some more ghost train shots
This is the best I could do with the locomotive, it doesn't like reversing with the full consist around the turns, so I couldn't keep my speeds up as much as I needed.
It really seems to work the best with the passenger cars.
railfan23 wrote:ATSJer, Love that effect of the ghost train.
Thanks, I was playing around with the digital camera and I used the "motion blur" setting with the auto flash and snapped the pic as the train was passing and it gave me that effect. I'm going to use my tripod when I do some more of those in order to keep the clarity of the foreground and background thus only blurring the train. I also tried the locomotive as it was coming at me, but the effect ends up making it look like the train is going backwards, so I'm going to actually run the train backwards with the same settings to see what that gives me. My guess is that it won't be a ghost train but instead make it look like it is really speeding along. Guess I'll find out soon enough, come to think of it; now seems like a good time for a study break.
Sturgeon-Phish wrote:The sawmill illusion objective is the log on the cart rolls into the spinning saw blade, which cuts off a plank. The cut off plank falls to a trough where it is picked up by tongs on a carrier which then travels up a boom hanging over the track and when the carrier reaches the end of the boom, the tongs dump the plank into a waiting car. The illusion is very effective. The illusion of the planks being cut off the log is very convincing. The mechanism by which the unit works is a simple and ingenious. Jim
Jim
Very cool. I found that video! I like that a lot.
Operating sawmill
I put my Windows media player on repeat and it looks very cool.
ATSJer wrote: Sturgeon-Phish I like the saw mill very much, I assume it loads wood onto a car? Your postwar style layout looks to be a very busy place indeed. Very nice to look at.
Sturgeon-Phish I like the saw mill very much, I assume it loads wood onto a car? Your postwar style layout looks to be a very busy place indeed. Very nice to look at.
The sawmill illusion objective is the log on the cart rolls into the spinning saw blade, which cuts off a plank. The cut off plank falls to a trough where it is picked up by tongs on a carrier which then travels up a boom hanging over the track and when the carrier reaches the end of the boom, the tongs dump the plank into a waiting car. The illusion is very effective. The illusion of the planks being cut off the log is very convincing. The mechanism by which the unit works is a simple and ingenious.
Weekends over - didn't finish teh bridge as I had hoped - but made some pretty decent progress on it:
A closer shot for more detail. the gap between tracks will eventually be a weedy, swampy pond area. Still need to add telephone poles, fencing and a bit more clutter.
Bruce Webster
Frank:
I can't believe you are getting all of this done in such a short amount of time. I love the bridge. Keep up the good work.
Regards,
John O
Cool photos as usual GIZ.
laz57
On the way to getting one corner of the layout fully scenicked. Who else buys bouquets of roses for their wife with the alterior motive of using the left over dried babys breath for tree making?
Thanks for all the Birthday wishes! It was a very good day, worship service was great and afterwards I found out that I was the victim of a conspiracy of grace. For the last two months my wife has been secretly organizing a surprise birthday party for me, and almost the entire church was in on it!! I must be completely oblivious, but it does live up to the rule that the pastor is always the last one to know what's going on in the church.
Frank53 I love the Hope sign next to the dark tunnel, the symbolism there is so thick I could cut it with a knife. I don't know if it was intentional or not but it sure caught my eye. Oh, and I love the trestle work you're doing. I'm glad to see that you are making at least one of your upper level loops with the trestle, it will look very nice indeed.
Buckeye Riveter that's a beautiful Amtrack set up that you have, and I really like the "house on fire" accesory, very cool.
MartyE I've really enjoyed your videos as of late and I'm glad that I finally get to see some of your village. My guess is that they suffer from their fair share of flooding in that town. Very nicely done.
railfan23 I'm not much into tinplate, but I know enough to respect your set-up, very nice.
csxt30 Those steel loads look great! I love that chain, is that chain specifically for model loads or did you use something else and make it fit your needs?
Couple more pics before Sunday runs out on us.
Got the train facing the "right" way now, because now I get to watch it come at me down the straightaway.
I can almost fit the entire train on the straightway, almost.
Experimenting with my camera work; this one is my ghost train.
Had hoped to at least finish all of the cross members for the bridge this weekend
Not even close. It is, however, strong and stable, and much more consistent and accurate than my last stab at this (which is now in the trash, oh bye the way)
AMTRAK
Make sure you click the link at the bottom to see AMTRAK running past control tower.
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See more AMTRAK action at:
http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/pfoh/?action=view¤t=AmtrakatControlTower.flv
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MartyE wrote: I think I see an Amish Carpenter trapped under a falling boulder in that picture coming soon Frank. Looks like the one behind the F3 and under the platform for the tower is about to go!
I think I see an Amish Carpenter trapped under a falling boulder in that picture coming soon Frank. Looks like the one behind the F3 and under the platform for the tower is about to go!
say what?
Frank53 wrote: csxt30 wrote:be sure to come over to Lisa's scratch building thread, she needs help or ideas on a factory,looks like she is doing pretty well. As an aside, if the trees aren't made from furnace filters, can you still call it "Apitz Forest?"
csxt30 wrote:be sure to come over to Lisa's scratch building thread, she needs help or ideas on a factory,
looks like she is doing pretty well.
As an aside, if the trees aren't made from furnace filters, can you still call it "Apitz Forest?"
Giving new meaning to the phrase tin plate meet.
Frank53 wrote: csxt30 wrote: I was working on my post same time as 53 !! I think his consist of empty gons is on the way here to get loaded !! We're making money already !! Thanks John - I thought this one looked familar:yeow - nice brass loading dock.
csxt30 wrote: I was working on my post same time as 53 !! I think his consist of empty gons is on the way here to get loaded !! We're making money already !!
I was working on my post same time as 53 !! I think his consist of empty gons is on the way here to get loaded !! We're making money already !!
Thanks John - I thought this one looked familar:
yeow - nice brass loading dock.
Thanks Frank !! Oh, be sure to come over to Lisa's scratch building thread, she needs help or ideas on a factory, if you can !! I'm not to good at it !!
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1071888/ShowPost.aspx
Thanks, John
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Nice pictures Frank !!
Nice pictures everyone !! Here's some pictures of my finished loads with the tiedown chain I recently got from E-bay !
Here's my latest load, a bunch of aluminum can metal cut up in a gon.
Here is a loading ramp in the beginning stage, all brass soldered up !
Here it is with a little more stuff, A light I added & ramp for between the car & dock & tried some wear marks or weathering. Have to add ground cover & scenery if I leave it here !!
Still overworking the detail on the east wall section:
More of the trains we grew up with - New York Central Gondolas. A Post War 2026 on the upper level, a 726 on the bottom with Lehigh Valley Hoppers.
ATSJer wrote: I also picked up my new tubular track! I love it! Not only is it 1/2 the price of the ballasted stuff, but it also 100% quieter than Fastrack.
I also picked up my new tubular track! I love it! Not only is it 1/2 the price of the ballasted stuff, but it also 100% quieter than Fastrack.
with age comes wisdom, grasshopper.
I couldn't believe the difference between the two types of track.
only those with keen insight do.
Not to bad for a $53 birthday gift!
Tubular track?
53?
Coincidence?
Me thinks not.
ps: Happy Birthday
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