ClinchValleySD40 I finally finished painting all of the backdrops and track. Really a hassle, I should have done it much earlier, it would have been a lot easier to do. Photos on the link below. http://s527.photobucket.com/albums/cc354/ClinchValley/Overall%20views/ See ya.Larry
I finally finished painting all of the backdrops and track. Really a hassle, I should have done it much earlier, it would have been a lot easier to do. Photos on the link below.
http://s527.photobucket.com/albums/cc354/ClinchValley/Overall%20views/
See ya.Larry
Thanks for the great layout tour. I like what I see especialy the fact that you have plenty of walking space for your operators.
John
It appears you are well on your way to a great looking railway. Your loops look interesting. Are they a concentric helix ?
Tom,
Yes they are. Various radius run from 30 to 46 inches. Two spirals, connecting lower and upper decks.
Larry
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Here's a video follow up to the shots I posted on page one... Enjoy the ride!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
When I started this WPF, all I had was an old photo (but it was red white & blue). Just to show I am making some progress, I have added a new sign to G&L Hardware in Greenvale Junction. It's an out of production Bar Mills sign.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Good Job Sawyer
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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I have spent some time the last couple of days adding some trackside details to the layout. A telephone box has been installed at the yard limit to Hopewell Junction (Yard Limit sign is under construction). Can you find the Blacksnake in the photo?
Nearby a crow sits atop the line pole:
Milemarkers now show the distance to and from Hopewell Junction Station:
Had to get out the 100mm Macro/Medium Telephoto lens to get these..........
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmusCan you find the Blacksnake in the photo?
Can you give me a hint? (Maybe I need a larger monitor).
.
That's not a black snake!!!. It's a black mamba. RUN!!!
This weekend I held my first operating session. Here's the full thread on the subject, and one sample photo.
Greg (right) checks his timetable for through freight 403, sitting in Ogden Siding, while Alex (left) brings local 41T into Enfield, NH.
I didn't break it!
Tyler, you should post pix of the 6 paint locos! :)
Alex
howmus
howmus, you have working movable switch stands?
Great!
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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Ray, who makes that switch stand?
Thanks!
wedudlerhowmus, you have working movable switch stands?
Yes I do. Somebody named Wolfgang showed me how to do that........ Thanks!
Guilford Guy, they are the Details West #914 stands with some modifications. Many are working, and some are just cosmetic. Depends on where on the layout and how much time I decide to spend getting them to work right. The hardest thing is to make the throw itself and get it adjusted just right so that it will work correctly. The one pictured has some hand made targets added to it as I wanted the target to show clearly the route chosen as it sits between a tunnel portal, and the yard lead.
Last night and today I finished a yard limit sign for the yard at Hopewell Junction. Since it is slow in here today (no pun intended on the S.L.O.&W.) I'll throw in a couple more photos of it...
Hi Ray,
No, I don't see the snake, but I know it's going to be right where I step.
I have to admit, I always enjoy those train show layouts where they give you a list of things to find. Sometimes in looking, I see things that would have been overlooked at first glance.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
howmus-I think all the little details like that really make the scene.
I just completed painting and detailing this engine. It's Montana Rail Link's #406 a GP35. An Athearn RTR engine photographed with it's sister engines #401 and 402. I just need to add the ditchlight lenses and weather it a little and its ready to go with DCC installed and all.
I used a different color blue this time than my other MRL units that I've painted and boy do I like the results.
--Zak Gardner
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A couple of my recently-acquired freight cars just emerged from the paint shop. The flat car went in as an undecorated unit, but the hopper started out in a bright blue D&H getup. All that's left is to spray them down with Dullcoat (and figure out how to better focus the camera apparently).
The lettering schemes may not be absoutely true to the prototype, but they certainly capture the spirit of it. I thought decaling would be a tedious process, but I actually find it to be very satisfying (as long as I use the ol' magnifier lamp).
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
CvSD40 - great looking layout. Holy crap, that's a lot of back drop to paint. Question, in one photo you can see what looks like hidden staging beneath the lowest visible level. Is that what the photo shows?
Again, great work and I am impressed by the focus it took to stay on task to accomplish it.
Great work and great photos on this great long weekend. Happy Memorial Day to you all.
I've been working on this Jordan kit. It's a 1923 Mack. I added a Preiser driver.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Mr B, great work on the fuel truck. Jordan kits are wonderful as long as you have a steady enough hand for all of those small parts. I have made a couple of their cars.
MisterBeasley Great work and great photos on this great long weekend. Happy Memorial Day to you all. I've been working on this Jordan kit. It's a 1923 Mack. I added a Preiser driver.
Great job on your tank truck. I built the Mac dump truck a few months ago.
This is a picture from the photo-shoot for the upcoming Mack calendar.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Mr. B .......
I really like your Jordon models and how well you photographed them.
Speaking of Jordon models my Jordon bus and baggage carts are in this photo. The bus has driver and passengers in the seats. This picture has been posted before.
Perhaps others can post their Jordon models, too.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Garry,
Your bus looks good. I made a railbus based on the same kit:
It uses an NWSL Flea for drive/pick-up and the pilot truck is based on N scale wheels. The pilot is scratchbiult from brass.
I blacked out the windows in the rear because it's the work train kitchen, and that's where the stove, icebox, etcetera would be installed.
WOW! ...Phil.....I'm impressed! ...Great work!...
Thanks. Painting backdrops is not my favorite part of the hobby, but I just wanted to get it over and done with (like a trip to the dentist).
This the photo?
The two levels of staging under the yards support the east and west ends of the railroad. Better photos of this area in the Rail Images folder listed below.
I just spent some of this wonderful day doing some photographing on the MRL