I posted my latest pics of my N-scale diorama on a different thread so I won't post them here.
N Scale Coal Mine Diorama
For the most part I don't comment as much as I like to on Photo Fun. I do however, download the best of the pictures here and have them on my screen saver at work. So when I am getting lazy (or am on the phone) I get a rolling slide show of the work that is done here. It keeps me inspired about moving ahead with my own layout(s).
This week in particular there were several great pictures. Thanks everyone.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
mikelhh wrote:Some sensational photos here this week. I particularly like selector's steamer and TBryant's yard. Superb. A couple from my diorama . HO scale. Atlas loco, pulpwood car and hopper Proto 2000 BL2 Mike
Some sensational photos here this week. I particularly like selector's steamer and TBryant's yard. Superb.
A couple from my diorama . HO scale.
Atlas loco, pulpwood car and hopper
Proto 2000 BL2
Mike
Those are two of the most real looking scenes I have ever seen! Incredible!
DC
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Got my photos uploaded: here's a few i took on a diorama i made a while ago:
And, here's a few N-scale pics: I laid some track down on a section of my layout and put bushes and rocks in the background:
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conrailpolice wrote:
That engine looks way too clean. Do you weather your models or no? How about some dullcote?
Nothing new from me this weekend, but I've surely enjoyed seeing the fine work of some very skilled modelers here!
How right you are! I really need to pay more attention what link I'm posting!
Thanks,
Jarrell
New Haven I-5 wrote: jacon12 wrote: My Consolidated chugs away upgrade..JaRRell I have to correct you... it is a 0-8-0 switcher. Great pic!
jacon12 wrote: My Consolidated chugs away upgrade..JaRRell
My Consolidated chugs away upgrade..
JaRRell
Great pic!
Here's mine:
It was a weird kind of week. I had lots of non-model railroading things to do (I'm on the city council and then there's my job - sigh). I did build this 100:1 gearbox for the turntable in the background.
I always enjoy the work you all post on WPF each week (sort of makes up for what used to be in Model Railroader's Trackside Photos. Keep up the great work - you are my inspiration!
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Just wanted to let all those who posted pics; Just excellant stuff and quite relaxing to view. Tks.
cooltech
Last two from me. HO scale.
Atlas Gold Series SD35
and a trackside view of a Kadee boxcar and an Atlas hopper
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
4-6-6-4 Challenger wrote: sledgehammer wrote: i did not do anything this week . but I got a email of a good backhoe driver and I thought i would share CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!!!
sledgehammer wrote: i did not do anything this week . but I got a email of a good backhoe driver and I thought i would share
i did not do anything this week . but I got a email of a good backhoe driver and I thought i would share
CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!!!
Very cool!!! (didn't put all pics back on but they are quite impressive)
cootech
WC, Nice pic of the loco. And good idea to add the real engine photo for comparison.
Well I got quite a bit done on my layout this weekend. Mounted the Foam for my Mountain, built a track cleaning car, and my wife and I did little Ballast work. I'm also working on my Control Panel... The other Pics Look Great!
Brad
Thanks for the complements in respect of the 2 Cab Forwards (or should that be "2 Cabs Forward"?). Here they are from the other side:
Brian
Tom Bryant_MR wrote:Lee, I like how you did the lettering on the West Vaco building. Please share how you did it. wm3798 wrote: Thanks, Tom.First I went to county planning and zoning and filed for a sign permit. After a lengthy hearing, I finally convinced them that all of the lettering combined constituted a single sign, they originally wanted to bill me for each letter, arguing that each letter was separately applied, and terefore should be considered separate signs... But all seriousness aside, I used some commercially available plastic lettering, glued them to some Evergreen strip styrene that's fitted between the brick pilasters. I then sprayed those assemblies (strips and letters) flat black. Once dried, I sanded off the front surface of the letters to expose the white styrene underneath. I then touched up some of the edges with acrylic paints.Once all that was done, the crew installing the sign was slapped with several hefty fines by OSHA because one of the outriggers on the crane didn't have reflective safety striping on it.I tell you, this is the last time I include a town hall on my layout!Lee Regards,
Lee, I like how you did the lettering on the West Vaco building. Please share how you did it.
wm3798 wrote:
Thanks, Tom.
First I went to county planning and zoning and filed for a sign permit. After a lengthy hearing, I finally convinced them that all of the lettering combined constituted a single sign, they originally wanted to bill me for each letter, arguing that each letter was separately applied, and terefore should be considered separate signs...
But all seriousness aside, I used some commercially available plastic lettering, glued them to some Evergreen strip styrene that's fitted between the brick pilasters. I then sprayed those assemblies (strips and letters) flat black. Once dried, I sanded off the front surface of the letters to expose the white styrene underneath. I then touched up some of the edges with acrylic paints.
Once all that was done, the crew installing the sign was slapped with several hefty fines by OSHA because one of the outriggers on the crane didn't have reflective safety striping on it.
I tell you, this is the last time I include a town hall on my layout!
Lee
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Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
selector wrote: Okee doke. Enjoy the thread. It works better when folks try even a little bit to swallow once and just move on when they see something that they think isn't up to their own standards. But everyone can use a pat on the back, especially when they are trying hard. Even Michelangelo must have been half-proud of his first sculpture, and would have said of it later in life that it was still his best work. Or not.
Okee doke.
Enjoy the thread. It works better when folks try even a little bit to swallow once and just move on when they see something that they think isn't up to their own standards. But everyone can use a pat on the back, especially when they are trying hard. Even Michelangelo must have been half-proud of his first sculpture, and would have said of it later in life that it was still his best work. Or not.
Sir...You are a touch of class....Keep up the good work...You are making this thread fun again...John
wm3798 wrote: It's a little before 5 a.m. as the graveyard shift finishes switching the Westvaco paper mill at Luke, Maryland.Now the sun is up, beginning to burn off the morning mountain haze. The day shift crew is aboard VO-1000 129 now, and they begin sorting the cars in the yard leftover from the night before.A fresh cut of loaded coal hoppers has been delivered from the Laurel Valley....and 129 shoves a cut into the coal pier at the plant's power station. Later, the local arrives with today's first drop... cars to be spotted, and raw materials for the mill. The local's power spots the pulp racks at the pulpwood yard.Then 129 pulls a cut of empties and spots them at the warehouse to be loaded. They'll be ready to roll out with tomorrow's localAs the day goes on, more than 40 cars will be received, switched and spotted, and a similar number will be shipped out. As night falls, the second trick crew keeps 129 on the move as more cars are brought in and others are emptied and ready to ship out.The work goes on around the clock... and there's no rest for the weary old Baldwin...Lee
It's a little before 5 a.m. as the graveyard shift finishes switching the Westvaco paper mill at Luke, Maryland.
Now the sun is up, beginning to burn off the morning mountain haze. The day shift crew is aboard VO-1000 129 now, and they begin sorting the cars in the yard leftover from the night before.
A fresh cut of loaded coal hoppers has been delivered from the Laurel Valley.
...and 129 shoves a cut into the coal pier at the plant's power station.
Later, the local arrives with today's first drop... cars to be spotted, and raw materials for the mill. The local's power spots the pulp racks at the pulpwood yard.
Then 129 pulls a cut of empties and spots them at the warehouse to be loaded. They'll be ready to roll out with tomorrow's local
As the day goes on, more than 40 cars will be received, switched and spotted, and a similar number will be shipped out.
As night falls, the second trick crew keeps 129 on the move as more cars are brought in and others are emptied and ready to ship out.
The work goes on around the clock... and there's no rest for the weary old Baldwin...
Lee, excellent work and photos. I especially like night shots of model railroads. They are very dramatic and add to the illusion.
How about a night scene?
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wm3798 wrote: Lee
Tom
Some really nice work posted here this week. Too many to mention them all individually but the postings from bogp40, mikelhh, Tom Bryant, and Lee stand out for me.
Bogp40 - thanks for your posting. The last pic shows a city street that runs alongside a retaining wall - a design that's very similar to my own layout.
For years I haven't been able to decide how to scenic what's at the bottom of that wall and it's currently the only unscenic'd part of the layout. I get just a hint of what's down there from the final pic in your post - I would really appreciate seeing a bit more of that area if / when you have a chance, so I can finally eliminate the last stretch of bare plywood.
Cheers.
Mike, it's hard to tell what's real and what isn't, and that's about the highest compliment I can give!
mikelhh wrote: Some sensational photos here this week. I particularly like selector's steamer and TBryant's yard. Superb. A couple from my diorama . HO scale. Atlas loco, pulpwood car and hopper Proto 2000 BL2 Mike
Mike,
You have done a fantastic job on your scenery and photos. The lighting adds to their appeal.
I'm glad someone else finally got to use the cleaning cloth idea. Yours are the first pictures I've seen of someone else using it.
More shots please Mike.
Bob
http://southcoastrail.blogspot.com/
Many thanks for the comments It's a big advantage being able to take the photos in natural sunlight.
Guilford Guy: I made the trees on twisted wire frames coated with DAS clay, coconut fibres for branches and twigs, finished with Heki foliage mat.
The road is made with plaster of paris, with artists texture paste over the top, and fine-sieved ballast sprinkled on top. Asphalt crossing was made with DAS clay.
Ground cover / grasses is cleaning cloth [learned on this forum from fellow Aussie South Coast Rail]
http://http://cs.trains.com/forums/1240342/ShowPost.aspx
Also grass tufts made with jute twine fibres.
I have been adding a branch line. I'm still working on scenery for it, but here's some photos of some that is close to completion. The GE 44 ton was acquired for this branch line, and I painted and lettered it. CB&Q operated a few similar GE 44 ton locomotives in branch line service.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Finished this box car last night. Here's what it cost to finish this up.
Life like Valasic Pickle box car purchased at a garage sale $1.00
Atlas Bettendorf 70 ton trucks purchased at a train show $3.00
Kadee couplers using two couplers from a package of four $1.88
Micro scale decals 1/2 of a sheet $2.50
Floquil box car red paint 1/2 bottle $1.46
Grand total $9.86
Not bad at all. It runs and looks just as good as one of those $18.00 to $25.00 RTR cars.
chuck