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Waaaaay back in 2003 when the North Carolina LEGO Train Club (NCLTC) was actively doing train shows on a regular basis, I was presented an opportunity to use a remote control video camera.
Tom Staley of Tom’s Train Station had a wireless video camera which was intended to be mounted on a model train.? During the GATS show he asked me if there was any way we could mount it on the LEGO train so it could take some video of our layout. This was late in the day on Saturday of a two day show but being many years before the advent of the GoPro and other similar cameras, this was a novelty and I wanted to make it work.
I took Tom’s camera home with me and built a train which it could fit in. On Sunday we ran the camera until we ran out of battery. This is the train I built. You can see the camera sitting on top of it in one of the images.
Here is some of the video we captured running this train in front of a long train.? The video is a bit grainy but this was state of the art 15 years ago!
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]]>I spent a lot of time on the “Spider” ride getting the arms to go up and down as the ride turned. The Carousel was loosely modeled after something I saw in a LEGO publication. My brother-in-law built most of the little stands you can see along the side, the dunking booth in particular was well done and always got lots of comments.
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Periodically I get a query on the condition of a particular set. I recently had a serious collector looking for a pristine copy of the Limited Edition 10020 Santa Fe Super Chief and I had one listed on BrickLink. In the end, the buyer decided that the creases in the box I had for sale were a concern and decided not to buy it but asked what else I had still in boxes. So while taking pictures of the Super Chief box, I decided to take pictures of everything I have in boxes. If any of these are of interest, feel free to check out my BrickLink store to see if I have them listed. If I don’t, you’re welcome to contact me to see about availability.
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