This has been quite a week. Nothing that I should talk about in Weekend Photo Fun, but I have shared a bit on other threads.
My fun photos this week are of a thoughtful gift from David (NorthBrit) from the other side of the Atlantic. A few weeks ago David posted an amazing scene with a stone bakery building, and I fell in love with it. He offered to send me the kit, and I enthusiastically accepted.
It arrived this week, and it is lovely.
I am familiar with these printed high quality cardstock kits. They are fairly commonly used in wargaming, and some are amazingly detailed.
Try to think of these more as laser-cut craftsman kits than as cardboard kits. Instead of wood siding they have beautifully printed cardstock pieces. They assemble much like a craftsman kit, and when done they are fantastic models.
The only change I will make is that I hope to find Tichy windows that will fit into the cut window openings in the walls.
This one will definitely occupy a prominent corner in Centerville on the layout.
OK... now it is everyone else's turn.
Please contribute any fun shares you have for this new edition of Weekend Photo Fun.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thanks for kicking-off yet another fine 2021 WPF, Kevin! January is half-over? How did that happen?
Your kit looks wonderful. I love building structures, too. I probably have enough various buildings to completely cover an entire second layout, and then some it IS a sickness!
Here's an update on my Hulett shop and boiler house project. I got some "dirt" in place and some static grass down.
Hulett_shop-1-15 by Edmund, on Flickr
Hulett_power-1-15 by Edmund, on Flickr
I put an access road and crossing in along with that little shanty and semaphore signal.
Hulett_road by Edmund, on Flickr
Two weeks ago it looked like this:
Hulett_fuel by Edmund, on Flickr
I have a couple other projects coming up but haven't taken any photos of them yet.
On to more great contributions, folks!
Cheers, Ed
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning from cloudy and cold Northeast Ohio! Rain then rain and snow mix coming later today.
Kevin, thanks for starting us out, looks like and nice kit, I hope I can start on building some layout sections this year, as I am dropping to 10 hours a week for a time then retiring fully.
Ed, you sure get a lot of work done and it always looks really good.
Bear, I have to follow a Bear-Toon, I think you should get back to modeling.
I managed to finish up some cars this week:
IMRC 1937 Mod AAR Boxcar kit, did not install roofwalk and cut down the A-End ladders along with installing Yarmouth Scale Models Sill Steps. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red #3 and lettered with Mask Island Decals. The Erie received several thousand of these boxcars in 1941, they rebuilt them sans roofwalk and cutdown ladders in their own shops in the 1970's. Car was in general service on the EL.
Tangent Scale models PS 4000 CF Covered Hopper kit painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Herald King Decals. Car was used on the NKP hauling grain and fertilizer, one of the plants serviced was the Diamond Shamrock plant in Painesville,OH.
Since I have not been going to the club recently, I have been going through my old pictures for new perspective shots and here is one with my Wabash U25B and GP35 in the industrial area at Madura Curve.
Thanks for looking!
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!
Great work all,here's what I have to offer
3D printed car specific loads. The base rust color is airburshed, now to highlight the individual pieces
(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).
Nice start
I don't have anyhting to share.
I like the NKP covered hopper. I have more covered hoppers than any other car, not sure why I just like covered hoppers.
Howdy... Unfinished business from last weeks thread..... I need to acknowledge comments from last weeks thread. Kevin, Peter, Alan, Rick, and anybody I missed: thanks for commening on my steel mill photos.
Kevin ... That look like a fun kit. How soon will you have time to put it together?
Ed .... Your work on the industrial scene is excellent.
Bear .... LOL. Listen to Rick's advice about getting back to modeling.
Rick ... I like this week's freight cars and the photo with Wabash locomotives next to a scrap yard.
Jimmy .... Your gondola loads look good.
Here is a GP7 on a bridge.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hi everybody!
I started finishing a bit of scenery on my CNW Lander branch a few weeks ago. The last step was placing static grass. With the help of some forum members over on another thread, I wound up with this:
The grass is a little sparse-looking, maybe, but it's supposed to represent an area of somewhat sparse vegetation.
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
I never seem to have any photos ready to post on WPF. So under the category of simply posting photos of what I'm working on without any hoopla, here are a couple of 3D rendering views showing a pile cap for a bridge project.
I machined a pair of these from a block of fine-grain basswood a few years ago for another project, but I have recently decided to go into the 3D resin printing business (not really an actual business, just a figure of speech). So, I pulled out an old .STL file and modified it a little for my new printer. The first issue was Systeme Internationale d'Unites. That's right . . . the metric system. You know, millimeters and grams and whatnot. No problem. It's not like I'm sending a multi-billion dollar spaceship to Mars or anything . . .
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
Kevin - Thanks for starting WPF. The card stock structure looks like a good project.
Ed - You are making progress! Good work.
Bear - Good one! Yogi would be proud.
Rich - Good looking cars as usual. I really like the Wabash locos.
Jimmy - Are you going to cut the items out of the base or just highlight them and blend in the base?
Garry - Great looking photo. Nice bridge(s).
Mark - The grass looks good to me..
Robert - The pile caps look to be serviceable.
Not much new on the BRVRR. Still working on the new lighting buss. Waiting on an new power supply.
New York Central #8038 passing Shocker's Electric at dusk on the BRVRR.
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/
Jimmy_Braum Great work all,here's what I have to offer 3D printed car specific loads. The base rust color is airburshed, now to highlight the individual pieces
Just curious, what printer and material did you use for that? It looks like FDM printer work, in which case, your results are quite good.
I'm beginning to realize that Windows 10 and sound decoders have a lot in common. There are so many things you have to change in order to get them to work the way you want.
ROBERT PETRICK I never seem to have any photos ready to post on WPF. So under the category of simply posting photos of what I'm working on without any hoopla, here are a couple of 3D rendering views showing a pile cap for a bridge project. I machined a pair of these from a block of fine-grain basswood a few years ago for another project, but I have recently decided to go into the 3D resin printing business (not really an actual business, just a figure of speech). So, I pulled out an old .STL file and modified it a little for my new printer. The first issue was Systeme Internationale d'Unites. That's right . . . the metric system. You know, millimeters and grams and whatnot. No problem. It's not like I'm sending a multi-billion dollar spaceship to Mars or anything . . . Robert
On the subject of dimension conversion for 3d printing.
I have run into the same problem. Sketchup and I believe freecad (both of which I use for this purpose) can export your model to MM even if you imported them in imperial units. Very useful, because you don't have to actually convert the orgional model to MM.
Just some wagons I have.
In 1914 at the start of the Great War, The Railway executive took over the running of the railways in the UK. They ordered a number of wagons to be built to carry munitions.
Here is one such wagon.
Two wagons of 1913 design built for Companies both in Burmantofts, Leeds
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Dunno if'n I may have posted this puppy afore, but here it is: a pair of ore gondolas, one MDC and the other by Bowser. I needed something to haul scrap, and here they are!
Don; Prez, CEO or whatever of the Wishram, Oregon and Western RR
Ender pro 3 and pla material. The Ironing feature was turned on.
The plan is to just paint the pieces, and blend the bottom to look like metal shavings.
Jimmy_Braum Ender pro 3 and pla material. The Ironing feature was turned on. The plan is to just paint the pieces, and blend the bottom to look like metal shavings.
Thanks!
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Ed: The progress to your scene is looking good! I really like the dirt road with the red truck.
Bear: Thank you for the laugh with the red truck scene!
Rick: It is great to hear you are getting ready to retire. Those are some good looking freight cars this week. The NKP covered hopper is a beast, and the small lettering makes it look even larger.
Jimmy: The 3D printed loads look like you are getting more use from the new machine. Neat stuff.
MLC: Thank you for stopping by.
Garry: I am beginning to feel like I am losing time that should be spent playing with trains. I had no idea I would work this hard when I stopped going to work. That point of view of the GP7 on the bridge is a very dramatic shot.
Mark: The grass looks good to me, in fact that picture of the scene looks great. You really got the maximum impact from a narrow scene.
Robert: The renderings of the pile caps look good to me. It seems 3D printing is becoming more accessable.
Allan: Your low light shot looks great. Well done.
David: Those are some great looking wagons you shared. Dare I say that they are charming?
Toad: I am going to be copying those reporting marks on some scrap gondolas. Very good.
Thanks Kevin for your comments. Our 10 or 12 ton wagons are tiny compared to over the pond.
Excellent work and pictures by everyone. I really am in awe at the work and models.
Two more wagons from me.
A Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway Wagon I made from a 1909 design.
I acquired a number of wagons from a colleague. In the package he added this one. The Great Western Railway was a long way from Leeds. To see a G W R vehicle so far north would be very unusual, but I am loathe to discard anything. Perhaps I may repaint it. The couplings will certainly have to be changed.
Thanks for all the positive feedback, and a Bear Comic to boot!
The USPS finally decided I was worthy to recieve my new Rapido Flexi-Flo car after taking one month to travel about 300 miles from Indiana (Not India, but Indiana, the next state west).
NYC_PD_Flexiflo by Edmund, on Flickr
I remember seeing lots of these cars being loaded at the site of the old Colinwood roundhouse. For a while these were the "next big thing" in railroading.
NYC_PD_Flexiflo-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Robert, your pile caps sure look like guitar pickups to me There's even six cavities for each coil! Nice work on your 3D parts, too, Jimmy. Great contributions, folks!
Lots of weekend left — plenty of time for more photos
Nice car Ed! I didn't know Rapido had those. I just looked at their site!
There is a Canadian modeler, Sean Steele, who took an AHM model of a Flexiflo, used Plano parts, and created a master piece!
The link to Sean's work. You can click on each photo to enlarge it.
http://www.planomodelproducts.com/steele/s-steele.html
Plano now has a kit you can buy if you want do your own.
Whe he did this build, he did a series of photos of his progress on the Diesel Detailer site.
So, I have a box full of flexiflos and Plano parts, and that's as far as I have gotten.
Mike.
My You Tube
gmpullmanRobert, your pile caps sure look like guitar pickups to me
Thats it! I was trying to figure out what they reminded me of.
There are so many things around us that just look like bigger examples of little things.
SeeYou190 gmpullman Robert, your pile caps sure look like guitar pickups to me There are so many things around us that just look like bigger examples of little things. -Kevin
gmpullman Robert, your pile caps sure look like guitar pickups to me
Alan and Kevin ..... Thanks for commenting on my photo.
Alan ... Nice photo at dusk.
David NorthBrit ..... Your models of wagons from over 100 years ago are excellent.
Ed ..... The Rapido FlexiFlow car looks great.
Robert ... The bridge piers look great with your creative way of making them.
Tankerload...... JUNX
ROBERT PETRICK I'm kinda flattered that y'all scrutinized my post a little and added some good-natured ribbing about it.
Robert... the paint work you did on this bridge support is amazing. I have tried to duplicate the coloring that happens at pour-lines in concrete piers, and never had any success.
Remarkable.
Kevin, thanks again for starting this week's column. Your new building from David is something I've never attempted, a cardstock kit. On David's layout, it looks pretty neat.
Ed, you really filled in that area to give a finished look to it. I have several areas like that on my layout, and I keep putting off doing something with them. Congratulations on getting a "Bear Toon"! I'm not familiar with Flexi-FLo cars.
Rick, as always, your work on the cars is great. I really like the covered hopper. I have a grain elevator, but no covered hoppers yet. I think those will be my next purchases.
Jimmy, I have been very interested in 3D printing, although at my age I probably won't be doing something like that. Keep us up-to-date with your progress. Nice work.
Garry, I think TF's love of bridges is wearing off on me. I love your bridgework. If I ever do another layout, I will have to attempt some bridge structures.
Mark, I think you've done a great job on blending the layout with the backdrop. It's very realistic.
Robert, as I told Jimmy, I am interested in seeing 3D projects. My son-in-law has several printers, and whenever we visit, he is always working on something. I fear the computer work is not something I would be able to learn. I hope you can continue to show us your projects. Your bridge looks great.
Allan, that night scene is well done. I love lights on the layouts.
David, I continue to be amazed at your ability to make scenes look realistic, with weathering and perspective just right.
Tankertoad, those are neat-looking gondolas. "Junx" cars to carry junk!
I hope I haven't missed anyone -- all excellent work.
This week I haven't done much, but I continue to work on a modern day hotel for a spot on the layout that was blank for a long time.
I got the idea for this from a kit I saw. The kit was priced out of my range, so I decided to just make it myself.
I have to add a parking lot, some cars, and some people, and then I will say it's finished. For some reason, this has not been a project I've enjoyed. Some buildings I love building -- not this one.
York1 John
These look great. At first I thought it was Milk Chocolate. Then I had to go find a candy bar.
SeeYou190 ROBERT PETRICK I'm kinda flattered that y'all scrutinized my post a little and added some good-natured ribbing about it. Robert... the paint work you did on this bridge support is amazing. I have tried to duplicate the coloring that happens at pour-lines in concrete piers, and never had any success. Remarkable. -Kevin
Hey Kevin-
First, giving credit where it is due . . .
I did not do the final painting and weathering on that bridge. When I delivered the bridge to the layout owner, the piers and superstructure were just as clean and smooth as the other bridge. That particular layout owner is one of the best modelers I know.
Second . . . Those lines and gradations of murky brown paint represent many many years of water stain on the concrete piers. The bridge was built in 1910, and the Ohio River was not 'tamed' until the mid-50s when the dams-and-locks system was finally completed. Before then, the seasonal water level in the river would fluctuate as much as 50 or 60 feet. When the Native Americans refer to 'Father of Waters', I think they mean the river that starts in upstate New York (not Minnesota) and flows to New Orleans.
Kevin, Thanks for starting the WPF with an interesting kit, appears your project locker is filling up.
Robert, I like how you turned plastic to weathered concrete.
Being served up lots of indoor time makes for extra helpings of fun at the hobby bench.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good and safe weekend, regards, Peter
dti406Bear, I have to follow a Bear-Toon, I think you should get back to modeling.
Aaauugh Gee, Rick and Garry, please give the Bear a break!