General Discussion (Model Railroader)

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howmus:

...I love the Tomar kits, but are a bit of work...

But not for you, Ray.  You done real good!!! 

Your layout is astounding.  You have been plugging away at it for months in a big way, and the results show it. 

Thanks for your feedback.

-Crandell

Thank you sir!  And your welcome as well! 

Happy 4th of July everyone, may your bottle rockets glare extra bright and your firecrackers be nice and loud!

well at least that is my TRAIN of thought so...happy Birthday America!!!

Also super nice work this week all, i again seem to have picked a week to post when all the stars showed up! lol.

Chuck & Heather.

tattooguy67:

Happy 4th of July everyone, may your bottle rockets glare extra bright and your firecrackers be nice and loud!

well at least that is my TRAIN of thought so...happy Birthday America!!!

Also super nice work this week all, i again seem to have picked a week to post when all the stars showed up! lol.

Chuck & Heather.

Happy 4th!

I wish I could get the license for firecrackers and bottle rockets. rocket motors duct taped to sticks with a crackle ball with a elongated fuse on to just doesn't cut it.  

I only have one section of layout with scenery and am still decideing what color soils to use. Here are two photos, one with light colored soil the other darker real soil.

Keep in mind the background hills are all honey colored grass and when I settle on something they will get the same treatment.

Any thoughts?

spidge:

I only have one section of layout with scenery and am still decideing what color soils to use. Here are two photos, one with light colored soil the other darker real soil.

Any thoughts?

The darker soil looks better in the particular lighting that you used to take the picture.  How typical is that lighting?

Have you glued down the dark real soil yet?  I tried some ballasting recently with real dirt and it darkened significantly (and too much) when I used some alcohol to "wet" it before hitting it with diluted white glue. It never lightened, even when dry.  Suggest you try a small test area.

Marty

You won't see me makin a how to video. I can only give writen tutorials and such.

Oakhurst Railroad Engineer:

The darker soil looks better in the particular lighting that you used to take the picture.  How typical is that lighting?

Have you glued down the dark real soil yet?  I tried some ballasting recently with real dirt and it darkened significantly (and too much) when I used some alcohol to "wet" it before hitting it with diluted white glue. It never lightened, even when dry.  Suggest you try a small test area.

Marty

 Thanks Marty. I have not glued the dark soil yet. I will add a variety to see if that helps.

Aggro, Have any links?

 AggroJones,

 I to thee, Master of all weathered railroad cars!

I will never be able to achieve what you do -

unless you teach me!

Aggro,

What I would like to see is you create a video of one of your trains running by with all of your nice weathered cars.

Aggro wrote-You won't see me makin a how to video. I can only give writen tutorials and such.

Or you could make a how to video and sell it at a reasonable price...I'd sure as heck buy one.

I'm really impressed with layout photos added to WPF on the 4th.....Crandell, Steamage, Engineer Jeff, Jon, Zk, etc....... WOW......outstanding work!

 I was with friends at the FREMO meeting in Bathmen, Netherlands.

More pictures and infos at my blog. 

Wolfgang

Love the ps everyone. Especially Wolfgang;s simply because it;s a great MRR pic without a train.

That said, Wolfgang, there;s something in the formattin of the blog that has mashed the first paragraph way to the left, annd it is kinda painful to read.

Flashwave:

there;s something in the formattin of the blog that has mashed the first paragraph way to the left, annd it is kinda painful to read.

Are the colors accurately reproduced in the picture?  The rails look green to me.  What brand and color is the paint?

Edit -- I'm referring to John's photo of a train crossing the steel bridge.

Mark