Gidday All, Its that time again, current project is still at an unphotogenic stage, though my turnouts arived in the mail today , so here's a photo from a few months ago.
NYC on the AMG
Looking forward to the Really Good Stuff.
Have a Great One Folks.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I do like the NYC paint.
Here's an old Santa Fe SD26 in its 'as purchased' state, apart from the scribbled 'ST' under the cab window, and the hastily painted blue lines, hauling freight for its new owner Guilfrod Rail
Mike
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
Bear,
Turnouts in the mail? I think I know what you'll be up to...
Mike,
You definetely keep the bar set high around here
A busy week in a lot of ways, even got some stuff done on the layout.
Installed some hand brakes to aid in switching at several locations and to help cut in helpers at Dove Creek for the long grade up to Durango.
Here's a pic of a train having the swing helper cut in mid-train, now possible to do without the back half rolling away downgrade I equipped another switcher, a first-run Walthers H10-44, with dual gauge couplers. My 44-tonner bangs the narrowgauge cars around fine, but gets winded on more than a coupler of standard gauge ones. #123 is good and heavy and works admirably. And did some people-watching while out along the tracks... Chewing the fat. Market day in Rockwood. Home from the sea. Coal train tied down at Hesperus. Time for some chow. The station is a bit ragged after 40+ years, but is the only model I've entered in a contest so far. Won in the Teen category, but there wasn't much competition. It was scratchbuilt from an article that was old when I built it in 1972.
Here's a pic of a train having the swing helper cut in mid-train, now possible to do without the back half rolling away downgrade
I equipped another switcher, a first-run Walthers H10-44, with dual gauge couplers. My 44-tonner bangs the narrowgauge cars around fine, but gets winded on more than a coupler of standard gauge ones. #123 is good and heavy and works admirably. And did some people-watching while out along the tracks... Chewing the fat. Market day in Rockwood. Home from the sea. Coal train tied down at Hesperus. Time for some chow. The station is a bit ragged after 40+ years, but is the only model I've entered in a contest so far. Won in the Teen category, but there wasn't much competition. It was scratchbuilt from an article that was old when I built it in 1972.
I equipped another switcher, a first-run Walthers H10-44, with dual gauge couplers. My 44-tonner bangs the narrowgauge cars around fine, but gets winded on more than a coupler of standard gauge ones. #123 is good and heavy and works admirably.
And did some people-watching while out along the tracks... Chewing the fat. Market day in Rockwood. Home from the sea. Coal train tied down at Hesperus. Time for some chow. The station is a bit ragged after 40+ years, but is the only model I've entered in a contest so far. Won in the Teen category, but there wasn't much competition. It was scratchbuilt from an article that was old when I built it in 1972.
And did some people-watching while out along the tracks...
Chewing the fat.
Market day in Rockwood. Home from the sea. Coal train tied down at Hesperus. Time for some chow. The station is a bit ragged after 40+ years, but is the only model I've entered in a contest so far. Won in the Teen category, but there wasn't much competition. It was scratchbuilt from an article that was old when I built it in 1972.
Market day in Rockwood.
Home from the sea. Coal train tied down at Hesperus. Time for some chow. The station is a bit ragged after 40+ years, but is the only model I've entered in a contest so far. Won in the Teen category, but there wasn't much competition. It was scratchbuilt from an article that was old when I built it in 1972.
Home from the sea.
Coal train tied down at Hesperus. Time for some chow. The station is a bit ragged after 40+ years, but is the only model I've entered in a contest so far. Won in the Teen category, but there wasn't much competition. It was scratchbuilt from an article that was old when I built it in 1972.
Coal train tied down at Hesperus.
Time for some chow. The station is a bit ragged after 40+ years, but is the only model I've entered in a contest so far. Won in the Teen category, but there wasn't much competition. It was scratchbuilt from an article that was old when I built it in 1972.
Time for some chow.
The station is a bit ragged after 40+ years, but is the only model I've entered in a contest so far. Won in the Teen category, but there wasn't much competition. It was scratchbuilt from an article that was old when I built it in 1972.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Bear, Mike and Mike; you guys definately set the bar high around here.
Managed to finish some cars this past week!
Atlas PS 2003CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Floquil C&NW Green and lettered with Herald King Decals. This is an Accurail 40' Plug Door Box, that I had originally intended to replace the existing underframe with the Accurail Fishbelly Underframe, but it was 1-1/2 Scale Feet Narrower, I managed to get the Fishbelly Part off the Underframe as the glue had not set up yet, and using my Dremel Tool cut a slot on each side of the the Plug Door Box Underframe to accept the fishbelly sides. I also removed the cast on grabs sill steps and replaced them with wire grabs and A-Line Sill Steps. Painted the car using Scalecoat II Reefer Orange & Black and lettered with decals from Tom's Hobby Shop. Car was rebuilt by North American in 1954 and leased to the CNJ for use in shipping Ballantine Beer from Newark, NJ to distributors across the country. IMWX 1937 AAR Box Car Kit, painted with C&NW Green and lettered with Champ Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
Atlas PS 2003CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Floquil C&NW Green and lettered with Herald King Decals.
This is an Accurail 40' Plug Door Box, that I had originally intended to replace the existing underframe with the Accurail Fishbelly Underframe, but it was 1-1/2 Scale Feet Narrower, I managed to get the Fishbelly Part off the Underframe as the glue had not set up yet, and using my Dremel Tool cut a slot on each side of the the Plug Door Box Underframe to accept the fishbelly sides. I also removed the cast on grabs sill steps and replaced them with wire grabs and A-Line Sill Steps. Painted the car using Scalecoat II Reefer Orange & Black and lettered with decals from Tom's Hobby Shop. Car was rebuilt by North American in 1954 and leased to the CNJ for use in shipping Ballantine Beer from Newark, NJ to distributors across the country. IMWX 1937 AAR Box Car Kit, painted with C&NW Green and lettered with Champ Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
This is an Accurail 40' Plug Door Box, that I had originally intended to replace the existing underframe with the Accurail Fishbelly Underframe, but it was 1-1/2 Scale Feet Narrower, I managed to get the Fishbelly Part off the Underframe as the glue had not set up yet, and using my Dremel Tool cut a slot on each side of the the Plug Door Box Underframe to accept the fishbelly sides. I also removed the cast on grabs sill steps and replaced them with wire grabs and A-Line Sill Steps. Painted the car using Scalecoat II Reefer Orange & Black and lettered with decals from Tom's Hobby Shop. Car was rebuilt by North American in 1954 and leased to the CNJ for use in shipping Ballantine Beer from Newark, NJ to distributors across the country.
IMWX 1937 AAR Box Car Kit, painted with C&NW Green and lettered with Champ Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
IMWX 1937 AAR Box Car Kit, painted with C&NW Green and lettered with Champ Decals.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
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Mmmmm, nice work. I love the circular saw blades.
The tannery is all done except for the landscaping. I still need to add some ground foam and static grass around the concrete apron, but the Gypsolite texture is down, and the turf is glued and dry and ready for the next step.
One more layer of Envirotex should do it for this pond, too.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Great shots from everyone. A meet on the bridge over Roaring Creek. DJ.
Rick,
Great cars
The tannery is looking good, Mr. B.
MisterBeasleyMmmmm, nice work. I love the circular saw blades.
The saw blades were from an assortment by Echo Mountain Models, SB-4: http://www.echomtn.com/08CAT.htm
A modified Dash 9 and an ex-Amtrak "cabbage", equiped with a generator, for HEP, lead the GLC business train, consisting of restored GN "Big Sky Blue" cafe/lounge, and observation car.
Mike.
My You Tube
A View of the Thurmond Yard
TerryinTexas
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Finaly, a couple of my too many projects are nearing completion. These were completed this week, they are a couple of ranch style houses from previous layouts that I did some restoration work on. Both will go in the village area of Greenvale, the section of my layout I am working on now.
The first is the Atlas ranch house that I built for my first or second layout back in the early 1960s. I was able to remove the roof (good old tube glue) and some other parts, spray the whole thing with primer and finish coat, then brush paint datails and replace the windows with a better material.
The second is a Faller ranch house that my son built for a layout that we worked on in the early 1980s. It was molded in a strange yellow color with a burnt orange color garage and a blue roof . I restored it in a similar manner to the Atlas house.
They are not the best models, but do have some sentimental value to me.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Gpaine, I remember those house models! I think I've got them in one of the parts boxes. I should look! LOL! Good job.
Here's my contribution this week:
Keep the pics coming! Terry in NW Wisconsin
Keep the pics coming!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
buffalo industrys on the new layout
Afternoon All,
There are some awesome scenery scenes today. Work continues on my extension project. Hopefully next week I will start putting up plaster cloth. I also plan on building a large hill off the layout to be placed on the layout in the first photo.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Its been two weeks since I've posted on WPF, and in that time I finished the NYC combine. Haven't been able to work on the layout because of mid-terms.
My Layout Photos- http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/ajwarshal/library/
The panel is finally coming together. I wanted to make a newer style touchscreen appearance.
Roster shot of NP #5606, SP&S #305, and BN(NP) #702
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Bear ... Thanks for starting WPF. Looks like another Mike convention. I like the NYC F-units.
Mike (Down Under). The SD26 and the bridge scene look great.
Mike (Middleman) .... I like the depot. Not sure what you mean about the hat.
Mike L. ..Your layout is inspirational.
Rick ... Nice freight cars. I recall the old M&StL.
Mr. B .... Tannery is looking fantastic.
DJ (Grampy) .... Is Roaring Creek named after locomotive thndering over it? Nice photo!
Mike mbinsewi .... Nice layout and business train.
Terry (Texas) ... Your yard scene looks outstanding.
George .... The house reminds me of neighborhoods when I grew up.
Terry (Wisconsin) .... Your "water" looks real. nice scene.
Curt ... Good start with the scenery. It will be impressive.
Alex.... Nice NYC train.
NP01 ... Your panel looks professionally made.
Gary BN24 .... Good seeing you. I like your group of locomotives.
Here is my GE 44T.... Installing the DCC in this engine was enough to drive me crazy. I would never convert one of these to DCC again.... It's on the branch line.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QMike L. ..Your layout is inspirational.
Garry,
Thanks! If my photography was as consistently good as yours, it would probably be even more inspirational.
Heartland Division CB&QHere is my GE 44T.... Installing the DCC in this engine was enough to drive me crazy. I would never convert one of these to DCC again....
Was this the original two-motor version? The new single motor version comes with DCC installed (pitch it and use a decent decoder) and performs much better, as well as being very easy to set-up provided you have a small decoder.
The shells interchange, so that part's easy. I did this when updating my 44-tonner before I installed dual gauge couplers.
I just finished this DPM building for the Club. This will probably be my last DPM kit, at age 75 I don't have the patience to cope again with the fitting, sanding and tweaking these kits demand.
Jack W.
Inspirational photographs again this week guys. You put my amateur efforts to shame.
NYC F-7s Nos. 1663 and 2443 lead a mixed freight past the General Industries Plant on the east end of the Black River Valley layout.
Keep the ideas and photos coming everyone. Your work makes WPF the best thread of the week, every week!
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Mike L ... Thanks for the oomments! .. The GE 44T is the old 2-motor type. I can see why the re-designed it. ...
Jack W .... Building looks great .
Allan ... More NYC .... Looks good. NYC is well represented this week
A little bit of everything this weekend. Scenery,construction,structures,panels...Great stuff! Nothing from me this week,I'm redoing some scenery,and you all know what blue foam looks like...
Heartland Division CB&Q wrote:
"Mike (Middleman) .... I like the depot. Not sure what you mean about the hat."
Garry: I think you're referring to a pic of my On3 Depot I posted a couple of weeks ago. I made the comment that I thought something was living in Grandpa's hat. If you look closely,his hat seems to sit very high on his head,as if maybe there's a rabbit under there.
I like the 44 tonner....the corn in the background looks terrific(I'm a city boy,but I'm guessing that's corn).
Have a good weekend.
Mike Middleman ... I'm a bit emarressed to say, I was taking notes of WPF when I realized an old WPF had been bumped to page one. When I saw a Christams greeting I started over. .... I get more and more brain cramps. .... Thanks for reply.
Thanks Garry, I'd love to model like you though. all that nice GN, NP, and Q equipment.
Anywho here's a project I finished and a new Loco. #302 and sister unit #305 lead the work train, BN MoW is already here to ensure stuff gets done.
I chopped up my piece of atlas Code 55 flex into 40' scale pieces(I know it should be 39 but, I'd rather do an even number) and I've cut the ties apart or atleast a small amount of them to use them as lineside details, same for the track which will also be flatcar loads.(I need to buy more atlas track then)
Cheers Garry . I love the corn field.
I used to have a DC twin motor 44 tonner. After putting up with its bad habits for several months I really wasn't upset when it went up in smoke.
Enjoying all these pics.
Slow n low I like your buildings. They make a change from the Pikestuff look [which I have]
And yes, Bear, I really wouldn't mind a little snow here.
Thanks bear! I'm definitely going to be very busy Building this layout, I loved the C424 consists so much I had to model one, now to get as many freight cars as I can lol!
Wow, Mike, that is a great great water effect and really nice skiff of snow. Hey, that's more snow than I have in my real neighbourhood......what a nice Jan. we have been having up here on the West Coast.
Here is some shooting from today.....first shots I have ever done of one of my fav locos.....It's my only FTA, my only SSW and only Black Widow scheme. It's a nice Atlas/Kato from Ebay for $55 with dummy B unit (now holding two large speakers and the Tsunami.) Shown here entering and leaving town. (Man, I gotta add some water effect somewhere if I can get it as nice as Mike's.)
I've been away a long time, but I'm still alive. Just very busy working on and preparing my train room, some special gimbles, and organizing a video shoot at the SDMRR Museum. Here's a still taken on my layout of one of the scenes for the video. It was taken with my new HD camcorder that I will be recording with. Won't be here on the forum much for the next few months, but will try and post a still once and awhile as I get footage.
Real nice bridge/water scene and shot, Mike.
DC
http://uphonation.com
this is another industry on my soon to be freelanced layout.its magic pan bakery but with a little paint and a pikestuff engine house used as a unloading building it closely resembles frito lay in binghamton ny... i am not modeling any prototype but like the fact that when people see this they say hey thats frito lay even though its not a exact replica of it