Some very nice photo and modelling work, as always!
A lot of good 'railfan' angles, quite realistic looking.
twhite AndyManCNR This is what I did today: I finished most of the FWH piping on the engineer's side. The green stuff is the lagging on the larger pipe which is a thin strip of masking tape wound around the pipe and secured with CA. It's not perfect but for my first time ever doing something like that and my first ever project period, I am quite happy with it. Andy: I like that lagging, being a big Elesco FWH fan myself. One thing I was thinking about, that might save you some work the next time you need to lag some piping: Go down to the local guitar shop and get some 'flat-wound' Ernie Ball (or comparable brand) guitar wire. The winding on the wire looks exactly like lagging, and the wire is quite flexible. I would say probably .0020 or larger, and there's enough length to probably do the lagging on quite a few locos. Just a thought, understand. That's some really NICE work, BTW! I hope you post photos as you progress on that loco. And BTW, where did you find that all-weather cab? That is really SWEET! Tom
AndyManCNR This is what I did today: I finished most of the FWH piping on the engineer's side. The green stuff is the lagging on the larger pipe which is a thin strip of masking tape wound around the pipe and secured with CA. It's not perfect but for my first time ever doing something like that and my first ever project period, I am quite happy with it.
This is what I did today:
I finished most of the FWH piping on the engineer's side. The green stuff is the lagging on the larger pipe which is a thin strip of masking tape wound around the pipe and secured with CA. It's not perfect but for my first time ever doing something like that and my first ever project period, I am quite happy with it.
Andy:
I like that lagging, being a big Elesco FWH fan myself. One thing I was thinking about, that might save you some work the next time you need to lag some piping: Go down to the local guitar shop and get some 'flat-wound' Ernie Ball (or comparable brand) guitar wire. The winding on the wire looks exactly like lagging, and the wire is quite flexible. I would say probably .0020 or larger, and there's enough length to probably do the lagging on quite a few locos. Just a thought, understand.
That's some really NICE work, BTW! I hope you post photos as you progress on that loco. And BTW, where did you find that all-weather cab? That is really SWEET!
Tom
Finished the majority of the SDP45 project, just a couple details left and the task of cramming a tsunami into it. And a GN heater car is in the works.
Nice job on the SDP45, looks incredible.
Margaritaman
Dude, give your daughter back her little pony. Stop messing with her by putting it up high like that where she can't reach it. Plus the wine rack looks kind of empty. That foot must really be killing you.
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ford86 Finished the majority of the SDP45 project, just a couple details left and the task of cramming a tsunami into it. And a GN heater car is in the works.
Are you sure you don't want to build me my MRL SDP40-2 #290? I'm sure you'll do a better job than I. Your SDP45 looks great!
An eastbound grain train with run through V&O power crosses the Clinch River on my Clinch Valley RR.
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Heres an attempt at a short video, leme know what you all think.
Great work EVERYONE!!!
Unfortunately, I have nothing to show, since my layout is up north. But once school starts up, I'll have plenty to show, as I begin to tear down my current layout (partially complete) and start building a new one (larger, and better suited for operations).
Keep up the great work!
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I wouldn't even bother putting N scale up there. The dust that accumulates will be murder, especially if you have a ceiling fan in the room that does nothing put push dust to the perimeter of the room... Even HO could be pretty dicey. I have a G scale rig that' I'm toying with putting up in my den. I think that should work fine. I just need a plow for the dust and cat hair that I know will accumulate!
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I like the muddy water in your river. It is a look I see in many of the streams and rivers in my area but one that is not often modeled. You seem to have gotten the color just right. Are there any special techniques you have for modeling dirty water.
Nice Video BigBlue,
I like the low angle you used.
Next time try to have some additional lighting, it will bring up the detail and the images will look better. Just be careful that the background looks as good as your models. There is nothing as distracting as some plumbing work or windows where the sky should be. The dark background in this one is good, but I'd rather see blue sky. You can use some cardboard painted blue that is easy to move around for each scene.
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Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
zgardner18Dude, give your daughter back her little pony. Stop messing with her by putting it up high like that where she can't reach it. Plus the wine rack looks kind of empty. That foot must really be killing you.
That and the Mother-in-Law is with us for the month...
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MILW-RODR Margaritaman How did you make those brackets??? I have recently got the go ahead to do just this, just not as big. 2 HO tracks and a single N track. I want to run HO on my layout, but Kato is coming out with some pretty nice N that I would like to have, and I don't care for static displays. So far it's the outter most HO track will run a passenger consist, inner HO track a mixed freight consist, and the N either a freight consist with a Kato Rio Grande, Katy, and Mopac UP heratige SD70ACe, along with possible Kato GS 4-8-4 warbaby Southern Pacific. I don't care about the cars but I just loooooooooooooooove that loke. I think it would look neat on the head end of that N consist. I know, I know, that's quite a list of expensive locomotives to be just traveling around a track hung a few inches from the ceiling. I've also got the go ahead to turn into a bit of a collector. I gave myself the approval on that one
Just 4"x6" plates. Each plate has a support that is screwed to the plate from the backside. Each one routered. The whole project was pretty basic except for the curves as those were routed out of 3/4" ply and laminated with veneer.
And like the other poster said going any smaller IMO would look sort of silly, if you could even see it. And yes, the dust is a headache.
Thanks. I really like muddy rivers too and really wanted to try one. I used the base brown I use for scenery with just a drop of black added to get it slightly darker. That's it. Just covered it with a thin coat of Envirotex Lite.