Weekend Photo Fun 6-8 June 2014.

[Catt]

Grande Valley Railway SD40-3-Catt on her first road trip after leaving the MTS rebuild shops.She's making a short trip from the GVR yard to the Grand Rapids Eastern yard with two full grain hoppers for the elevator in Lowell,MI.

Actually she's posing on my soon to be scrapped HO diorama.

 

[mlehman]

Garry,

I love my steam, except when it's being cranky Mostly, it runs great now, but there's always something changing with a steamer you usually don't have with diesels.

G Paine

G Paine wrote the following post yesterday: mlehman wrote: More time off is always good for the layout is how I figure. I think THAT is what's killing the hobby -- not enough time off.SighYeah --------------------------- Mike, I am afraid is does not work that way. I am retired, so logically I should have a lot of time for the layout. In actual fact, things in real life seem to intrude on my model RR time.

George,

All too true from what I hear. I think we Americans are so deeply indoctrinated with the "Must be Doing Something" syndrome, we forget to set aside time for ourselves to recharge. Kind of like savings, it's an investment in the future to rest and reflect on what's been accomplished then recharge.

Mr. B,

My narrowgauge badly needs a diner named Alferd Packer

Lots more outstanding work, everyone!

Chad,

Nice work on that caboose. Almost looks WP&Y-ish in the pic with the diesel.

[G Paine]

MisterBeasley

I've been upgrading an ugly duckling.

If you want to do any in B&M or MEC, Microscale has a set for this
http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MD&Product_Code=87-863&Product_Count=&Category_Code=

 

[BRVRR]

Great stuff guys! There is a very great deal of modeling talent displayed on WPF this week.

Here is a photo from the BRVRR website:

 

NYC RS-32 #8038 meets NYC GP-40 #3083 as they pass near the Grafton Tower on the Black River Valley layout.  I love the sound of ALCO engines. They bring back a lot of memories for me.

Keep up the good work everyone. Your efforts make WPF the best thread of the week, every week!

["JaBear"]

Gidday Chad, good to see you check in and that you’ve had some time for model railroading.

Heartland Garry, Thanks for your comments, without repeating my previous waffle I really did “Dither over the decals”. I thought the size I chose looked about right for the 30s and 40s and was also concerned how clear it would print out on the decal paper. I needn’t have worried.

Good Stuff ffolkes,

Cheers, the Bear. 

[ChadLRyan]

Hey Everyone!
I decided to Check In!
Glad to see many Familiars!!!! 
I Wish I had the time to Keep up with all of you..
Honestly I have not checked in or even lurked in a long time.. 
But, Earliear today as i am in On-Call Jail, I got to looking around & wanted to do a little modelling effort. 
Here is the Background;

(Hey, Please Take care!!!! I am not Gone, I still want to be here, & I will not Forget all of you Fine Folks that help & Encourage me with my modelling.. )  [& at least this one stood straight on her trucks!!!  Ha hah..]

Here is a Narrow Gauge Caboose Model Kit by Durango Press, it is a Flat Kit, meaning it is cast in flat pieces that must be assembled into a three dimensional box of a model. I have been working on this for more than 4 years. I originally assembled the body & the frame, & customized it about 3 years ago. I have very fond memories of this kit... Because, one night I could not sleep, I was restless, agitated & my mind would not let me rest. I had to Go & Do Something!!! So I did.. I worked from 2:30in the AM until sometime noonish on bending all the Wire Grab Irons you see on this model. It was pretty intense, getting the fulcrum of the curve just right, making all of them match, & then the precision of the lay & look of the curved ones on the sides, those are the toughest.. Over all, I think it was nice..

Then I painted it..

I then, at a later time rubber cemented the Roof, Cupola, & it's roof onto the model to do a comparison photo shoot.

I may have relaxed my grip because the parts are cockeyed & are not square.

That is OK because I plan to do a copula seating interior, that will need that disassembly.

It also needs to be weighted to specifications.

Turning to Today, I had never mounted the Couplers or Wheel Trucks to this model.

I had them set aside, but for so much time I had not collected the hardware & parts to do this.

It had been bugging me for a while, so this weekend, while I looked around at things I decided to endeavor on that quest..

It turned out great, I found everything I needed & was able to get everything attached without destroying the little guy.

I took a couple Pix of it; one is with a Narrow Gauge BlackStone C-19 Steam locomotive, & the other showing the Massiveness of today's Standard Gauge Locomotives, compared with a Narrow Gauge unit...  

I placed a scale figure on the deck of the Caboose to give it some Scale reference.

Please Enjoy!! 

[mikelhh]

It's great to see all the projects.

HO Velo - excellent work on the fuel facility.

[Pruitt]

Some intesting things going on this week!

Here's a few recent shots of progress on my layout:

This is (obvoiusly) the turntable and roundhouse floor in the Laurel yard. I was installing the radial tracks into the roundhouse (12 stall) and stopped to take a shot of my work area. Since then I've completed the track installation (with the help of a few guys at a recent work session). The turntable works like a charm!

 

And here's an overall view of the Laurel area. Yes, progress is very slow, but it's also very satisfying!

 

Finally, here's a shot of the far end of Laurel after the work session a couple weeks ago. A couple of the guys installed the connector between the Laurel peninsula, on the left, and what will be the Casper yard on the right (the trains from Laurel will be on hidden track below Casper in this area). The connector is temporary - I'll be adding a partition wall just beyond it. The layout area entrance door will be in that wall, so a section of the connector will be replaced with a lift-out across the door.

[MisterBeasley]

Wow, nice work everyone.  I've been upgrading an ugly duckling.  I've got 5 old, old Mantua/Tyco streamliner passenger cars, made with real aluminum bodies.  I decided to add a red stripe to them, and in the process clean them up a bit and add decals and nameplates.  For a couple of them, I had to repair the interior lighting.  Here is a comparative look at before and after for a pair of the cars:

And this is a closer look at the dining car, the first one out of the shop:

Keep 'em rolling!

[rdgk1se3019]

Hi........a pic or three of my work train at the local club I belong to from a few weeks ago.

 

And a pacing shot.

[Burlington Northern #24]

Heartland Division CB&Q

Gary:  Not sure about NP. CB&Q F-units were delivered new from EMD with single headlights, and the second light was added later in the railroad shops. 

 

Really? I thought Q's F's came standard with 2 lights like the other three hill roads. that's kinda cool, learning something new everyday.

[Anonymous]

jalajoie

Sir Madog do you give me permission to copy that picture to my computer and use it for model on my future modules? Thanks

Yes, of course!

Btw, those piles look a lot more grayish in reality, I have no idea where that red hue comes from.

[Mark R.]

Weathered up a couple Athearn Genesis factory painted GP15-1's this week ....

Mark.

[HO-Velo]

Another great weekend display of modeling and photography.  

GP-9man, wish I had your stamina for automobile maint., just a coolant and oil change on the wife's car knocked my lights out.  

Playin' with the new camera, more megapix, but lot to learn.  The locomotive color isn't true to my eye, faded it some with the edit program.  Here goes anyway.

Thanks to all, regards, Peter

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Gary:  Not sure about NP. CB&Q F-units were delivered new from EMD with single headlights, and the second light was added later in the railroad shops. 

[Burlington Northern #24]

Heartland Division CB&Q

Gary ... 

6017 A ... F7A

6017 B ....F7B

6017 C .... F7B

6017 D .... F7A

http://www.nprha.org/lists/equipment%20rosters/allitems.aspx

 

 

 

Both 6017A and 6017D have dual headlights, I wonder why my model only has a single headlight.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Gary ... 

6017 A ... F7A

6017 B ....F7B

6017 C .... F7B

6017 D .... F7A

http://www.nprha.org/lists/equipment%20rosters/allitems.aspx

 

 

[Burlington Northern #24]

New Kid on the block NP #6017, been trying to figure out if it's an F3 or an F7 with a bunch of NP guys... No luck.

[jalajoie]

Sir Madog

Ballasting the track has been started this week. I also redid the backdrop, as I was not happy with how the clouds turned out. I will use an airbrush next time.

 

 

Sir Madog do you give me permission to copy that picture to my computer and use it for model on my future modules?

Thanks

[kbkchooch]

Nice stuff gang! 

Please accept my humble offering!

[Curt Webb]

Awesome work everyone. There is always great modeling here. The only thing I have done this week is put in a small hill using pieces of WS risers I had laying around and plaster cloth. Ground cover is from Scenic Express. I really like their blended ground covers (no connection to company). I also put some weeds down on the coal and freight sidings.

 

 

 

 

[bogp40]

Always great "stuff" guys, Was sorting pictures on my new PC, here's a few of my favs

[Grampys Trains]

Meet on the bridge over Roaring Creek.

[B&O1952]

Hey everyone, it's been a while!

  Here are a few new photos of the layout. I've been scratchbuilding a few frame structures, and adding a lot of Super Trees to our scenes.

Everyone have a great week!

-Stan

 

[G Paine]

mlehman wrote:

More time off is always good for the layout is how I figure. I think THAT is what's killing the hobby -- not enough time off.

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Mike, I am afraid is does not work that way. I am retired, so logically I should have a lot of time for the layout. In actual fact, things in real life seem to intrude on my model RR time. Case in point, I am working on 3 more Sylvan Scale car kits. Simple resin kits, should have been done a couple of weeks ago, but now only in final painting - life just keeps happening...

  

[C&O Fan]

Still waiting for a few detail parts Fo the basket case Varney 10 wheeler but did finish adding a Wow Steam Decoder While i wait for the Rear Marker lights and ladder for the tender

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Meantime i Picked up a old Docksider to do a Cab forward Conversion

That hopefully will look like this one from the Yardbird trains page

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Decoder wiring installed Waiting for the Cab Forward Faceplate

 

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use shrink tubing as a channel for the wires going to the back of the loco(red,black,yellow and blue

 

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using a 6 pin TCS  pre wired plug Between engine and tender

 

 

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complete rig

 

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Converted oil tender using speaker enclosure glued over the old removed coal load Hand rails need straightened and touch up paint

 

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And of course Windows and KDs

 

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Still waiting for the Face plate

 

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[GP-9_Man11786]

As usual, WPF does not disapoint. An awesome crop of stuff this week.

 

I haven't been too busy on the layout this week. My car needed a serpentine belt, my wife's car needed spark plugs and they both needed coolant flushes. It took me a whole day to get all that done. I did get some things done though.

I built this Conerstone Backshop kit:

I also built some mountains:

Rather than use Woodland Scenics Plaster cloth on this latest round, I mixed up a viscous batch of plaster of Paris and dipped paper towels in it. It's old school, but it works and its cheaper than plster cloth.

I also added this retaining wall and some background trees:

[Anonymous]

Ballasting the track has been started this week. I also redid the backdrop, as I was not happy with how the clouds turned out. I will use an airbrush next time.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Bear ... Your covered hopper looks great. My vote in the size of the lettering is your hopper is okay. If anything, it is larger than needed. Your car has square hatches which were used in early versions of covered hoppers as were used in the 1950's. Large, bold lettering started to appear in the 1960's. 

Mike L . ... Your layout certainly is well detailed. I like the steam locomotive. 

Rick ... I like the NKP and WAB locomotives. Yes, the Wabash F7's look nice, but we won't tell the Sanat Fe Warbonnet fans what is your opinion. 

Below is a photo of a Great Northern paasenger train passing the flour mill. A Burlington freight train with FT's is holding until the GN train clears. Later, the FT's will follow the passenger train eastward. The Passenger train has a steam generator car because the F3's do not have steam generators. 

Bear: Notice the small letters on the Northern Pacific covered hopper in the center of the picture.