Managed to finish a couple of cars again this week.
Robbins Rails PS1 50' Boxcar Kit, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Mask Island Decals. Prototype car was built in 1967, so I included the ACI Label as that started in 1967.
The Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad participated in the IPD boxcar boom of the late 70's and acquired FMC 5347 Boxcars in 1977. Car is a new Atlas Kit, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Herald King Decals.
Looking forward to more great work by you modelers!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Hi, Rick and THANKS for kicking off the extended "Decoration Day" WPF for this weekend!
I sure remember those cars back when I was a fixture at trackside. Who wouldn't remember the slogan "Better By A Dam Site"! You have an artist's touch with decals! Just fantastic... and on a nearly WHITE carbody... amazing!
Well, it is chilly and rainy here in the Ohio Great Lakes region— Good modeling weather!
I'm happy to be done with the tedious tasks with my Post Office Parcel Post Annex building! Mortar is pointed, windows and glazing in place. I then turned my attention to the interior.
One thing struck me was that I'm sure in the prototype building, those corner towers were the stairwells. So...
Gotta see stairs, at least in the closest viewed corner.
I had bits & pieces in the junk box and came up with this stairwell. Not fancy by any means, but something to see when you look through the windows.
I'll hit the railings with some black paint for contrast.
I had to place the building on it's site to get a feel for how it would be viewed.
So far— so good!
Well, let's see what is in store for us this weekend... On to more great stuff!
Regards, Ed
Nice job on the cars Rick....
ED......I like Your stairs. I believe I would have painted the railings before I put them in though.
I may post some pic's of My scratch/bash bridge, if I get a chance to take some new one's......shoulder is not cooperating.
Take Care!
Frank
EDIT: I'll show some starters. The basic bridge started out as a Walthers double track bridge. Everything else had to be scratched, using Plastruct, Evergreen and Central Valley. It also had to be compressed vertically to fit the sloped ceiling and still look like it would lift. Sort of like getting ten Ilbs in a five Ilb bag...LOL.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Nice work everyone.
The boxcar looks great.
Those stairs look amazing.
The bridge is off to a great start
Nice video, and nice sound
This si what I have to offer this week- an ex Rio Grande GP40. I notched the nose, stripped it down to bare plastic, and started applying decals. If you couldn't guess, ex 3085-now 303- is owned by the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway.
Obiviously I still have a lot more work to do on it, but it's coming along.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Rick .. Your freight cars are beautiful.
Ed ... Your large building is getting a lot of details. The stairs are amzing.
Frank ... Your bridges look good. Must be a lot of work.
Jimmy ... Good start with the Rio Grande locomotive.
Bear ... Thanks for the video of the club layout.
Below is a preview of my bridge project. I am connecting the upper level where there is an 8' gap between sections. Most of it will be on bridges. This section is getting a steel trestle (viaduct) which has a 36" curve in it. I have much more work remaining.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Looking good everyone! Impressive as always. Family is coming in town this weekend for my dad's 70th birthday party so no modeling time but I've been pushing to make progess.
The upper incline building sort of looks like something now.
I told myself I would buy my first real engine as a reward for finishing the layout. But since it will probably get ripped out on the day it's done I might as well enjoy it with some trains. I bought a new loco, some iron ore cars and some box cars, a couple of cabeese and a shipping container for scenery. I love it! It looks awesome going around the layout. It's an MTH P&LE GP38-2.
A very beat up MWCX ex-CNW exx-CRIP covered hopper. I took elements of several such covered hoppers, like the fully rusted up roof and the wreck damage repaint of the ladder.
Thank you Rick for starting the thread.
Here is my contribution for this week. Two Tichy Train Group 40' flat cars in Canadian Pacific color. The paint is Rapido Proto Paint and the decals are from Black Cat Decals.
Guy
Modeling CNR in the 50's
Does the previous Weekend Photo Fun disappear when a new one is created?
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I might just be temporarily blind, but I cannot seem to fins last week's WPF, and I wanted to show my wife one of the pictures.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 but I cannot seem to fins last week's WPF,
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/263063.aspx#top
The only project currently on my workbench is an old Model Die Casting gondola car. I am very fond of that Chooch tire load behind it, and this is the only car I can find it fits into perfectly. I did not want to trim away any of the tires. I added some brake rigging and grab irons. It is coming along nicely.
Just layout maintenance
for me this week
in preperation for next weeks NMRA LSR convention
Layout tour
http://bayoucitylimited.org/ I'm listed on the tour page http://bayoucitylimited.org/Activities/Layout_Tours/Layout_Tours/Loup_Creek_Sub.html
http://bayoucitylimited.org/
I'm listed on the tour page
http://bayoucitylimited.org/Activities/Layout_Tours/Layout_Tours/Loup_Creek_Sub.html
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
SeeYou190 Does the previous Weekend Photo Fun disappear when a new one is created? . I might just be temporarily blind, but I cannot seem to fins last week's WPF, and I wanted to show my wife one of the pictures. . -Kevin .
Mike
Rick, Thanks for the WPF start. Nice pair of boxcars.
Wishing everyone a joyous holiday as we honor our fallen heroes.
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
SeeYou190Does the previous Weekend Photo Fun disappear when a new one is created?. I might just be temporarily blind, but I cannot seem to fins last week's WPF, and I wanted to show my wife one of the pictures.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/263063.aspx
It does not diappear and copies are kept on MR, Russian severs, the NSA and the NY Times. If Vlad is not your buddy, there is a "Search the Community" box on the right side of this page about half way down.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Remember...
More freight please
Finally build a corner stone kit that sat for months, named the company after my grandfather who was at the show when I got it. Also in the middle of some new modules.
But at the moment in the middle of a foam weekend...
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60361449@N02/
Anthracite Modeler - YouTube
Been a little slow in here for the last couple of days, so I figure I will show what I have been doing.
I am doing an NMRA Mini Clinic next Saturday for my Division's Spring Meet. The Clinic is a "Mini" clinic on layout lighting and will show the importance of 3 characteristics of lighting. They are "Color Temperature", "CRI", and "Lumens".
Color Temperature of bulbs range from about 2700°K (Kelvin or absolute temperature) to generally around 8000°K. CRI or Color Rendering Index is the ability of a light source to accurately reproduce colors. The range is from 0 (although Low Pressure Sodium used for street lighting somehow comes in at -44) to 100 (Being perfect and being a Black Body Radiator like the sun). Lumens are the amount of light from the source. So here are a few of the slides I will be showing.
First a photo from way back when I got back into Model Railroading and had no idea what I was doing... This photo was taken with my Kodak digital camera using Dollar Store cheapo CFL lights that were at 2800°K (Yellow spectrum) and a CRI of less than 80:
The same general location taken several years later when I had a Canon Digital rebel and the layout had gained 5000°K CFLs at about 93 CRI. There is also more Lumens of light in that location now. Notice a difference???
Here is the area of the layout I am completeing now illuminated with several different light bulbs. First is a standard 2800°K Incandescent (CRI98+, considered a Black Body Radiator):
A 5000°K CFL with a CRI of 93:
2800°K CFL at 80 CRI:
5000°K LED at 80 CRI:
And finally a shot of the scene with the layout lights on (5000°K and 93 CRI but with more points of light and much higher Lumens):
Hope you can see some differences. So... 2800°K is very early morning sunlight. 5000°K is mid day. (The SLOW is stuck on Saturday, August 15, 1925, at 2PM in the afternoon.... So you know what lighting I prefer. ) The CRI of all these bulbs is reasonable for lighting, but the higher CRI the better. There are some LED Bulbs available that can be considered Black Body Radiators and reach a CRI of 98. However, at this point they are made for very specialized uses such as Museums, Art Galleries, Hospitals, Restaurants and Grocery Stores, etc. that require some specific lighting qualities. Those also cost somewhere from around $25 to $75 each..... Maybe in my next life???
I will also be taking about how the human eye interprets different lighting sources as well. (Brighter is generally better for color and accuity.)
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!