WPF 12/19-12-21

[shayfan84325]

I ventured into the train room at the opening kickoff of the Bears/Packers game.  I've been working on Campbell's Gramma's House since Saturday evening - tonight was the night to assemble the 20 wall sections together.  By the time the Bears won in OT I was just gluing the last of the sections into place:

One thing I'll say for Gramma,her house has plenty of corners.  I used the grid on my cutting pad to help keep it all square.

I'll post progress photos next week on WPF.  In the mean time, you all have a great Christmas.

[Ibflattop]

Jon.

 When ya do go to a show, How much rolling stock and engines do you fellas take?     Kevin

[nasaracer32]

Hey RR Canuck, great shots!  Where did you find that long retaining wall?

Terry in Texas, everyone is right, great job on the ink.  Good work!

 

[C&O Fan]

JimRCGMO

jacon12

 Let me echo the others here, I think the india ink wash is just right.  Get that dog and chair on the porch, some ground work around it and it's gonna be first class.  I wish I could do half this good.

 

, and Terry, maybe put an old wood stove in one corner for those cold nights.

Great work and photos, everyone! I need to get a camera (preferably digital), but Christmas isn't here quite yet, so no pics from me. Have been looking
 over some structure kits I've started, and trying to figure how to get some 'Gothic' shaped openings cut in the board-n-batten walls for the windows.

 Jim in Cape Girardeau

Thanks to all for the kind words

and Jim i had thought about adding a chimney but i think your suggestion makes more sense given the size of the house

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 The WPF on page three? Not on my watch!

[Packers#1]

 Well, I don't have pictures of the wiring I did today, but I also created a switchlist today. I followed the instructions at http://www.zianet.com/awebsite4u/pformin.html , but customized it a little bit too make it unique. For some reason, some of the lines got cut off, but for the most part, they're there. All rows between the "foreman/Engine No." line to the "-Double A Service, To The T-" line are 16 point size font each:

[jon grant]

blownout cylinder

Jon--love the set up--how long does it take to put the display together once you are at the venue?

About 3/4 of an hour to get the test train running, once all the stuff had been carried in from the cars - assuming 4 regular operators. Some shows are better than others in that you can drive right up to the layout site and unpack direct.

The legs can be erected in a few minutes and the boards plonked straight onto them once the packing has been removed. 

 

The lighting rig and the fascia board probably take the longest to fit.

The layout was designed as an exhibition layout so everything has been designed for speed of erecting and  dismantling. Two things that help greatly are to stick as much of the scenery, road vehicles and figures down as possible and use purpose-built stock boxes for the locos and freight cars, rather than try and pack each into their original boxes.

 

Jon 

 

[blownout cylinder]

Nice pix everyone! eventually I'll get somewhere near presentable!

Jon--love the set up--how long does it take to put the display together once you are at the venue?

[JimRCGMO]

jacon12

 Let me echo the others here, I think the india ink wash is just right.  Get that dog and chair on the porch, some ground work around it and it's gonna be first class.  I wish I could do half this good.

 

, and Terry, maybe put an old wood stove in one corner for those cold nights.

Great work and photos, everyone! I need to get a camera (preferably digital), but Christmas isn't here quite yet, so no pics from me. Have been looking
 over some structure kits I've started, and trying to figure how to get some 'Gothic' shaped openings cut in the board-n-batten walls for the windows.

 Jim in Cape Girardeau

[ngartshore350]

Nice images people!

Just a Water Tower I've completed.

Nige.

[jon grant]

Nice photos guys.

With having a show last weekend, I am currently in modelling overload phase this week, so not much from me. I did manage to snap a few piccies off showing the layout in its sectional state, while I was unpacking it. A week later and it still looks pretty much the same.

First up, the layout at Wigan show last weekend - about 320 mile round trip, I don't get much time to take snaps at a busy show, so I usually take them before the show opens on the Sunday morning

The sections fit together for transportation to and from the show. This means attaching end supports and protecting the backscene with packing foam.

One of the boards seperated from its partner but with the end-divider and foam still in place

Two of the boards unpacked and ready for joining together on the frame I use at home. The layout rests on the metal frame in the basement, rather than the exhibition legs, to lower the layout to a workable height.

Jon

[SD60M]

Its been a bit since i posted here so here goes! While i have been in a battle with my benchwork and money to finish it i have laid my tracks down on the floor once again and here is the small yard that i do have some fun with! BN SD24 and SW8 get ready to sort the ore cars from the box and ballast cars. Enjoy!

-Kade

[steinjr]

Following the find of a some new prototype photos, I rebuilt my Mississippi coal barge from this (WPF 11/21):  

to this:

  Now I am waiting for my Walthers 25 ton brownhoist kit (http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/932-5611), to try to recreate something like this prototype scene: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=77011

 With Christmas coming up, I am waiting to see if Santa will bring an airbrush this Christmas. I have (mostly) been a good boy this year ...

Smile,
Stein

 

[RRCanuck]

Thanks Lou.  I'm thinking of an overhead sign - need to scratchbuild one, but doubt that it will be very difficult.  Cheers.

[lvanhen]

In the States, they would plant it right in the sidewalk!!  (heck with the pedestrians!!)  BTW  Nice photos!!!

[RRCanuck]

Yes, Lou - very observant!  I haven't figured out where to put it yet.

[lvanhen]

RRCanuck

 

 

 

Don't you need a "One Way - Do Not Enteer" sign in front of Radio Shack?

[pike-62]

Local shortline moving past the tower enrout to pick up 1 boxcar to deliver to a local industry on it's line.

[Packers#1]

Tom, I'd be careful, she looks like she tinks she owns da joint

EDIT: RRCanuck, great shots. Love the first one.

[RRCanuck]

Hi folks.  It's been a long time since I've posted.  Anyway, here are a couple of different views of Cliff Street.  Skies are digital.

Cheers.

 

 

[twhite]

Ed:

No, that's not Spooky, LOL!  It's some kind of weird Walrus carving that my sister brought back for me from her trip to Alaska a couple of years ago. 

Here's the real Spooky:

Otherwise known as "She Who Must Be Obeyed." 

Tom

[loathar]

shayfan84325 -Thanks for that masking tape on the back tip!

Fiatfan-Great looking sidewalks.

[slow train Ed]

tom one stupid( but a question) Is that spooky setting behind the cat? lol. well they are the same color.

slow train Ed

[rolleiman]

Haven't done much on the layout in months but still looking in once in awhile. Here's the photo that became this year's Christmas card.

[shayfan84325]

Cool picture, Tom!

A 19 pound cat!  He must keep the neighborhood dogs in line.

I was looking at the OSB end of my layout and got to thinking that it looks kind of neat with trains and buildings, but no earth.  So, I took a picture for you all:

What you are seeing are both ends of my point to point layout; the lower level is one point and the upper level is the other point.  The two tunnels are disguising a reversing loop. 

I'm hoping to get a layer of scenery down before spring.  There will be rocks and some retaining wall at the drop-off between the two levels, but the rest of the terrain will be mostly texture, and a road.  I'll post pitures as it progresses.

I have one more structure to complete before I begin scenery.  It's Campbell's "Grand Ma's House."  It will be located in that area just beyond the Heisler.

I was cutting the Grand Ma's House window openings this evening and thought you guys might like to see my method.

I use this tool.  It's a worn out mortising chisel (square, hollow, with 4 cutting edges).  I added a handle and sharpened it:

To use it, I remove most of the wood from the middle of the planned opening with a motor tool, then place the chisel in the corner of the opening, and hit it with a mallet:

Once I've done all four corners, these are my results:

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The masking tape on the back of the pieces helps prevent splitting.  What I like about this method is that it is quick and gives me reliably square openings.

[selector]

I would say that this weekend is a cut above the majority, probably placing it in the 80th percentile or higher.  Really nice images from all contributors.  Zoe's scenes are smashing, and I love Larry's layout...looks so real.  A new feline, Tom?  I hope it doesn't pounce on one of your nice Yellowstones.

Jarrell's images almost defy description.

I thought I'd show a new engine taking an excursion along the interchange across the Seneca River.  This is an excursion run, with the engine borrowed from the N&W for a service contract.

 

[twhite]

Great pictures!  It's sure a great start to the weekend. 

Nothing much from me this weekend, it's been too frigid out in the garage to work on the train, so I delved into the photobox and came up with this photo: The Royal Gorge eastbound coming out of the South Yuba Canyon with one of my trusty M-67 4-8-4's on the head end.  The westbound loco is my PFM 'kit-bash' F-81 2-10-2 coming off of Yuba Summit from a helper assignment. 

And just in case none of you have met him, this is my new TrainCat, Remington.  He's a 2-year old 19-pound "Wegie" (Norwegian Forest Cat) and he likes to stalk articulateds.  Spooky's rather pround of him.

Tom

[Packers#1]

 Great pictures so far everyone, and we still got one more day left!

No real pictures from me this weekend, but i've gotten started on weathering.

[ClinchValleySD40]

Eastbound manifest #96 passing through Carbo, WV

 Larry