I don't know what to say. Like every other week, I am STUNNED at the quality of work here. Some of it is by far better than some stuff I've seen in MR.
Over the weekend, I got to painting my SW1500. It is and Athearn Blue Box that I bought for BN and am painting for my railroad. The colors are CR blue and BN green. The entire thing is brush painted and the paint is not mixed where it's not supposed to be. That really surprises me, considering I did absolutely zero masking. My trick? A very small brush.
I still need to get the decals (that'll be a while, because I need to custom order them, since I can't print in white) and paint and attach the remaining handrails, but it's a start.
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Older picture showing my Y6-b, Hudson and M1a tender.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Super pics everyone! Since I work weekends I rarely get a chance to post on this thread but let me see if I can sneak one in......
Athearn Genesis F3 pulling into a passing siding....
Have a great week folks,
Matt
Track Repair at Hawk Point Elevator.
cudakenTrainManTyWhat a great shot! Could you post more about your layout? I will go along with that! Cuda Ken
TrainManTyWhat a great shot! Could you post more about your layout?
I will go along with that!
Well, I finally got some more work done this afternoon. This included road construction and adding details to the loading dock. Too bad the contractor knocked down 3 links of the chain link fence, two steps forward and one back.
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
Some days all goes well until a few minutes before quiting time as the minor derailment shows.
This B&M boxcar derail on the last switch move of the day.
Upper Management decided to wait till Monday to rerail the car since OT would be involved.
This crew doesn't usually work Saturdays but,the distribution center was running behind unloading cars.
Another surprise was this C&O RS1..This unit belongs to a local chapter of NRHS..C&HV leases this unit on special occasions but,not for regular train service..Don't know the full story.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Here's my my picture of the day.
I've been on a hiatist for the last year but I'm back. Been hard at work converting to DCC and its been a chore for me. This one will get a blast of weathering in the coming months. I'm thrilled with the sound and the more realistic motion that I have now.
4x8 are fun too!!! RussellRail
Another week of un-beleivable photo's, I can't ever get enough of these!
I keep telling you guys you can't post pics of real trains!!!
Maybe in another month or so I can start posting some pics. I'm still laying track...
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
jdoboA meet in Springsteen:
I hate to quote photos, but this is just a single one and deserves to be seen again anyway. What a great shot! Could you post more about your layout?
cwclark Great pics guys, especially the cab forward. Here's my entry. It's an SPMW tool car that I found a picture of when surfing the net awhile back with the picture description depicting the train heading to the Colton yard in California. How it got sent there from the Englewood yard in Houston is anyone's guess. Anyway, I thought it was a cool looking car so I took an IHC smooth side passenger car and turned it into the tool car. I had to cut 8 ft. off of each end of the orginal pullman standard and then removed sections of the body and then wrapped the frame with a sheet of .005 styrene to cover the original doors and windows. I then used a hobby knife and cut out the different portals that I saw from the picture as close to scale as I could get it. With some sanding , painting, a few strips of styrene here and there, and grab iron installation, got it finish Thursday night. It took me two weeks of evening work to complete the model. ....chuck
Great pics guys, especially the cab forward. Here's my entry. It's an SPMW tool car that I found a picture of when surfing the net awhile back with the picture description depicting the train heading to the Colton yard in California. How it got sent there from the Englewood yard in Houston is anyone's guess.
Anyway, I thought it was a cool looking car so I took an IHC smooth side passenger car and turned it into the tool car. I had to cut 8 ft. off of each end of the orginal pullman standard and then removed sections of the body and then wrapped the frame with a sheet of .005 styrene to cover the original doors and windows. I then used a hobby knife and cut out the different portals that I saw from the picture as close to scale as I could get it. With some sanding , painting, a few strips of styrene here and there, and grab iron installation, got it finish Thursday night. It took me two weeks of evening work to complete the model.
....chuck
Wow Chuck That's a great looking Car
Nice paint job !
TerryinTexas
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Hi folks. Really, really nice work shown here this weekend. I just returned from another long trip to Asia, so no layout pics from me. But while I was over there I needed to get my hands on some cheap, non-counterfeit, 3D drafting software. I found Google Sketchup 7 for free online, and after using it on my project fiddled around with it just for kicks. Here's a quick rendition of a boxcar. With a bit of practise, you can make almost anything with Sketchup, and of course, you can orbit around the model and see it from any angle you choose. It seems to me that for certain projects, being able to look at a model this way could be very helpful, whether it's to judge clearances, esthetics, whatever. Anyway, thought I'd share it with you if anybody has the need. Cheers.
IVRWNothing much this week for me because I am in Orlando Fl. Since it was my birthday recently, I got a gift from a friend here. This was taken in Savannah Georgia, where they got it from a Museum. I believe it may prove instrumental in designing my next yard.
The same roundhouse today:
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Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
IVRWSince it was my birthday recently, I got a gift from a friend here.
A belated to you! I see, that you have updated your signature accordingly It was apleasure to observe, how much you have grown in the last year! Keep ´em rolling, those iron wheels!
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
howmus
San Dimas Southern slideshow
steemtraynNice. Can we see the rest of the engine?
Thanks, but this is one weathering job I can't claim. My loco for sure but that awesome weather is the work of Michael Couvrette, "Coovi" at MTW as he's known by some. I love weathering my stuff because it isn't really proto weathering and I can get silly with it but I wanted this one to look exactly like a pic I found online and quite honestly I wasn't comfortable doing it. I'd say he nailed it.
Funny thing is I'll have to find a club to run it at or run down to Bob's because it sure won't fit on my layout.
A scene on our club's layout. Rolling stock and picture belong to another member of the club.
The gray cylindrical structure was scratch built by another member.
Aside of posting the picture I did lay the track work.
Jack W.
steemtraynMargaritaman Nice. Can we see the rest of the engine?
Margaritaman
Nice. Can we see the rest of the engine?
You have to ask him nicely.
rs2mikeSo what are you gonna do with the turntable? Interested in getting rid of it or are you moving it to another location?
I want to get rid of it. I've now got 2 unwanted Heljan 14" turntables. One with a brand new walthers motor. Maybe they would make nice frisbees?
And some other project I have worked on.
Atlas amtrack was a complete wreck, all taken apart, no decoder, pieces everywhere.
Atlas rs-1
Athearn trainmaster dummy turned to power unit and yes I know the trucks are wrong. This was built for my leasing company like it survived the torch and was upgraded.
My $40.00 BLI Hudson. Missing teather and sound decoder and electronics and rear trucks on the tender. Got the tender on warranty, had a guy make me a theather and added my own decoder. Saving up for a sound decoder for it.
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
Here is what I have been up to lately between looking for jobs online.
after pics of the ken kidder brass train I restored
before pics of the ken kidder looks pretty nasty
Driline So Long Turntable..... Hello hole in ground... Hmmm...now what to do. Could make a nice swimming pool, or could possibly hold a nice ice cold bucket O' Beer.
So Long Turntable.....
Hello hole in ground... Hmmm...now what to do. Could make a nice swimming pool, or could possibly hold a nice ice cold bucket O' Beer.
jacon12 Darn, this is good! Grampy, every time I see your work I get depressed... How did you do the tall green grass at the bottom right corner of the photo? Jarrell Grampys Trains Very nice work, everyone. RS1 crossing Hammer Creek. [snip]
Darn, this is good! Grampy, every time I see your work I get depressed...
How did you do the tall green grass at the bottom right corner of the photo?
Jarrell
Grampys Trains Very nice work, everyone. RS1 crossing Hammer Creek. [snip]
Very nice work, everyone.
RS1 crossing Hammer Creek.
[snip]
Looks like fake fur to me
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch