Welcome to Weekend Photo Fun
April 24, 2020 through April 26, 2020
All Are Welcome!
Here is an opportunity to showcase any recent project or layout progress.
Please feel free to post any model railroad related photos here — past or present. This is a place to share photos of your layout, equipment or current project.
I am happy to be starting Weekend Photo Fun again this week. I simply love this thread and the way it brings people out of their workshops and into the world of sharing.
Last week was a very good edition of Weekend Photo Fun, and I am hoping this week can also live up to a high standard.
I am presenting my NEWFIELD LUMBER COMPANY car number 306. This was built from a Funaro And Camerlengo resin kit of a low side gondola car. It has Kadee trucks and couplers, and the load is from Ertl.
I spent a lot of time on the Ertl load to make it look better. The steam donkey engine was fine, but the crates looked terrible. I applied several layers of wash and shading to change the colors without damaging the factory printing on the crates. I am happy with the way it turned out.
Please share with us any photo you like, as long as it is Model Railroading related. It can be a new project underway, a reently completed scene or model, or even an old picture that you like.
Happy Weekend!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thank you for firing-up another Weekend Photo Adventure, Kevin!
I really enjoy seeing open-top loads. I'm sure I have more of these on my layout than what would have been common "back-in-the-day". On the other hand, when I see films and photos of railroads, especially the War years, I saw lots of equipment on the move in gondolas and flat cars.
Yours look great! Life-Like had a pretty decent line of loads a while back. Tractors, bull-gears, ductwork and such. They were pretty decent.
I decided to prep an Overland, New York Central H10b and get it ready for paint and a decoder:
NYC_H-10b3 by Edmund, on Flickr
This is one finely detailed engine and an excellent, smooth running machine! Current draw at mid-speed is only 105 mA!
NYC_H-10b2 by Edmund, on Flickr
I had to re-solder one part of the gear frame to the yoke here and reassemble some of the valve gear. Work better suited to a watchmaker!
NYC_H-10b by Edmund, on Flickr
Can't wait to get 'er out on the main and let her do her thing!
On to more great stuff!
Thanks, Ed
Kevin, the car looks great! The detail work on the load is excellent.
Ed, nice repair job on the valve gear.
Here is my small contribution...I am building an N scale GE U33C by mixing parts from a Kato U30C and a Kato C30-7. Hopefully it'll be painted by next week.
Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge
Good morning from cloudy and mild Northeast Ohio!
Kevin, thanks for starting us out, great looking car and the load sets its off nicely.
Ed, I have a lot of brass to paint in the future, looking forward to your finished product, I have always wanted an NYC H10 but have always been outbid over the max I wanted to pay.
Chuck, interesting kitbash job there, can't wait to see the final result.
Got some work done this week, while tending to my recovering wife this past couple of weeks.
50' Branchline AAR Double Door Boxcar kit, lowered the ladders and brake gear to show a rebuilt car and new A-Line sill steps instead of the plastic ones. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with decals from Bill Mosteller. This was one of a group of cars the NF&D (Owned by the N&W) got from NKP in a mixed bag of ACF & GATC cars. This car came about has there was a thread in the MFCL Group on these cars, and I had to build one.
Exactrail PS 4427 CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II UP Hopper Gray paint and lettered with Microscale Decals. Car was in grain service on the Northern Pacific, I finally finished off a sheet of Microscale Decals with this car.
An old club shot of New Haven C-425 and U25B on a mixed freight, it was not often the C-425 led as engineers preferred the ride of the U25B to a C-425. But I like the classification lights on the top of the cab to show!
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Kevin: Thanks for the weekend kickof. I like the gon as well as the load.
Ed: That's a fine brass mikado. The work is beyond my current skill level.
Chuck: You are doing a great job with that GE loco shell kitbash.
Rick: Neat cars plus I like the club scenery in that nice shot.
Mel: Your vehicle lights remind me of the nearly infinite number of project types that can be added in this hobby.
I have made lots of layout progress the past few weeks. The track was unballasted since 2012 and the rough hills installed around 2013. Here is a recent "before" shot, prior to recent ballasting. The layout was years in this mode as I enjoyed converting locos to DCC and procrastinating on scenery.
20190712_083658 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
This shows the ballasting completed a few weeks back:
20200321_144557 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
As of now, I've completed a first pass on scenery basics. Still have some details to add, including some simple Woodland Scenic kit trees this week. Plus a small river section to add at the right front corner, ala Dvid Popp's Virginian layout of 2012.
20200424_083744 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
20200424_083842 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
20200424_083829 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
20200424_084023 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
20200424_084045 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
20200424_090128 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Enjoy your weekend and stay safe.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Kevin ...... Thanks for starting this week's Photo Fun . ... The low side gon with load is very nice.
Ed ....... The brass NYC 2-8-2 looks like a fun project.
Chuck .... Very nice kit bash of a U-boat.
Rick .... I hope your wife continues to improve. I like the NP covered hopper and the NH locomotives.
Mel .... Your bility to install tiny LED's is remarakable.
Paul .... Your layout looks great with lots of details.
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Here are a couple of photos of the West End section of my layout which I am still working on.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Wow, this has been quite a start to Weekend Photo Fun. I cannot wait to see what other contribultions appear.
Ed: I need to make a similar repair to an Alco Models brass USRA 0-8-0. You did a good job on the repair from what I can see. Hopefully I can do it too
Chuck: Locomotive conversions are one of my favorite things to work on. Nice looking progress.
Rick: The brown boxcar is interesting. I have never seen a model with that roadname before. As alwyas, the pictures in the club's scenery are very nice.
Mel: The Kenworth with your vehicle lighting is an impressive undertaking. Very impressive work.
Paul: The scenery sure looks good on your layout. It looks like a lot of fun.
Garry: Thank you for sharing two more beautiful pictures of your masterpiece of a layout. Magnificent.
Great stuff again this week. Thanks to all for their contributions.
Nothing new this week on the BRVRR, yet. Unless a picture of the wiring on the underside of the layout qualifies. A true rat's nest. A new lighting buss is in the works.
Mel, I haven't heard the name Nero Wolfe in ages. I'll have to look for the books again.
Keep up the good work guys. WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
BRVRR Mel, I haven't heard the name Nero Wolfe in ages. I'll have to look for the books ag
Mel, I haven't heard the name Nero Wolfe in ages. I'll have to look for the books ag
Alan, right now I am looking at a bookshelf with almost every Nero Wolfe book published by Rex Stout and now Robert Goldsboro, my wife is a fanatic on Nero Wolfe.
Mel, great lighting work, but I believe that Nero Wolfe only bought Buick's!
Paul, that is a beautiful layout for its small size.
Garry, more great pictures of your layout, I look forward to them every week, especially the passenger trains.
Kevin, its Black not brown, although when first delivered they were in boxcar red, later some were repainted in black like the parent railroad.
Kevin, thanks for starting this week's edition. You must have started very early this morning! Great work on the gondola and the load. The crates look very real.
Ed, nice detail work. With my skills, I wouldn't even attempt that.
Chuck, I work in N Scale, also. Like I told Ed, you are doing something I wouldn't attempt in N Scale with my present abilities. Your work is very nice. Let us see the finished project!
Rick, great work on the boxcars. Hope your wife has a good recovery.
Mel, I've seen a lot of your work on your website. Your skills continue to amaze me. Good work on the lights, and I always like to see your scratch building projects. Even though I read some of the Rex Stout books years ago, I've only recently started reading all of the Nero Wolfe books in order. I'm on #13 right now.
Paul, nice work on your layout! You've made a very good use of limited space (I have about the same area) and you've done an amazing job of scenery. I like the yellow station.
Garry, amazing bridge work and water. Your background looks like you took this photo of a real railroad.
I don't have a good camera and I'm in a corner of a bedroom, so my photos are not good quality. I had a corner hill that didn't look quite right, so I'm building a log cabin to go there, and will surround it with more trees.
York1 John
dti406Kevin, its Black not brown,
There must be something wrong with the color settings on the monitor I am using, because it looks dark chocolate brown on my screen.
Either way, it is a very well done piece of rolling stock.
dti406 BRVRR Mel, I haven't heard the name Nero Wolfe in ages. I'll have to look for the books ag Alan, right now I am looking at a bookshelf with almost every Nero Wolfe book published by Rex Stout and now Robert Goldsboro, my wife is a fanatic on Nero Wolfe. Mel, great lighting work, but I believe that Nero Wolfe only bought Buick's! Paul, that is a beautiful layout for its small size. Garry, more great pictures of your layout, I look forward to them every week, especially the passenger trains. Kevin, its Black not brown, although when first delivered they were in boxcar red, later some were repainted in black like the parent railroad. Rick Jesionowski
RR_Mel dti406 BRVRR Mel, I haven't heard the name Nero Wolfe in ages. I'll have to look for the books ag Alan, right now I am looking at a bookshelf with almost every Nero Wolfe book published by Rex Stout and now Robert Goldsboro, my wife is a fanatic on Nero Wolfe. Mel, great lighting work, but I believe that Nero Wolfe only bought Buick's! Paul, that is a beautiful layout for its small size. Garry, more great pictures of your layout, I look forward to them every week, especially the passenger trains. Kevin, its Black not brown, although when first delivered they were in boxcar red, later some were repainted in black like the parent railroad. Rick Jesionowski As I’ve aged I no longer watch TV and stopped the news papers. I only watch DVDs and my thing is mysteries. I have the A&E Nero Wolfe series and in episode Next Witness his car is a 1950s Rolls Royce. I wanted to have Nero’s car on my layout. From A&Es Nero Wolfe Next Witness Mel’s HO scale version. Next week the finished version (I hope). Mel My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Well no wonder, its from the TV Series, they got a lot wrong with those compared to the books, you don't know what it is like to watch those with my wife, who complains when the stuff they do on the TV Series does not match the books.
Kevin, Thanks for opening the WPF with an interesting loaded gon., all nicely done, but especially like the depth you added to those wooden crates.
Who can forget "You can tell it's Mattel....It's swell." But also, 'You can tell it's Mel's....It's swell.' Really like Mel's vehicle modeling and lighting system.
What a great fun filled layout you've got there Paul.
Finished weathering my little string of PS-3 coal hauling hoppers. Tangent did a nice job with these models, but the GNs delicate lettering requires a soft touch. Hmm, I think a tree needs to be planted between Matt-CO and the abandoned warehouse?
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend and regards, Peter
Kevin : I love ANYTHING that even remotely look's like a Gondola.... INCLUDING YOU"RS !
But, you weathered the load Beautifully . Why didn't you weather the gondola ?
( You can't have a load that look's "older" than the car, "It just ain't natural"...)
But it's such a nice gon, that I will "let it slide" ...... this time ...
I got the side's on my water tender's .
AND: A mistake that turned out to be "usable". I forgot to paint the hardware for mounting the end board's. So I "CAREFULLY" paintrd them after I mounted them to the endboard's .
The paint ran down the edges of the board's ! But, once it dryed, I thought it looked like somebody in the "shop" was just in a hurry to get the car back on the road. So I think I will leave it as-is.
I still need to trim off the exess on the right side.... but I think it work's.
BTW: I'm also trying to come up with a name for a lumber company..... any suggestion's ?????
Rust...... It's a good thing !
John: The wooded curve on your layout is coming along nicely. When I made my trip out west last year I learned a lot about scenery and all the different kinds of pine trees.
Mel: That is a very handsome automobile.
Pete: Very nice weathering job on those coal service hopper cars. Thay look great.
Timmy: Thank you for the kind words on my gondola car. Since it is a private car owned by a logging company I imgine they load it with junky loads of well used equipment, so the load would be more aged than the car. Also, I have never been good at aging wooden freight cars. Your project has a lot of wonderful character. I think the paint bleed on the boards looks great. Some of my best painting effects were unintended.
Nice work guys. A slow weekend for some reason but the stuff put up is nice. I got to "good enough" with the backround building/view block. I don't think anyone would actually run an active line through a building but it looks better than what I had before which was trying to run between two buildings.
backround building 1 by J.R. Mitchell, on Flickr
The same from the center isle.backround building 2 by J.R. Mitchell, on Flickr
At least I made it this far before Monday. J.R.
This is an old Dennis Storzek caboose kit I picket up about 15 years ago at a local train show. It was missing a few parts such as one end panel. Also the cast metal frame was broken into about 15 pieces and very brittle. I have a bit of a soft spot for orphan kits such as this so i picked it up and set about fixing/building it. I had to gingerly repair the frame section good enough to make a new casting for it. The side panels were also in pretty bad shape so when I made a mold to cast the missing end I decided to recast all of the parts. I started to assemble it a few years ago but got distracted and it sat on a shelf untill this current event had/has me off from work for a few weeks. I decided to clear out the back log of projects and this one was one of them.
Nice work, pike62! I love cabooses.