Monday 5 October 2009

Gala Time On The Garden Railway...

Hi all. As we have a Youtube account a 00 gauge model railway, we tend to put two & two together and put video's of the railway on there. These videos can range from "how to make" video's to shots of certain train services. However, one thing we like to do, at least three times a year, is film a full length "steam gala" video. The third and final steam gala video of this year was filmed on the Sunday just gone (October 4th) and included some very intensive running from 12 different model steam locomotives. The total video length is around 20 minutes, cut down into three parts. (All three video's are seen below). It has taken around 8 hours in total to cut, edit and save the film before putting it online(!)...its a mammouth task! Though this was our final steam gala video of the year, it was not our last garden railway video. The next one should (and I mean "should" only!) be filmed and aired in November. We haven't chosen the subject of it yet but we will within the next 3 weeks or so. The final video of the year will be shot and aired in December and will follow the running of "Santa Steam Special" trains on the garden railway! But, for now, we hope you enjoy the video's below!

Part One:- The Gala begins and sets the standard for the rest of the day...

Part Two:- The gala had really got going by this point and, though the day was wearing on, the intensive timetable continued...

Part III:- "The Finale":- The trains begin to wind down a little but the mood is still intensive! Don't miss the fabulous "Finale train" at the end of the video...
For those who have viewed Part III and seen the "Finale Train", it took 6 takes to get right! Or is that breaking the realism of it all? I hope not! Thanks for reading again folks. Hope you enjoyed the post and the video's. Good Evening...

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