Weekend Photo Fun 4-6 September 2015.

[Geared Steam]

Thank you both Mikes  :)

I added two more days of layout visits, Friday and Saturday.

http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-2015-narrow-gauge-convention-friday.html

http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-2015-narrow-gauge-convention.html

 

[middleman]

Geared Steam:   Thanks for the link to your blog. Stunning layouts,and your skill with a camera deserves mentioning,too!

Mike

[mlehman]

Geared Steam

I have about 800 pics Mike, I have already posted Day One on my blog, will try to upload more tonight. They keep getting better and better as the week went

OK, gotcha, on the blog. Great stuff!

[Geared Steam]

I have about 800 pics Mike, I have already posted Day One on my blog, will try to upload more tonight.  They keep getting better and better as the week went by.

:)

[mlehman]

Geared Steam

Some of the excellent modeling I seen at the 2015 Narrow Gauge convention last week.

Ooooh, cool

Got any more, Geared Steam? It's been 15 years since I went to a NNGC. Academia messes with your schedule that way.

[TBat55]

Thanks Peter. I bought "Stumpy Pete's House of Ham" from the Historic Rails catalog.

[Geared Steam]

Some of the excellent modeling I seen at the 2015 Narrow Gauge convention last week.  

This is Rick Schiffman's Fn3 layout. 

[HO-Velo]

Terry, While I certainly enjoyed seeing your layout photos, the House of Ham poster was a special treat.  Reminded me of an old 1930's Internationl Harvester carnival food truck that sat rusting away on my late Uncle's property, on it was a faded handpainted pig playing a flute and wearing a chef's hat, with the words "Whisltling Pig BBQ".

My Uncle was a great guy, kind, considerate and generous, was a B-17 pilot during WWII and survived 25 missions over Germany.  I miss him.  

Thanks and regards,  Peter

[HO-Velo]

Thanks Ted, but must confess that it's the camera that has the skill, photo taken with nightshot mode.

Regards, Peter

[luvadj]

Wow...it's been quite some time since I posted in WPF. With the 1000 mile move, setting up the new house and the new job assignment, there wasn't any time for the layouts or trains.

Nice work everyone...I looked forward to seeing these threads every week and didn't relize how much I missed them.

Here's a couple of shots of just plain 'ol running trains.....

[hon30critter]

I think I loved Thomas as much as my kids did.

Dave

["JaBear"]

I’ve just worked out its Labour Day on Monday in the States but I can’t edit the title, so for those of you, who it affects, have a good day. For the rest of us have a good day anyhow!!

No worries Rick, I’ve come to the conclusion that my ferry project has reached the 90% finished, 90% to do stage, so I’m not in a tearing hurry.  

GP-9_Man11786

(This is what happens when you start watching Thomas with your 5-month-old).

My mother who was a primary (elementary) school teacher was a firm believer not only in reading but in the joy of reading, started buying the original Thomas books when my son was born. When I was at home and not working away, I always made the point of reading him a bed side story and the Thomas books were his stories of choice. I’m not sure how many times I read each book but by the time his sister joined in, I did know them off by heart. Happy days.

Cheers, the Bear.

 

["JaBear"]

A great lot of really Good Stuff ffolkes, goes down well with my Sunday morning coffee, thank you.

TBat55

and I bought this cheap, don't know what it is (help?):

In my alternate world it would be a part of a large manufacturing company founded in the late 1880s. The all windowed second story on the right is the drafting office, plenty of natural light.

Cheers, the Bear.

[trainnut1250]

Looking good everyone.  Here are a couple of shots at the water tank on the Willoughby Line

 

Guy

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TBat55]

Thought I'd post some photos so here's a bunch of them.  Works in progress.

A coal dump:

City scene:

tunnel portals:

trying to curve rocks (latex molds on top of curved frame):

outcome:

3 bridges:

and I bought this cheap, don't know what it is (help?):

Have a nice holiday.

[hon30critter]

Hobbez:

Nice rust!

Dave

[hon30critter]

Ulrich:

I have 3rdPlanIt software and I love using it. However, you are way ahead of me in terms of drawing up specific buildings and using the terrain function. All I have bothered to do so far is make basic outlines of the structures and some elevation lines.

Well done!

Dave

[hon30critter]

GP-9_Man11786:

The Horseshoe Curve looks fantastic!

Dave

[hon30critter]

Peter:

That is a beautiful scene and well photographed! The reflection of the lights on the water is amazingly realistic.

Dave

[hon30critter]

Bear:

Thanks for sharing the videos. The large trestle is amazing! I love the elevation changes too. Flat modules leave something to be desired IMHO. All the scenes are great - lots of details.

I did catch the 'oops' when a couple of passenger coaches got left behind.

Dave

[tedtedderson]

Peter, 

WPF or Trackside Photo? 

That has to make the cut. 

T e d 

[HO-Velo]

Bear, Thanks for getting another WPF started down the line, and the movies too.  Impressive layout to say the least, now that's a trestle!

Ulrich,  You are the embodiment of "you can't keep a good man down."  Best wishes.

Dave, "Workin' on a chain gang," Ah, but the agony of working with those tiny chains is worth the detailed interest they add to a model.

Thanks to all, regards, Peter

[NP01]

This week, a new Railroad is born.

 

More in a separate thread

[tedtedderson]

I also had to use a notepad this week. Actually it's the registration business reply mail card that came with my garage door handle. 

Bear, I hope next week is less weird. I always enjoy archive pics. Thanks for starting again. It makes my Friday morning. 

Ulrich, I used scarm to design my layout. I know what you made there is no small feat. That takes patience. Those aren't toys. Nice work. 

Dave, the details are the best part. The chains really tie everything together! 

Mike, I've seen these types of pile-ups. It seems like it's inevitable. I'm NOT looking forward to that in my concrete layout room. Must have been a cheap incident as you're still making jokes. RIP to the guy in the outhouse. What a way to "go".

Rick J, I'm interested in the gravel road crossing in your second pick. I need to make several of those. I'm curious about your method. 

Hobbez, I especially like the rust on #83. Makes me wonder the last time I had a tetanus shot. 

GP-9 Man, you must get a lot of enjoyment from seeing trains pass each other around the curve. The taxes on all that track must be be brutal. 

George, Casey, Grampy, and Allan- you guys really set the bar high. 

Here are pics of some scenery I've worked on. It's a good example of scenery on a squared off tabletop layout. 

My allowance finally built up enough for some static grass and just a touch of plaster, ground foam, and some other texture. I think the fall color trees along the back may get chopped in favor of more summer color. 

Believe it or not there was an attempt to improve lighting. Another job still in progress.

Once again, thanks everyone for the free education!

T e d 

[G Paine]

We got the remaining 2 RDCs running at Boothbay Railway Village this week, shown here MUed together by the power plant

RDC-2 BM 6209

RDC-3 BM 6302

[G Paine]

hon30critter

http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy132/HOn30critter/McKeen%20Motor%20Car/DSC01151_zpsejydyw89.jpg

 

Good to see the progress, Dave, it is looking a lot less like a small skateboard

This week I added figures to a Wiking Austen Healey 3000. A couple of ladies out for a drive - who says guys are the only ones who can have fun in a car.

[C&O Fan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c9W-EAtrmA

 

Installed a Wow Diesel Decoder in an older Athearn U-23-B
I think the prototype used a 12 cylinder GE which is not a sound choice
on this decoder so I used the FLD16

[GP-9_Man11786]

Wow, so much cool stuff so far, I actually had to go through this thread with a notepad!

Bear, Cool shot from the archive.

Ulrich, I love the rHb electric, I remember my PBS station ran a series of documentaries about the that line and several others in Switzerland that were facinating.

Dave, you McKeen car is truning out nicely.

Mike, that was some wreck. I hope Sir Topham Hat wasn't too ticked off at the "confusion and delay." (This is what happens when you start watching Thomas with your 5-month-old).

Rick, I love the FL9s. When I lived in New York, I got to ride behind one while they were runging on the Long Island Rail Road.

Casy, very nice Reading steamer.

Grampy, Awesome night scene.

Hobbez, amazing weathering job.

Allan, love the shots of that curve.

Anyway, I spent most of this week forcing myself to work on Horseshoe Curve. I've been fighting against the "I want to do something else on this layout" bug for a while now. I removed some trees that were too big. And after flipping through Don Ball Jr's excelent book, Pennsylvaia Railroad in the 1940s - 1950s, I moved the trees further from the tracks and made them more sparse.

[mlehman]

Rick,

Thanks for the comments.

Casey,

Nice work on the loco.

Grampy,

Awesome night scene, or maybe early dawn?

Hobbez,

Hey diesels look good to me on rough track, even if it's some other gauge's narrowgauge.