Re: Omega Race Fun

From: <mkdud_at_aol.com>
Date: Tue Apr 24 2012 - 22:36:49 EDT

Wow, the CT is really nice. Where did you find such a nice CT glass? Or, did you restore the glass or do and underlay?

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From: Total Impulse <totalimpulse@comcast.net>
To: vectorlist <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Sat, Apr 21, 2012 10:22 pm
Subject: VECTOR: Omega Race Fun

ack in January, I finished up work on three Omega Races - an upright,
ini, and cocktail. I couldn't resist the opportunity for a group photo
p. I did my best to recreate the arrangement from the original Midway
lyer. (even though that was almost certainly a composite and not an
ctual single photo)
As I shot photos, I wondered if having three working Omega Races
oncentrated in one location would violate some rule of the cosmos. I
ept expecting a meteorite strike to take out my garage in an attempt to
alance the scales of probability. I'm pretty happy with how my flyer
ecreation turned out. I spent about an hour and a half setting it up,
weaking it, and taking photos.
It's not an exact match on the angle and perspective. In particular, the
ocktail game looks really small on the flyer. If I could have been
bout 50 feet from the games, shot with a longer lens, and been up a
ouple feet higher, I think that would have looked a little more like
he flyer. However, I was limited by the size of my garage. I just wish
hat I'd had a better photo backdrop than my garage door with a couple
f old sheets hanging on it.
Photos of all three:
ttps://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceTrifecta
Photos of the cocktail:
ttps://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceCocktailPhotos
Photos of the upright:
ttps://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceUprightPhotos
Photos of the mini:
ttps://picasaweb.google.com/108339843851140624101/OmegaRaceMiniPhotos
Owning three Omega Races was a bit silly (and made me feel a little
uilty), 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
oo. <grin>
And also, a free plug for Bill's ORDS. I installed one in both the mini
nd upright.
ttp://www.biltronix.com/ords.html
Alan
-
otal Impulse - Just Having Fun!
lan Estenson, totalimpulse@comcast.net
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