Sunday Photo Fun 10/8/06

[highrailjon]

 A day late and a dollar short as usual. Heres my Sunday shots....

PS: You don't have to click on the photos to enlarge them unless you really, really, really want to.

[perry1060]

Thanks Bog,

Instructions are under the picture if you are interested in reading them.

 

 I first took photos of the Sedona Arizona area from the backcountry that gets you up close to the canyons.

 

I made a two dimensional paper pattern/template of where the mountains would sit on my layout as to not interfere with track and other stuff.

 

I traced the paper pattern onto a 2-inch think sheet of foam that was four-feet wide and eight-feet long. I then cut the foam based on the pattern.

 

I repeated the pattern on each new piece of foam until I had the vertical height I needed. I used wooden spikes and white glue to secure the foam sheets into a vertical block.

 

I test fitted the foam block onto my layout.  I took it back to the garage and carved it with a serrated knife until I got the mountain shape I wanted using the real photos as a guide as a worked.  There are only about five or six basic cuts required based on the erosion patterns and shadows.

 

I then sat back for a few days and looked at the mountain range on my layout and adjusted the cuts as I saw fit. I ran clearance tests with my engines/trains and had a few beers. I took the mountain range off my layout and back to the garage.

 

I painted the mountain range in the garage with throw-away brushes and multiple coats (5-10) of water putty mixed thin to thicker for days until it took on the proper texture of sandstone and all foam/bubbles vanished.. When the putty is dry, it’s yellow.

 

I painted each mountain range under a 500 watt light in the garage with Sedona red water based paint. I have the exact color mix on file if anyone wants it. I painted on 3-4 coats over several days and the bright light let me see where I missed on the first coats.

 

I aged the mountain with sand, oil paints, trees, etc.

 

The mountain ranges with tunnels are a little different but the basic cuts into the foam are the same. The tunnels made of wood only meant I didn’t have to stack as much foam to get the vertical height I needed.

 

 

 

[bogaziddy]

Paul, Doug ...

Cool traction pics ...

I recently got a Bowser power unit to put inside my Corgi brill trolley. I'm now in the traction biz and, to quote Kramer's comment to Jerry Seinfeld after Kramer decided to forego wearing underwear, "I'm lovin' every minute of it".

Bog

[bogaziddy]

Perry -

Gotta say I love your layout and also enjoyed pictures of it a few issues back in CTT. How did you make those rocks and mountains? They really evoke the feeling of the American Southwest. In fact your railroad conveys the same feeling I get when riding that 'runaway train' ride at Disneyland  ( where the scenery is sort of a characterized depiction on the great Southwest and everything is kind of larger than life ). Nice job.

The Zid
 

[cnw1995]

Hey, Paul, we went there too this Sat. I forgot to bring my Johnston trolley to pose next to the real thing.  I thought of you as I was madly trying to paint the trim of the house yesterday.

[pbjwilson]

Went apple picking in Wisconsin sunday.

 

The farm was at the end of the line for the East Troy electric railway.

Plymouth switcher

 

 

 

[Buckeye Riveter]

Tex,

I guess you will need to decide for yourself, if I get out of the Buckeye State often enough.

Durango, Colorado...........My second ride on the famous narrow gage.

Newport New, VA....Coal Loader owned by NS

Light Rail, Portland, OR

NJ Transit out of NY City to Newark  (I didn't take the photo, just rode the train.)

Algoma Central, Hawk Jct, Ontario  (Didn't ride the train this year, just fished.)

and just boats at Niagara Falls, NY

That's just about one year's worth and I didn't even mention Louisville, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,  Nashville or Bluefield, WV. 

[tex702]

Hey Buckeye Riveter,

     Get out of the Buckeye State once in a while.  Theres a whole new world out there believe me, from a fellow Buckeye.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Perry, I love your layout because it doesn't look like any of the layouts we see in the East.  Great job! 

[perry1060]

 

 

[csxt30]

Sure enjoy everyones' pictures !! Here are some pictures of my finds yesterday at the train show. I got this tractor truck for only 10 bucks ! Lots of detail, I couldn't get over !!

  

Here is a towmotor I got for only 5 bucks ! The forks even go up & down ! 

Now, one with the forks all the way up !!

Thanks, John

[daan]

Great Photo's all!

Just a small update on the shed county railroad..

A small sort of preview of the city. This time I use the biggest loco and the biggest cars to make sure clearance is enough.. (the electric loco had some problems on the former layout..)

The shunting yard is quiet while the santa fe express train coming in on track # 2.

Early morning..

The new BNSF GP38-2 (MTH premier protosound 1) Great sound, great detailling and lots of lights..

 

[scottsmith]

Scott  Smith

[Demon09]

I did a lot of work on the layout this weekend.  Here is a before pic of one of the main changes.  Sorry to anyone on Dial up.... there are a lot of pics....

 

I tried to give my layout a permnanent fall look.  Autumn is my favorite season so now I will have it all year.  There is also a quick picture of my new engine too.... It's an MTH GP-38.  There is also a little of my Lionel U-36b.

 

It had barely any trees, and the ballast was painted inbetween the rails....

 

And here it is now..... There are trees all over the layout, there are shrubs and leaves on the ground, and there is real ballast on the rails (which made them suprisingly quiet)...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Photo Fun is always so much fun... Everyone's layouts on here inspire me to keep working on my little part of the hobby....

Until next time, take care!

[spankybird]

 

 

Be sure to click on the pics to enlarge them

[guilfordrr]

Yeah, I know it's early, but I'm going to be out of town all day tomorrow and wanted to post my pictures for this week:

 

Yay, dutch angles!

 

Old timer Billy Slater here in town claims he's seen a "ghost engine" on numerous ocasions while out late at night in his garden. Other than his stories, the only evidence of this supposed ghost's existence is this blurry picture, which given its quite recent discovery could for all the world have been digitally altered.