Very nice vid. Like Jerry said: good framing, good synchronisation and good lighting.

This layout might be small but I find it makes a good job increasing the track length.

I actually like the lighting. It has a nice ambient effect that I thought gave a very ‘twilight’ feel to the images (not the goofy movie, the time of day just after the sun sets!), and I also am tired of seeing videos using fluorescent lighting! Its one of my pet peeves!

Lighting was terrible; the colors would be much better if there were more light in the room. The whole thing is lit with just a floor lamp! (You can see it at the very end of the video poking into the frame). We struggle always to get enough light into that room.

The video synching was happy coincidence, largely (but not entirely ;D ). And the lack of shaky-cam? Totally a tripod. I can’t recommend a tripod enough!

On top of that, you really captured the layout well and were able to give a lot of perspective on it! Hard to believe its not bigger given all the great shots you provided! (BTW the layout looks great too!)

I also tried to scavenge on of the numerous regular coupler-spring I have. But to no avail. The design is far too different to obtain a correct elasticity.

Anyhow, I could give a look at the MT couplers. But I’m not sure I can find that easily here. And now that I have a semi-permanent solution, the need isn’t so urgent anymore.

So, thanks to you, my train can now run with two head-cars! I just need to reopen this problematic car. The head-lights are not working anymore. I guess the disassembling wrecked somehow the connection of the leads. Something must be out of reach somewhere.