MAbruce What, starting off WPF with no pictures? There ought to be a penalty for that... Here's a mountainside view of my layout. The backdrop was digitally added:
What, starting off WPF with no pictures? There ought to be a penalty for that...
Here's a mountainside view of my layout. The backdrop was digitally added:
What was the source of the photo background, a personal photo or something you found on line? If the latter, could you provide a link? It resembles the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains in NY/Vermont, the area I model. I'm having trouble finding gooddistance shots for my backdrop. If it's a personal shot (or more) and you wouldn't mind sharing or selling copies, PM me).
Jay
C-415 Build: https://imageshack.com/a/tShC/1
Other builds: https://imageshack.com/my/albums
j610 Quick message to everyone who wants to criticize or penalize me for starting wpf without pictures. I have been trying to collect everything I need to build a layout , but have not been able to start building one yet . I am fighting some health issues , but I still enjoy seeing what everyone else is doing . I am storing away the ideas for when the time comes .All of you do great work . I hope mine will be half as good . RON
Quick message to everyone who wants to criticize or penalize me for starting wpf without pictures. I have been trying to collect everything I need to build a layout , but have not been able to start building one yet . I am fighting some health issues , but I still enjoy seeing what everyone else is doing . I am storing away the ideas for when the time comes .All of you do great work . I hope mine will be half as good . RON
Ron,
I had hoped that the winking smiley face icon I used would have made it clear that I was only joking with you. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
Hey Ron
If you read back it was tongue and cheek. It wasn't a serious comment. That's why the winking eye smile is next to it.
Chad, Great work on those tank cars. I agree they look like brass in those pics.
Springfield PA
Yes, MAbruce. Excellent job of blending foreground into the backdrop. Excellent.
Tom
Heartland Division CB&Q Here's a side view of the Hudson passing my flour mill.
Here's a side view of the Hudson passing my flour mill.
Very impressive looking structure.
Bob
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Making trees.
I hope there are some more great pictures to come!
Here are a few from myself.
Coming through the woods.
Santa Fe Dash 9 with a SP SD 50
Ken
I hate Rust
Sorry I didn`t catch the humor in that post . I must have been napping . I enjoy wpf more than anything else on this forum . Sorry for not paying more attention . lol. RON
Narrow gauge !!
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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Slowly chipping away at a double crossover (No.6, HO, code 83) 22 stories up.......
I'm trying to model 1956, not live in it.
ScarpiaSlowly chipping away at a double crossover (No.6, HO, code 83) 22 stories up.......
Cool ! I like building turnouts.
Well it seems that today, most everybody has a new project they are working on or enjoying. I myself got the layout back to a state of progress when it was unpacked two weeks ago. I just recently managed to lay my first six feet of flextrack. At once, I noticed that the track arrangement resembled that of an inglenook switching puzzle, so I grabbed some old cars from the IVRW, and began a fun little game. I had to clear each track so that the track cleaning car could get to it, and I had to rearrange the other cars so that on the final move, the track cleaning car could be traded for logging cars, and then the engine would back onto the spare spur, ending the game. I had a BLAST!
Here are some shots:
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
While on a skiing forum the other day, I noticed a post about the large number of acorns in the Northeast this year. Someone asked if this is a sign of a snowy winter. Well, I don't know about acorns, but if the number of great photos the first week of October is any indication, we're in for a fine season of WPF.
The article a couple of MRs back got me to thinking about the use of a photo to "extend" a roadway into the wall at the back of a layout. I took a shot right in front of my house and put it on the wall, then ran a road up to it.
The seam isn't perfect, and the road actually goes into a corner, so I've added a truck to disguise the transition even more.
The sign is a home-made decal on a scratchbuilt wood frame.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
wedudler Wolfgang
The less-than-perfect track on that siding is, well, perfect. The ground-level image compresses the wiggly rails and really makes a terrific image.
Some great stuff as usual guys.
Not much doing on the BRVRR this week, but I did apply a few Breckler Farms signs to a couple of grain trucks. Still some weathering and detailing to do on the trucks. Here's a recent photo:
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. This is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
MisterBeasley The article a couple of MRs back got me to thinking about the use of a photo to "extend" a roadway into the wall at the back of a layout. I took a shot right in front of my house and put it on the wall, then ran a road up to it. The seam isn't perfect, and the road actually goes into a corner, so I've added a truck to disguise the transition even more.
The photo backdrop looks darned good to me! I was going to ask how you made those distant trees.
Your brick building looks absolutely real, too. You have just the right amount of debris and vegetation, and your asphalt is the right color - great scene. Outstanding work.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
great work all!
Well, yesterday was a dark day for aNRR execs. The line was officially abandoned. Those with weak stomachs, look away now (sorry for the shakiness, took it with my cell phone and didn't have a tripod or anything to put the camera on to keep it steady)
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
THaymanNice work on the PL42AC! Unfortunate that the decals didn't work out quite right, but that can always be fixed! That's another beauty of the hobby...you can always fix your mistakes ;) I wish other roads besides NJT bought the PL42AC. I like the look of it (more so than the ALP46, to think of a similar NJT loco). It has kind of a GE P42 meets EMD sort of look. I just don't like the NJT paint scheme all that much...perhaps I could work one in with my freelanced passenger operations!
I wish other roads besides NJT bought the PL42AC. I like the look of it (more so than the ALP46, to think of a similar NJT loco). It has kind of a GE P42 meets EMD sort of look. I just don't like the NJT paint scheme all that much...perhaps I could work one in with my freelanced passenger operations!
Thanks, Tim! Once I get the other set of decals, I'll try and fix those strips as best I can.
And yeah, I think the only reason other transit companies didn't buy the PL42s were because of how problematic they were when first purchased (although, ironically, they are currently the most reliable diesels NJT has!).Yeah, the look of it is very nice, much better than the P40. It looks more sleek, and the paint scheme conforms to it much better. I think for the P40s, they just took the PL42 scheme and slapped it on without trying to make it fit to it's boxier contours.
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Here is an N scale RS3 I have been working on for a while now.
MisterBeasley While on a skiing forum the other day, I noticed a post about the large number of acorns in the Northeast this year. Someone asked if this is a sign of a snowy winter. Well, I don't know about acorns, but if the number of great photos the first week of October is any indication, we're in for a fine season of WPF. The article a couple of MRs back got me to thinking about the use of a photo to "extend" a roadway into the wall at the back of a layout. I took a shot right in front of my house and put it on the wall, then ran a road up to it. The seam isn't perfect, and the road actually goes into a corner, so I've added a truck to disguise the transition even more.
Mr. B., great job, with or without the truck. Nice little layout improvement with (I'm guessing) very little work. I saw the same article, and have just the place in mind on my layout to pull the same trick.
Thanks for sharing. And the same goes for everyone. This is always a great thread.
Hello nice work everyone here is what I have this weekend. The first one is a clothes-line with bed sheets.
And this is a silo I made from the junk drawer
this is the prototype
and this is the junk
Have a good weekend Frank
jecorbett MAbruce: What, starting off WPF with no pictures? There ought to be a penalty for that... Here's a mountainside view of my layout. The backdrop was digitally added: Excellent job of photo editting. The 3-D scenery blends well with the digitized backdrop. It also gives a good lesson on how to paint such backdrops. As the mountains become more distant, they appear lighter and bluer and have less texture. The sky transitions from whitish near the horizon to blue higher up. All the effects of a summer haze. If I didn't already have my backdrops done, I might be tempted to give that a try.
MAbruce: What, starting off WPF with no pictures? There ought to be a penalty for that... Here's a mountainside view of my layout. The backdrop was digitally added:
Excellent job of photo editting. The 3-D scenery blends well with the digitized backdrop. It also gives a good lesson on how to paint such backdrops. As the mountains become more distant, they appear lighter and bluer and have less texture. The sky transitions from whitish near the horizon to blue higher up. All the effects of a summer haze. If I didn't already have my backdrops done, I might be tempted to give that a try.
I agree. Great match, great scene. I enjoyed looking at that for quite a while. Thanks for sharing.
DC
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