Video Tour - Dave Vollmer's N Scale PRR Middle Division - Updated

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Inspired by some good recent model railroad videos, I made a stab at a 6-minute tour of my N Scale PRR. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEvKHFGd5s

(Edited 10:49 EDT 21 Sep 2007 to add higher-res video with properly synchronized music)

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Dave,

Thanks for sharing, the detail is fantastic down to the signal lighting. Wow!! I’m a PRR guy myself and dream of one day modelling the Altoona shops. I’ve been having a tough time finding decent aireal images of it… Do you happen to have any info or links for this? I’d truely appreciate it.

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Thanks for sharing Dave, A very impressive video. I would like to see a view from a distance, so we can see the overall of the layout. Mike

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Dave,

Not only did I enjoy the video, but I also enjoyed seeing your layout. Very well done, indeed.

Tom

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Dave:

Excellent work! With all the great detail I can’t believe that you are working in N scale. I could almost smell the coal smoke and diesel exhaust.

Joe

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Dave,

Very nice layout and video. I’m currently modeling in HO scale, but this shows me what can be done in a small space in N scale.

John

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Dave,

I really like your movie. The start when you go from the sign to the railroad is a great idea. And the music is perfect for this.

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Great job!! You have a great layout and your video is one of the best I’ve seen…like the music too…Cox 47

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Very nice video. The music is great and really adds a lot. It’s hard to believe this is N scale. Your modeling skills are outstanding.

Many people say that their layout is never finished but yours sure seems to be. Are you still working on it? Do you have any new projects under way? Or, are you just enoying running trains for awhile?

Thanks for your efforts. They should be inspiring to many.

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very well done ! both the layout and the video . if you hadn’t told us it was on a 36"x80" door i’d have thought the layout was much larger because the video was so well shot and never showed too much at once , which would have spoiled the illusion of the layout representing a very large area . this is an excellent example of what can be done in a small space with N scale

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Thanks for the compliments… I’m waiting for someone to guess what music it is. This is a tough one, unless you know me pretty well!

The layout is essentially finished, although I often rework a scene here or there (like the Lewisport station grounds or M Interlocking). Most of my current attention is focused on building more accurate locomotives and cars for the PRR in N scale.

Sorry but I don’t have any decent overhead shots of Altoona. Google maps or Mapquest might have current overhead satellite, but I don’t know where you could find historical overhead shots.

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Amazing job Dave!

Now, if I can make a layout that looks half as good as yours…

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Unbelievable Dave !

Your railroad, your video, and the music. I kept looking to see if William Holden or John Wayne were going to get off the train in the begining of an action adventure. Nice work!

Den.

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I updated the link to a higher-res version of the video… Plus, the music is now synched properly.

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Dave,You done a great job on modeling the PRR…Your layout really captures the feel of the PRR in believability and scenery.[tup][tup] It didn’t take much for me to believe I was standing trackside in the 50s.

Thanks for sharing.

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Very Cool Dave ! [bow]

I only got to see 1min 17 sec

I kept losing the connection

but that was enough to tell it was great

Dial up Sucks ![:(]

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Outstanding, Dave!

The sound track is reminiscent of those 1940s & 50s “This is the XX Railroad” movies the railroads’ PR departments were putting out. Very nice!

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Great video, well done. As far as the music goes if I had to guess I would say it sounds like a James Horner composition?

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Scoped it out and you did a good job in your directoring efforts; you confined your panorama shots to the beginning and beyond that your photography was pretty well confined to views of the railroad itself and was not distracted by views of your twelve inch to the foot room.

Dave, if you were wondering just how your effort was going to be accepted I’ll tell you this, I’d sure like to see some more!!!

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Close! It’s Hans Zimmer… selections from the soundtrack to the Simpsons Movie.

Homer Simpson is a true American hero!