35mm Monorail camera?

   These pictures were taken back in 1980 with a 35mm reflex camera fitted with a
35mm W/A lens skewed round at an extreme angle in an attempt to photograph
models with 'full sized' perspective.
   My apologies for their tattiness, the experiment was almost a success - if only I
could have afforded a Hassleblad W/A lens ------
 

    The Triang-Hornby HO/OO Rocket set.   Loco approx. 2" long, train 14".



 
 
 

   HO/OO Scaled up to 5" gauge, although that coupling rather lets it down.
The rather grubby appearance is that of a well loved toy --


   Scaled up to full size with lighting becoming very difficult at extreme close-up.



 

    'Phoelix'  a Stirling engine/dyno set. A conventional close-up  taken
with a 50mm lens. Baseboard is 9.5" long.  Cylinder is 5/8" brass tube.



 

   The same set but using the swing back camera almost at its limit.
Possibly a 2 HP engine ------ ?


  Finally at well beyond its limit and at least 100 HP?  Sorry about my clumsy
attempts to disguise the flare at the top.   The driver appears to have absconded
fom the Rocket -----

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