For a short time my photographs went missing! It was fixed the next time I looked.
NP 2626 "Northern Pacific, really terrific"
Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association: http://www.nprha.org/
2). The old stick bridge that crossed the gap over this part of the layout gave me the shape of the slight curve that was needed for the trestle, normally the deck below the ties would be made from two parallel made up lumber laminations directly under the rails. However, because no one was going to be able to see directly down onto the bridge deck, I made this all from one piece of 1/4th thick mahogany trim I had laying around. Instead of laying Bridge ties on the mahogany this time and spiking rail down, I bought a piece of Micro Engineering Bridge track. I glued this down to the mahogany deck and then assembled and glued down the guard timbers and finally shaped the guard rails and glued them down to the bridge track. (A note about this, Micro Engineering's instruction sheet recommended using CA to glue both the guard timbers and rails down to the track. However, I was finding the bond to be very week using this method.
I emailed Micro Engineering about this and was told they use Pliobond?! (I guess it would have been nice to know this before I started, I'd have bought some Pliobond when I bought the M.E. Bridgetrack)!
NP2626,
Awesome structure. It looks like it will be a DEEP Gulch once the scenery's in!
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
OK, I know where you are coming from.
Try entering some text before inserting the picture.
Then after the picture is showing take the cursor to the lower right corner of the picture and hit enter.
This should move the cursor to a space under the picture where you can add more text or sign off.
Or and I hope this isn't confusing but after entering the text you could hit the enter button several times and then move the cursor back up and insert the picture. This should leave space under the picture for more text.
Hope this helps.
AND by the way that is a great picture and and even better looking bridge. I wish I could do as well.
Keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming.
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
NP2626 O.K., I have photo up. Need to figure out how to put text in there too.
O.K., I have photo up. Need to figure out how to put text in there too.
The most obvious way is to place the text cursor either in front of or after the picture after you have inserted the image in the edit widow, and then start hitting the keys on your keyboard to produce words ...
Smile, Stein
O.K., I have photo up. Need to figure out how to put text in there too. This photo was taken the first time I actually dropped the trestle into it's location on the layout.
I'm going to take care of this, in my own time. I'm on the confuser all day and really would like to be involved in other activities on week nights when I get home from work.
Forums that allow you to directly upload images and other large files have to have the server capacity and administration to handle that. There's are also some legal issues, like copyright and other more arcane things that also contribute to a decision to not host images.
Given the forum is free and Kalmbach calls the shots, there you go.
I do understand the reluctance to hassle with one more manifestation of computer technology. It was only about six months ago that I finally broke down and set up my ImageShack account. But once you've done that, it's really handy for all kinds of things, not just this one forum.
Do you want to post pictures??
You have recieved 3 responses on how to post pictures, all basically describing the same procedure.
Why not forget what you do on other foriums and try what works on this one.
You may be pleasantly surprised.
Geared Steam, At the 5-6 other forums I have participated in there was no need for a photo-bucket account, you simply uploaded photos from your own computer. I have never needed a hosting middle man before.
Is there a reason that this is the method Model Railroader choose? Something I am overlooking? In fact, i find the Model Railroader Forum to be completely different than the other forums I have participated in. I find I am having to learn another method of navigating/using this forum. There are also features I miss from most other forums, one would be the ability to ignore people who I find obnoxious and/ or irritating.
However, this forum also has unique features interconnected with being a subscriber to Model Railroader Magazine that are absolutely fantastic!
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2011/11/posting-picture-at-model-railroad-forum.html
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/
See if the following works for you
As has been said that to upload pictures you must create a host such as PHOTOBUCKET www.photobucket.com It is free. After you create your account you merely click on the upload button and then select the picture you want to upload from your computer.
Now you are ready to post that picture to your thread.
There are two ways to insert the picture. The way I like to do it is to click on the direct link box under the picture on photobucket. This automatically copies the link. Then you go to the thread and there is a bar across the top. One of the icons is green and looks like film. Click on this and a window will open with a box to paste the URL that you got from photobucket.
When you click on insert the picture will show up on the thread wherever your cursor is.
I try to have the cursor placed so that I have space above and below the inserted picture.
The second way is to click on image under your picture on photobucket and paste it in your post.
The first way you see the picture before you post and the second after you post.
It's your choice.
It sounds like a big deal but it is actually simple once you get the hang of it.
Hope this helps
I have just completed a trestle for my Northern Pacific Layout for a deep gulch the line needed to cross. There had been a simple stick bridge for about the last 6-8 years across this part of the layout and I finally decided it was time to build the trestle needed.Although the actual build of the trestle is completed at this time, I thought maybe I could discuss how I went about it. I guess I need to set up an account at Photo Bucket or some such website to make this work and I see what I can do in a bit.
I guess I'll have to try doing this. Seems complicated, compaired to other ways to post photos at the other forums I've participated at.
NP2626 I had hoped to be able to post photos of the project. Is that possible at this website and if so, how do I go about doing so?
I had hoped to be able to post photos of the project. Is that possible at this website and if so, how do I go about doing so?
Easiest way is to upload an image is to use one of the free photo sharing web sites (e.g. http://www.photobucket.com) , grab a link from that website, and insert a link to that picture in your post here.
Two ways of doing it: 1) Click on IMG code (bottom line above) at photobucket, paste code into text window where you want to have the picture
This way, you don't actually see the image until you post the post you have been writing. 2) Instead click on "Direct Link" on photobucket, and then click the "insert media" icon in the forum editor
Paste direct link into popup box, and you see the image right away. Either way, you need a valid URL - starting with http://<servername>/path/filename.jpg. If you use other image sharing services than photobucket, the exact way to grab that URL may vary.
Good luck!
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I've decided that I'm going to edit my earlier posts in this thread as I don't like how I came across. Having written this post in the early part of 2013 and then going back to it and re-reading it, I feel I came across as pretty immature! I have this problem and wish I didn't. Where I feel I got into a disagreement with someone that little or nothing to do with the subject of this thread, I will simply delete that post. This may make the thread seem incongruant and I appologize for this. Be that as it may from this point forward, I hope to do a better job.