mlehman Figured the Heilmann would open the door to this incresingly popular form of model railroading that is solidly freelance, with only a minor nod toward any prototype most of us imagine.
Here's a rather starnge diesel example: http://tracks.lionel.com/temporary-transformation-a-steampunk-locomotive/
Here's a rather starnge diesel example:
http://tracks.lionel.com/temporary-transformation-a-steampunk-locomotive/
Not Steam Punk. It's Diesel Punk.
The Strasburg RR even held a Steam Punk event last fall: http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/train-schedule/events/steampunk-unlimited/ Not that you HAVE to have a suitable costume, but it certainly seems to help folks get into the spirit. I can imagine a Steam Punk FREEMO meet, for instance, but probably not Steam Punk RPM.
The Strasburg RR even held a Steam Punk event last fall:
http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/train-schedule/events/steampunk-unlimited/
Not that you HAVE to have a suitable costume, but it certainly seems to help folks get into the spirit. I can imagine a Steam Punk FREEMO meet, for instance, but probably not Steam Punk RPM.
I like the custumes of the women a bit more. But you're right Steam Punk RPM wouldn't work, but if the world had gone more mechanical than electronics than it would have been a possibility. Now FREEMO that's all Steam Punk would be fasinating peice of work.
Then there's this fellow who you might say likes his freelancing in large scale -- and with plenty of meat: http://geekologie.com/2013/04/id-slap-my-meat-on-that-steampunk-train.php
Then there's this fellow who you might say likes his freelancing in large scale -- and with plenty of meat:
http://geekologie.com/2013/04/id-slap-my-meat-on-that-steampunk-train.php
Ran across that post a while back also.
Then there's the fellow who asked about Steam Punk shinkansen and got some interesting replies, including abiut the Heilmann: http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=38482.0
Then there's the fellow who asked about Steam Punk shinkansen and got some interesting replies, including abiut the Heilmann:
http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=38482.0
I surfed that sight for a while untill I discovered I was getting into another hobby. One is enough for now.
So if you're having trouble imagining something free-lance, that should be food for thought... Uh, make mine BBQ.[laugh]
So if you're having trouble imagining something free-lance, that should be food for thought...
Uh, make mine BBQ.[laugh]
One BBQed slice of pizza made on my Steam Punk grill coming up.
Bernd
New York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. - Route of the Black Diamonds
protolancer(at)kingstonemodelworks(dot)com
BerndSteam Punk? Mmmmm close.Cool Bernd
Figured the Heilmann would open the door to this incresingly popular form of model railroading that is solidly freelance, with only a minor nod toward any prototype most of us imagine.
Several more discussions that show the affection steam punk afficianados hold for RRs and the simply weird miscellaneaous steamers of the past:
https://realsteampunk.wordpress.com/
But that sort of thing seems right in line with what some may find to their taste, however weird it might seem to some.
Uh, make mine BBQ.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Steam Punk? Mmmmm close.
hon30critterBernd: A Heilmann locomotive would be a really neat project! Go for it!! Dave
A Heilmann locomotive would be a really neat project! Go for it!!
Dave
That project is going to have to wait a while because it's number 105,391 on the list of model projects to do.
That's one problem I have with freelancing. To many ideas and not enough time.
BerndHere's one that's been on my mind since I found a refrence to it on the net. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heilmann_locomotive http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/heilmann/heilmann2.htm I'd like to modernize this one in a model someday.
Holy Steam Punk, Batman! You've found the Ur-loco!
Bernd:
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Here's one that's been on my mind since I found a refrence to it on the net.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heilmann_locomotive
http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/heilmann/heilmann2.htm
I'd like to modernize this one in a model someday.
Bernd Hi Guy, Hey that some nice work. I'm sort of doing the same thing with rolling stock and motive power. Bernd
Hi Guy,
Hey that some nice work. I'm sort of doing the same thing with rolling stock and motive power.
Bernd,
Thanks for the kind words. I like the locos you posted to the thread, especially the boxcabs! Great sense of whimsy in the first set of electrics - love the double PA. BTW: I also count the crocodile among my favorite locos..
There is a lot of imaginative work in this thread. Great examples of what could have been or just pure trains for the sake of trains!
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
The WPF thread is typically kicked off by one of our New Zealand correspendents, JaBear, late Thursday night or early Friday morning (NZ is, I think, on the otherside of the world date line passing through the mid-Pacific.) Sometimes someone else may start it. In any case, folks are welcome to post and discuss throughout the week, although it typically trails off after Sunday evening US time.
I'm certain all of us regulars would welcome seeing your creative work in whatever scale or subject you're modeling in currently.
Thanks Dave. I know the thread you're talking about. Just didn't put two and two together. Off to post some pictures.
(Edited: Looks like I have to wait till Friday.)
Hi Bernd:
I'll beat Mike to it.
WPF stands for 'Weekend Picture Fun' which is simply a thread that is started every Friday where members can show either what they have been working on recently or any other pictures that would be of interest to fellow modellers, whether it be layout shots, rolling stock or whatever.
Here is a link to the last WPF:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/252235.aspx
mlehman Bernd, Saw some Crocs IIRC, but no pics That TT logging layout sounds exciting, too. Stop in at the WPF thread and show us more anytime, even if just a quick shop table top shot of work in progress.
Saw some Crocs IIRC, but no pics
That TT logging layout sounds exciting, too. Stop in at the WPF thread and show us more anytime, even if just a quick shop table top shot of work in progress.
Cool thread although I am a bit late to it. My layout is a proto – freelanced or proto-lanced theme. Most of my rolling stock is modeling specific pieces of prototype equipment, the freelance part is that they didn’t all run on the same line. However there are some pieces that I built or modified just because I liked the look. Here are three examples:
This Swiss crocodile is from my old layout - note the American trolley style overhead and the American reefer cars in the background.
This is my take on a water car using a narrow gauge tank casting from RGM sitting on a scratch built car.
This is a Sierra 2-8-0 body and tender on a Spectrum 4-6-0 chassis. Runs great but didn’t exist anywhere in the real world.
That’s enough from me,
mlehman Wayne, Bear, Marlon, Bernd, and Steve, Thanks, too, for your contributions! Neat stuff. So I'm looking forward to whatever you end up doing with your electrics
Wayne, Bear, Marlon, Bernd, and Steve,
Thanks, too, for your contributions! Neat stuff.
So I'm looking forward to whatever you end up doing with your electrics
I think those and pretty much all we've seen here also shows much of the idea that free-lance modeling is less worthwhile or legit because it's just an excuse to do things the lazy way doesn't have much traction in practice. Your projects all took considerable thought and creativity, as well as lots of effort to accomplish. Your 1:1 subjects may exist mostly in your imagination, but the results are certainly concretely compelling.
I'll second Sheldon's motion, would like to see more. I spent almost 4 years in Europe, so I like heavy electrics. Here's a common sight of the early 70s on the Deutsches Bahn in Germany.
But little electrics are also cool, like this one on the Gotthard Tunnel line in Switzerland.
HiThere is a Morristown & Erie, and there nearly was an Alco C-636P, but a demo C-636P in front of the M&E engine house is pure fiction. But not in my N-Scle world.
CheersSteveNZ
Here's a quartet of HOn30 boxcabs for my eventual limestone quarry.
And a close up of one nearing completion.
Totally scratchbuilt using Kato N scale drives.
Bernd One type of engine I don't see posted of much are "Juice Jacks" or electric locomotives. I like the big boxcabs used by the Great Northern. So Kingstone Locomotive Works came up with their own design. Atheran Alco PA B unit, plus added front and rear porches. Two Atheran Alco PA A units back to back. And just for the fun of it a "what would it look like". An Athearn chopnose SD9 with a pantograph. And there are more designs on the drawing board and in the shops. Bernd
One type of engine I don't see posted of much are "Juice Jacks" or electric locomotives. I like the big boxcabs used by the Great Northern. So Kingstone Locomotive Works came up with their own design.
Atheran Alco PA B unit, plus added front and rear porches.
Two Atheran Alco PA A units back to back.
And just for the fun of it a "what would it look like". An Athearn chopnose SD9 with a pantograph.
And there are more designs on the drawing board and in the shops.
I love your electrics, post some photos when they are done - great stuff.
I have considered doing the reverse idea - making a GG1 a diesel!
Sheldon
An Athearn DDA40X with custom paint lighting and sound
I bought an undecorated "Geep". It went from this..
..to this...
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
doctorwayneOddly enough, it is the prototype, and there are modellers of it on at least four continents.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I appreciate your kind words, Charles.
The Northern has gone to a friend, and the safety cab diesels were sold long ago. I still have the C-425 (CN modellers don't seem to want it )As for GERN, it's the largest shipper on my layout, and not going anywhere.
Wayne
SouthgateI already liked these paint jobs. But I just finally noticed that the backdrop on the top picture is painted. Admittedly, I was looking at the locomotive, but for it to take that long to notice that it wasn't 3-D trees is a compliment to your scenicking skills! Dan
Thank you for the kind words Dan! Credit for that approach goes to the late Bob Ross and his PBS show on how to paint "happy trees": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Wo1ubuzAE
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
Wow, DocterWayne, I really like those kitbashes, and I love how that 4-8-4 urned out!
Charles
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CSX_road_slug mlehman Anyone else with an inspirational freelance project that is what it is -- and you like it? Paint scheme for my fantasy pike - a hybrid of EJ&E and CN's 1970-80 side stripes: A first-generation unit in an earlier scheme : Caboose:
mlehman Anyone else with an inspirational freelance project that is what it is -- and you like it?
Paint scheme for my fantasy pike - a hybrid of EJ&E and CN's 1970-80 side stripes:
A first-generation unit in an earlier scheme :
Caboose:
I already liked these paint jobs. But I just finally noticed that the backdrop on the top picture is painted. Admittedly, I was looking at the locomotive, but for it to take that long to notice that it wasn't 3-D trees is a compliment to your scenicking skills! Dan