Hello all. This is WPF. For those first time posters, this is where we show off what we're working on.
Until my purchases on eBay come in (a Sd60m that's getting super detailed and relettered) here is what I've got.
Its a ride along from my club layout. Hope you all enjoy and post your projects
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Thanks for starting WPF Jimmy. And thanks for the train ride. Sure was a long one. Your club layout is huge. Nice!
Got another Bridge fitted in this week.
It was a tough one. There will be a road sistered up to the tracks underneath with a Bridge Under the Bridge.
Need to make the abutments this weekend
TF
Jimmy_Braum. An interesting trip around the line.
TF Excellent work. Well done.
A drop of oil here. A drop of oil there. No matter which locomotive parks there the scene is always the same.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Jimmy: Thank you for starting us out this weekend. I was asleep before midnight because I had to be up early to meet the window installation contractor. I feel awful. I will get back to getting plenty of sleep next week. The train ride was fun. I like all the structure mock-ups along the way. I am a strong believer in mock-ups.
Fiddler: The bridge is looking good. I can't wait to see what you do for the upcoming abutments.
David: I have a special fondness for maintenance scenes. Oil and lubrication of any sort of heavy equipment is a continuous task for sure.
I have nothing really train related to report this week. I did add a big air pressure gauge for the paint booth, but that is all.
Happy Weekend!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning from Sunny and Mild Northeast Ohio!
Thanks for all those who commented on my work from last week and I enjoyed all your postings last week.
Jimmy, thanks for starting us out and a nice trip around the club layout.
TF: Beautiful work on the bridges!
David, nice picture, still do not like the British styled diesels!
Managed to get a couple of cars done this week:
Proto 2000 50' Single Door Boxcar that I converted to a centered double door boxcar. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Black, Boxcar Red and Silver Paints then lettered with Champ Decals. The NP was alone among the Northwest railroads that built 50' Boxcar with centered double doors. They were mostly built in the late 50's and repainted in this scheme in the late 60's along with the removal of the roofwalk and lowering the non-brakewheel ladders. Used mostly in moving lumber from the Northwest to areas all around the US.
Exactrail PS 4427 CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II MOW Gray paint and lettered with Microscale Decals. The Louis Dreyfus Company was one of the big 4 agribusiness companies that leased hundreds of high capacity covered hoppers for the export grain business in the mid 60's and later years.
A picture I took awhile back at the Strongsville Club, SP GP40P, SD45T-2 and SD45 on a general freight.
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!
Nice work everyone!
I built a Downtown Deco Atomic Cafe kit for our division's 6"x8" challenge. Naturally, I added lighting.
Here's what it looks like when the sun comes up.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Jimmy .... Thanks for starting Photo Fun and for the video you shared.
TF .... Your bridges are looking fantastic.
Kevin. .... Nice idea to have the air pressure guage installed like you did.
Rick ..... The NP double door boxcar looks beautiful. I like the hopper, too. The SP lashup is impressive.
Mike L .... Your cafe looks great.
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Here is an older photo of the large grain elevator in Prairie View. Most grain was hauled in boxcars in the 1950's.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Thanks for starting off this December WPF, Jimmy. That was an enjoyable layout tour. You've made some big progress!
Glad to see you back on your bridgework, TF. That is a massive structure and very unique
You have a nice servicing scene there, David.
I like your flanged gauge, Kevin. I dragged home a few nice gauges that were surplus from GE. I put one at my airbrush booth, too. Nice to see an easy to read gauge.
Another great rolling stock contribution, Rick. I like the fact that you give a thorough background on WHY the car existed and what service it was intended for. Very informative!
Your Atomic Cafe looks great, Mike. Especially the signage and awining. Did you use the stock ones with the kit? Mine is partly built then I got off on another track
Great shot of your elevators, Garry. It is amazing just how huge these things were. I had visited some in the Buffalo, NY area and the size of those things are immense! You have captured that very nicely.
I never really know what I'll be getting into
The other day I glanced at some of my Congressional Limited cars and was dismayed at not seeing anything but a bare floor in the coaches.
So I began a campaign to place some seating in there for the little people (which will follow at a later date).
Here is a trial fit-up using RIX coach seats:
PRR_Budd-Congo-seat-0 by Edmund, on Flickr
I repainted them in a color close to what I recall seeing in these cars in the '70s. Brass cars nearly always have a flange soldered at the lower wall so any interior has to be fit-up inside before the floor can be replaced.
PRR_Budd-Congo-seat by Edmund, on Flickr
The spacing of the seats worked out very nicely with the window arrangement There was a smoking lounge at one end of the car so I clipped the seatbacks down a little and glued them lengthwise.
PRR_Budd-Congo-seat-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I have four more coaches to do and six parlor cars. I'll have to come up with a way to reproduce some parlor car seats. I have some from Red Cap models but they are very detailed and take a LOT of time to assemble.
PRR_Budd-Congressional-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
PRR_Budd-Congressional by Edmund, on Flickr
Sit back and relax
4-20-2020_TT-coach-PRR by Edmund, on Flickr
Thank you all for the great contributions!
Cheers, Ed
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Jimmy, thanks for opening the weekend and for you interesting video.
Track Fiddler, great looking bridge. How many bridges will your layout have?
David, another one of your great scenes on the railroad.
Kevin, you've got to be happy to finally have access to your garage tools.
Rick, more great looking boxcars. I really like Northern Pacific. As a kid, for some reason I was really taken with their symbol.
Mike, The Atomic Cafe looks great.
Garry, nice scene of a huge elevator complex.
Ed, excellent work on the interior of the passenger car. Passenger cars are my favorite on the layout.
Bear, I hope you're enjoying springtime.
I finally ordered a fence for the cemetery at the church. I've never used Gold Medal models before, and I really like the fence.
York1 John
gmpullmanYour Atomic Cafe looks great, Mike. Especially the signage and awining. Did you use the stock ones with the kit? Mine is partly built then I got off on another track
Thanks for the kind words, Ed.
I can appreciate how you got motivated seeing all that unfinished space in those passenger cars. The conductor could report there was standing room only, but people do like to take a load off en route for the most part.
I pretty much followed the DD instructions and got good results with the awning and signage. You should be fine. I always use a fresh, sharp blade when starting a cutting project like this is about the only tip I have.
Atomic by Bear, on Flickr
Yeah, that plutonium-powered microwave Bear uses for the bacon has a few people concerned. But it sure makes crispy bacon!
Rick. Sorry you do not like UK Diesels. It's all we have.
Bear at his best.
Before the time when dogs had to be on a lead to go out they used to be outside by themselves. Many a dog would follow a postman on his delivery round.
Here is a picture of a Postman waiting at a door for an answer. He must need a signature for a letter he is delivering. Waiting beside him are two dogs who are following him.
Rick: I am really intrigued by the NORTHERN PACIFIC boxcar with the centered double doors. I have never seen an example of this before. I have saved this photograph in my "ideas" folder. I think I am going to do something similar with a 40 foot boxcar to get something very unusual. The models you share with us alway make this thread so much better. Thank you!
Mike: The "Atomic Cafe" is a magnificent model. You did a perfect job on the colorful paint scheme, wall painting, and weathering. The weathering effects on the sign and other painted surfaces is spot-on. What a beautiful structure.
Garry: Your grain elevator complex sure is an imposing structure. It does a great job of dominating that beautiful scene. I like grain in boxcars. I have never been a fan of the big covered hoppers used in grain service. 1954 is the year that works for me, but I will not be able to have a grain elevator on my layout.
Ed: Your passenger car looks great with the seats inside of it. That makes quite a difference. I don't know how you guys get motivated to work on passenger cars, I just can't do it. Nothing in my fleet will ever look that good.
More Ed: I think that pressure gauge was used on the fluid inlet for the comparator we used for balancing flow orifaces to match injector sets. That became an obsolete practice in the early 1990s. That gauge has probably been hanging out in my stash for 20+ years.
Bear: Thank you for the toon this week. This one was especially humorous to me. Great one!
John: I used some of the products from Gold Medal Models back when I was in N scale in the early 1990s. They have been around a long time. Their fencing is perfect. They also made N scale shopping carts that were pretty easy to fold and assemble. These were the perfect detail outside my grocery market. Great stuff!
More John: Yes, it is so good to be able to easily access my tools and work area again. It seemed like as soon as I got the garage done that supplies were delivered for the door and window project. For months I have not been able to enjoy my efforts in the garage. Life is certainly better now. I cannot wait for next week when things can really get moving.
David: I like Julia's Bakers. That building looks like it would fit in just fine on a city corner in the USA. Is it a kit?
Good morning
Thanks for all the compliments.
Oil guy sure is dedicated David. I love seeing the differences in design from American locomotives and British locomotives. Also I really like the color of that one.
The elaborate measures you took manufacturing that spray booth Kevin. The thing looks Factory with that Fleck paint you used for the finish. I bet that thing works like a champion too.
Your car's always look really good Rick. I can see the time you took in the carving of those rocks and the great use of colors. I was checking out the timber retaining wall as well.
You really did a great job on the Atomic Cafe Mike. I was admiring the excellent paint job on the weathered looking bricks.
That massive grain elevator industry is very impressive Garry. I always wanted to model a scene like that but do not have the room. I sure enjoy looking at the scene you built though.
I've always appreciated the advantage of a larger scale for extra fine detailing Ed. Great job on the seating detail. Your passenger cars always look great.
As always funny stuff Bear. You got another good laugh out of me
Excellent job on the fence John. You got it really straight and Plumb. I like the design you chose, it has that wrought iron old world charm to it.
Answering your question. The original plan was eight bridges on the layout but I have decided I will be adding two more to the upper mining range for a total of 10
I sure like the scene with Julia's Baker's David. Mail that requires a signature usually is not a good thing in my younger past experience
Keep the pics coming and Thank you
SeeYou190 David: I like Julia's Bakers. That building looks like it would fit in just fine on a city corner in the USA. Is it a kit? -Kevin
Yes Kevin. It's a card kit. I have one spare (I think). If I have, do you want it?
Edit -- I do have one spare.
Jimmy- Thanks for starting this weekend off right with that cab ride. Looks like a fun layout to operate on!
TF- The bridge looks great! Looking forward to seeing more progress!
David- Im with kevin, matinence scenes are great to look at! Im sure he gets tired standing there endlessly oiling locomotives
Kevin- The paint booth looks great!
Rick- Nice work on the frieght cars as always. It amazes me how many you can turn out in a week!
Mike- I really like the cafe name and the weatherd brick wall!
Gary- Very colorful scene with all the boxcars.
Ed- Nice work on the passenger cars! The scenes also look great.
Love the beartoon this week!
John- The fence looks nice. I might check out that company to find a fence for me!
For me this week I found 2 really killer deals on 2 Proto 2000 units.
A burlington U28B and a SOO GP38-2
The soo unit was very jerky when running at low speeds, speeding up and slowing down. I was pretty upset that I would have to fix it, then I saw the DC board in the box and thought that was odd. I opened the locomotive and sure enough it has a digitrax decoder installed. I removed it and replaced it with the DC one and it runs smooth as butter. It is even (very close) speed matched with my genesis gp38 and they look good running together.
I do need to find a different plow for it as the real 4436 has a much larger plow, it looks the the same one on my SOO SD39
Proto units are a gamble to me as some run good and others need work. Very happy these 2 are smooth runners.
Looking forward to more great work this weekend!
Ed, John York1, Kevin, TF, and Ringo ..... Thanks for your remarks about my large grain elevator.
Ed .... Nice work installing seats in the Budd coach. I have used Rix seats, too, and I like them.
John York 1 ... Your cemetary scene looks good.
David ... I like your scene with the postman an the dogs.
Ringo.... The U28B looks great.
Bear ... LOL
Jimmy, Thanks for opening the WPF with a nice movie.
Mike, Your cafe is nuclear!
John, The Gold Medal Models fence really sets off your graveyard scene.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend, regards, Peter
Peter ..... Great photo of a great scene. The guy on the bike had better get out of the way !
Heartland Division CB&QThe guy on the bike had better get out of the way !
NorthBritYes Kevin. It's a card kit. I have one spare (I think). If I have, do you want it? Edit -- I do have one spare.
David: Yes! I sure do.
Ringo: The BURLINGTON U28-B sure is handsome! I warned you that CB&Q red & gray can suck you right in... it is one of the best colour combinations I know of.
Peter: WOW! That is all I can say. I used to have a Cadillac Coupe De'Ville similar to the one int he picture, expect I bought mine in 1990, and it was a $300.00 rust-bucket by that time. That was back in the day when people owned a beater "work car" for daily driving. Having a Caddy beater was still a status symbol.
Bear: Not much better than a double-toon weekend. Thank you.
SeeYou190 NorthBrit Yes Kevin. It's a card kit. I have one spare (I think). If I have, do you want it? Edit -- I do have one spare. David: Yes! I sure do. -Kevin
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Ringo, that's a great-looking Burlington locomotive. We sit on a double track mainline of BNSF, and I like the history of that railroad.
Peter, your scene is another is a long line of the most realistic model railroad photos. Great work!
Thanks, everyone, for another fun weekend of layout photos.
Hi GuysJimmy, nice camera work, holds focus and brightness very good.TF, the bridge man, looking good.David, like your oil guy, another thing I can do on my layout, thanks.Kevin, nice to have a gauge where you can see it, mine is under my workbench.Rick, like your picture with the three SP diesels doing their thing.Mike, terrific café, great sign night or day.Garry, one would think your in grain country.Ed, great interior, I think it’s your fault I bought another diner. Those are slick looking seats.John, good looking cemetery, I had a cemetery but when I ran out of room it had to go.Ringo, they look too good to weather.Peter, gads, I’m embarrassed to post pictures, your detail is perfect. I’m still in slow mode, I had to replace four tiny LED headlights in my Kenworth, took 6 hours and 7 LEDs but I finally got them going. I’m still plugging away on my diorama. I did get four vehicle lighting connectors installed in the paved road and one in the gravel driveway.Next I’m going to try to hook up the Aermotor windmill. Mel My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Thanks for the nice comments gents. That Neo Caddy is a fav. And then there's the beauty of the Bear, never know what might spur his fertile mind. Wishing everyone a good week ahead, regards, Peter
Ringo, ...That static grass by the roads done so well, the Burlington and the Soo with the Tufts
Peter, the compliments from me always good. Guess what? Nothing's changed and you're still doing good Kid!
RR Mel in slow mode you say, Whatever! I've looked at your modeling here I'm a little bit slow lately in my modeling too,
For the Last 3 Years!!!
Some sophisticated stuff in your modeling. Cars trucks and lights, and the background with the receptacles and the spools that I don't begin to understand yet!
I really enjoyed all I was looking at this weekend
I can hardly wait for next weekend
Excellent work and photographs by everyone. Great to see.
Many thanks for the comments on my pictures. Just bringing little scenes into a whole picture.
NorthBritExcellent work and photographs by everyone. Great to see. Many thanks for the comments on my pictures.
All of the same sentiments from me as well.
See you all next weekend!
Be safe out there.