Great pictures folks! I don't have any new pictures, but hope to for next week. Great looking at your shots
Jim
Jack's takes control of his train for the first time. He just turned 9 mos. I used my cell phone's camera, so it's a pretty crummy picture, but here he is, blowing the horn and changing the speed! I can't wait until he is just a little older!
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/weswhitmore/photo/294928804308137317/0
Wes
Here are the fruits of yesterday's (Sunday's) labors - besides generally cleaning up the mess I have made in the train room in the last few weeks:
Put a light coat of paint on the bridge. Going to touch it up and then start laying down weathering coats of watered down browns and greys of various tones to give it a hopefully nice weatherbeaten look.
The 224 is hauling some New York Central freight around:
Here's a video of this old steamer:
Lionel Postwar 224 Steamer Video
Great photos everyone:
BRwebster: n-i-c-e gas station scene.
Thanks Perry - I am debating an ice cream plant in that area which will enable me to build a big structure agains the sliffside on the lower level and have spurs for a post war icing station and some milk platforms. I am probably going to build my own milk platforms as I am trying to blend everything into teh scenery and those bright grren plaforms just aren't going to blend very well. If the ice station stands out too much, I may end up ditching using it.
Chuck - As always, I appreciate your gracious compliments. As we both know, the tubular is the icing on the cake - all else is just background noise.
Great photos, everyone!
Frank53, I loved seeing that 224 video. Your layout is really looking good. The billboards and trees are first rate!
Below is a link to a Jumijo excursion featuring 2 Santa Fe passenger trains. Enjoy!
Jumijo Santa Fe Video
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Frank53 wrote: Thanks Perry - I am debating an ice cream plant in that area which will enable me to build a big structure agains the sliffside on the lower level and have spurs for a post war icing station and some milk platforms. I am probably going to build my own milk platforms as I am trying to blend everything into teh scenery and those bright grren plaforms just aren't going to blend very well. If the ice station stands out too much, I may end up ditching using it.
Frank,One of these, or something similiar would like awesome! https://shop.mesamodels.net/displayProductDocument.hg?productId=94&categoryId=26https://shop.mesamodels.net/displayProductDocument.hg?productId=317&categoryId=26https://shop.mesamodels.net/displayProductDocument.hg?productId=156&categoryId=26Getting short on time?Brent
weldman87 wrote: Great pictures every one. On saturday the 31st of march we went to the hobby shop and bought the polar express starter set. When we paid for it the owner gave us the hot chocolate car. We went back later and bought the elf's hand car. We had a great time with the set after we got home. Have a great Sunday.
Great pictures every one. On saturday the 31st of march we went to the hobby shop and bought the polar express starter set. When we paid for it the owner gave us the hot chocolate car. We went back later and bought the elf's hand car. We had a great time with the set after we got home. Have a great Sunday.
Congrats on the PE purchase!! Its a great set, we bought the same set in January and we love it! I hope you enjoy yours as much as we do ours.
jefelectric wrote:
Wow! That coaling tower could easily be the center piece for a very nice hi-rail layout! That thing is gorgeous, just beautiful.
Is that Tow-Mater I see in the garage? Not quite proto-typical eh?
ATSJer wrote: jefelectric wrote: Is that Tow-Mater I see in the garage? Not quite proto-typical eh?
Holy smokes! Great eye for detail! It sure looks like Tow Mater to me! I'd give my left lug nuts for one of them!
Still waiting for K-Lionel/ Pixar Cars, Super Streets
Bruce Webster
Good Morning,
Obviously, I didn't make it to post on Sunday Photo Fun, but weekend was a total success. Actually, got some elevated shelving up!
As shown above the shelf is secured to a ledger board above the window. This is all that was completed on Saturday, 2 corners, 1 wall, and partial wall.
My intent is to have 2 G-Scale circumventing the room. This pic provides a prospective of how they should view. All the "black screw heads" of course will be touched up. The car in the background is actually setting on piece of the material used for the external wall of the room. It is a 4" cross-section of vinyl covered foam. I have enough to go all the way around creating a better view. It will have a scenic surface.
If you look closely above the window and behind the lamp shade, you can see the ledger board for the continuation of the shelf. The shelf will continue flush with the bottom of the soffet of the house.
Accessibility is somewhat currently happered, hopefully that will be resolved i the next day or so.
Monday carpeting and flooring was started, removal of a "little" parkay flooring was not negotiated, so Chris and I pulled it up. (Looks like a lot of material for trestles, bridges, a few buildings, and more?) Ended up with 8, 45 gal trash bags full. Kept 1)
Today carpet completion and move back in house. Garage and trainroom are packed tight! Couldn't really do much last night as a "family" so we went to see 300, lots of great effects.
Sorry to post this here, but wasn't sure what else to do. Progress is being made out west.
Don
It's really taking shape. Wish I had one of those bags!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
yes pb, the sox will finishe ahead of KC in the central. that may be it.
GO TRIBE!
No matter what anyone tells you, SIZEMORE does matter!
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