Dave VollmerIn preparation for my 12 x 14 HOn3 RGS First District (whose construction will coincide with my retirement from the Air Force after 22 1/2 years) I built a 1' x 3' test module using a scrap of Styrofoam, a piece of ME code 70 flex, and some old N scale roadbed I had leftover. The N scale roadbed works great and is still probably better than the real roadbed profile of the RGS, LOL.
Dave,
Great to see some more narrowgauge here. Looking forward to your plans/
GARRY and others who left comments, Thanks!
Nice action shot, Bear
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Track fiddler I like your tree ornament as well Dave. I went to the company site you provided looking for a Great Northern one. Either they didn't have one or I couldn't find it. I think share your favorite railroad tree ornament would be a good idea for a new thread. Tis the Season. I have one and I'm sure many other forum members have one too. I would start it but I wouldn't feel right skating in on your thing. Happy holidays to you too. Track Fiddler
I like your tree ornament as well Dave. I went to the company site you provided looking for a Great Northern one. Either they didn't have one or I couldn't find it.
I think share your favorite railroad tree ornament would be a good idea for a new thread. Tis the Season. I have one and I'm sure many other forum members have one too. I would start it but I wouldn't feel right skating in on your thing.
Happy holidays to you too.
Track Fiddler
Their website isn't updated very often. They're great people...call and see what they have!
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Brunton Dave Vollmer Best wishes for a happy holiday season from the Midland Route! Thanks Dave, you as well. Where DID you find that ornament?
Dave Vollmer Best wishes for a happy holiday season from the Midland Route!
Thanks Dave, you as well.
Where DID you find that ornament?
Picked it up at the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver this summer from these folks:
http://www.stoddartsltd.com/
Thanks to Ed referring me to the experimental posting site, I was able to learn how to post pictures with my new phone.
This is a better picture of the Evergreen styrene bridge I built about a year ago. All ready for paint as soon as I buy an airbrush.
Edit. I wasn't able to log into the MR experimental posting site but was able to find an internet one that worked for me.
Dave VollmerBest wishes for a happy holiday season from the Midland Route!
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
Dave VollmerI built a 1' x 3' test module using a scrap of Styrofoam, a piece of ME code 70 flex, and some old N scale roadbed I had leftover.
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Beautiful photo diorama. It looks very impressive.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
G Paine A couple of weeks ago I posted some images of the holiday layout Boothbay Railway Village brought back to LL Bean store in Freeport Me. What I did not mention was a reporter from a local TV station spent the evening with us while we were setting up. The video was posted on their site Friday http://wgme.com/news/local/ll-bean-brings-back-popular-display
A couple of weeks ago I posted some images of the holiday layout Boothbay Railway Village brought back to LL Bean store in Freeport Me. What I did not mention was a reporter from a local TV station spent the evening with us while we were setting up. The video was posted on their site Friday
http://wgme.com/news/local/ll-bean-brings-back-popular-display
George ... glad to see the publicity about the holiday layout.
Dave V ... nice work with your HOn3 RGS
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Dave Vollmer I built a 1' x 3' test module using a scrap of Styrofoam, a piece of ME code 70 flex, and some old N scale roadbed I had leftover.
Great looking work as usual, Dave. Glad to see you back with us, and looking forward to progress updates.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Kevin & Garry, thanks for the kind words.
Terry, Thanks for the compliment, can't take credit for the AD&N boxcar, it is a cherished gift from a friend. Also thanks for taking the time to share your weathering techniques.
Thanks again & regards, Peter
In preparation for my 12 x 14 HOn3 RGS First District (whose construction will coincide with my retirement from the Air Force after 22 1/2 years) I built a 1' x 3' test module using a scrap of Styrofoam, a piece of ME code 70 flex, and some old N scale roadbed I had leftover. The N scale roadbed works great and is still probably better than the real roadbed profile of the RGS, LOL.
HO-Velo PennCentral, I like your covered hopper and photo composition. May I ask if you apply an initial fade before adding other weathering effects, and if so, your medium of choice?
PennCentral, I like your covered hopper and photo composition. May I ask if you apply an initial fade before adding other weathering effects, and if so, your medium of choice?
Peter - I apply fades (sometimes several layers) before beginning the weathering. To fade the initial color, I use thinned acrylics.
This hopper is an older Athearn Blue Box I grabbed on ebay for $9. Since the color of the proto appeared to be a faded turquoise, this was almost an entire re-coloring from the original green. This faded color was shot with an air brush. Once I got the base color/fade down, I sealed it before weathering.
The weathering on this hopper started with thinned oils that were brushed on, this gave the fade a dirty look. After the oil dried, chalks were added to give it some grime and dirt.
I like the looks of your open hopper, and the ADN boxcar behind it.
Thanks for your comments and questions.
Terry
Inspired by Addiction
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Peter and GP9... thanks for commenting on my photos
Peter. .. the GN hopper looks real with your weathering .
GP9... nice layout for your kids.
Bear.... The GP unit looks good.
Dave V ... thanks. I hope you, too, have a good Christmas season.
That looks like one fantasic weathering job to me. Very well done.
Rick, Thanks for opening the WPF. Going to be a very happy model railroader who opens your gift.
Ed, Your night station scenes and depiction of the bygone glory days of railroad passenger service are captivating to say the least. Makes me think of those intriguing Hitchcock movies, like North by Northwest and the 20th Century Limited.
Garry, Ah yes, seemingly carefree childhood, the fun of assembling a balsa wood and paper kite, attaching the cloth tail, and then the absolute thrill of flying it.
Have yet to get a handle on fading with paint washes, so tried working over this Exactrail RTR hopper with mostly Pan Pastels.
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
Heartland Division CB&QKevin ... Nice boxcar. I agree N-scale is very small.
Thank Garry.
After painting and decalling that tiny thing, I can't believe I modelled in N scale for more than ten years. I even built 4 or 5 N scale layouts. Crazy.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Thanks to all for the compliments, much appreciated! I may not post weekly, but I do check in and read weekly.
Ed - your pics of life at a train station are more than believable. The scribbles on the hopper were done with a watercolor pencil, I kept it sharp with a piece of sandpaper. Thanks for pointing out the loco. As tempting as they are, I have enough un-completed locos and rolling stock to keep me busy.
Thanks again to all and keep the pics coming.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season from the Midland Route!
Rick, very nice work on that boxcar. I wish I had your skills.
Morty, I mean Kevin, Also a nice job on your boxcar.
PC, welcome and very nice job on the covered hopper.
Ed, Union Station looks outstanding. It's a great scene and also great photography. I feel like I'm there.
Mike L, Cool narrow gauge as always.
Heartland, Very cool scenes.
I took a bit of a break from my layout to build this small O-Gauge layout for my kids. It's called the V&R railroad named for my children Victor and Rosalie.
On my layout, I built some mountains in Johnstown:
And under the hood, I installed a phone system using this PBX I got of Amazon:
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
Rick ... Thanks for starting the thread. ... It'll be a long weekend starting Thursday evening, and I hope to see a lot of contribitions. ... Your Boxcar is outstanding.
Kevin ... Nice boxcar. I agree N-scale is very small.
PC ... I agree with Ed about the realisim of your covered hopper.
Ed ... Wow ! Your night scene at Union STttion looks real. It reminds me of travel by train before Amtrak.
Casey ... You are building yet another beautiful locomotive !
Mike L ... Nice photo in Durango !
My contribution.
GP7 251 at the stock yard.
Go fly a kite !
Everybody ... Keep on posting great photos !
Nice cars, Rick and Kevin!
Welcome PC, always good to see folks who aren't regulars get their toes in the water at WPF, please send more
Ed,
Awesome pics of your station action!
RDG Casey, Lots of work in that, outstanding!
My modest contribution for the week. The conductor is inside Durango station, waiting for some final waybills, but the train is otherwise ready for its power and departure for Silverton.
If you'd like to ride the narrowgauge, drop me a PM. I have a holiday ops session (very low pressure, this is the slow-moving narrowgauge, after all) scheduled for Wed. evening, December 13 and you're welcome to drop in.
New Hope & Ivyland 40 is finally ready for paint.
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Hello, Folks
Another weekend — another month!
Thanks for starting things off, Rick. More fantastic rolling stock for your roster! The underbody detail looks amazing on your RBL!
Your's, too, Kevin. N scale to boot Decal work gets tedious for me. I have to do it in small batches then take a break for a while.
Penn Central's covered hopper is realism at it's finest. How did you do those scribblings? How many thousands of cars have I seen out on the main line like that. Neat stuff!
Have you seen the new Penn-Central C-R patch out GP9s coming from Athearn? For some modelers (that don't have your talent) they will be a real advantage for those who want some grubby looking equipment.
https://tonystrains.com/product/athearn-genesis-athg88288-ho-emd-gp9-with-tsunami2-sound-cr-ex-prr-7151/
I'm glad to see manufacturers offering such fare for a change.
Some of the things I kept busy with this week don't photograph very well, such as downloading new sound projects for some of my Loksound locomotives.
I did manage to replace six lamp poles at one of the longer platforms at Union Station and I also photographed the Walthers 3-2 observation car that I finished up this week, both projects in one scene
Union_Sta_departure3 by Edmund, on Flickr
Above is an overall view. This platform leads to the Post Office Annex building.
Union_Sta_departure1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Here are a few neat looking night shots...
Union_Sta_departure8 by Edmund, on Flickr
Usually the Nickel Plate Limited has a solarium obs but tonight Pullman supplied an open platform car.
Union_Sta_departure5 by Edmund, on Flickr
Right out of a film noir detective movie.
Union_Sta_departure6 by Edmund, on Flickr
Lots of hustle and bustle at the station!
On to more great stuff~~~ Thank You
Regards, Ed
Off to an early start, looking good so far!
My latest creation, BNG 464799, based off a prototype
Nice looking boxcar Rick!
I also finished one car this week. It is an N scale STRATTON & GILLETTE boxcar. This is probably the first N scale car I have completed in 20 years. It is so tiny!
This one is destined for the store layout in Riverdale Station in Atlanta, Georgia. It will be there next week on their store layout.
Keep the pictures coming!
Good evening from cloudy and mild Northeast Ohio.
Managed to finish one car this week!
This is a car I built for the Railroad Clubs Christmas Gift Exchange. Athearn PS 5344CF Boxcar Kit, with added Plano Walkover Platform and A-Line Sill Steps in place of the plastic ones. Painted the car with Scalecoat II Armour Yellow and Floquil Platinum Mist Paints, then decalled with Oddballs Decals. The KCS picked these cars up in 1987 from one of the shortlines that had too many, and instead of painting it in their rust color left in the the yellow that the cars were originally painted and lettered with green graphics.
In progress car, Athearn PC&F 50' RBL with a 12' Door, car will be either SSW, SP or WP depending on the decal I can find.
Also worked on a GP7 for the D&TSL railroad, but the picture was damaged, may try it later this week.
See you all later!
Rick Jesionowski
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