Weekend Photo Fun - January 14 through January 16, 2022

[Ablebakercharlie]

crossthedog

I know these are not at the level of most of the amazing photography on this website, but someone has to represent the newby and the less skilled, so they feel welcome as well :D

Well said, in that like you,  I am nowhere near the level of craftmanship that some of the other members of this forum are at.  Your post inspires me to post one of my pics as well.  Thanks for posting!  Looks good!

I'm looking forward to seeing your bookstore and a boxcar next to it with the latest delivery from Ingram!!  

   

 This pic is the layout in May or so of 2021

 

 

Here is a pic of the layout as of now - I have it in black and white for dramatic effect.  The colors of the mountain are incomplete as well as some other glaring unfinished parts that are best not seen in color.  You can also see that I need to "bury" the protruding edges of the buildings that are clearly plastic. On the to do list.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/61437682@N04/51825261809/in/dateposted-public/

 

(as an aside -  if someone could suffer this fool (me) gladly and explain how to actually embed the pic in the post I would be grateful.  I am an Apple user and I think relatively intelligent but I cannot make it work!!)

[Lakeshore Sub]

gmpullman

 

 

 

 

Hello again:

I thought I put a link in my reply to you several posts back?

Scott, here are some photos of the 3D printed railings from Circus City:

Ore-boat_3D-rails by Edmund, on Flickr

Ore-boat_3D-rails-tight by Edmund, on Flickr

They may not be museum quality but they are certainly fine for HO and they are slightly more durable than styrene ones. I was going to use the Central Valley pipe railings or the ones from Tichy. I believe those would be too delicate and fussy to install. These have a nice "toeboard" that will hold cement better.

I found the salvaged Dorade vents I mentioned. Ten of them, if you're interested and if they are what you had in mind:

Dorade_Vents by Edmund, on Flickr

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gmpullman

 

 

 

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Ed, thank you so much. Those railings are exactly what I'm looking for.   I tried the Central Valley pipe railings but they are too brittle and way too expensive.   I need at least 84" of railing just for the first level and this will fit the bill perfectly.   Thanks also for showing the vents, but they aren't quite what I was looking for.

Scott Sonntag

[York1]

Ablebakercharlie

(as an aside -  if someone could suffer this fool (me) gladly and explain how to actually embed the pic in the post I would be grateful.  I am an Apple user and I think relatively intelligent but I cannot make it work!!)

 

Your pictures are on Flickr, so you need to find the BBCode, copy that, then on the forum posting menu, click the link (chain) button and past the code there.

You picture will not appear in your comment section until you post it.

 

Here is one of your photos:

 

Don't worry about the quality of your work or the quality of your photos.

If you have looked at my work, you will see that my work standards are nowhere near other posters here, but I will keep working at it and keep posting.

[HO-Velo]

crossthedog

upper Priest River bridge,

Matt,  Would your Priest River bridge have any connection to the town of Priest River in the panhandle of Idaho?

Your post prompted me to dig deep into my photo collection to find a couple pics I took of an old layout built in 1986, a nice trip down model railroading memory lane.  A visitor once remarked that the hills looked like piles of oatmeal, but rather then be offended I became determined to learn more and do better next time.  "We all have to walk before we can run," and at our own pace.  Sure glad I didn't miss out on all these years of learning, sharing and having lots of hobby fun.

Thanks and regards, Peter

[crossthedog]

Ablebakercharlie

Thanks for posting! Looks good! I'm looking forward to seeing your bookstore and a boxcar next to it with the latest delivery from Ingram!! Wink This pic is the layout in May or so of 2021

Hi ABC, Thanks for sayin'. And I now recall it must have been you that said you had put a spur for the Baker's Chocolate car behind your bakery/cafe. You'll be happy to know I rec'd my Bakers' car the other day and will be doing similar. And yes, the bookshop will be placed with its back to the rails. It would be great to have an Ingram car! Are you any good with creating custom decals? Or... I heard someone here say that the Pennsy B60B car (which is short enough to go up on my tight-curved branch) was seen all over America because it brought bundles of newstand periodicals from the big cities. So that's an idea, too. I like your pike. It looks like you can reverse direction one time, unless there's another reverse loop somewhere off-stage.

HO-Velo

Matt, Would your Priest River bridge have any connection to the town of Priest River in the panhandle of Idaho? Your post prompted me to dig deep into my photo collection to find a couple pics I took of an old layout built in 1986, a nice trip down model railroading memory lane. A visitor once remarked that the hills looked like piles of oatmeal,

Peter, yes... to be brutally frank, I have previously confessed guilty as charged for having lifted the entire town of Priest River out of northern Idaho and placed it not only in another state (mine) but also on a different railroad. I just liked the name so much I had to have it. My version is a bald fiction -- won't look anything like the real town. I also love the name Pend Oreille ("pond orray"). I suppose I could have had both if I'd left the town where it was and just ignored the fact that towns in the Pend Oreille valley were served by the Milwaukee Road.

  "Ah the oatmeal hills of home!" -lyric from trad. Celtic journeyman's song

[Pruitt]

The curve from the Wind River Canyon on the approach into Thermopolis (some imagination required - for now)...

[SeeYou190]

Thanks for the great weekend everyone. This thread was magnificent in this edition.

Michael: That 4-12-2 is a monster! The boiler looks like it is as long as a challenger.

Matt: Thank you so much for sharing your layout construction in Weekend Photo Fun! It has been a while since we had shares from a builder in here. Ringo used to share quite a bit, but then he had a baby girl and is busy now. Layouts under construction are one of my favorite subjects, and soon, I will be doing the same. WELCOME.

Abel Baker: Your pictures are not visible on my screen, sorry.

John: Thanks for sharing ABs picture. Another layout under construction. What fun. We are a lucky group now.

Peter: Thank you fort sharing pictures of your 1980s layout. It looks very similar to the one I built in the 1980s. Great stuff.

Mark: I cannot see your pictures either.

Now I am looking forward to next weekend.

-Kevin

 

[NorthBrit]

Mark.   I can see the picture.  A lovely one too.   Tried copying it to no avail.

[York1]

Here is Mark's picture:

 

[Pruitt]

SeeYou190

Abel Baker: Your pictures are not visible on my screen, sorry. ...

Mark: I cannot see your pictures either.

-Kevin

I had that problem too a couple months ago. Are you using Chrome or Edge? AEP528 gave me the fix when I posted about the problem. Here's what s/he said:

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With cs.trains.com loaded (it can be anywhere in the forums) click the lock icon next to the url, then "Permissions for this site". That will open up a settings page in Edge. Find the setting for "Insecure content" and change the dropdown to Allow. 

Reload the site and your images should appear.

For Chrome users, it's "Site settings" and "Insecure content" and "Allow", for Firefox users it's "Protection settings" and "HTTPS-Only Mode" then "Don’t enable HTTPS-Only Mode"

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Here's the entire thread: https://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/290260.aspx