Hoople wrote: Tom B, I'd love to see a trackplan of your yard, or at least a full picture.Excellent modeling.
Tom B, I'd love to see a trackplan of your yard, or at least a full picture.
Excellent modeling.
Thanks for the encouragement Mark.
A PDF of the track plan is at
http://home.austin.rr.com/tomsandy/Garage.pdf
An aerial (sorry about the mess) view is at
http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z259/TomBryant_mr/Texas%20Smithville%20Line%20RR/?action=view¤t=b2a515f8.jpg
Regards,-Tom B
Tom
Railphotog wrote:Old model of a machine shop, photo by new camera and lens: ...Camera: Canon Rebel XTi, lens Tamron 11-18mm zoom. Machine shop scratchbuilt in HO scale many moons ago!
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Camera: Canon Rebel XTi, lens Tamron 11-18mm zoom. Machine shop scratchbuilt in HO scale many moons ago!
Mark P.
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I...I...I think this one was the weakest Thanksgiving I've ever had, but thats another story....
Heres a photoz.
Before...
MUCH later...
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EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION
http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588
Railphotog wrote: Old model of a machine shop, photo by new camera and lens: Camera: Canon Rebel XTi, lens Tamron 11-18mm zoom. Machine shop scratchbuilt in HO scale many moons ago!
Old model of a machine shop, photo by new camera and lens:
Bob... the latest photo of your engine shed is absolutely mind-blowing!!! Your modeling and photographic skills are fantastic.
Bob/Iron Goat
It has been a long and fun week. Tomorrow, well, its back to you know where for many of us.
For the first time I tackled putting together some of the Walther's modulars. My target spot is that 1-3/4" space on top of the stone wall in the right of the photo - not much room.
I intended for this space to be the town of Taylor Tx and was originally thinking of pictures only. I had read that flats can be constructed from the modulars. These are the backs of the buildings backing up to Taylor yard below. I'm experimenting with different photos behind them. By varing the depth of each building, a slight sense of depth can be obtained. 1-3/4" is tough.
Here is an overall shot from the front.
From the left (or east side)
And last, from the west side.
Regards,
I have been working on weathering my track and rails......here's a photo of a section I worked on today. I forgot to clean the top of the rails before I took this picture.
Don Z.
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Great work as always from each of you! I tried to clean my track last Thursday after I got home from the feast at my Daughter-in-law's family only to be greeted by a short after getting it half cleaned. I didn't think i would ever get it back up and running. Finally, this afternoon, I started taking rolling stock off the layout to see if that made any difference and Voila! As soon as I took two reefers and my Decapod off the tracks at the Ice House, it came back on line. After reading a thread about someone who ruined a speaker in a loco when it picked up some track nails that had gotten on the tracks, I decided to create a magnet car out of an old flatcar that is too modern for my 1925 layout. At least the date on the side says it was made in 1947. On the other hand the maker did put polling pockets on the ends of the car. Lets see, Polling was outlawed in.......... Anyway this car will become a MOW car and do some milage on the SLOW after all. A strong magnet was glued under the car (Right side).Some of the stuff it found on it's first run of the mainline. Notice the pile on the plaster in front of the magnet as well. It was also covered with fillings on the magnet as well as the spikes (most likely from cutting the piano wires used in the Tortoise switch machines with the dremel).I also have been working on another retaining wall. Right now I am waiting on the LHS to get more in for me to finish it.
Bob, that is awesome work! Both the modeling and the photo.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Bob Boudreau
CANADA
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ARTHILL wrote:Tis the season when the MOW car becomes the dining car.
Now that is the way to serve Thanksgiving dinner!
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
Yea, I noticed the coupler after posting the pics. That's what happens when you cut off the uncoupling pin so it clears the plow. Take things apart to install the decoder and lights and then rush to put it back together.
The class lights where not used by the BN. They came with them from the factory on the front, but were later plated over. Rear class lights were plated over. I've used MV lenses in the past, the problem right now is try to get them, they're continually out of stock. So instead of drilling the holes and having nothing to install, I chose to let them go and I'll be able to add them later, if they're every in stock.
All the changes/details where added to a factory painted loco. Now its time to lightly weather. BN usually kept the equipment very well maintained so the weathering will be on the light side and not overly done. I've been able to find 1 B&W pic of 904 and a pic of 905 to use as guides.
I would like to compliment all of our contributors this weekend, and the quality is steady throughout. It is so nice to see the variety here, the interests and vision.
I took yet another photo of the N&W Train Master I recently purchased, now on the lower switchback track.
Mike T.,
Very nice work! The buildings look exactly like the prototypes in the photos.
This is has been my week's project - completing the lighting on several scratchbuilt buildings for my N scale version of the old Hercules plant here in Brunswick, GA.
Here's a scan of the prototype facility I'm doing. The arrows indicate buildings I'll be doing.
Here are three of the buildings completed this week.
Lighting the buildings made it very necesssary to make a representation of machinery/piping inside. These are just various shapes, scratchbuilt piping, etc.
Her's two of the lighted scenery.
Next, of course, is turf, dirt, etc.
Mike Tennent
Thanks for the compliments everyone!
JKtrains, your coupler's upside down! (Don't worry, I've done that a billion times)
Other that that, that loco is outstanding!!!!!
The painted over class lights may be prototypicly correct, as many were plated over to save on maintanance costs.
Great job everyone!
Eriediamond wrote: jktrains wrote: I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2. Here's the front shot after details have been added:Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons. jk, I'm most envious of your work here. I only wish I were that talented. Please don't take my comments as a bashing of your work, it's not. There appears to be (after blowing the photo up to see the details), two things I would change here. First is the painted over class lights and most importantly is to flip the coupler over. Great work and thanks for shareing. Ken
jktrains wrote: I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2. Here's the front shot after details have been added:Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons.
I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2.
Here's the front shot after details have been added:
Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.
Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons.
jk, I'm most envious of your work here. I only wish I were that talented. Please don't take my comments as a bashing of your work, it's not. There appears to be (after blowing the photo up to see the details), two things I would change here. First is the painted over class lights and most importantly is to flip the coupler over. Great work and thanks for shareing. Ken
An easy fix for the class lights is a couple of MV Products #300 clear lenses. Use a pin to make a drill starting point in the center of the class light so the drill will not slip, then use a small drill bit (close to the diameter to the class light) to drill a "dimple" where the class lights are located . I like to use Micro Crystal Clear to install the MV lens into the dimple.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Great work everybody!! Like to give special kudos to Railphotog for great picture.WM3798 That Christmas layout will look great, just set back and watch that Shay chug around the slopes.TrainManTy Keep up the work on your photos, your getting better all the time.
Great work everybody!!
Like to give special kudos to Railphotog for great picture.
WM3798 That Christmas layout will look great, just set back and watch that Shay chug around the slopes.
TrainManTy Keep up the work on your photos, your getting better all the time.
Great photo weekend guys! Here's my contribution --- some olders pics...
Winter weather finally arrives in Castle Canyon as the heat fades away.
http://home.mchsi.com/~ironmaster1960/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
jktrains wrote:I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2. Here's the front shot after details have been added:Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons.
Nice weathering Jon !!
Here's a couple of shots of the 2 car Local that ran between Thurmond and Mt Hope
A distance of about 15 miles as many as 8 trips per day
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mikelhh wrote: great weathering, Jon
great weathering, Jon
Thanks Mike.
After painting with acrylics and lettering (except the RFP, which was already done) I applied acrylic washes and drybrushed the acrylic dirt on.
Jon
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Mike
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
Nothing new from me this week, so a few freight cars that have been through the works recently.
It's a folded dogbone on a piece of 2" foam measuring about 20" x 36". I had it up and running in about an hour. Now to add some snow, a couple of structures, and some lighting...Lee
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Looking good, btw, its time to update that Dale Jr hood for next year ;)
Too many good photos on here to single out one or two, so well done everyone.
Here's my near-finished scratchbuilt station building/waiting room on the OO scale British half of the layout.
And a couple of Maine Central locos - weathered Atlas RS11, new Proto 2000 S3. HO scale. Sky and haze added with Paintshop Pro.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Thanks guys for the complements.
Graphitehemi, that looks nice! SteamFreak, I think he might be winging it, but it looks way to good.
Dragenrider, nice work. I really like the trestle scene.
Well I got some more work done on my Diorama, I got the ballasting done. The main is Dark grey ballast, and is suppose to represent the former Soo Line main, and the interchange is MILW white to represent a former Milwaukee Road line that crossed the SOO farther up the diorama which I didn't model. Now WC just uses the Interchange to get on the former MILW main.
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SteamFreak wrote:Nice work, graphite. Are you following any plan, or just winging it?
Thanks! I'm following the plan that I made up on Thursday while looking at a few 'farm houses' in the Walthers cataloge. I just needed a little insperation to get a shape of the footprint.