Re: Omega Race Fun

From: Altan (GAPAS) <pinball_at_aaarfamily.com>
Date: Sun Apr 22 2012 - 09:59:39 EDT

That's great!

But they don't have the same screen images as the flyer :) :)

… Altan
www.aaarpinball.com

On Apr 21, 2012, at 10:22 PM, 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
> --
> Total Impulse - Just Having Fun!
> Alan Estenson, totalimpulse@comcast.net
>
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