15 MAY 2006...A DAY of PICS and TRAINS

[Anonymous]

Hi Ray:

What a good use of that space, nice job. [:D]

Have Fun: Jeff [8D]

[Tom The Brat]

hehe Tap dancing bulls off the chain is rather scary[C):-)]

[MTCarpenter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Torby

Off the chain?

Oh yeah. Sorry about that.

From slangsite.com under "O"

Off the chain: Expression used to describe something that is really good.
Example: These tap dancing bulls are off the chain.

[Train 284]

Ray, great photos!

[gallopinggoose]

Matt, those photos are great.
Ray, all those rocks look fantastic can you post a few to us in the UK please [:D]

We have a couple of (what were) large sandstone rocks, but the weather has taken them down to medium sized now. Will have to visit the coast or mountains of the UK with an empty car (not always easy when you live in the middle of the country) [;)]

[Anonymous]

Matt and Ray Fabulous layouts guys! Ray you did a really nice job on the rock blending around the tunnel portal and surrounding areas!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the comments guys. Of course it looks a lot better in close up shots, hides a multitude of bare bits, garden gone wild patches and plain old boring bits.

Great work Ray. Looked through your album, too much like hard work to me, you must have a strong back![xx(]

Matthew.[bow]

[Ray Dunakin]

I can't post pics directly to this thread the way everyone else does, so I'll just post a link to my newest pics.

This shot shows one of the wooden tunnel portals installed in the end of a tunnel. This is at the east end of the layout, on the upper level tunnel.

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009006&a=32116967&p=74245598

From there, you can scroll through the rest of the pics. Or use this URL to view the entire album:

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=3009006&a=32116967

I've also posted a brief update in the In-Ko-Pah Railroad folder, over in the "Construction" forum.

[Tom The Brat]

Off the chain?

[MTCarpenter]

Matt-
That layout is off the chain! Fabulous.

Everyone has such great pictures. Very encouraging for me to see various levels of completion and complexity. Gives me hope!

[Train 284]

Matt, you have a beautiful layout!

[Anonymous]

Matt:

What great craftmanship you have. [^]

What scale do you build? [?]

Have Fun: Jeff [8D]

[Anonymous]

Greetings again.

Just testing a few more pics. Let me know if you can see them


This is a standard pic from Photobucket (Back end of a train going through Misato Station)

Another Photobucket pic 147k size (The diesel out for a trundle)
[img=http://thumb6.webshots.com/t/60/60/0/42/28/2292042280048759466MNhrVw_th.jpg]
This one is from Webshots

Aother from the Webshots site.

Last one from Photobucket (From the top of Misato Station).

That's all folks!
Matthew[bow]

[Train 284]

Jeff! Great layout!

[FJ and G]

Zachs,

Nice!

Galloping Goose,

You've got a trackwalking pooch too!!!!

[vsmith]

Jeff, looks great!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the advice on what photo website to use. I'll keep on with Photobucket and see how it goes. I'll take some more pics today and tomorrow and see what is veiwable.

Thanks for the great comments on my line.

Hey Matthew, Matt and all of us blessed with the name. Good to hear your voices![8D]

Greetings gallopinggoose, the photos are full of character! The cherry blossom is gorgeous. It always rains when in bloom.[:(] More pics please! Your dog makes that water tower look enormous.

Great layout Jeff!

More pics please[^][:P][wow]

Matthew [bow]

[Anonymous]

Nice pictures, and layouts fellows! [;)]

I don't think I ever posted my layout here before, so here goes. [:p]


My indoor layout with desk and work area.

Both trains stopped at the station area.

Passenger train rounds the curve.

The oil train.

Passenger train.

I am awaiting delivery of more coaches and oil cars. I have been building the background buildings, and as soon as I fini***hose, I will move to the layout it's self. I wanted the background flats to have a low detail, low profile, to just be a backdrop. I also have streetcars I run.

Have Fun: Jeff [8D]

[gallopinggoose]

Here is our best friend who checks out the track is clear of enemy cats for us [:D]

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL99/1957972/4155501/51834360.jpg

[FJ and G]

Great photos, all.

Esp. nice to see a fellow 32mm modeler, tho his is much bigger scale!

The hound says she'll help me lay some trackage this weekend (or lay on the tracks). Seems the work is never done!!

[MTCarpenter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Train 284Wow a fan! [:D] Thank you MTCarpenter! Hope your turns out just as good!

Hey, us Matthews have to stick together...

Just how many Matthews are there here? I count at least 3.

[MTCarpenter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by MatthewFosterPlease, please, please let me know the best and most reliable place to put photos.Matthew

From one Matthew to another... [;)]

http://s32.photobucket.com/
http://www.imageshack.us/

Both free. Photobucket is a bit easier to use/manage.

[gallopinggoose]

Matt I can see the pictures and was very impressed.

Here are a couple of our Shay on the Cherry Blossom, Pigrock and Pacific Railroad in the UK, taken on the 5th of May though, we have had rain and winds since these were taken and the cherry blssom has covered the track [:(]



Shay passing the Eggliner coming into Pigrock Station.

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow, everyone has such cool photos! Even the "just barely started" layouts look good.

Unfortunately my last roll of film didn't turn out very well so it will be a few more days before I have any new pics to share.

[tangerine-jack]

I use shutterfly.com and never had any problems. I just can't take good pictures or build a decent railroad, but that's not the fault of the camera or the web site[:P]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by MatthewFoster

This is about the pictures posted here.

Please, please, please let me know the best and most reliable place to put photos.

[sigh][sigh][sigh]

Matthew [bow][bow][bow]

www.mylargescale.com
www.largescalecentral.com These sites require membership but the membership enables you to have web space, not sure on Large scale central but MLS.com is 50MB

[Anonymous]

This is about the pictures posted here.

As you have seen I've had difficulty posting pics. I started using Webshots album pics, but they didn't show up on many computers. So I changed to my website pics. All but 1 are from there at the moment. I'm still not sure if they can be seen[%-)].
Now one (the second pic from the top) is from the Photobucket site as I noticed other members use it.

Can you see any of these?[%-)]

Please, please, please let me know the best and most reliable place to put photos.

[sigh][sigh][sigh]

Matthew [bow][bow][bow]

[John Busby]

QUOTE: Originally posted by MatthewFoster

Hey John.

Ooh, toast-rack coaches, now I want to make a mini one for my line. Just right for the summer season. By the way I haven't sent that diagram of the guards van yet, sorry. I'll put it through the scanner this weekend.

Matthew [bow]

Hi Mathew
You could get a Japanese toastrack tram tram kit if such a thing is avalable
and convert that to rail use.
A Canadian short line converted trams to passanger coaches.
Or perhaps make some fair ground style coaches with pagoda roofs
for summer picnic specials just to be different.
Thats [2c] worth of thought on it.
If none of the above suit you will have fun with all those uprights.
regards John

[Anonymous]

Hey John.

Ooh, toast-rack coaches, now I want to make a mini one for my line. Just right for the summer season. By the way I haven't sent that diagram of the guards van yet, sorry. I'll put it through the scanner this weekend.

Matthew [bow]