Model Railroading > HO scale locomotive cameras

I am wondering if any of you here have ever filmed yours or someone elses layout with some kind of mini camera.  I am planning on taking my modeling a bit further with this as I know a group in Sandusky, Ohio that had a pretty good layout.  I want to provide them with a video of the layout from the perspective of either on a flatcar, or from the locomotive itself.  Something these guys could play when visitors are around.  

Even if you have done something like this-please post up.  I would like to see those.  

Michael Fair
Royal Oak, MI

One of our members created a camera car with a boxcar and we took footage of our layout to use for the ad for our annual train show.
Here is what we used just to give you an idea. I think we need to work on a straight video of the layout for display and promotion.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/14/17 04:34 by Bob3985.

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I have 2 and have had them for over 25 yrars.

Geesh seems like yesterday when I had my Lionel 1980s "Rail Scope" set. Those were the days trying to see the video on a black and white TV. 
Matt

I use my iphone on an icar....http://www.minutemanscalemodels.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=icar&Submit=Search

I have a HO CNW GE-9 with a camera looking thru the front window power by a 9 volt battery. Work real well and a lot better then a camera on a flat car.
Dennis

I bought the Polaroid cube. Very reasonable price and does 1080P

http://www.polaroid.com/cube

Here is a video on that other site that shows my layout video taped with the cube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GonyGf6uyPM&t=840s

Bruce

I have used my GoPro on a flat car.  Takes a little bit of editing, since if you have tunnels it won't go through unless it is on its side.  Takes a great video.  

You can view a sequence of an HO train movement made with a GoPro camera on a flat car at tinyurl.com/vytovideo

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