Sunday Photo Fun 3/11/2012

[Seayakbill]

Busy yard on the S&Y RR

 

[MichRR714]

Club Meet from Saturday night.

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[Frank53]

[railfan23]

[SantaFe158]

My relettered Lionel Docksider.  Former SP&S 600, now a DT&I locomotive (local road here in Detroit).  I'm hoping to pick it up tonight from the guy who worked on it for me.

[srguy]

New this week

Stream and waterfalls

Lehigh Valley GP 38  .... picked it up this morning at a show

New high gloss finish on the pond .... some marine spar varnish I found in the workshop ... looks good!

Tried to fit the 10x4x6 in one shot 

[srguy]

Frank's shots are awesome!!

[rtraincollector]

went to a local Flea market today did see a A.F. 303 but wanted $50 for it and knew nothing about value or if it ran decieded to pass on it. Seems to me thats a common engine.

Did find this plate for $1.00 so said what the heck.

 

Not sure what it says or is celabrating but for a $1 thought it was cool

[Stourbridge Lion]

[krapug1]

The first of K-Line's semi scale steam engines, made in 1997.

 

 

 

 

[webenda]

7. Internationale Eisenbahner Volkswanderung

Gößweinstein Fränk. Schweiz 3.u.4.Sept.1997

7Th International Railway people walk

GoBweinstein Franconian Switzerland 3rd & 4th September, 1997

Gößweinstein is a municipality in Franconian Switzerland.

Franconian Switzerland is in northern Bavaria, Germany. It was given its name by Romantic artists and poets in the 19th century who compared its landscape to Switzerland. The Franconian Switzerland is famous for a very high density of traditional breweries.

[rtraincollector]

webenda

7. Internationale Eisenbahner Volkswanderung

Gößweinstein Fränk. Schweiz 3.u.4.Sept.1997

 

7Th International Railway people walk

GoBweinstein Franconian Switzerland 3rd & 4th September, 1997

 

Gößweinstein is a municipality in Franconian Switzerland.

 

Franconian Switzerland is in northern Bavaria, Germany. It was given its name by Romantic artists and poets in the 19th century who compared its landscape to Switzerland. The Franconian Switzerland is famous for a very high density of traditional breweries.

 

thanks for the translation was wonder what it ment.

[Northwoods Flyer]

I can't remember when I first saw this building set; but I know it was from someone's  photos of their layout.  I finally won a small set on eBay.

 

 

 

The illustration on the box is also used on the instruction book that is included with the set.  It shows some very sophisticated architecture.

 

 

 

 

 

When you open the box it has all of the pieces stored compactly.

 

 

I put together a few of the pieces to see what they look like when assembled.  (Think San Francisco before the 1906 quake.)

 

 

 

 

There are a number of different styles of panel so the possibilities of the buildings that could be built are fairly large. The instruction book says that it comes in 4 different colors.  My set has pieces in two different colors. As far as working with O gauge trains the set is fairly out of scale.

 

 

But I think it could be used in the background to achieve a forced perspective.

 

 

One of the things I liked about the set is that it is a period toy that would have been available when some of the earliest tinplate trains were being produced.   It is a bit of a challenge to assemble and to be honest it was fun.  I will be watching for other sets or pieces to come up for sale.

 

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

[fifedog]

Northwoods - Now that's a down-right nifty building set.  Way ahead of its time, but looking at the box illustration, one could make a mint off the same molds today.  Kind of a predecessor of the DPM walls in HO.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

A dilapidated tender.

 

[Anonymous]

rtraincollector

went to a local Flea market today did see a A.F. 303 but wanted $50 for it and knew nothing about value or if it ran decieded to pass on it. Seems to me thats a common engine.

Did find this plate for $1.00 so said what the heck.

 

Not sure what it says or is celabrating but for a $1 thought it was cool

It was a common engine. Most of them are out of service now. It´s a class 103 Co´Co´electric, designed in the early 1960´s to introduce high speed passenger service (200kph) in Germany. Top speed was 200 kph, three engines were regeared for speeds up to 280kph. 149 were built in total.

[Seayakbill]

Jeffrey, Excellent weathering on that tender, looks like the real deal sitting there.

[Northwoods Flyer]

fifedog

Northwoods - Now that's a down-right nifty building set.  Way ahead of its time, but looking at the box illustration, one could make a mint off the same molds today.  Kind of a predecessor of the DPM walls in HO.

fifedog,

That is exactly what it reminded me of when I first saw it.  There are a number of building sets from that era that work pretty well with tinplate trains.  The king of course is Gilbert's Erector sets, but some of the what are now obscure sets also add to the "old time" train layout feel.

At one point I considered building Wausau Widgets out of DPM O gauge panels and downloaded the planning packets with the wall section templates.  This is as far as it got.

 

 

 

When I open up some space on The Blueboard Central I may still build it. 

 

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Seayakbill

Jeffrey, Excellent weathering on that tender, looks like the real deal sitting there.

Thanks. You'd be surprised at the number of requests I get for it's location.

[fifedog]

Northwoods - Hey, that looks sharp.

....wait for it....

What's a widget...?

[Northwoods Flyer]

fifedog

Northwoods - Hey, that looks sharp.

....wait for it....

What's a widget...?

(Do I hear the creaking of a large door opening?)

fife,

Nils Jameson (local eccentric and town magnate)  the owner of Wausau Widgets here on the BlueBoard Central describes his product this way:

 

" Widgets are the combination of the best of traditional technology and cutting edge developements in the industry. They promise to make life easier in every way.  Most folks who own one or more wonder how they have been able to get along without them.  While the concept is rumored to go back to the ancient Aztec empire they have been readily adapted to modern technology and have the capability of enhancing the lifestyle of every modern day person.  Our research and development department is constantly coming up with uses for widgets and will soon introduce an easily downloadable application.  The goal of Wausau Widgets is to have one in the home of every citizen by the turn of the decade."

 

So there you have it fifedog.  An explanation from the owner of the company himself.

 

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

(with my tongue firmly implanted in my cheek)

Northwoods Flyer

[RockIsland52]

jeffrey-wimberly

A dilapidated tender.

Jeffrey.........Seayakbill has that right, you do some amazing work.  The realism leaves me shaking my head.

Jack

[RockIsland52]

srguy

Frank's shots are awesome!!

Frank........you should have been a photgrapher.  What do you use for a camera?

Jack

[jeffrey-wimberly]

RockIsland52

 

jeffrey-wimberly:

 

A dilapidated tender.

 

 

Jeffrey.........Seayakbill has that right, you do some amazing work.  The realism leaves me shaking my head.

Jack

A little ding here and there, some paint, alcohol haze, some rust colored powder and a coat of Krylon Matte Finish goes a long way. Exposure time = 1/20th of a second, F stop = f3.2, ISO 200, no flash. The camera is an ancient 3.0 megapixel Olympus D550Zoom.