stokesda I'm turning it into an SCL U36B using the excellent article from the Aug '88 MR by John Edwards (not the former vice-presidential candidate, mind you)
I'm turning it into an SCL U36B using the excellent article from the Aug '88 MR by John Edwards (not the former vice-presidential candidate, mind you)
Yeah, the former vice-presidential John Edwards could probably give you better advice about switching with a Cow and Calf...
John
Bob grech Great work everyone. Here's a short video clip to share: http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g300/engineerbob/?action=view¤t=MVI_1281.mp4
Great work everyone. Here's a short video clip to share:
http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g300/engineerbob/?action=view¤t=MVI_1281.mp4
Great video. Outstanding waterfall. I kept waiting for the water to start moving. Looked over twice to make sure the video was going before I realized it was just an excellent modeling job!!
AntonioFP45 Stokesda, Always a pleasure to see another SCL modeler here! I plan on doing something similar to my Athearn BB SCL U-Boat. Your unit is looking really good! What number will it be?
Stokesda,
Always a pleasure to see another SCL modeler here! I plan on doing something similar to my Athearn BB SCL U-Boat. Your unit is looking really good! What number will it be?
Thanks! I haven't decided on a specific road # yet, but it will have to be one of the "earlier" ones (1802 or lower) because I planted the horn on top of the cab. Starting w/ 1803, it seems they put the horn on the long hood just behind the cab. I have a second one I'm planning to do in the Family Lines livery when I get around to it.
These will be the oddballs of my fleet, which has all western RRs. I've always had a soft spot for SCL because I grew up in central FL in the early '80s, and my dad bought these models when I was a kid (both originally SCL 1733). We never got a layout built, so mostly they ran on circles of brass track my brother and I put together on the floor, and got tossed in a cardboard box with a bunch of other toys when not in use. They took a lot of abuse over the years, but fortunately I don't need the original bent/missing handrail stanchions, missing plastic bell, horn-hook coupler clip, etc for this particular job.
BTW, I was able to get the yellow airbrushed on just before the weather turned to crap on Saturday. If all goes well, I'll be able to do the overall black color next weekend. Hooray, progress!
Dan Stokes
My other car is a tunnel motor
Wolfgang,
Please consider posting photos of your sound equipped RDCs. I saw them on your YouTube Videos and thought they were nicely painted and detailed.
wedudler A ride over my Silver Valley RR. Wolfgang
A ride over my Silver Valley RR.
Wolfgang
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MAbruce Very nice work so far. Makes me hesitant to try to follow up on what's been posted. A run down the grade:
Very nice work so far. Makes me hesitant to try to follow up on what's been posted.
A run down the grade:
MAbruce.
You definitely have nothing to feel hesitant about. Your work is right up there with the rest of the great contributors to WPF. The background blends in beautifully with the layout and the depiction of the abandoned track works very well.
Keep up the good work everyone.
Blue Flamer.
zgardner18 Forget about the foreground, I want to know about the background. Is it photo etched, painted, or just out doors? The trees to the back left look great as well!
Forget about the foreground, I want to know about the background. Is it photo etched, painted, or just out doors? The trees to the back left look great as well!
It will likely be disappointing to know it's only a digitally added photo backdrop. The trees to the back left look great because they are real.
Another thread discussed fantasy BN schemes. Here are some photos of the fantasy CSX passenger scheme I completed this week. To gain a sense of progression, I have 2 more cars in the dark future version in progress, and 3 more in the latest version that incorporates the colors of the historic C&O scheme.
The locomotives, E8 A and Bs as well as 2 F40PH units will receive a silver bnd to separate the yellow and blue to match the latest version.
Hi all, it finally got dark tonight to try shooting pictures of this one now. (it got light out yesterday morning before the car was re-assembled!)
Well, here is a shot of the Walthers model of the Milwaukee Road 'Hiawatha' Skytop Lounge car. It is also inscribed with 'Cedar Rapids' which is a city in my home state of IA. I scratch built the lighting for this unit & added all the figures. I finally got everything installed & working, after a couple of repairs of broken wiring & final fitting. One thing I did not consider was the bleeding of the red light in the tail cone. Although I put an enormous amount of paint coats on it to provide a paint light block, being a cast-in-clear piece, it really almost works like a fiber optic & transmits light inside itself. Next time I will actually bore out the headlight bucket & install an escutcheon tube to limit the light bleed through the clear part. The pictures themselves were shot with a long exposure & I was able to dim the interior lighting with the variable voltage from the power pack I had connected to the tracks. The 'moonlight' was provided by a blueish LED flashlight wiggled over the scene while the long exposure was collecting. This provided a balanced picture where the cars windows were not just bright spots of light, but you can actually see the interior & the happy people on the excursion. One other surprise was how bright the silver camera of the 'photographer guy' figure in the rear of the car looks, perhaps it should have been a black camera & not a white shirt for that figure. I also chose slightly lighter/brighter pictures than the locomotive practice shots, although the darker Locomotive shot looks more realistic to me. Please enjoy!
G Paine MAbruce: Very nice work so far. Makes me hesitant to try to follow up on what's been posted. A run down the grade: That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains?
MAbruce: Very nice work so far. Makes me hesitant to try to follow up on what's been posted. A run down the grade:
That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains?
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Hey fellas, great work and in-progress shots shown by all! Both of these shots fall under the later. I also have a progress vid
Got the roads going:
And here's the industrial corner:
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
stokesda It's been a long time since I've posted anything on the WPF threads (or the forum in general, for that matter). Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time Anyway, love the photos so far. Here's what I've been working on lately. A superdetailing project that started life as a 1980's era Athearn BB U33B. I'm turning it into an SCL U36B using the excellent article from the Aug '88 MR by John Edwards (not the former vice-presidential candidate, mind you) as a guide. Here's the front end And the other end. I airbrushed it with a light coat of white Rustoleum primer last weekend after these photos were taken. Tomorrow I'm planning to airbrush the yellow side sills... if the weather will cooperate, that is. Doesn't look too promising right now
It's been a long time since I've posted anything on the WPF threads (or the forum in general, for that matter). Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Anyway, love the photos so far. Here's what I've been working on lately. A superdetailing project that started life as a 1980's era Athearn BB U33B. I'm turning it into an SCL U36B using the excellent article from the Aug '88 MR by John Edwards (not the former vice-presidential candidate, mind you) as a guide.
Here's the front end
And the other end.
I airbrushed it with a light coat of white Rustoleum primer last weekend after these photos were taken. Tomorrow I'm planning to airbrush the yellow side sills... if the weather will cooperate, that is. Doesn't look too promising right now
I shot some new photos this morning for the Operations Road Show blurb on the web site for the 2012 NMRA National Convention in Grand Rapids (www.gr2012.org). Here are two of them.
Extra 714 West approaching Main Street in Buck Creek.
The eastbound Wabash local, east of Logansport.
The full set is up on their site, now.
And a photo from when we had the Operations Road Show set up at Hartford in 2009. This gives a pretty good idea of just how large this layout is, even though most of the last leg (to the right, a good 30% of the layout) is not shown.
-Fritz Milhaupt, Publications Editor, Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc.http://www.pmhistsoc.org
Great start to WPF guys. Keep the photos and ideas coming.
Here's one from the BRVRR:
A jammed break shoe gathers a crowd in front of the locomotive shop on the BRVRR. The model is an Atlas Trainline RS-32. The figures are from Woodland Scenics.
This is always the best thread of the week and always an inspiration.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
DanS: Really nice work, thanks for sharing it. I can tell, you put a lot of time & planning into making it 'right'! Great work!!
Wow Guys, excellent work!!!
(Jarrell, Flashlights used in photography are cool, no?)
Here is an Out-of-the-Box Intermountain ES44AC in BNSF colors, illuminated by moonlight. Well, more like an LED flashlight, actually. This is really a test shot for practice to shoot a custom lit passenger car I have been feverishly working on. I wanted to learn how far & creative I could be pushing my Nikon! As said, this is an un-altered IM ES44, no weathering, alterations or detail paint, as of yet, just some new fingerprints. I powered up my base with an old MRC TechII DC pack, & let the Tsunami equipped machine growl at me as I set the scene. There are two light sources, one hallway light; a very low watt CFL about 20+ feed away shining on the nose. The other light was a blueish LED pocket flashlight that I used in direct shine & performed a figure eight motion with while the exposure was collecting. I actually like the blue tint as it looks cold, as it is here right now. This shot was the second brightest, the more vivid one looked like I just PhotoShopped a blue filter on it. In that shot I did not change the camera settings, but I held the flashlight closer to the model, while sweeping the beam around the scene. I also now see I have an unintentional walkway light, (perhaps on both sides) from the ditchlight light pipes. However, to me the picture still looks pretty nice though. It was a successful practice photo session.
Please open the 'full size' version for best viewing!
It seems third time's the charm for you. Excellent photos, everyone. As for me, I have nothing to contribute on account I have been ill most of the week.
Will
I'm not sure why the above link did not work. let me try a different link, and if not successful, can I get someone to give me a quick "how-to" on downloading video clips. Thanks...
Have Fun.... Bob.
MAbruce G Paine: That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains? Thanks. It's an abandoned siding (non-operational) that leads to this old place:
G Paine: That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains?
Thanks. It's an abandoned siding (non-operational) that leads to this old place:
Really nicely done!
Chris
G Paine That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains?
A WW2 Krupp K5E railway gun has escaped from the United States Army Ordnance Museum and is now on the team track in Springsteen (or it's my layout so anything is possible)
Regards Jon
Very high bar set from the beginning this week.... Wow! Some great work being shown!
I installed lights in the workshop attached to the Engine house I am building. That room is basically finished. I still have to fabricate a detachable roof, but that isn't a huge project.
Started work on the main part of the engine house by adding the belt drives coming from the other room. Amazing what you see in a photo that you miss just looking at it..... There needs to be some correcting of the assembly... Big time! The drill press and the Lathe are not glued in place yet... Just sitting in there to see how it will fit and where they can be placed.
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hello to all. Just a few random shots from around Quincy Yard.
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Oh how I love Fridays and all the great photos. Great work everyone!!!
Bruce - That is a ridiculously great looking background, blends nicely with your scenery.
Blue - Very well done engine faciltiy, I like the transfer table. (I'm planning to build one soon).
Here is the 20th Century Lmtd. just pulling into the station.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
At the Club
Springfield PA