random pics that YOU have taken.......

[masraum]

Nice shot, I think you could have bumped from 1/500 up to 1/250 and maybe opened the aperture up a bit.

[Rusty Heap]

ask and yea shall receive.











each a slightly different in camera imaging setup.


no photoshop of colors/contrast.

The moon's mean radius is 1,079.6 miles (1,737.5 kilometers).
Double those figures to get its diameter: 2,159.2 miles (3,475 km).
The moon's equatorial circumference is 6,783.5 miles (10,917 km).

imagine the impact of some of those blast radius's and lava fields.

[aston@ultrasw.c]

moon pics

you see how the moon's surface is shown in relief right at the edge: lower right in these pics

i often thought it would be cool to take dozens of pics and cut and past the small "relief" region into one composite image!

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[Racerbvd]

[peppy]

In over my head with a train layout.

[abisel]

I'm playing around with a track layout too.

Marklin HO C-track.

Using SCARM freeware track planning software.

[mgatepi]

These layouts look fantastic!! Years ago I spent a ridiculous amount of money and time on an HO layout. Mine was 8'x12' with an open center area for my son to sit and drive!! We had a great time with it!! I really learned a lot about myself...mainly that I have a serious OCD problem that my wife was quick to point out!!
A couple of mistakes I made at the time, that come to mind are; Don't have more than a 1.5% grade for your trains will not climb any more than this and also long tunnels are really cool until you have a problem inside of one.....then you find yourself with a sawzall and a big mess on your hands!!!
Enjoy!

[abisel]

Originally Posted by mgatepi

These layouts look fantastic!! Years ago I spent a ridiculous amount of money and time on an HO layout. Mine was 8'x12' with an open center area for my son to sit and drive!! We had a great time with it!! I really learned a lot about myself...mainly that I have a serious OCD problem that my wife was quick to point out!!
A couple of mistakes I made at the time, that come to mind are; Don't have more than a 1.5% grade for your trains will not climb any more than this and also long tunnels are really cool until you have a problem inside of one.....then you find yourself with a sawzall and a big mess on your hands!!!
Enjoy!

Agree.
I'm trying to get the layout on 4x9 sheet of siding but may have to go to 4x10. One of the things about track planning software is it will display the grade after you select the length of track you wish to elevate. You select the track between the starting grade and ending grade, then the end point and adjust the height, it displays the grade in green, yellow or red. The right loop that elevates to the overpass is currently a 3.8% (yellow). Kinda steep and I will have to rework it. The tunnel issue can be resolved by leaving the end of the layout open for access.

Marklin HO stuff costs an arm and a leg (http://www.maerklin.com/en/index.html) but they have been building model trains for more than 100 years. Fine German engineering I might add. This one was built in 1960. All metal analog that I just finished restoring.

[Rot 911]

Note to self, never rely on an old battery when riding in 30 degree weather.

[daepp]

This must be a dumb question, but can't you just kick over a bike like that?

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[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by daepp

This must be a dumb question, but can't you just kick over a bike like that?

I did it on mine once and with the shaft drive and I wasn't quite expecting it, damn near threw me off the back.

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by daepp

This must be a dumb question, but can't you just kick over a bike like that?

No kick start on a '76. Just electric. Hell even push starting wouldn't get it going!

[island911]

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by peppy

In over my head with a train layout.

Wow, there are others here afflicted with the model railroad disease. I do most of my modeling in N scale. It is modular so I can haul it outside to take photos.

[onlycafe]

mmmmmmmm.....

[TimT]

A wee bit of a Nor'easter blew through early December, the lake didn't even have ice..

Taken from near my house across the lake to my neighbors....Its in Vermont

Just beautiful...... power was our for three days...it took us a few hours to realize we were living on back-up generator power ...

[abisel]

Saw this over the Christmas break at Pima Air Museum in Tucson. Interesting story on the shoot-down of an American C47.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

ask and yea shall receive.






each a slightly different in camera imaging setup.


no photoshop of colors/contrast.

The moon's mean radius is 1,079.6 miles (1,737.5 kilometers).
Double those figures to get its diameter: 2,159.2 miles (3,475 km).
The moon's equatorial circumference is 6,783.5 miles (10,917 km).

imagine the impact of some of those blast radius's and lava fields.

Nice, the last one looks like it's got the best white balance unless the moon was really low in the sky. It looks like you got the focus right on. It's unfortunate, the full moon is an appealing subject, but it's really not as interesting as a quarter or partial moon. Because it's so illuminated, you lose some detail on most of the face. When the moon is partial, the shadows like you see at the edge of the full moon are more prominent and make the photo more interesting.

These have had the contrast and sharpness tweaked a bit.





Not that it really makes much difference, but this one was taken from the top deck of a boat on the Amazon river.

[pete3799]

[Holger]

YAY! Märklin H0!
Very cool!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/845736-any-maerklin-fans-here-show-your-circuit.html#post8428613

This is what our livingroom looks like now: