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11-13-2009 8:03 AM
Offline jeffrey-wimberly
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Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

 Guess I'll kick this one off.

One of my Athearn SDP40F's coming across the west side of the layout.


11-13-2009 8:14 AM In reply to
Offline Driline
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

 Here are some pics of my latest Atlas engine weathered by JKTRAINS. He even modeled a working strobe.Many detail parts were added as well. I think the engine is awesome looking....now one of my favorites.

 

 

11-13-2009 8:15 AM In reply to
Offline Robby P.
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

 Here's a boxcar I have been working on.

 Before:

 

 After:

11-13-2009 8:29 AM In reply to
Offline TrainManTy
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

Driline:
Here are some pics of my latest Atlas engine weathered by JKTRAINS. He even modeled a working strobe.Many detail parts were added as well. I think the engine is awesome looking....now one of my favorites.
 

That's a really, really nice unit! I love the weathering, especially the cab roof! But if you're going to write about how it has a working strobe, can't you at least post a photo of it in action so I can drool over it?

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Here's a new photo I took last night:

The conductor of local WCLE gives through freight CDWJ a run-by as it rolls past in West Canaan, NH.

The out-of-focus look on the side of GP7 #8569 is caused by a combination of the F/36 aperture (huge depth of field, but nothing is razor-sharp), Photobucket's image compression, and the fact that it actually is a little bit out of focus! In order to get the background sharp as well, I focused on the conductor standing on the ground and let the far foreground and deep background be a little bit out of focus. A focus point any closer to the camera, and those trees in the background were too out of focus for me.

11-13-2009 8:30 AM In reply to
Online Silver Pilot
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

Driline - NIce looking engine.  Whoever he is he did a great job of weathering that loco.  I was looking at some prototype pics online of it and it really captures the look of the prototype units.  The boxcars in the background look really good too.  Did the same person do those also??

11-13-2009 8:31 AM In reply to
Offline C&O Fan
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

Jk Trains did a great job on that loco

Great work as always Robby !

Here's a video of my T-1 mixed freight approaching the New River Bridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9BbIiujT0

11-13-2009 10:01 AM In reply to
Offline route_rock
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

  Great stuff. I love DRI's SOO line engine there. Is it based on one of the SOO line engines in the Quad Cities? I had written down numbers back in the 90's but lost them all.

 

 Love the box car as well. The shot of it outside you have to almost do a double take.Very good weathering.

11-13-2009 10:01 AM In reply to
Offline jimk
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

 Great pics and video so far!  This is my first WPF post, and it is a new On30 2-6-0 and a tank car I bought at the Syracuse train show last week.  I am in between layouts right now and figured if I am going to switch scales, now is the time!

 

11-13-2009 10:12 AM In reply to
Offline Driline
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

route_rock:

  Great stuff. I love DRI's SOO line engine there. Is it based on one of the SOO line engines in the Quad Cities? I had written down numbers back in the 90's but lost them all.

 

 Love the box car as well. The shot of it outside you have to almost do a double take.Very good weathering.

 

You're exactly right "route_rock"! That engine, but not the specific number was intended to capture the look of the Soo Line engines here in the Quad Cities circa 1995. You can still see some of them running now, but with the ICE moniker instead. I weathered the boxcars, but they are no match for JKTRAINS talent 

11-13-2009 10:52 AM In reply to
Offline GRAMRR
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

Latest endeavors:

11-13-2009 11:26 AM In reply to
Offline CNJ831
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

GRAMRR:

Latest endeavors:

Really nice to see one of those old Train Miniature work/maintenance cabooses again, Chuck. TM was an important player in the hobby at one time and often a source of unique rolling stock in its day. You did a nice job on the painting/weathering of it as well.

CNJ831 

11-13-2009 11:36 AM In reply to
Offline wedudler
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

 I've made a few repairs at the engine house. And I took the chance to make pictures: That's my German module "Naumburg" following the prototype.

 

Wolfgang

11-13-2009 11:38 AM In reply to
Offline GRAMRR
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

Thanks, CNJ831-

I've had had this car sitting in it's original box for 20 years or so and finally got the nerve to paint it and try my hand at decalling.  Ignoring all the botched jobs from when I was a kid, it's my first attempt at water-slide decalling.  Weathering is done with scraped artists pastel chalks.

11-13-2009 11:43 AM In reply to
Offline GRAMRR
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

Wolfgang - Nice locomotive.  As always, I enjoy seeing your work.

11-13-2009 11:54 AM In reply to
Offline wedudler
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Re: Weekend Photo Fun 11-13/11-16

GRAMRR:

Wolfgang - Nice locomotive.  As always, I enjoy seeing your work.

 

Thank you, this engine was a Weinert kit. 

Wolfgang

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