Have a read through this thread to get some tips

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=510533

The SQ11 camera is cheap as chips and the micro SD card you'd need to buy probably costs more

https://tinyurl.com/bddxvj4f

Quote from: TeddytheSpoon on May 14, 2026, 08:28:26 PMFunnily enough the Ivatt 2MT was my first N gauge purchase as well - and funnily enough, also bought second-hand in (or near) Geneva! Must see if I can dig it out of my folks' storage one of these days...

Geneva had 4 or 5 model shops with good stocks of railway models back in the 1990s and I bought quite a few British profile minitrix items there including a Flying Scotsman, Evening Star and Britannia ... now I think there's only one left! A couple of the others went over to the dark side of RC cars and planes ...

Quote from: Moonglum on May 14, 2026, 07:58:08 PMMartin @port perran , Ian Gillian (Deep Purple) is nearly 81, Roger Glover is 80 and Ian Paice is 77! I am getting to point of being fed up of them (and others) thinking that they still have the same appeal and ability.

There are many artists that are still performing that I once liked but are now way beyond their "best before date" and sadly (IMO) a bit of an embarrassment now*. Sad thing is there not much new blood about to offer the same aural stimulation and delight.

*An example (admittably from 7 years ago),

Sorry Annie...

Tim (also in grumpy mode)

 

A very good example indeed.

Funnily enough the Ivatt 2MT was my first N gauge purchase as well - and funnily enough, also bought second-hand in (or near) Geneva! Must see if I can dig it out of my folks' storage one of these days...

Look up ESP32cam, they are very small and ok for recording idlf not ideal for streaming. PiCam using raspberry pi is better but bulkier so probably no good for you.

Martin @port perran , Ian Gillian (Deep Purple) is nearly 81, Roger Glover is 80 and Ian Paice is 77! I am getting to point of being fed up of them (and others) thinking that they still have the same appeal and ability.

There are many artists that are still performing that I once liked but are now way beyond their "best before date" and sadly (IMO) a bit of an embarrassment now*. Sad thing is there not much new blood about to offer the same aural stimulation and delight.

*An example (admittably from 7 years ago),


Sorry Annie...

Tim (also in grumpy mode)

   

Not too sure about any of these latest offerings.

@EtchedPixels that Deep Purple track sounds just like it is.....a group of 70 somethings trying to recreate their past.

@Moonglum Is it really 56 years ago that Deep Purple in Rock was released?  I was 15 and loved it at the time but not now. That SKW version is interesting but not, as you may well imagine, for me.

@Newportnobby - I never did really get The Beatles and still don't to this day although I concede that they wrote some unforgettable and amazing songs.

Those two tracks have done nothing to change my opinion.

So.....all in all three grumpy old negative comments from me   

Yes, that popped up the other day for me. To be honest, these guys are getting old and still have the chops but Deep Purple in Rock was 56 years ago! I find these ladies more interesting...


See what you think @EtchedPixels

Tim

Tricky for N, but there certainly have been small cube cameras etc. sat on flat wagons. Either recording to micro SD card or even transmitting to a TV

I experimented with one a few years ago, it was ok but once you've seen one cab-ride around your layout you've seen 'em all

A google search should find you some results.  For example:

https://www.hookstonemodels.co.uk/n-gauge-cameras

New Deep Purple song out so was listening to that. Definitely Purple in style but didn't grab me although it's amazing that Ian Paice can still outdrum most people despite being nearly 80.