Re: Omega Race Fun

Those look new, impressive.

Mark

On 4/22/2012 3:18 AM, Andrew Welburn wrote:
> 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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