Thanks Terry. That would be me. We are all guilty of using the layout as a work table.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Thanks Mike. Sound is so contagious.
By the way, is your spider trying out for King Kong?
mikesmowers wrote: Morning all, As usual some very good pics. Great video Sue, I just love the sounds of a steam loco. Here are some older pics of the spider invasion. He was back the other night, I was running the trains and happened to look down at the floor and here he came walking in the door like he was ready for another ride. Some of you veterns here might remember these, as for the newer modelers you might like to see them. Enjoy, Mike
Morning all, As usual some very good pics. Great video Sue, I just love the sounds of a steam loco.
Here are some older pics of the spider invasion. He was back the other night, I was running the trains and happened to look down at the floor and here he came walking in the door like he was ready for another ride.
Some of you veterns here might remember these, as for the newer modelers you might like to see them.
Enjoy, Mike
PLEASE tell me that spider is smaller than HO scale!
mikesmowers wrote: CPRail, What you see is what you get, This was not staged but was on the layout last summer and I happened to get some pics. PS. This is a real living creature. Mike
Is this a pet?
Sue, that is probably the best model video I have seen. Forget that you are working on the scenery; the line is easy on the eyes, the loco is magnificent, you had the correct speed, it was well lit and imaged, and the sound was the icing.
Five Stars.
Thanks for posting it...I enjoyed it very much.
mikesmowers wrote: Morning all, As usual some very good pics. Great video Sue, I just love the sounds of a steam loco. Here are some older pics of the spider invasion. He was back the other night, I was running the trains and happened to look down at the floor and here he came walking in the door like he was ready for another ride.http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i56/mikesmowers/DSC02710.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i56/mikesmowers/DSC02708.jpghttp://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i56/mikesmowers/DSC02707.jpg . . .
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You showed me yours, now I'll show you mine:
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
PFS,,, NO this is no pet! He just likes the layout I guess, He comes in every once in a while to hop a free ride on a freight train.
CSX,,, Is yours a pet? What kind is he? MIke
No work on the layout this week, but I did find a surprise...
I went to my wife's family reunion in Berlin, WI. It ended earlier than we would have liked, so we figured we would try to find something to do in downtown Berlin. They were having "Berlin Days" along the riverfront. There was live music, lots of good food, and... A CABOOSE!
The sight of the Milwaukee Road caboose made my day. It was restored by the city of Berlin in 1991, and parked across the street from the restored Milwaukee Road depot (now an antique store).
reklein wrote: I may have had this on before,but this is how I treated a window. I felt I nneded some light so I wewnt to HD and got a vinyl static cling sheet for sky. Then I painted a backdrop on foamcore to fit inside the sill.
I may have had this on before,but this is how I treated a window. I felt I nneded some light so I wewnt to HD and got a vinyl static cling sheet for sky. Then I painted a backdrop on foamcore to fit inside the sill.
This looks GREAT!!! Dude, I frosted mine, but you put me to shame!!! I love it... gorgeous and creative!!! Thumbs up!
Brian
I don't remember if I posted this last weekend or not:
My kitbashed Pennsy H10s 2-8-0 in N:
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
I've been working on Saint Anne Street, the shopping district in town. This week, I measured the hydrocal castings and undercut the edges to fit them over the ties and between the rails:
This is the home-made hexagonal cobblestone mold I made from a piece of artificial beehive. These pieces are just laid in there for the picture. There's still some fine trimming and sanding to do before they are ready to paint and glue.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Action at Prestage Tool & Gear.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
No pictures of my work this week!
On Saturday I was railfanning CP's St. Luc Yard in Montreal. Click on the CLICK HERE button below to see photos. They will be up soon.
Alex
MrB, Interesting effect with the missing tiles. I am anxious to see the finished product.
Tomkat, Your workmen have done a great job on tarping. But most of all I love your crusty switcher. It has had a hard life.
Making some slow progress on my friend's ASM PRR Flag stop:
I finished installing and staining the wood plank flooring, window trim, and any gaps where the window cutouts didn't fit the window frames well with vinyl spackle. Now I have the challenge of attaching and fitting the stock card roof to the top.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I like it so far, Tom. I find the ridge pole particularly interesting. I'll have to remember that meself when I first scratch a building....which I hope to do soon and make a whole bunch of mistakes before I tackle the Danby Sawmill.
The effect of the spackle is very appealing, too.
-Crandell
Tom, this is developing into a fine model. I really like the way you go about finishing the interior. Getting the insides of the windows to look good is no mean feat.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
I hope I'm not too late, but I did a first-run of some railcars I got from my Grandfather's old layout.
Every car here (with the exception of the silver MOW gondola) was my Grandfather's. The excavator in the gondola is based off of http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=182607&nseq=8
I also decided today that my Kato SD70MAC needed its handrails installed. Not all of them are in, but I got most of them in.
selector wrote:Erik, it must be very special to let your Grandad's toys see the rails under 'em once more.
It's great to see most of his old models go to good use. In addition to the rolling stock that my Dad and I along with some others took, some kid in the neighborhood took the layout itself.
Back to my acquisitions, I'm especially excited to see if one of his old Athearn rubber-band drive locomotives actually works in some capacity.
I finally got a line connecting my staging yard to the rest of the layout. As much as I like scenery, this is a beautiful sight!!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
My weekly dose of inspiration was stronger than usual!
Sue, tell Larry it's . Blew me away!
Dave, nice job. I have a soft spot in my head for that short Belpaire boiler, whether on a later H (8,9,10), a G5 or even an E6.
Mr Beasly, does the guy who makes those hexagonal concrete tiles have some mysterious hold on the Department of Public Works? Now all you need for the 'holes' is some fine ballast and thick black paint...
Mike, do you think your arachnid can help Perry1060 with his lizard problem? (Or should that be, "Problem Lizard?")
Graphitehemi, you have (inadvertently) produced a little-modeled item that was ubiquitous in rural America before WWII, and made a meager comeback during the 1960's - a Jacobs wind turbine. About 5 kilowatt size, I think. Well done!
Some day, when I build my way out of the netherworld, I'll have to contribute a photo or two myself.
Chuck (modeling the netherworld of Central Japan in September, 1964)
ngartshore350 wrote: Hi All,Got my new CLP class locomotive this week! They are an EMD locomotive produced here in Australia, when I visited my brother and sister-in-law in Adelaide a few years ago the "Indian Pacific" was pulled by these locomotives so I have a bit of a soft spot for them. The models are made by Austrains, a company in Australian but they are made in China of course. OZ Jim might appreciate these.Regards,Nigel
Hi All,
Got my new CLP class locomotive this week! They are an EMD locomotive produced here in Australia, when I visited my brother and sister-in-law in Adelaide a few years ago the "Indian Pacific" was pulled by these locomotives so I have a bit of a soft spot for them. The models are made by Austrains, a company in Australian but they are made in China of course. OZ Jim might appreciate these.
Regards,
Nigel
They are very nice loco's Nigel, I've seen a few that my mates own and they are beautiful!
Nice work!
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Great photos everyone!
I know what you mean about seeing your grandfather's trains run again; I got started in MRRing when I inhereited my great grandfather's trains at age 5 or 6, unfourtunatly, most of his cars have truck mounted horn hook couplers, and all the locos are really old, so I don't have anything of his on the rails anymore. He left me a lot of buildings though, and those make up almost all the buildings on my layout!
Kind of late for pix, but I finally figured out how to upload them to the internet, so here's some:
Enjoy!