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A visit to Vic Smith's City Edge layout ::
Here is page 2 of Vic Smith's layout.
The number of people and custom cars is amazing. The layout is
also in a very nicely done basement rec room that has space to hang out
and enjoy watching the trains roll by. The part of the layout I
took pictures of is only the front side of things. The trains
leave the City Edge portion and go through a wall into a long bridge
diorama and then through a few more walls to end up in a large staging
yard area in Vic's workspace. The DVD has a great overview of how
the layout works its way through the basement. Vic is great with
DCC, and it was great to watch multiple trains roll through on the
elevated mains and the street running portion of the layout at the same
time that Subway trains were whipping by.
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I
don't usually place ads on this site, but after watching Vic's
DVD and seeing his work first hand, I wanted to promote it here.
The DVD is very entertaining, and the bonus features are great
extras. Along with some very interesting new ways to
present a train video, the DVD has segments on DCC and two
of Vic's "test" dioramas. Perhaps the most interesting
featurette though was the section on "focus stacking." Have you
ever seen an extremely sharp picture in MR and thought - man,
how'd they get that great depth of field? Focus stacking, that's
how. I've seen examples from Vic and a few shots from
Lance Mindheim that have convinced me that this is the future
for model photography. Anyway, I could ramble forever, but
I won't. Check out the links. |
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