Camera Dolly for Model Railways and Model Railroads by Jens Krogsgaard

Published on September 11, 2020

Jens Krogsgaard is a model railroader and model railway designer from Denmark. Inspired by the cab ride videos that are often seen at Pilentum Television, Jens decided to construct his own camera dolly. He uses the old “Polaroid Cube Camera” for video recording. Since this camera is no longer manufactured, Pilentum Television recommends the use of the new “RunCam 5 Orange Camera”. Both the old “Polaroid Camera” and the new “RunCam Camera” are cube cameras, which are characterized by very small dimensions in width, height and length.

Jens’ camera dolly not only records photos and videos, but it can also be panned while driving. Therefore, Jens Krogsgaard designed a Blynk application for iOS and Android Smartphones and Tablet PC. This is the easiest way to build own mobile applications that work with the hardware installed on the camera dolly. Jens has written a detailed construction manual in English, which explains all the individual construction steps, see PDF document on Pilentum’s website. His camera dolly is an absolutely ingenious invention, which is suitable for model railroad layouts in HO scale and model railways layouts in N gauge.

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VESfq1nlCM

Picture Gallery

Pilentum Television has been producing high-quality videos about model railroads and model railways since 2013. There are now almost 600 videos that can be watched completely free of charge on YouTube. Please, use this website and dive into the world of model trains by watching the following content.

• In 2013, 36 videos were produced and more than 1,111 pictures were taken.
• In 2014, 43 videos were produced and more than 1,586 pictures were taken.
• In 2015, 44 videos were produced and more than 1,499 pictures were taken.
• In 2016, 86 videos were produced and more than 2,276 pictures were taken.
• In 2017, 57 videos were produced and more than 1,050 pictures were taken.
• In 2018, 57 videos were produced and more than 1,000 pictures were taken.
• In 2019, 79 videos were produced and more than 1,280 pictures were taken.
• In 2020, 38 videos were produced and more than 630 pictures were taken.
• In 2021, 36 videos were produced and more than 460 pictures were taken.
• In 2022, 43 videos were produced and more than 640 pictures were taken.
• In 2023, 40 videos were produced and more than 650 pictures were taken.
• So far in 2024, 29 videos have been produced and more than 390 pictures have been taken.

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