tomkat-13 Nice job on the shop! Looks better than one of those high price limited numbered kits. Also I like that MOW steam shovel.
Nice job on the shop! Looks better than one of those high price limited numbered kits. Also I like that MOW steam shovel.
tomkat,
Thanks for the kind words. I can only claim the shop as mine.
I had the Rio Grande Models kit of the AH&D shovel built for me by a fellow in Maine, back when I had more money than time. It represents the Silverton Northern's ditcher, but I have yet to get it lettered.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Spent the day whipping this up. Got some foam panels from the ReStore, plus a couple of doors. I used a 24 and an 18" slab combined to get a 42" x 80" table in the dining room. Ideal for a decent loop of HO track, also scavenged from the white elephant table at the Delmarva Club. Most of it is Nickel Silver, but there's a couple of slices of brass rail in there so I can get nostalgic about cussing at HO trains when they stall.Ceramic holiday buildings will suffice this year, but Andy and I will be adding some snowy white landscape and other goodies over the next week or so.We understand that Santa likes to run trains when he stops on the roof here.Lee
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This years RIT Tiger tracks Train Show is now history. I got a bit of modeling done but spent more time talking with other Model Railroaders aging from about 5 to in their 80s.... I did finish the turnout I started yesterday, and got about half of another one done. Here are all of the ones I have done over a 3 week period (Batavia Show and the RIT Show):
What I should be doing most of the weekend is telling people why they should join the NMRA...
Dave and Ned were there today (Ned is an MRR, Dave was a former Superintendent of our division for several terms. Both are incredible modelers!)
One other gentleman was helping out at the Modelers Corner both days. He is assembling a brass locomotive kit. He doesn't like to have his photo taken and doesn't want to be named but he is an MMR and is making the loco using the directions and drawings in an ancient article from a Model Railroader Magazine he has saved for many years. BTW, he is the author of the article................
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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!
I really loved my model power RS-2 but of course it ran like crap. I also had a MP c -624 or something like that. So I took the contacts off of the second loco and put them on the RS-2 making it 8 wheel pick up. It's still a model power but runs much better this way.
Here some winter shots
Here are three pics of the Silverton Northern RR shop I built this week. Pretty much per prototype, but I took a few shortcuts in places out of view and narrowed the machine shop on the rear to fit the available space. The structure is black foamboard covered with Northeastern #55051 corrugated roofing, with styrene cut from a "For Sale" sign from the big box for the roof.
Nothing exciting to show this week, but a significant milestone was achieved: I now have spline roadbed completed for the mainline on the entire lower level of the layout. Not only is this a satisfying accomplishment, but it really clears the way for getting the final design of the lower level done. The photo below shows the new mainline through Clahoun, GA, where several industries will be served by a local:
Jamie
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TomKat,
Well you are doing very well, your DOF is excellent, as well as the lighting.The models steal the show, especially the forethought of all the schenes within!
Keep up the great work!!! I look foward to more!!
ChadLRyan Tomkat, Those shots look great, I have a friend that does some amazing things with Pentax equipment, as you are!Keep up the great work & pix!!!
Tomkat,
Those shots look great, I have a friend that does some amazing things with Pentax equipment, as you are!Keep up the great work & pix!!!
Thank you for the praise. The "how to" book on the camera is the size of a phone book!
This camera does so much by the time I learn 1/2 it will be out dated.
AltoonaRailroader ac4400fan: As usual Great work everyone . I showed some of your stuff to peaple at work today . and it was just WOW! heres mine this week, im working on trees and such. Have A great Weekend Guys. Carl. Great trees, what is ur process?
ac4400fan: As usual Great work everyone . I showed some of your stuff to peaple at work today . and it was just WOW! heres mine this week, im working on trees and such. Have A great Weekend Guys. Carl.
As usual Great work everyone . I showed some of your stuff to peaple at work today . and it was just WOW!
heres mine this week, im working on trees and such.
Have A great Weekend Guys.
Carl.
Great trees, what is ur process?
Tom Thanks a lot My Friend Its Been awhile. Im glad to be back working at it.
AltoonaRailroader
I use Scenic Express Trees, They come in bulk, you have to separate them to find the trees size your looking for then paint them , dip them in a, i use 70 /30 water and glue, course turf hairspray, i think there a lot of fun plus more realistic and the benefit of this in this economy is you can make hundreds for a small price .
I have been working on lighting & background + getting to know my camera (Pentax K-X) better.
Thanks Curt!
I do have some Mag glasses, but I'm near sighted & sometimes I just take off my specks & go free eye.. What is worse is if I am having a 'shaky' day.. Not so good.. Actually they are pretty easy, I think the effort in detailing PE parts in HO is not that different than in smaller scales.. Just trust youself & jump into it! Thanks for the compliment!
Great scenes Crandell and Carl.
Chad- The station looks great and you must have good eyesight to model in Z scale.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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A Z scale structure, that I was messing with this weekend, was fun!
Note the scale references added in as props, more in another thread.. ENJOY!!
ac4400fan As usual Great work everyone . I showed some of your stuff to peaple at work today . and it was just WOW! heres mine this week, im working on trees and such. Have A great Weekend Guys. Carl.
Sentinel Coal was getting behind on supplies, and it was also behind on coal shipments. The idea was to have fewer trains on the spur trying to get to sidiings. So, they contracted with the PRR to haull freight in, and used their locomotives to haul coal out. I caught the first long run of a freight into Sentinel headed by a massive 2-10-4 J1.
Thanks, Tom, you just swelled my head up. I am quite proud of the 2816, I gotta admit. That loco runs all the time, and is a constant maintenance headache. It runs strong and pulls like an ox, but it's really hard on driver springs for some reason. But it is run probably 5 hourse each and every week, so it gets a workout.
I hear you on the F-stop thingy. I'm the guy Instamatics were designed for.
Van Hobbies H1b, K1a, T1c, D10g, F1a, F2a, G5a. Division Point: H24-66 Hammerhead, Alco covered wagons A-B-B-A, C-Liner A-B-B-A, EMD FP7A A-B-B.
H1b modified to replicate modern day 2816. All with Tsunamis.
Carl: That river shot is just GORGEOUS!
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
My new Bachmann EM-1 on her 1st trial run... they are sweet runners!
PennCentral99 howmus: Managed to find time to basically finish another #6 Turnout during the day: Two posts in the same thread......quit teasing us and show some handlaid turnouts! BTW, your boilers look good!
howmus: Managed to find time to basically finish another #6 Turnout during the day:
Managed to find time to basically finish another #6 Turnout during the day:
Two posts in the same thread......quit teasing us and show some handlaid turnouts!
BTW, your boilers look good!
LOL.... Well, there are two of them in the first photo I posted on this page.... But here are 3 completed that were used for the Merit Award for the NMRA Civil Engineer Certificate.
howmus Managed to find time to basically finish another #6 Turnout during the day:
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Partial loco makes a great 'scene stealer' when weathered to the point of being ready for the scrap yard. I posted this model earlier this week as what to make from a 'lemon'; lemonade of course.
-Bob
Life is what happens while you are making other plans!
Looks like another good weekend here! I helped to man the Lakshores Division NMRA Table today for a Modelers Corner. Managed to find time to basically finish another #6 Turnout during the day:
Also spent time (most if the time I think) talking to people about the Division and the NMRA....
Motley I have a set of the MTH Daylight cars too. I'm planning on getting the MTH GS-4. Right now I run them with P2K SP E7 AB set. The Rio Grande F3s are Intermountain w/sound. They are excellent runners.
I have a set of the MTH Daylight cars too. I'm planning on getting the MTH GS-4. Right now I run them with P2K SP E7 AB set.
The Rio Grande F3s are Intermountain w/sound. They are excellent runners.
Always love to see Rio Grande - that one has the same number as comes on the Proto 2000 also!
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
CP guy:
If it makes you feel any better, I've been trying to find the F-stop on my Canon 7.2 for the past two YEARS, LOL!
BTW, those are really beautiful locomotives!
Thank you, sir!