York1 Chuck, you are doing a great job on working on the cars. That is something I have not yet attempted. You do very nice work. I also work on N scale, but I have considered changing. Why are you thinking of changing to HO?
Chuck, you are doing a great job on working on the cars. That is something I have not yet attempted. You do very nice work. I also work on N scale, but I have considered changing. Why are you thinking of changing to HO?
John, I have long been a rubber-gauger. I have been an N scaler longer than any other, since 1974 for the most part. My dad was doing the HO and I was modeling in N. I am currently working on some Sn3 stuff and am planning a small point to point layout.
As far as moving my main layout to HO, I will eventually. I just seem to like the size for my 57 year old eyes. Since I just retired, I will finish the N layout that I am building and play with it for a few years. Then I will make the move to HO. At least that is what I think I'll do!
Thanks everyone for the positive comments!
Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge
David,
Those are neat looking figures. No, I just wondered where you found something like that. I use N scale, and while there are quite a few various figures, the well-done ones are expensive, and the cheaper ones are not good. Of course, when they're that small, there's not much detail needed.
York1 John
York1 David, those are neat scenes of preparation for wartime. I'm curious about where you found the figures of injured people. Are those from a military hobby supplier?
David, those are neat scenes of preparation for wartime. I'm curious about where you found the figures of injured people. Are those from a military hobby supplier?
John. I bought them from my local Model Railway Store. They are a set of WW1 Nurses and wounded soldiers as seen in the first picture. I thing (if my memory is correct) they are by Bachmann.
I haven't been to his store since this Covid started. I must visit and find out if he is still trading now restrictions are partly lifted.
Are you after some?
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Garry, I've seen your photos of the work you've been doing on the coal and coke cars. Excellent work. I've got some N scale coal cars that came with the plastic 'coal' panel that fits in the car. Very unrealistic. I'm going to try to do some like you have done.
Harrison, nice video.
Mike, the interiors and lighting on the storefronts are really neat. Another thing I've tried without very good results. Yours look great.
Allan, I like your coal cars. I haven't had time to check out your website.
Peter, as usual, your photos show that your modeling is about a realistic-looking as one can get. You have a real talent for realism.
Ricky, each week you post great photos of your work on cars. I'm not sure where you find the time for all of your work. Nice work on those cars, as usual!
TF, I wish you had installed those rollers about two years ago, when I was doing mine -- then I could have copied what you did. I used the swivel rollers, and they do not work well. It looks like you hit on the right idea for easily moving a layout.
Stef, I've read the comments on the other thread you started. Good luck with your roof. The building looks great so far.
Kevin's fun photo of the rubber roof reminded me that about ten years ago, the school gym's roof was replaced. The new roof was a bright white thick rubberized foam that was sprayed on. As it was sprayed, it expanded out several inches. I'm interested in how it will perform after one of our softball-sized hail storms.
Thanks for such great photos. I know I say it too often, but you guys inspire me to keep trying to get better at the hobby. With all the complaining lately about Kalmbach's website, I'm very thankful Kalmbach provides this for us. I've used so many of the ideas and gotten a lot of help from the modelers who post here.
Water Level Route Rick, nice work as always. Is this a business venture for you? You turn out an incredible number of cars.
Rick, nice work as always. Is this a business venture for you? You turn out an incredible number of cars.
Nope, not a business venture for me, I do some cars for fellow club members and for our Christmas Exchange I always include at least one of my cars that are not available r-t-r.
Nice work on your structures, by the way.
York1 Rick, very nice! Your work on the hopper cars is great! I didn't notice the lettering mistake until you pointed it out. That actually is kind of a neat thing to have on a layout to see if anyone notices. Will you leave it as it is?
Rick, very nice! Your work on the hopper cars is great! I didn't notice the lettering mistake until you pointed it out. That actually is kind of a neat thing to have on a layout to see if anyone notices. Will you leave it as it is?
I am leaving it as is, as the prototype was lettered in that fashion, and as it is the only car painted in that paint scheme, it is what it is.
By the way nice little scene you have there, a little machinery in that building would look great.
Also, thank you for all the nice mentions about my models this week, I appreciate them all.
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!
Kevin - I did have someone say elsewhere, jokingly, that "The real ones don't look like that."
My jokingly stated response was "But they could!"
In this case, the cars are representing ones that are indeed owned by that railroad, but showing an "alternate" paint scheme, to kinda borrow how baseball teams have "alternate" jersey's.
They are just close enough to "real" in possibility that I felt it was justifiable to model it. (Even if you sit at the rivet counter.)
My next batch of freight cars up will be totally legit, 100% authentic paint and decals, but the Alco's I'm painting will not be....
But, as they say, Model Railroading is FUN, and I'm having fun with these little projects.
Stef - Nicely modeled.
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.
SeeYou190Stef: Your small structure looks great. You should probably start a new thread to discuss finishing the roof. This thread usually dies on Monday (as it should).
Good idea Kevin. Thanks.
Stef
We made it to Sunday!
Peter: Thank you for the amazing photograph of your carfloat and waterfront.
Ricky: I am a fan of all imaginative model railroading. I do not believe in strict adherence to a prototype. I love the "fantasy" paint schemes. They look quite good.
Fiddler: Your casters to move the layout look effective.
Stef: Your small structure looks great. You should probably start a new thread to discuss finishing the roof. This thread usually dies on Monday (as it should).
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 ModelTrain I was wondering what kind of roofs those kinds of buildings have? According to a commercial in heavy rotation on my television, they have white rubber roofs! -Kevin
ModelTrain I was wondering what kind of roofs those kinds of buildings have?
According to a commercial in heavy rotation on my television, they have white rubber roofs!
Very funny :)
ModelTrainI was wondering what kind of roofs those kinds of buildings have?
Hi everyone!
I have done another modeling project this week. I built a N scale restaurant from Walthers’ Jim’s repair shop kit.
It’s an easy project but I decided to put more time and effort in painting details. I am very happy now but I still need to add more windows glasses and paper signs in the windows.
I almost forgot than I also need to finish the roof. I don’t want to let it with just dark paint. I was wondering what kind of roofs those kinds of buildings have normally? A few weeks ago, I built a tar and rocks roof but I am not sure if this could fit on this small building.
And what about the weathering of this little restaurant? I don’t want it to be very like the other buildings I have built so far. I want it to be fairly clean but I don’t know what kinds of weathering I should use.
Thanks for your help and for any other suggestions you have.
York1You have a talent of making the photos look 3-D. This week, the close things are a little blurry, the caboose is in exact focus, and the background is a little blurry. The total effect is that you, the photographer, have gotten us to see the things in the scene exactly how you want them viewed.
According to my notes, I took that picture with my wide angle lens set to 25mm focal length, and the aperture set to f18. The truck in the foreground was less than an inch from the camera lense. The entire scene is only six inches deep.
The scene was lit with a single photo-flood on a 90 second exposure time. The light fixture was moved in a large arc while the lens was open to create the shadow effect on the fence.
I cropped out about 80% of the image, and that is how this image was made.
I love to experiment with the camera settings to see how I can manipulate an image.
This shows the different effects with lighting, ISO speed, exposure time, and white balance that I will experiment while creating a photograph.
York1Hope your mood was not caused by anything I or anyone else said.
Not anyone that contributes to WPF. I might share what happened in a few weeks. I am not sure how to best move forward.
Thank you for all your kind words.
Evening
All the projects look really good here and always have since I've been around
If I had $0.50 for every time one of your guys's modeling projects looked great, I'd be enjoying a more healthier semi-retirement
I've been working on some stuff this week but nothing's is finished enough yet.
Thanks for sharing ...Always enjoyed!
Kevin For hosting another WPF as always appreciated.
P.S. Well, All I can say is I like the stationery 180° carpet rollers.
Four made the layout go back and forth like a breeze. Four more worked out even better. Anything that makes things go easier. I think I'm going to get eight more
They can only sink so deep and then the frame of the cabinet rests on the top of the carpet nap until you're ready to roll again. They are not allowed to keep sinking into the carpeting. Once they jump out of the hole again it's a smooth sail. I like these things
TF
Weekend Photo Fun!
Thanks for getting it going Kevin! Nice little scene too.
Bear - Looking good! Glad to see someone else is crazy enough to have multiple project cars at once...
NorthBrit (David) - We like running photo too!
Mel - I like the lighting effects. Nicely done.
Ed - Awesome job on those signal heads!
Chuck - Nice job on the locomotives, and the freight car. And multiple scales too.
Rick - Nice work on the freight cars. Look forward to seeing the C424. I've got one of mine painted at least....
York - Scene looks nice. Lighted buildings always seem to add something that is otherwise missing.
Garry - Nice loads. I like the scenes they run in too.
Harrison - I liked the teaser. Congrats on the inaugural run!
Mike - While I like the scene, especially the reluctant doggo, I must ask - Do we want to know where the fresh meat in the market is from?
Allan - Nice action shots.
Peter - Nice waterfront scene.
I have a few projects going on, and will include two of three custome cars, all fantasy schemes.
While the real railroad does own these types of cars, the are not in this scheme.
HO Scale “Fantasy Paint” BPRR Project by Richard W, on Flickr" alt="BPRR Fantasy Scheme Cars" />
Still need to do the reporting marks, but I will custome print those on one sheet, all together, to make it a bit easier to apply them. The cars started out as Accurail ICG cars, with the hopper getting painted in TruColor NH Red-Orange, and the "patched" sections on the boxcar are TruColor IC Orange. After the reporting marks, they will get sealed with clear gloss, to hide any decal film, followed by flat and light weathering. (There are two covered hoppers done this way, just one boxcar.)
Keep up all the good work and good pics!
Kevin, Thanks for starting the WPF with a 'cupola' shot, not to be confused with Francis Ford. WPF, always a fun-filled thread loaded with fellowship and modeling goodness.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend and happy National Vanilla Pudding Day, regards, Peter
John: I am glad I am not the only one sharing an older picture this week. Nice little scene, I really like the boxcar!
Garry: Thank you for sharing more photos of the new car loads of coke for the mill.
Harrison: Good job on the short teaser video.
Mike: I am really enjoying your family themed businesses. I showed your photographer studio to my wife last week, and she thought it was wonderful.
Allan: Your longest trains are 20% longer than mine will be. I will only be able to stage a 12 car train with two locomotives and a caboose.
David: I like your pictures from before the Great War.
Harrison: The second video is a good one as well. You did a good job with the narration, and the guitar music was a good touch. Congratulations on the first train run.
Thanks all for the comments. The video on my friend's very small but stunningly realistic layout should be out in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, please enjoy the first run on my new layout. I'm making progress, slowly but surely!
https://youtu.be/SVsQcwPACXI
It's the brother's b-day tomorrow, hopefully, he will be back into his N scale trains soon. More content for my blog and YouTube... Have a great weekend folks!
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
Another week of great pictures by everyone. Thanks for showing.
Mike. It is not a tell-tale but a loading gauge. Any open wagon with a load that touched the gauge would be too high and could not travel thru tunnels etc.. If a load did touch the gauge some of the load would have to be removed.
When I began reading about the railroads here at the turn of the century to the end of The Great War I came across interesting facts. In 1909 hospitals were ordered to prepare for casualties in case of a war. Ambulance Trains were built. 1912 there were a large number of Military Manouvres on the East Coast of UK in case of an invasion from 'the East'.
Here are some nurses and 'wounded soldiers' on a practice outside Leeds Sovereign Street Station.
As an aside. Other times in history, preparations for a war were made before a war started. In 1936 Britain embarked on a massive rearmament program that would be complete by 1941.
Keep the pictures coming.
Kevin - Thanks for starting WPF. Nice diorama scene. Busy.
JaBear - good to see your back at work. The hoppers look good.
David - Great scene as always.
Mel - Thats going to be quite a diorama.
Ed - Looks like the signals are coming along. Way beyond my skill set.
Bear - Good one. Don't feel bad, I can't sing either.
Chuck - The L7N loco looks good. Great job on the G&D cattle car.
Rick - Great work on the ars. I finally figured out the mistakes the paint shop made on the hopper. Your attention to detail is incredible. Good looking RS-11s.
John - A work in progress! We all have some of them.
Garry -Good photos and nice car loads.
Harrison - Short indeed!
Mike - Good ideas and good lighting too.
A quiet week on the BRVRR. I've been working on bringing my website up to date. Changing photos and checking the wording on descriptions. Nothing worthy of a photograph unfortunately.
I did get to run some trains though. My coal train w/Pennsy power and my NYC 'Pipeline on Wheels are on the layout for a day or two. These are two of the longest trains I run on the BRVRR. Fifteen cars and a caboose, with double headed power.
Rivals passing at the East End of the layout.
New York Central 'Pipeline on Wheels' at the West End.
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/
Thanks for the good words Mike, I don’t have very much hair left on my head and I lose more with every vehicle so I think not.While they look good I sometimes wonder if they’re worth the effort. Soldering the tiny wires to the tiny LEDs isn’t an easy task for OLD Shaky hands Mel.I used 1mm incandescent bulbs for vehicle lighting for years before they became unavailable. I just started using LEDs a few months ago and it took a lot of experimenting before they looked good enough to put on my layout.I made my own connectors for the vehicles with the bulbs and decided to go with Arduino connectors for the vehicles with LEDs. Having two different connectors in my roads works great to keep from popping the 1½ volt bulbs by accidently plugging them into a 5 volt socket.
I really like your interior lighting!Mel Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California Aging is not for wimps.
Kevin, that is a nice little scene. You always do a great job with them.
Bear, looks like a fun project!
David, is that a British version of what we would call a "tell tale" hanging above the Murgatroyd car? Interesting.
Mel, any thought of contracting out vehicle lighting work to other forum members? I have a dozen or so that could use your touch!
Ed, envious of your signals. Excellent work.
Chuck, nice looking L&N loco.
John, nice little scene you have going there! The boxcar is pretty fantastic too!
Garry, you have such a nice looking layout.
Harrison, nice teaser video! When will we see more?
OK. My contribution for the week is another family based set of stores, my youngest plans on becoming a vet, so a vet clinic was needed of course. Me? I love to grill, so the meat market is mine!Vet and Meat Market by Michael, on Flickr" alt="" />
Mike
Although I haven't taken pictures of videos yet, The first section of my layout has trackwork (mostly) attached and trains running! I'll post a video of that soon. In the meantime, enjoy this "short" I took of a friend's layout while visiting a couple weeks ago.
https://youtu.be/khYF9SEF0aE
I just looked at each of the photos here! Great work, everybody !
I posted these photos in my thread about hauling coal. I made loads for my coke cars. This is an improvemnt becasue I had been operating the cars empty for a long time. Here are two pictures. First is at the coke oven, and second is at the blast furance.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Kevin, thanks for the start of the new WPF. I'm always impressed with your work on cars, but I'm more impressed each week with your photography. You have a talent of making the photos look 3-D. This week, the close things are a little blurry, the caboose is in exact focus, and the background is a little blurry. The total effect is that you, the photographer, have gotten us to see the things in the scene exactly how you want them viewed. Hope your mood was not caused by anything I or anyone else said. You seem to be the glue that guides much of the discussion on the forum, and I appreciate it.
Bear, I've mentioned to others that I have no covered hopper cars, and yet they are one of my favorites. Looks like a neat project. Enjoy the colder weather.
David, your scene of the ammuntion train during The Great War is very cool. It's a scene of railroads that I don't often see modeled over here.
Mel, that's an impressive scene of your work. You and several others have inspired me to work on Arduino stuff. I did my projects with Nanos because they are only about $3.00 each. I finished some crossing signals. I'm impressed with your houses that have random lighting effects. That is my next project to learn. Good job!
Ed, your signal work is outstanding. As I said to Mel, I just did some signals. My work is not nearly as complicated or as good-looking as yours. You and others keep inspiring me to work harder.
I have not been able to do any layout work this week, so my photo is one I found, and I may have already had it on WPF. It's a scene that is still under construction. I want to put some things inside the building to make it appear more like a work building. Right now it's empty. An unusual boxcar appeared on the UP mainline.
We are off to a terriffic start this weekend, and really fast.
Bear: The covered hoppers are looking very good. I love covered hoppers. I have about a half-dozen different styles in my collection. It looks like yours are a lot of fun.
I am pleased to hear my foul mood did not creep into view.
Also, thanks for the toon!
David: Thank you for sharing another picture of your modeling and phtography tallents. You really have a skill for making a great photograph that is fun to look at.
Mel: Your diorama is really coming along and looking good. You have more lighting on that project than I had on any of my last three layouts!
That little Chevy truck in my photo was made by Busch. Thank you for the kind comment.
Ed: It is good to see the "Signal Bug" is still giving you inspiration. That new long bridge is really making the scene look beautiful.
Chuck: Thanks for the comment on my caboose. It is a brass model of a PRR prototype that was imported by Trains Incorporated. These are inexpensive and easy to find, so it was going to be the SGRR standard at one point. Then I found the Hallmark GM&O caboose I liked better, so I just have the one of these.
Adding the Tichy roofwalk to the Roundhouse kit is a worthwhile improvement. It looks much better. When you shorten a Tichy roofwalk do you take an even amount off of each end? That is what I do. I tried to take a chunk out of the middle once, and that was not satisfactory.
Your GP35 high hood project brings back memories. My friend Randy and I built an N scale NORFOLK SOUTHERN layout at his house 20-30 years ago. We converted plenty of Kato models with high-hood kits.
Rick: Wow! You have been busy this week. Both the ERIE boxcar and the MINNEAPOLIS AND ST LOUIS covered hopper look amazing. I do not have a favorite this week. Also, the shot of the coal train on the club layout looks great.
Good morning from sunny and warm (soon to be hot) Northeast Ohio!
Kevin, thanks for starting us out, love the caboose, model the period where we have cabooses rather than FRED's.
Bear, nice to see you back to modeling, should be buiding the Intermountain kit to test your skills!
Mel, good looking diorama, then you get Bear-Tooned!
Ed, more hard work on those signals, the guys that do that at the club sure have patience and skills that I do not have.
David, always appreciate your scenes from across the pond!
TW, nice work on the GP35's it reminds me that I have to finish the NYC unit that is 95% complete.
First Off, some in progress work on that Intermountain 1958CF Covered Hopper kit. All the underneath details are done, and I have added all the hatches and their hardware to the roof and installed the roofwalk and grabs.
Also completed two cars this week!
Red Caboose, 1937 AAR Boxcar, substituted a Viking Roof (Des Plaines Hobbies), as many of the Van Swearigin Roads used this roof style on their 1937 AAR Boxcars. Yarmounth Models Sill Steps in place of the plastic ones, painted the car with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red #3 and lettered with Speedwitch Media Decals.
The completed Intermountain 1958 CF Covered Hopper, painted with Scalecoat II MOW Gray and lettered with Mark Vaugjn's decals. In 1956 The M&StL embarked with changing their image with new graphics on their newly acquired freight cars along with repainting some of the old ones. The 1958CF Covered Hoppers were originally delivered in Black with White lettering, the car above was the only known of the original cars to be painted in a modified modern sceme. I showed both sides of the car as the company shops made a slight mistake in lettering the car.
Also did some work on an old Atlas-Kato C424, removed the cast on grabs and replaced with some from a Bowser RS32 detail kit, also installed most the lift rings on the roof, still need to finish some.
Last weekend I took my Rapido RS-11's to the club with all the coal cars that I had outfitted with Kadee couplers, metal wheelsets, and coal loads.
Thanks for looking!
Some good work so far!
Kevin, I like that caboose. The light weathering looks good.
David, your modeling makes me want to build some of that foreign stuff! Hmmm...
Mel, the diorama is looking fantastic.
Ed, those signals look like an awful lot of work. Beautiful!
Here is my contribution for the week...
I finished an Atlas / Kato GP35 that I painted for the L&N. I also installed a Digitrax decoder in it.
Last week, the Roundhouse G&D cattle car was brought up with the picture of a nice build. Here is mine that I completed about a month ago to go with my other G&D - DG&H cars. I used a shortened Tichy roofwalk, S scale turnbuckles, Precision Scale brake wheel, and Kadee trucks and couplers...
A group shot!
Finally, an HO Kato GP35 project. This will be a Norfolk and Western patchout for my Trinity River & Western. Since I don't currently have anywhere to run my HO stuff, I'm building a few things here and there to plan for the future when I get tired of the N scale stuff!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
We're off to a good start this weekend! Thanks for lighting the fuse, Kevin!
That is a nice, busy scene you have setup there
Great to see you working on kits, Bear. I really enjoy those Bowser kits. They go together well and have plenty of detail. I loke the PRR G38039 ore cars and I've done plenty of the covered hoppers (GE-LAMPS) too.
You have a nice, gritty scene there, David. I can almost smell the coal smoke. Is that overhead, arched device for checking clearances?
With all the juice you have running on that diorama, Mel, you won't need a static applicator! Just sprinkle on the grass and turn on the lights! Great stuff, everyone!
I still have the signal bug this week and, believe me, this one will cure that for a while! The bridge with the targets is 90% complete — now for the wiring
One of the masts being tested:
PRR_position-light-test by Edmund, on Flickr
and a check on the fit:
PRR_position-light-test-fit by Edmund, on Flickr
I'm using the Oregon PRR signal head kits. These are really well made and once you get the hang of things go together pretty well.
PRR_position-light by Edmund, on Flickr
As of tonight I have all four masts, eight heads (48 LEDs total!) and got them mounted to the bridge.
PRR_4-track-rt by Edmund, on Flickr
PRR_4-track by Edmund, on Flickr
Thank you, everyone! On to more great contributions!
Regards, Ed