Right Tony, Speed?? However fast you run the Duchess you could never out pace Dick Moger of G1MRA notoriety! The fastest I ever saw you run that lovely Duchess was a scale 395 mph, so Jeff is telling a fib!
Hey, the paint didn't blister again did it? better have Aster or OS paint it! Yours in support, Geoff. >Hi Jeff, > Now I know why my paint blistered, and your transfers stayed in place!. > 400mph and I can still keep up with it. What better way to exercise?. > Happy Steaming, > Regards, > Tony D. > >At 07:31 PM 3/10/03 -0800, Jeffrey Williams wrote: >>The difference between the K-27 photos and the Duchess photos is scale: >>the K-27 was moving at a prototypical 15 mph, whereas the Tony >>Dixon-piloted Duchess was traveling at a scale (?) 400 mph! >> >>=============== >> >>Anthony Dixon wrote: >> > >> > Hi Geoff, >> > Just pulling your chain!. >> > >> > LMS Photo's:- With all the focus and speed questions flying around, I >> > am surprised no-one has asked "why the Slide motion on the Duchess appears >> > static, while the coupling rods are very blurred". I know one is >>working in >> > the horizontal and the other in a circular pattern, and the slide motion >> > could be at the end of its stroke. But it begs many theories from the >> > "experts". Whereas on the K27, all appears static!. Either a very fast >> > shutter speed or a very slow engine! OOPS!. >> > (Or the rod bearings on the Duchess have a lot of play). >> > TTFN. >> > Tony D. >> > >> > At 05:12 PM 3/10/03 -0800, Geoff Spenceley wrote: >> > >Hello, Tony et al,, >> > > >> > >Of course it was "tongue in cheek" and I wanted to see who would lecture >> > >me. naturally, you did! As Dave C wrote, if we had a >> > >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" in a short time they would be talking about >> > >wicks!--and we are now discussing those wicks on this group, which I >>find >> > >very interesting (as I did the digital stuff actually!) >> > > >> > >Well, thanks for the lecture. BOO! >> > > >> > > Larry Buerer (who appears once in a while on this group) and myself >>were >> > >the digi photographers for our GR Society until our Editour Rick Platz >> > >acquired a digi camera. Now I always have excuses--how can you run a >>train >> > >with a beer glass in one hand and the bloody camera in the other?? >> Tell me! >> > >No wonder my eyebrows are scorched. >> > > >> > >On that, thanks for the lecture, the humour and-I forgot what the other >> > >was!!--Actuallyt I got very jealous of those LMS photos-- even if they >> were >> > >inspirational! All those photos were really great, LMS and all. >> > > >> > >Geoff >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >Hi Geoff, >> > > > Do I hear a little dry humor in your comments?. >> > > > I agree with your concerns about this being a livesteam site, but >> > > >respectfully suggest that livesteam interests and photograhy do go >> hand in >> > > >hand. As without the great photographs supplied by our steaming >> associates >> > > >which detail the many steamups, ideas and assembly links, relying on >> verbal >> > > >descriptions leaves a lot to the imagination and maybe lead to many >> > > >incorrect assumptions. >> > > > After all a picture is maybe worth a thousand words if in >>focus, at >> > > >the correct distance, correct exposure etc. and shows real >> atmosphere, (and >> > > >facial wrinkles). >> > > > Also, not everyone speaks the Queens English as descriptive and >> > > >colourful as yourself (and I).!. >> > > > i.e. Difficult to describe the outlines and differences between a >> > > >Britannia, King George vs. Ruby, K27, and a Daylight without a >> photograph. >> > > >But you could describe them as "the Best of British vs. the rest", and >> > > >assume a vivid imagination on the part of the reader!. >> > > > Keep smiling, you may be on candid camera, again. >> > > > Best Regards, >> > > > Tony D. >> > > > >> > > > PS. Take a look at Mike Martins latest photographs taken at Dan,s >> > > >steamup on 3-1-03 >> > > >at www.panyo.com/steamup and you will see what I mean!. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >
