I’ve always wanted to see what my model railroad would look like from the perspective of a tiny HO scale person walking around… And now I can 😄

In this tutorial I use a number of specialized tools to get the final result, however as long as you have some wheels and some materials you could make a basic version of this by hand if desired, you could even just adapt the camera to an existing piece of rolling stock on your layout and get some really cool shots!

Getting a drivers view is a really cool way to view the layout, but you could also turn the camera sideways and add a train passenger window to get a view of the railroad from a passengers perspective as well, the options are endless!

By cropping out the window section of the image and then pasting it over the top of your video footage you can get a really cool shot like this:

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I've made the files for the flatbed car available on my website store for anyone who wants to build the, they use both 3D printed and laser cut parts so just be aware of that before purchasing.

If you want to build the mount for the Insta360 GO3, I've included those .SVG files below for free, so you can download those if you want to build one, they are laser cutting files so if you have a laser catter you will be able to cut the parts out, or if you know a good laser cutting service they can cut the parts for you.