Re: Omega Race Fun

From: Jeremy Abel <jeremyabel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun Apr 22 2012 - 09:57:28 EDT

Aw, it's like a family portrait! Nicely done!

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Mark Capps <catfishh@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 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<https://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceTrifecta>
>>>
>>> Photos of the cocktail:
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/**108339843851140624101/**
>>> OmegaRaceCocktailPhotos<https://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceCocktailPhotos>
>>>
>>> Photos of the upright:
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/**108339843851140624101/**
>>> OmegaRaceUprightPhotos<https://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceUprightPhotos>
>>>
>>> Photos of the mini:
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/**108339843851140624101/**
>>> OmegaRaceMiniPhotos<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<http://www.biltronix.com/ords.html>
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
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