Weekend Photo Fun 25-27 April 2014

["JaBear"]

Gidday All, now you may be asking “What on earth is the Bear doing?” starting WPF so early. Well here down under, along with the Australians, we commemorate ANZAC Day, which is our national day of remembrance for our casulities of war, and as it has fallen on Friday this year and as I’ve just got home from the Dawn Parade, now is a good time as any to kick off for an early start to the weekend.

Now it has been good to see some new contributors to Weekend Photo FUN, if, as a Lurker, you’re uncertain whether your photo of your endeavours is good enough, the title of the thread is not Weekend Photo Excellence , or the Very Best of Weekend Photo Fun, just think about the emphasis being on FUN, and sharing it!

After all my contribution is just a continuation of my covered hopper kit bash......

Looking forward to the Really Good Stuff,

Have a Great One ffolkes,

Cheers, the Bear.

[MisterBeasley]

I will happily celebrate anyone's holiday.  This week, Gigi arrived.

It's still a work week, but I took a few quick shots anyway.

Gigi, of course, is a Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1, one of the most iconic locomotives ever built.  GG-1s had a 48-year career, from hauling the elite passenger trains of the 1930s to their more utilitarian jobs after being repainted first for the Penn Central and then for AmTrak.

[middleman]

Bear,I'm a fan of before/during/after photos,and enjoy seeing your progress on the hoppers. Lookin' good!

Mr. Beasley: That's a beauty of a GG-1. 'Hope it runs as good as it looks.

I've been too busy with yard work and a bit of house painting to do much on the layout lately. Here's an old shot of #3948 coming off the yard wye.

Have a good weekend,and keep the pictures coming.

Mike

 

[mlehman]

Bear,

Those LOs are coming along very nicely. I am also very happy to see some new blood posting. It shows some fine modeling and I'm sure that there are more people who have great stuff to share

Mr. B,

You did the right thing buying Gigi.

Mike,

Good to hear from you and nice pic.

Lots of little projects this week. After building an assay office, I finally decided on how to make the North Star bigger, so made some additions and added lighting.

I animated the slash burner at the mill in Rockwood with another Ngineering N8046 effects module, two LED, some plastic bits and a little leftover Walthers chain link fence material.

And after being dissatisfied with the arrangement of industries in Hesperus, I had a brainstorm today on how to do it, plus added lighting. Lots more detail to come.

 

 

[mikelhh]

Nice hoppers Bear.

Smart-looking GG-1 Mr B

Mike that yard wye shot looks great when enlarged. Guessing you used static grass.

Mike L I like those projects. I love the lights in the supports under the canopy on that skewed shot

I took a couple of evening shots

 

[dti406]

Nice work everyone, nothing accomplished this week again, as we were at the car dealership changing out cars for a period of time.  Here are some NYC pictures after PRR last week!

NYC RS-32 and F3's on general freight!

NYC C-430's on Flexi-Van Train!

Atlas Trainman RS-32 where I added the extra detail from the Cal-Scale detail kit to match pictures I found on the Fallen Flags website.

Thanks for looking!

Rick J

[BRVRR]

Bear, looks like your are making good progress.

Mike you never cease to amaze me.

Here is one from the BRVRR:

NYC RDC #53 rounds the curve at the west end of the BRVRR layout with a single coach. Not something you see everyday on the layout. When I told my oldest grandson that I classified the RDC as a locomotive for inventory purposes, he said if its a loco it needs to head a consist. The above photo is the result.

Keep the photos and ideas coming guys, you always make WPF the best thread of the week.

[GP-9_Man11786]

Awesome stuff everybody! I'm making glacial progress on the engine facility. Here's a shot of all 5 PRR steam engines.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Weekend Photo Fun has had a nice early start this week, I hope to see a lot more great photos here. 

Bear .... Nice kitbashing so far. Is a covered hopper a rabbit wearing a hat? 

Mr B.... Glad you acquired the GG1. Looks great.

Mike Middle Man ...... #3948 looks great at that angle. 

Mike L ... Your mountain railroading is always impressive.

Mike (Australia) ... Excellent phtos!

Rick... I like the NYC photos especially the nicely detailed RS32

Allan ... RDC looks terrific hauling the extra coach.

GP9 man .... Impressive steam loco fleet and coal tower. 

 

This week, I am running my FT ABBA, and took this shot. 

[Grampys Trains]

[mlehman]

mikelhh

Mike L I like those projects. I love the lights in the supports under the canopy on that skewed shot

Mike,

Thanks for your comment!

Those lights were soooo easy. They're some of the "Rice Lights" which we can get at Hobby Lobby here in the US. They may be available elsewhere. I just cut to length, string them up and tack in place with CA, add a little resistance and they're good. Each one is about 20 scle feet apart in HO, so they're great for outdoor lighting. Here's pics of the box, one of the individual LEDs snipped to fit inside a HOn3 Tomar drumhead, and one of my refinery that also was lit with these. Since they come "pre-wired" all you need do is snip and wire them into your circuit.

[jecorbett]

Nice pictures, Mike. I love night shots and winter scenes and you've combined both. Very convincing.

[markie97]

Appreciate all the great work every week i finally have something to post. A kit bash of the walthers REA Express freight house re-labeled for the Erie.

 

[mikelhh]

Thanks for the kind words and Mike L thanks for the info.

Markie that's a great-looking building

[james saunders]

Progress:

 

 

 

 

Cheers

["JaBear"]

Great Stuff Gentle folk. Thanks for the encouraging comments.

Mr Beasley, I suspect that you’ll certainly not be regretting this purchase. Nice One.

middleman Mike. Wow!! 

Mike. I should not be surprised by now, but still am, by the prodigious efforts of the “Lehman Works”.

Mike from over the Ditch,your photos conveys the cold that the first lick of winter is delivering here.

Rick Jpity that the RS-32 is too modern for me, nice work.

Allan, great to see you encouraging the next generation Model Railroader.

GP9Man, glacial is better than none, besides that’s a bit faster than my pace at times..

Heartland Garry & DJ, my weekly CB&Q and PRR fix, thank you gentlemen.

markie97 structures are something I really haven’t tackled, hope I do as good job when I do.

OzJim do my eyes deceive me or are you back in N? Good to see progress anyway.

Keep having a Great One ffolkes 

Cheers, the Bear.

[C&O Fan]

Finally finished my friends Engine House

It took 3 weeks

24 double windows 60 vertical studs 180 cross piece 2x4s and  12  roof joyces

I ended up embedding the track in the floor

It's now in the Hands of  UPS and i'm praying they packed it well

 

 

 

 

 

This will give you an idea of size

 

 

[HO-Velo]

Yet another great batch of photos and modeling tips!  Thanks to all.

regards, Peter

[middleman]

Bear,thanks for the kind words,and I can only echo your sentiments about everyone's contributions. Every picture here has something(trackwork,scenery,backdrops,lighting,structures,rolling stock,etc)that I can use to improve my layout.

Besides,the pictures are just fun to look at! (Somewhere,a Nun from my old grade school is spinning in her grave,because I ended that sentence with a preposition!)

Terry: Great job! I'm sure that will be a focal point of your friend's layout.

Peter: Nice shot.'Love the track work,and the weeds between the ties are a great touch.

Keep 'em coming,and remember - there's no law against posting more than once.

Mike

[jalajoie]

A scene I just completed for the club layout.

 

[Jimmy_Braum]

Nice work everyone.  I love the night shots inparticular.  I've been busy myself. for example

First off, I did some more work on my GP35 Conrail unit- the Operation Lifesaver battering ram, I started a massive Three span Truss bridge for the model railroad club I belong to

I finished my Freelanced railroad's coach/business car and the Presidential office car.

The Wanderer                                                       The Mountain

The Observation portion of the Mountain                   The three rooms and the kitchen area.

[mikelhh]

Last one - a Vermont Rail GP38-2 running on Loksound visits the yard

 link to the full size:

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n108/mikelhh/Winter%20In%20New%20England%20MkII%20-%20H0/P1014217resized.jpg~original

["JaBear"]

Gidday again.  Terry, an impressive build, is there any chance that the proud owner will show us a photo of it in place on his layout?

Peter, looks like a good yard to switch.

Jimmy & Jack,great stuff guys, actually you both make me slightly envious as my local club is unfortunately imploding.

That last photo is not making me feel any warmer, Mike.

middleman

.......remember - there's no law against posting more than once.

I’ll take Mike up on the offer and use it to blow off some steam.

Now I really think that this next photo should be titled “Why do I make a rod for my own back?” or “Not knowing to when to quit when I’m ahead”. In the article on kitbashing these covered hoppers the author used Detail Associates hatches, which not being immediately available down the road, so to speak, I decided to scratch build my own hatches and having affixed them to the hopper top I was pretty happy with the results. BUT lack of a latch slowly started to bother me, so unable to find a clear enough prototype photo, looked at what other manufacturers of covered hoppers had done and I came up with a plan......

....and as I still have the actual catches to make, wonder if this photo should be put in a thread titled “Sore eyes, a Headache, and Weekend Photo Stupidity!

Cheers, the Bear. 

[MisterBeasley]

Ballasting ain't sexy.  But, when all is said and done, it does enhance the final product...

Gigi brings her train around the curve and over a small revine.

[mikelhh]

Wow, Bear, you'll want to take extra good care of that lovely hopper once it's done. A very nice scene Mr B.

[kbkchooch]

Very nice stuff all around fellas,,,,,,Bear, be careful those latches dont get you a rubber room!!!

Not yet complete, but running is the latest creation of the Poplar Grove shops.  Frank & Ernest & crew swear its just a collection of parts placed in a box and shaken well.  A Tyco Chatanooga Choo Choo, a Mantua tender, a NWSL gearbox & flywheel and an eBay motor. An NCE decoder controls it all. Running trials will commence this week, then if all is well, final detailing and weathering will commence.

[Jimmy_Braum]

Seeing that tyco loco above makes me wonder.  Does anyone sell detail parts for steamers? For example if I wanted to put a new cab on a consolidation

 

[kbkchooch]

Lots of folks do. Cal scale, Bowser, and others for new, eBay has a lot too,,,,,search ho steam parts in ebay once!

[mlehman]

Terry,

That enginehouse came out great.

Jimmy,

I like the obs interior. With all the lighting I've been doing, the need to do more with my interiors is getting to be a priority, whether it's rolling stock or structures.

Karl,

Nice work at combining all those parts into something really good.

Bear,

Those fill doors look great.

And lots more great work! Good job, everyone.

I'll sneak in an extra shot. I got the back-up lights installed in my two Silverton Union RR C-19s and wrote that up here: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/229315.aspx

While it applies to the HOn3 C-19, the same technique can build a back-up light for virtually any loco.

 

[G Paine]

mlehman

They're some of the "Rice Lights" which we can get at Hobby Lobby here in the US.

 

Mike, do you have a manufacturer and part number fro these lights? I checked Hobby Lobby website and could not find them with a number of searches. Internet searches for rice lights, just turned up incandescent ones. My nearest Hobby Lobby is over 100 miles away in a direction that I do not often go.