) says that a hundred of this Alco-powered class were built in Australia between 1957 and 1968 for use on the NSWGR standard gauge system. The model is by Lima: Here's the cab at the blunt end: Here is the loco hauling a short train of older coaches through the Blue Mountains: And a close-up of the timber-bodied sleeping car showing a six wheel bogie: The train running out of the mountains and past the daffodils: Finally, an appetiser for the video in the form of a Lima aluminium coach: Now that's two sets of video clips I've committed to edit. Anyone know where you can get HO scale kangaroos or crocs? I'll be back later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Thanks Andrew ,some great photo's of your Aussie equipment.At the moment I only run American equipment ,but that will change as funds are found.I plan to buy another 50 ,maybe more of the Athearn ore cars before any Aussie Loco's will be bought . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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