Re: Omega Race Fun

nice work!

Andrew Welburn
http://www.andys-arcade.com

On 22/04/2012 03:22, Total Impulse wrote:
>
> Back in January, I finished up work on three Omega Races - an upright,
> mini, and cocktail. I couldn't resist the opportunity for a group photo
> op. I did my best to recreate the arrangement from the original Midway
> flyer. (even though that was almost certainly a composite and not an
> actual single photo)
>
> As I shot photos, I wondered if having three working Omega Races
> concentrated in one location would violate some rule of the cosmos. I
> kept expecting a meteorite strike to take out my garage in an attempt to
> balance the scales of probability. I'm pretty happy with how my flyer
> recreation turned out. I spent about an hour and a half setting it up,
> tweaking it, and taking photos.
>
> It's not an exact match on the angle and perspective. In particular, the
> cocktail game looks really small on the flyer. If I could have been
> about 50 feet from the games, shot with a longer lens, and been up a
> couple feet higher, I think that would have looked a little more like
> the flyer. However, I was limited by the size of my garage. I just wish
> that I'd had a better photo backdrop than my garage door with a couple
> of old sheets hanging on it.
>
> Photos of all three:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceTrifecta
>
> Photos of the cocktail:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceCocktailPhotos
>
> Photos of the upright:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceUprightPhotos
>
> Photos of the mini:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceMiniPhotos
>
> Owning three Omega Races was a bit silly (and made me feel a little
> guilty), so I have since sold off the cocktail to another collector.
>
> And, no, I didn't feel any strong urge to acquire the cockpit version
> too. <grin>
>
> And also, a free plug for Bill's ORDS. I installed one in both the mini
> and upright.
> http://www.biltronix.com/ords.html
>
> Alan
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Received on Sun Apr 22 03:19:05 2012