Alan, Minor points department, but the original Lionel trains were O gauge, not S. American Flyer was S gauge, and a copycat. Trust me, I got my first Lionel train over 63 years ago from my Uncle. He was a Lionel train fanatic and had a collection of all their stuff, back to tinplate. Regards, Bob
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for that, George. I over-estimated the size of the chess pieces & > thought it might be O Gauge. The vintage Lionel was actually S Gauge, a bit > smaller than O. I have Lionel, Hornby, Rivarossi & Big-Big plus about 80m of > self made track. When I still lived in Rhodesia, there were 3 of us but I > never got going again after moving here. Yes, the modern stuff is very high > quality & expensive, as you say, like our photography. > > Alan > > -----Original Message----- From: George Sinos > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 9:10 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train > > Thanks for the comments everyone. > > Alan - the train in this photo is HO scale, roughly half the size of O. > > When I was in the hobby shop buying the circle of track for these > trains I saw some modern O. Wow, nothing like the old Lionel stuff > that I remember from when I was a kid. Much more detailed and very > much made to look as real as possible. Also, very expensive. $50-$80 > for a boxcar. Engine prices were in the Hundreds of dollars. That > would add up pretty quickly. Of course, O is pretty big, so you > wouldn't need much. Then again, from the conversation I overheard > while there, I'm guessing the train hobbyists have the same issues > with rolling stock as photographers have with lenses. > > gs > > > > > George Sinos > -------------------- > www.GeorgesPhotos.net > www.GeorgeSinos.com > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Great idea. Gauge "O", is it? I have a huge collection of it from my youth >> (simply gathering dust). I intended to build a garden railway but never >> did. >> I feel the creative juices stirring again. >> >> Alan >> >> -----Original Message----- From: George Sinos >> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 3:31 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> Subject: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train >> >> I'm putting up a smaller Christmas tree this year that will sit atop a >> table. The table is big enough to accommodate a small circle of train >> track. Rather than leave such an important task to the last minute, I >> decided to test things out this weekend. (Not the tree. Just the >> train.) >> >> Killing two birds with one stone, I shot a little video with my iPhone >> and tried out the video editing features in Photoshop CC for the first >> time. Here are the results. >> >> <http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/10/27/the-christmas-train> >> >> I was surprised at how quickly I figured out the video editor in >> Photoshop CC. It was (Unlike most things in PS) quite straight >> forward. I've used a couple of other video editors in the past and >> they have many more features. But for slapping together a quick video >> or slide show, this looks like it will do everything I need. >> >> gs >> >> George Sinos >> -------------------- >> www.GeorgesPhotos.net >> www.GeorgeSinos.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
