Weekend Photo Fun 17 - 19 January 2014

[MisterBeasley]

I know.  "What the....."  Well, it's the tannery liftoff, a section a couple of feet across that just had to be removeable so that I could work behind it when necessary.  The picture above shows mostly the pink foam it's built on as a vertical wall, and the rest of the layout below as horizontal pink foam.  The overhang is sceniced plaster cloth, which sits right down into the scenery.

For reference, the small white building with the black roof is visible in both pictures.

Have fun the next week, gang.  I will be crossing the continent to ski at Whistler in British Columbia, just outside of Vancouver, so I'll miss WPF (and the Amherst train show.)  But, we'll have a great time, and I'll catch you in a couple of weeks.

[jack308gtsi]

What receipe of colors do you use to get that beautiful sandstone colors on your rock work?

[GP-9_Man11786]

Great work everybody! I spent the past week installing my riser and inclines. When it comes to calculating grades, I'd rather let Woodland Scenics do the hard work. I glued them down with silicone caulk and covered the flex gaps with plaster cloth. By this time next week, there might be some track on the layout.

[shayfan84325]

Great work this week, as usual.

Here's my contribution; a train of recent craftsman kit completions (I just painted the reefer today):

 

 

 

[Geared Steam]

The Dallas area Train show was held this weekend, the star of the show IMO was the Elk Canyon and Western Sn3 display layout. It made me consider a shadow box layout concept for my future. It was done in such a way that it would look right a home in a family living room, even accentuate the living room.

More pics of the show are on my blog link below.

[mbinsewi]

Thanks for the comments Garry, and Bear, and another excellent WPF of great pictures and modeling.  Can I sneak in one more? OK, you talked me into it.  We had a late Christmas dinner last night, now that all the kids were back in one spot, and my daughter gave me a few figures I just had to post, just for fun:

Looks like some campers took over the wayside, and made it "home sweet home".  I think these red necks are Packer fans, look at the canopy on the trailer!  I see the sheriff is doing a drive-by to see what's going on, but I think he got distracted by the jogger on the road ! 

 

Hikers stop to take a break, and take in the water fall.

 

On the local news front, UP is having a tuff time just south of Milwaukee, WI today.  19 cars of a 130 car coal train, heading north, derailed.  Looks like a huge mess!

Mike.

[slow-n-low]

 

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

[dcfixer]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.)

 

[Burlington Northern #24]

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!

[mikelhh]

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.

Mike

["JaBear"]

“Turnouts in the mail? I think I know what you'll be up to...”

Unfortunately no prizes for your correct answer Mike, though there are more turnouts to come. Am trying to be disciplined and concentrate on my current ferry project.

Other Mike, modelling snow in Brisbane, wishful thinking perhaps???

"Bear, Mike and Mike; you guys definitely set the bar high around here."

Rick, I fear you mistake me for someone else.  My initial thoughts are that everyone who replies in a positive manner here, perhaps unwittingly, helps to set the bar. Just take your cars for instance.  If I can set my thoughts in a coherent form, I can feel a Philosophy Friday type discussion coming on.

Mr.B. looking good, though I suspect that you are pleased that Smell-O-Vision hasn’t been perfected yet. 

DJ, I hadn’t realised how much I had missed your “prototype” shots.

mbinsewi, took the opportunity to visit your layout on Photobucket, very 

TerryinTexas, a shot of the Thurmond Yard,  what can I say.

“Finally, a couple of my too many projects are nearing completion”. 

And I thought I was the only one George, a lot to be said for sentimental value.

saronaterry, like that reflection in the water.

slow-n-low, a belated  to the forum. I hate to say it but you pen name tends to lead to disaster in my real world.

Curt, aaaaaaah, nearly at the messy bit.  I enjoy the messy bit as long as I don’t get too messy everywhere.

 “Haven't been able to work on the layout because of mid-terms.”

Got to get those priorities right Alex though a bit of R&R can help relax the brain.

NP01, as a self confessedTechnological Luddite I wouldn’t know how to create such a panel, though I suspect it would be easy to operate, (especially if it was explained to me in monosyllables).

BN24 Gary, looking forward to future postings regarding the building of the layout to run that fine looking fleet on. No pressure of course.

Heartland Garry, my weekly fix of CB&Q, aaaah I feel better now.

“..... at age 75 I don't have the patience to cope again ........”.

Heck Jack, future doesn’t bode too well for me then. I could well like visiting a place where the Hobby and Coffee shops are next to a bar though.

“You put my amateur efforts to shame.”

Unless we are looking at different photos Allan, it’s obviously a question of interpretation.

 middleman Mike,  may be  pure coincidence, and an obscure reference, but was listening to “Hats off to (Roy) Harper” this morning.

Cheers, the Bear.

[Burlington Northern #24]

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) 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

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.

[middleman]

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

 

 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

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 

[BRVRR]

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!

[jalajoie]

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.

[mlehman]

Heartland Division CB&Q

Mike 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&Q

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....

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.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

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. 

 

 

[Burlington Northern #24]

Roster shot of NP #5606, SP&S #305, and BN(NP) #702

[NP01]

The panel is finally coming together. I wanted to make a newer style touchscreen appearance. 

 

[ALEX WARSHAL]

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.

[Curt Webb]

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.

 

 

 

[slow-n-low]

buffalo industrys on the new layout

[saronaterry]

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

[G Paine]

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.

[C&O Fan]

A View of the Thurmond Yard

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[mbinsewi]

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.