tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556054617627524803.post2349424000998659567..comments2020-02-25T04:58:16.537-08:00Comments on The Protocrastinator: Would you watch a layout at a show from here?Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556054617627524803.post-54721846600701654392010-06-01T08:16:23.906-07:002010-06-01T08:16:23.906-07:00Hmmm a webcam mounted on top of the bridge and my ...Hmmm a webcam mounted on top of the bridge and my alptop on top of the fiddle yard. Food for thoughtIan Holmes https://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556054617627524803.post-54647732633341697722010-05-29T10:08:18.307-07:002010-05-29T10:08:18.307-07:00I like this idea if it could be made practical for...I like this idea if it could be made practical for viewing. Model railway layouts are all very linear as you say. The video camera idea made by Tom might give you best of both.<br /><br />Many years ago I thought about a terminus layout that would be view from three sides. The end view from buffer stops down the track towards a Y junction. Never got off the ground like so many plans but still have a hankering to build one......Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673444445860206594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556054617627524803.post-43712704516339689132010-05-28T14:54:17.106-07:002010-05-28T14:54:17.106-07:00When I first looked at the photo that inspired thi...When I first looked at the photo that inspired this, I was wondering how you were going to handle the public viewing angle. An interesting problem indeed. <br /><br />In your mock-up, is there enough lead in the foreground to work these sidings? I worry that the viewer might be pushed even further back than this. <br /> <br />It is a novel viewing angle though and I would be tempted to try to rig up some kind video camera from this vantage point, and then have the display in a place where the viewers could see it from that left side. Maybe the monitor could utilize some of the space on the fascia that might come up to cover that building adjacent to the layout edge.<br /><br />Of course, I say all this never having attempted such a thing myself. :-)Tom Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09808544834275660425noreply@blogger.com