Thank you for the praise on the photo. It was taken on my camera phone and was by complete accident but came out amazingly well. The photo was taken on my module at the Great Train Expo here in Denver. The grade crossing lights work. I built the grade crossing signs from the cheapo Bachmann ones, added LED's and repainted them. The road was a experience. I used a foam road material on top of a 1/8" piece of masonite. I then weathered it by rubbing real dirt into it and sealing it with dullcote. The truck is a cheapy one I bought at Caboose Hobbies.
Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
I nominate this shot for the cover of an upcoming edition of Model Railroader. Like another poster put it, "It's a picture of all of us."
Renegade1c
Outstanding photo by Renegade!
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Ray,
Your railroad might be S.L.O.W. but it is never too late.
Thank You! The Field of hay (Wheat ready to be harvested actually - it's mid August 1925 on the SLOW) is made from Woodland Scenics Field Grass. comes in several colors. For the Wheat Fied it was cut to size and glued in place with white glue. every time I take a photo of it I see some places that need to be trimmed....... Yes it would work for O scale. The Seneca Lake, Ontario and Western RR is in HO.
I notice that you list your location as Western NY. Could I inquire as to where in Western NY? The reason I ask is that The Lakeshores Division of the Niagara Frontier Region, NMRA will be having a meet March 21st. in Geneva, NY. My layout will be on the afternoon tour. If you are interested send me an e-mail and I will send you information about it.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Great detailing and nice field of hay. Can I ask what you used. Wondering if that could be done in O
model in O. the Western NY and Ontario Railroad
Lots of very impressive work this weekend! Thanks to all for sharing your photos.
Wow! I am very, very impressed (just like always)! Hope I'm not too late to add a bit here.
Line poles, line poles, line poles. Everywhere you look you can see linepoles..... (At least everywhere I have them done so far.)
Line poles in town:
Line poles out in the country:
Dave, lower your light, and make your exposure longer. You'll be amazed how much comes into focus in a longer exposure.
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
I wanna second the motion (on the barn kudos)...instantly got a feeling of going to an uncle's farm in September, back when the world seemed such a peaceful place.
I have to admit thinking (when looking at the latest Walthers flyer) that there has always been a BARN model for sale, and turning up my nose at it, as if only a real tinplate setting could handle such an item. My mind has been changed on that score, thanks to the above photo.
loatharwsdimenna -VERY nice barn scene! You really nailed the fall tree colors.
wsdimenna -VERY nice barn scene! You really nailed the fall tree colors.
Thanks, I have to give Noch leaf flakes all the credit. Their colors hit the mark.
DrilineI want that room vacumed, the toys picked up and that shelf straigtened now mister before our friends come over, or they'll be no dessert for dinner!
I want that room vacumed, the toys picked up and that shelf straigtened now mister before our friends come over, or they'll be no dessert for dinner!
well, ya see, it's kinda hard to KEEP it clean.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Driline Very nice. That looks like it will be one fun layout to operate. What's the overall size room and track plan look like?
Very nice. That looks like it will be one fun layout to operate. What's the overall size room and track plan look like?
Driline,
10 feet x 17.5 feet
I will need to check, the plan number (No. 38?) it is pretty close to a direct copy of a plan in the book "101 track plans".
Dual track with 7 sidings of coarse more mould be better!
Regards,
Nige.
the realism on this thread this weekend is truely amazing... Think mnay of these photos could find a place in magizine. Thanks guys for the inspiration
Barn along the tracks..
Bill D
Kon
Modelling the BN 1970-1995
Great modeling and photography again this weekend everyone!
The photo of the little kid watching the train is indeed all of us. You can take almost the same photo in my train room on a daily basis.
Here's a photo from my website.
NYC RS-32 #8038 meets NYC GP-40 #3083 as they pass near the Grafton Tower on the Black River Valley layout. I love the sound of ALCO engines. They bring back a lot of memories for me.
Keep them coming guys. You are always inspiring.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
unca roggie There's a photo of a little kid looking closely at a passing model train, back a few postings...I swear there's a family picture of ME just like that, in black and white, among the hundreds in an old box in the basement...taken at the local hardware store in Wayne, Michigan, in about 1954, drooling like a rabid bloodhound, at the sight of an American Flyer passenger train whizzing by in front of my face.
There's a photo of a little kid looking closely at a passing model train, back a few postings...I swear there's a family picture of ME just like that, in black and white, among the hundreds in an old box in the basement...taken at the local hardware store in Wayne, Michigan, in about 1954, drooling like a rabid bloodhound, at the sight of an American Flyer passenger train whizzing by in front of my face.
That's a picture of all of us!
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
Without using that Helicon Focus software, depth of field in N scale photography can be very problematic. Nevertheless, I like to experiment.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
My contribution to this weekend's WPF thread.
CNJ831
ngartshore350 Hi All, Jarrell - Nice Scene Tim - Beautiful trackwork Grampys Trains - Good as ever Hawks Ridge - Nice scene Just some progress shots from me:
Hi All,
Jarrell - Nice Scene
Tim - Beautiful trackwork
Grampys Trains - Good as ever
Hawks Ridge - Nice scene
Just some progress shots from me:
Good golly, there's really nice stuff here this week! I almost didn't post due to an extreme sensation of unworthiness
Had a couple of things going this week. Here's the Phoenix Building, so named because it rose out of a box of scraps that I purchased
I printed window signs using some overhead projector transparency. Funny, I can't read the window signs with my naked eye and figured they'd printed as just little blobs, but with the camera zoomed in even with the reduced resolution in Photobucket they're very nearly legible. In the original hi-res photo on my computer, the second floor window sign (Gump & Forrest Attorneys) was plain as day, as were the shoe store business hours posted on the front door. I was really surprised.
I'm also getting closer to tolerable trees. Here's one I made today using a sprig cut from a spirea bush in my yard, some WS green polyfiber, and dyed sawdust of all things for the leaves.
It aint exactly Supertrees, but you can't beat the price
My SD24s arrived, along with a bonus.
Eventually I'll get around to weathering and patching the CB&Q SD24, but probably after I finish my other projects.
The bonus is a walthers airslide hopper, with kadees and metal wheels. Only one problem, it shows a build date of 06-93. I model up until 1985, but IIRC, the Great Northern had some, so my excuse as of now is the guy at the factory had the stencil upside down. It was supposed to be 06-63.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Here's my contribution to WPF. These shots were from the Great Train Expo here in Denver.
New scene completed on my Collier Bluffs and Poker Flat RR. Scratchbuilt trestle,stained with shoe dye,pink foam mountain,furnace filter trees and old brass consolidation.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/
Here we go again- thanks to all for the suggestions on posting, hopefully we've got it this time!
This is the Walthers City Water Tower in n-scale with a little added graffiti- it's not John Deere green but close enough!
Chuck & Heather