WPF 5/2 - 5/4

[AltoonaRailroader]

Altoona....Like your scratched end of track bumper..Nice work....Cox 47

Thanks Cox47, I just couldn't see paying that much for just one. So I tried one, it's not the best but it's pretty close. I was at the LHS and as usual running through the store looking at everyting and just happen to notice the brass stock strip for the hitch pad. I think it came out pretty good, but making track bumpers out of piles of ties is much simpler. LOL

 

 

[Cox 47]

Altoona....Like your scratched end of track bumper..Nice work....Cox 47

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff,

I agree on the Railbox.  Very credible.  Probably your best weathering job (that I've seen, anyway).  I think the acrylic washes are probably your best bet.

Was it one coat or multiple coats to get that?  The only reason I ask is because you may want to vary the degree of weathering on future cars with this one perhaps anchoring the heavy end.

Anyway, I had to say something.  That car is leaps and bounds above your other recent work.  I think you've found your technique.

It was two coats. I was experimenting.

[Dave Vollmer]

Jeff,

I agree on the Railbox.  Very credible.  Probably your best weathering job (that I've seen, anyway).  I think the acrylic washes are probably your best bet.

Was it one coat or multiple coats to get that?  The only reason I ask is because you may want to vary the degree of weathering on future cars with this one perhaps anchoring the heavy end.

Anyway, I had to say something.  That car is leaps and bounds above your other recent work.  I think you've found your technique.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Glad to see all the good photos here! 

Fantastic photos, everybody!

[Kenfolk]

Glad to see all the good photos here! 

Nothing from me this weekend--family event kept me out of town.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff,

It looks very good, did you use a wash for the weathering?  Would like to hear about your technique.

Wayne 

I had wanted to use India ink but couldn't find any. Wal-Mart was fresh out and no other place here sells it. The nearest would be Micheal's and that's a 120 mile round trip. Instead I used a pure black artist's acrylic paint in the Folk Art line (plaid). I mixed 1/2 an ounce of the paint gel with 22 ounces of alcohol in a spray bottle. I just laid the model flat on it's side and sprayed the mix on so it pooled on the car. I worked it around a little with a small paint brush. I then tilted it slightly so the mix ran down the side to the bottom. I used the corner of a folded over paper towel to wick away the alcohol. The paint flecks and specks were added as the black film dried. When it had dried I turned it over and did the other side. The roof and ends were done in a similar fashion. Cheap, simple and no two cars will be the same.

[sfcouple]

I've been somewhat busy today, as you can see.





All that remains is to add some rust here and there.

Jeff,

It looks very good, did you use a wash for the weathering?  Would like to hear about your technique.

Wayne 

[AltoonaRailroader]

I'm in this weekend. My fuel supplier got some major work done to it this weekend.

This is before:

 This is after this weekend. It's not quite done yet, I still have a lot of "little stuff" to do and I want to add a fence around the pit too.

 

Oh, yeah, and instead of paying $5.00 a pop for Haye's bumpers, I decided to try to make one myself. Not too bad, took me less than 30min.

 

Thanks Gang, I'll have more to post next weekend for sure.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

The Silver Series Gondola comes with metal wheels and is pre-weighted. It's pretty hefty.

[AltoonaRailroader]

This week I added two new cars to my fleet of rolling stock. The first is a rtr Athearn Railbox boxcar and the second is a Bachmann Silver Series gondola. The gon is scheduled for a repaint to KCS black and white.

I also picked up a Digitrax DZ143PS decoder to install in my Proto 2000 GP38-2. 

Heyyyy, I have one of those gons, pesky little critter it is. I changed it over to KD's and metal wheels but it's still too light so I have to weight it down pretty good. I like the RailBox car too.

[Don Z]

Don--

Excellent as always.  I hope you'll still be speaking to me after I let you know that after a great deal of thought and plotting, I chickened out about the Sierra Buttes and ordered a whole bunch of Cripplebush rubber rocks to do the job, instead.  I had visions of me trying to lean over those buttes with rock castings, some five feet off of the ground and doing a full-gainer into the scenery. 

Like that mine scene, I do  

Tom

Tom,

No need to worry....when I saw the photo of the buttes, I was wondering what sort of access you had. Hmmm...five feet high, hanging above the scenery on a ladder....can we get a photo of that? I can't count how many times I drooled over that Cripplebrush web site....I think you'll be happy with your decision once the scenery is done.

Don Z.

 

[twhite]

Here's another set of before and after photos of a section of my layout. The remaining white patch is a casting of a cut-stone retaining wall that still needs to be colored. The remaining castings still have some additional coloring coming their way.

Before:

After:

Don Z.

 

Don--

Excellent as always.  I hope you'll still be speaking to me after I let you know that after a great deal of thought and plotting, I chickened out about the Sierra Buttes and ordered a whole bunch of Cripplebush rubber rocks to do the job, instead.  I had visions of me trying to lean over those buttes with rock castings, some five feet off of the ground and doing a full-gainer into the scenery. 

Like that mine scene, I do  

Tom

 

[simon1966]

Even though I have not had very much to contribute in recent months it is always a weekend pleasure to take a look at all the progress and great work on WPF. I enjoy greatly seeing all the different skill levels and the fact that anyone can contribute.

Here are a couple of shots taken this weekend of a string of hoppers getting switched in the yard.

 

[New Haven I-5]

 MTH's new HO scale "Daylight" : http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh201/SuperChieff/?action=view&current=lkjh034-1.flv

[jecorbett]

Finished up a couple more buildings this week. Wish I could build them a bit faster.

Love the mountain Don! Great work everybody!

I know what you mean. For me, structure building is the most time consuming part of the hobby. As I said in my post which started this thread, the photos showed the sum total of my efforts for the past winter and spring. The front half of the layout which is mainly track, ballast and ground cover took less than a week to complete. The back half which is structure intensive took the rest of the time.

[jecorbett]

Here are a few trackside photos I took yesterday:

One more item scratched off my bucket list.

So as not to be completely off topic, I took these photos from the bridge between Churchhill Downs and the parking lots:

Based on the direction the train is headed, I'm going to take a SWAG and say this is a CSX Derby Special train that will soon be taking some players home to Chicago and maybe points in between.

 

[New Haven I-5]

 On more from Fullerton:

[New Haven I-5]

  Here are a couple of photos of the ATSF 3751 at the Fullerton RR Days today:  There are 2 videos in Elliot's Trackside Dinner.

[loathar]

Finished up a couple more buildings this week. Wish I could build them a bit faster.

Love the mountain Don! Great work everybody!

[Don Z]

Here's another set of before and after photos of a section of my layout. The remaining white patch is a casting of a cut-stone retaining wall that still needs to be colored. The remaining castings still have some additional coloring coming their way.

Before:

After:

Don Z.

[cwclark]

  Just finished this Walthers cornerstone building kit. The first building to go into a new waterfront scene at the Port of Houston spur I just started.

 

chuck

[mountaingoatgreg]

Well here is my contribution for the week. I have been working on a module for a club here in Kansas. I am depecting the "wrong side of the tracks"  and its really starting to come along. I  still have lots of work to do but it is really starting to  look like something.  Have a great WEEKEND!!

 

[sfcouple]

Thanks for those links, Tyler.  I'll have to figure out how to dub sounds, though; that'd be a new one for me.  Also, I would have to fairly closely match chuffs to revolutions which would mean a restricted range of speeds in many cases, and would restrict me to showing videos of trains underway at a steady clip.  Unless the library has start-up sounds..I could look for those.

Selector,

Actually they do have some startup sounds, I've downloaded a bunch, but like you I have to figure out how to dub them. 

Wayne 

[ChrisNH]

I finished constructing and priming my backdrop. Now I just have to paint the sky and hills. I am really looking forward to that.. also have to install the lighting real soon.

The baby had an ear infection, so finding time was a challenge.

[selector]

Lee, what a superb image!  Way to go.

Okrlroads, nice shots.  Your ballasting looks very good.

-Crandell

[OKrlroads]

Nice looking photo's this weekend, been dropping in to look, but haven't posted anything for awhile. Several shots from today.

New to road RSD

And couple of the old SW working the elevator job.

Have a great week everybody!

[tsgtbob]

In the spirit, here are a few of the O scale Stonycreek Valley, version 1.7

The B&O is an old UShobbies that basically fell apart from cold solder joints. Some quality time with a torch fixed that, I fabricated the frame from sheet brass stock, and for mock-up, I put a Weaver horizontal drive under it. Recently, I replaced the Alco trucks and Weaver drive, with the correct EMD Blombergs and an All-Nation geat drive.

That beast pulls like a Mad Dentist!

One of the "somewhat" finished sections of the layout. The home is a stock Lionel "Lionelville" house that will be corrupted into something a little more correct for my era/locale, the locomotive is an Atlas trainman GP-15T (not an exact model, but close enough for Govt. work. Atlas did in O scale what Walther's did in HO with their GP-15. Put a DB hatch on it, and called it good)

Much as I love them, this photo shows why '89 hy-cubes are not practical in O scale. On this layout, I have 40.5" radius curves. Now, I know that the HO folks would nearly kill to have that curvature, but in O scale, it's nearly as tight as 18" is in HO. Needless to say, these two beasts are "yard eye candy" or backdrops on my layout.

 

[VAPEURCHAPELON]

I've been somewhat busy today, as you can see.





All that remains is to add some rust here and there.

Jeffrey,

this is a very credible weathering job! Your skills have been very much improved - and seemingly in a short time!

Please show some pics when the car is ready.