Gidday all, another WPF chock full of really Good Stuff. Firstly, my daughter has managed to get home and as a consequence, we’re both in self isolation for at least two weeks, so just might have time to get some modelling done!!!
Now that's a silver lining in a very gray cloud! Glad to hear everyone's safe at home, even if home is the place for the next couple of weeks.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Heartland Division CB&QThis thread is amazing this week ! ........ Thank you to all who contributed.
This was the best Weekend Photo Fun in a while. Thank you to everyone that helped out.
If this was a result of all the isolation because of the virus, I guess that shows there is a silver lining to everything.
Stay safe... we are in our second week of being hermits.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
HarrisonKevin- you're making good progress, check your PMs.
Harrison: I can't figure out how to add a picture to a PM, so I will reply in here.
I never paint straight from the bottle. For Tamiya paints I would mix them with a bamboo skewer and then use the skewer to transfer a drop or two to the pallette.
I use a Masterson Stay-Wet Handy Pallette. It has a thin sponge underneath a semi-porous pieces of thick paper. This lets moisture come through the pallette into the paint and keeps the paint workable for a bit longer.
I also mix in a drop or two of Vallejo #72-524 Thinner Medium into the paint. This product also includes an "extender" as well a as thinner, so it improves working time. Tamiya's thinner does not have extender in it.
Never leave Tamiya paint pots open. They will skin over in just a few minutes.
I hope this helps.
tankertoad135OK, I fixed my avatar.
Ah, that is much better now! You, me, and Sheldon all have our private roadname heralds as our avatars. It did not seem right with it missing.
OK, I fixed my avatar. I had to change my "handle" a short time back due to login difficulty with my older screen name.
Sooo, whilst I am at it, one more picture for this weekend's subject:
Don; Prez, CEO or whatever of the Wishram, Oregon and Western RR
I've been spending more time in my workshop for the reasons you all know. I decided to tackle a few projects that were on the backburner. The first was two Tichy hoppers for my ore mining section. I still need to add some decals on them.
The second is a replica of the only armoured military train in Canada (to my knowledge anyway). The real thing patrolled out West in WW2. Rivet counters will see limitations to my model, but it's close enough for me.
Stay safe everyone and enjoy your trains! Simon
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Here is a hopper kit I have assembled this week during my spare time. Up next for it will come some weathering.
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Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
This thread is amazing this week ! ........ Thank you to all who contributed.
Everybody: ...... Keep on posting more good stuff !
Harrison, Kevin, Paul, and anybody I missed: .... Thank you for commenting on my photo.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Great work, everyone. Another full thread of photos that show so much talent.
The first building on my N layout was a RIX locomotive shop. It has been sitting there with the area around it unfinished for too long. I'm starting on that today.
York1 John
G Paine Harrison Grade crossing done: Just a quick suggestion on the crossing. Even though it is not protypical, I usually taper the ends of my wood grade crossings so a low hanging coupler trip pin will not snag on them and cause a derailment.
Harrison Grade crossing done:
Just a quick suggestion on the crossing. Even though it is not protypical, I usually taper the ends of my wood grade crossings so a low hanging coupler trip pin will not snag on them and cause a derailment.
That's been a problem for me and that's a great suggestion. Thank you.
I was going to redo mine anyway and I will follow your advice.
Ouch, razor wire! That oughta scratch that itchy back that's hard to reach
Hoping the Bear daughter stays safe in her travels! It's one of those rough times to be adventuring, which makes the experience all that more satisfying. Beautiful pics of real life RRing as a suitable backdrop for a sweet little layout. Someone oughta talk to Amtrak about an improvement like that in every station.
And lots of fine work by the usual crowd and some new faces, always good to see. It's late, so I won't sing the many praises possible except to note the fine work seen here is probably only the start of some real progress on many layouts when we don't have the opportunity do much anything else productive.
Just finished cancelling our local train show here in Urbana (was going to be the 28 & 29th), so a little frustrating but we managed to put a halt to things without needing to sell the farm. See you next year (most likely) on that. So spent this week finishing up a build of a 4x8 in HOn3 flavor and restoring one of the many switching layouts the Robert Miller estate gifted us with that, combined, give us sitching action along with the roundy round that keeps the public interested. My thread on the 4x8 is here:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/281001.aspx
Bob's most finished module was a little rough when we received it. I attahced it's legs, then added a shelf underneath for use during exhibitions.
I built a short "bridge" section to connect the two layouts, that might lead to an actual bridge model someday. The other end of the module offered a place to add a "dock" for Bob's cassette system, which I think may become a ferry.
Some of the structures near the end with the "dock" are permanently mounted and a bit beaten up, so I repaired them and added some of the most appropriate structures among thos that came with the donation of Bob's gear. Among these was Loon Lake station. I added Bob's bike resting against the wall, a subtle tip-off to another of his interests, bicycling, where he was still riding thousnads of miles well into what most of us would consider old age.
Here's a overhead view that shows off Bob's exquiste hand-laid track.
I'll update my build thread on the HOn3 4x8 shortly.
Allan: The tank cars are looking good. I have lettered some of the STRATTON AND GILLETTE tank cars SGRR, SGRT, and SGRX. Never sure which would be best.
Jimmy: Again, thank you for the update on your layout. I am enjoying all the progress.
Renegade: That is a whole bunch of tank cars. I only have two types of freight cars that I have ten or more of, they are both SGRR 40 foot boxcars.
Harrison (again): You modeling on the fencing is quite good. Chain link is always hard, and yours looks as good as any I have seen. I avoid chain link because it is one of my weak spots. I am glad you have learned a lesson early that it took me a while to start... never be afraid to rip something out and replace it.
J.R.: For some reason I cannot see your pictures. I am sad Sebring was cancelled, I was going to go up and check out your cars.
Toad: I love the caboose. I thought you used to have your private raodname herald as your avatar.
Peter: That is a nice calm relaxing scene. I think we can all use some of that right now.
Michael: Steel buildings can be hard to make look real and not like plastic. Yours are looking good. I do like the sign.
Paul: Thank you for the kind comment on my scenery. I have built scenery for many, many layouts, and I still cannot describe my method. I can tell you this, if you don't like it, either rip it out or cover it up. Scenery is very easy to do over again. Eventually it will look pretty good. I have almost the entire line of Woodland Scenics products on hand along with a lot of Scenic Express. I like to experiment with different things, and most of them seem to work out.
Jimmy (again): You posted another update while I was writing this... your highway modeling in convincing... I am quite impressed. Modeling roads is another weak spot for me.
I brought in my latest shiny purchases and unpacked them. These arrived on Tuesday, but I kept them outside the living area in quarantine for a few days.
A new 8,000 gallon tank car, a very nice one with pressure relief valves on the dome was added. I also finally bought the Lambert Combination Caboose that has tempted me many times before. It is a nifty model. This will be the only off-center cupola caboose in my Fleet Of Nonsense when it is painted.
Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy brass train cars, and that is pretty close.
Great work everyone
Today's results from my labor
im
(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).
Bear: Thanks for getting this great thread going.
Danny: That's a cool loco.
Ed: Super passenger cars paint jobs.
Rick: Professional freight cars you have done.
Garry: Very nice scene.
Kevin: Excellent scenery detail. I need to pay attention as I am nearing that step.
Allan: I like those tank cars.
Jimmy: That's gonna be a fine RR scene.
Renegade: That's a lotta beer to be shipped.
Tankertoad: Nice caboose.
Peter: A well done scene.
Michael: Excellent building. I like the sign.
Well, the track ballasting got finished this week. Yea!!
20200321_144557 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Today I started ground cover in the engine yard in areas surrounding the ballasted tracks. I decided to mix Arizona Rock & Minerals N scale steam era yard mix & N scale cinders (1:1) as I liked the way the colors and texture went with the HO scale yard ballast. It is still drying (so looks dark) and will need some touchup, then some details (weeds, etc). This is more fun and faster than ballasting. Not that I'm exactly pressed for time.
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Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
HarrisonGrade crossing done:
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
I work in I.T. so I have already been working from home. So business as usual for me.
I took a break from track laying on the new layout. I completed a Coors building. I made the sign.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Bear, Thanks for opening the WPF, real and model trains in one place is double inspiring.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend and regards, Peter
Mt Hood RR's newest caboose rolls through Clackamas whilst Billy and the Po' Boys do their thing for a sidewalk crowd.
Nice work Harrison. The gates especially and the one on the right with the links sticking past the framing looks just right.
I've been working on getting things "good enough" with the idea I'll come back to some of it for more detail later. The station and crossing will be on the perimeter of the back of the layout but I went easy on the parts where I will be reaching onto the tracks so I don't destroy everything built accessing things later. J.R.
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Garry- Nice scene
Kevin- you're making good progress, check your PMs.
George- that's quite interesting
Allan- I hate slow internet, nice tank cars
Jimmy- Nice to see some scenery
JaBear- Thankfully I've repaired the damage
Renegade- nice tank (car) fleet
I've done some more work on the mill.
Grade crossing done:
Entry gate:
And my first attemt at building chain link fence:
More detailed posts here:
https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/rebuilding-the-gp-mill-part-3-a-grade-crossing-and-working-gates/
https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/rebuilding-the-gp-mill-part-4-scratchbuilding-chain-link-fence/
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
My job has had us working from home the last week so I got alot done. I got another week to work on trains since we are now going into a furlough. We'll see how it goes....
Anyway back to the trains. I have got 11 of 15 beer tanks constructed. 4 more and they will all go to the paint shop. Still need to get decals done but looks like that will have to wait until this blows over.
I also did something gross...I cleaned my workbench.
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Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
good stuff everyone. Here's what im working on. I got something done. So for anyone who has been to GreenTree and seen Rook yard, the street is Hawthorne. The layout shall ne set in early fall, but with trees in full fall colors.
The INTERNET has really slowed down today. My 100 MIPS connection is slower than ever. That said, I'll deferrer the individual comments and say, "A great start everyone."
My tank car project continues, one letter at a time.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Another proof that there is a prototype for everything - COVID-19 lettering on a tank car above the data
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10222696875074682&set=pcb.10222696876754724&type=3&theater
JaBear: Excellent job starting the Weekend Photo Fun thread for us. I have seen a few coin operated layouts in my time, but nothing that fancy. It looks like an excellent exhibition layout.
Danny: Your locomotive looks great pulling that short train. Nice layout too!
Ed: Painting those PENNSYLVANIA passneger cars looks like a fun project. I love seeing other peoples passenger trains, but I just can not get excited over mine.
Rick: Great looking freight cars as always. I hope your club layout gets back to normal soon. I love your photos of all the great scenes.
Harrison: Thank you for sharing the progress you are making on your layout.
Garry: The passenger train stop really look amazing on your layout. Great photo!
I reached a milestone with my experimental layout sgement this week. I installed one of the bridges, cleaned some track, and ran a STRATTON AND GILLETTE train on my own fully scenicked trackage.
This was more of a thrill for me that I expected it to be. I am quite happy with myself. I think I had one of those "proud dad" moments that Danny talked about.
Please keep the fun photos coming. We are all in this mess together, and sharing some model train photos is probably good for all of us.
Take care of yourselves.
Bear - thank you for sharing the picture of the display layout at Leipzig Main Stationwith us. Such a display could be found at any major train station in West Germany in the late 1950s until the 1980s. They were usually either Marklin 3 rail AC or Trix Express 3 rail DC layouts, like the one in the picture. By the end of the 1980s, they all disappeared. Someone must have saved this one and put it back on display.
Fond memories of a bygone era.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Bear .... Thanks for starting Photo Fun . That looks like a nice layout.
Danny .... Your #3 looks great pulling a train.
Ed .... Very nice painting of Pennsy passneger cars. You can never get enough passenger trains; right?
Rick ..... The boxcar and the gon look great. Nice to see the DT&I GP38-2's.
Harrison. ..... Glad to see your progress.
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Here is a train stopping in Prairie View