NorthBritMost of my figures have names. To me they bring a reason to be where they are.
That is really a good way to do it.
I named every knight in my Warhammer Bretonnian army, because they each have individual heraldry. I even gave most of them a back-story to match the heraldry.
When I get to painting HO scale figures as a long project, I am sure many of them will get better names.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Kevin,
I believe it is an E7, at least I think it is. When I bought it and its brother, they were in Burlington livery.
I changed them both to NYC. The process is describe on my website on the "How'd You Do That" page.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Kevin. Most of my figures have names. To me they bring a reason to be where they are. Most have nothing to do with the model railway, but bring the railway into the scene as a whole, imo.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Allan: It sounds like the Express has a lot of new features. Have fun with your new toy.
David: Have you named very many of the figures on your layout? I have named a few as I paint them, but not real names. I have "pocket square guy", "hat tipping guy", "leaning guy", and things like that.
Ed: The Century is handsome. I like two tone gray.
Robert: Your containers blend in nicely to the backdrop. Very nice.
Alvie: I remember that article also. If I can recall with any accuracy, the article used a 60 foot flatcar and eight red tractors. I like yours better.
HG: Thanks for the update on your water tower project... keep 'em coming!
Allan: What model locomotive is number 4034? It looks like an early E unit.
Terry: Your new locomotive is a real eye-catcher. What a beauty.
George: Your flatcar loads are great! Very nice work.
Renegade: That clock face is incredible! Every clock tower I have ever had on my layout was set to 10:04 as in Hill Valley... even though my layout is set in 1954, a year before the lightning strike.
David: Congratulations on the Bear-Toon. It is an honor.
Rich: That little Mantua 0-6-0 of your father's is a great item to have on the layout.
HVBLA little late to the party
Better late than never!!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
A little late to the party but here is my weekend project starting to take shape.....found this little steamer in my dad's Mantua collection of unbuilt kits.
Rich
ROBERT PETRICK Hey Chuck - Awright!!! This is good. Love the clock. Where do you get your acrylic? Robert
Hey Chuck -
Awright!!! This is good. Love the clock.
Where do you get your acrylic?
Robert
Tap Plastics https://www.tapplastics.com/ for 1/16" and 1/8" thick
Delvies Plastics https://www.delviesplastics.com for 1/32" thick
I think next up is doing the middle window arches which I will have to design and 3D print.
DSC_0842 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
I have done it!!!! I have made the dizzy heights of a Beartoon.
Let's have a party. The drinks are on me.
Renegade1c 20210130_234454 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr I have been building a model of Denver's union station. The building is a fascade, only 2 inches deep. I have spent about 80 hours drawing it and all the parts are laser cut on my laser cutter. The clock is 1.25 inches in diameter. It is illuminated by 20 LED's mounted behind the clock face. 20210130_231549 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr Still a long way to go.
20210130_234454 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
I have been building a model of Denver's union station. The building is a fascade, only 2 inches deep.
I have spent about 80 hours drawing it and all the parts are laser cut on my laser cutter.
The clock is 1.25 inches in diameter. It is illuminated by 20 LED's mounted behind the clock face.
20210130_231549 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
Still a long way to go.
LINK to SNSR Blog
cats think well of meYears ago, I read an article in MR on putting together a load of Farmall tractors on a flatcar.
I used that same article to make a tractor and seed drill load for an HOn30 flatcar and large crate for the Boothbay Railway Village layout. The seed drill was too wide for the flat, so I 'disassembled' the 2 outer drills and made cribbing to hold them until they were delivered
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
My new arrival.....
Runs like a champ out of the box. The loksound 5 is a grinder, low speeds are awesome, and the dual sugar cube speakers are SWEET! Probably ran this 4 hours this weekend, forward, backward, at various speeds. The sound, lights, details and paint are top notch. Only changed CV29 (to accept long address and disable analog) and changed address to cab number.
Terry
Inspired by Addiction
See more on my YouTube Channel
Just for fun this afternoon:
NYC #4034 with a short passenger train.
NYC #1821 with a freight westbound.
Thanks guys for a great WPF.
Another great WPF. I didn't have anything to post again this week, but I sure enjoyed seeing all the talent on display. Thanks, everyone.
York1 John
Hah, my first BearToon! I'm honored.
Alvie, that tractor load looks really great, I love the attention to detail and look forward to seeing a set of them rolling down the track.
Thanks everyone for the kind comments and for sharing your fantastic work. I love looking through this thread every week, even if I don't always contribute.
Phil
Thank you everyone else for sharing.
I am still plugging away on making my water tower.
Started on the spout.
Trying to gind it to a taper has proven to be a bit more difficult then I anticipated.
HG
Enjoying everyone's work and pictures of their work immensely.
Years ago, I read an article in MR on putting together a load of Farmall tractors on a flatcar. I bought Laserkit decks and added the Life Like tractor models painted red to a Bowser flatcar. I used the same lumber pieces mentioned in the article and used black thread to carefully wrapped around the wheels and stake pockets to secure the tractors to the car (though the real means to secure the tractors is glue). My tractors are not as detailed as the ones in the article, but I'm pleased with the work. I have two other Bowser flatcars and two other decks, so maybe I'll do two more cars? I have not decided yet.
Alvie
Here's an overall shot of North Shore Yard West on the lower level. Please ignore all the peripheral stuff (such as dangling wires and so forth) and focus on the store-bought backdrop photo. Temporarily taped in place. I'm gonna need about six more of those; this one was just a test. The supplier can alter and mirror the image to transition into other shoreline scenes. We'll see how that goes.
I lined up some actual N-scale containers along the bottom to see how the photo image scales out. Not too bad. Plus those containers are placed strategically to hide the tape pieces. I probably should have made the space between the back rail and the backdrop a little larger to place more stuff there to blend more smoothly into the photo. Things you learn along the way.
Just a grab-shot while running The Century the other night
NYC_4025-speed by Edmund, on Flickr
I recently pulled out the stock QSI decoders and installed Tsunami-2s in them. Nice
SeeYou190Ed: Did you paint the model of the UPS package car? If so, great job.
No such luck — straight out of the Walthers package, Kevin. I wish they would have made the doors open as most drivers keep them open during their runs, even here in snowy Ohio. I'll have to do some surgery and put a driver in, too.
Thanks to everyone for the great contributions this weekend!
Regards, Ed
Thanks for your comments guys.
Excellent contributions by everyone.
Just a little scene of Staff Nurse Sandra Brown passing Roseville Station on her way to work at the hospital. St James' Hospital is just around the corner.
I've barely begun to work with the Express but there have been changes as is obvious from the keyboard.
The Express has about 3-times the power (3amps vs. 1amp) for the original Zephyr.
The menu button at top right takes you to several operations, programming 2 and 4 digit addresses, and programming CVs.
Fortunately, beyond more functions, selected via menu, and more power, the Express seems to blend in well with my DT-400s, locos and their programming.
I haven't yet, checked out if it will work with my LocoBuffer-USB which I have plugged into a LocoNet port. I haven't explored the USB port on the machine.
More reading and trial and error are in order.
Fiddler: Those are a pair of great looking box cars you shared with us this week.
David: Those are also some great looking wagons shown in your share this week. I have been reading up on early 20th century railroading in England. If I were to start over, that kind of railroading is becoming very appealing to me.
PT714: Your scenery experiment with the Super Trees is impressive. Your results are looking very good. I am eager to see what you come up with as a best practice.
Rick: Of the two freight cars you shared this week, I like the B&M blue boxcar best. It is gorgeous.
Simon: Thank you for your update on the locomotive project. Do you use the locomotive for electrical pick up at all? I just use the tender on my brass steam locomotives, and the eight tender wheels work just fine for me.
Mel: Your work on the interiors is simply inspiring. I am sure going to have a lot of work to do on whatever passenger cars I decide to put on the workbench.
Garry: I like all the work you did on the Great Northern passenger train. The lighted drumhead sign on the observation car sure is a nice finishing touch.
Allan: 18 years from a controller is pretty remarkable. How is the Zephyr Express different from the original Zephyr?
Bear: Thank you for the light hearted Bear-Toon laughter this weekend.
Shane: That looks like a good assortment of projects you have been working on.
Jeff: The buildings you built for your friend look very good indeed. I love the foundations they are sitting on.
Ed: Did you paint the model of the UPS package car? If so, great job. Most people don't notice that the wheels are a darker brown than the body. It looks like the colors on yours are a very good match.
Peter: The model of the Airslide Hopper Car looks perfect. Beautiful picture!
Bear: That is a beefy looking low-rider flat car.
Mel: That serving tray the waitress is holding is incredible. Modeling 1:87 water glasses is crazy. Yours look perfect.
Well Old Shaky Mel finally finished the interior of the Lounge car. Those tiny passengers gave me fits.The hardest was the waitress, her serving tray just wouldn’t cooperate.
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The glasses are short pieces of 1mm fiber cable.I know no one can see the interiors but I get a kick out of doing them and I know they’re in there so it gives me some gratification of my model railroad.
The next part is a piece of cake, painting and decaling the shell.Mel My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Kevin, Thanks for opening the WPF with a sharply done boxcar.
Phil, The trees make for a good looking fall landscape, your stream and bridge are pleasing too.
Rick, Liking your Flying A tankcar, not only a fine looking model, but an interesting link to west coast petroleum history.
Jeff, Adding your skills to your friends layout is really cool.
Ed, Oh Boy! A UPS van, the folks behind the wheel and delivering needed goods day in day out during these dangerous times are heroes.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good and safe weekend, regards, Peter
Thank you for starting off another WPF, Kevin!
There are sure some great photos and contributions here this weekend. I don't have too much new to report. I had a few more of the brass Congressional cars to fit interiors into:
PRR_Congo_Coach by Edmund, on Flickr
— and as a little detail I placed some cardstock signs behind a few of the windows saying "This Car Is Reserved For Special Party" PRR
PRR_Party-coach by Edmund, on Flickr
I remember seeing these on special charter cars sometimes.
My nephew's fiancé drives a "Package Car" for UPS so I staged a photo for her to show off at work
Package_car by Edmund, on Flickr
Those wheels and tires need a bit of dust on them...
Cheers, Ed
No "before and after" this week. This one is from my friend's layout. I did the buildings and scenery for him. I'm without my own layout for now so I live vicariously through his....
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Once again, I am enjoying seeing everyone's contributions this week! Keep up the great work!
Jeff
All projects in process somewhere. Got those to that point last weekend. Now to see. what gets done this weekend. The 70T ballast cars need decals, the flat car decks from old roco military flats need thier companion cars done. the cars themselves need aging. Last weekend the wing walls for the postwar layout and area on top of the hill got a lot of work, this weekend maybe start the slopes. Of course the Midvale steel mill building gets trim, windows and doors.
Shane
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