WPF 10-12 thru 10-14

[saronaterry]

Great stuff , guys!

F units I installed draw bars on crossing Bear creek:

 

Terry in NW Wisconsin

 

[ChadLRyan]

Dave,
I'm very Sorry for your loss & for the reminder, my apologies.

[middleman]

Great thread again this weekend!

Grampy' Trains: DJ,I hope you"ll do a tutorial thread about the concrete pads in your yard shot - tremendous!

mlehman: I'm amazed at how much you get done from week to week,and high quality work,too...

duckdogger: 

ChadLRyan: 'Wish I had your creativity and modeling skills,love your posts!

Dave:  I,too, am very sorry for your loss.My heartfelt best wishes to you and your loved ones.

 

I am currently chasing a new little dog around the house,trying (and failing) to catch the poop before it hits the floor,so no work on the layout this week...here's an old shot...

Mike

[PennCentral99]

Thanks for the feedback. The quality of the image is less than desirable. It was late (dark) and used my iphone (i3 version). I know my workbench is lit up more than the image shows.

superbe - I bought some Testors decal paper (i know, i paid to much but it's all they had). The destructions didn't say anything about smooth/glossy surface, but it's worth a try.

twcenterprises - yes, I gave some thought about door decals. I should be able to get something on there.

Guess I need to get busy. Other than isopropyl alcohol and warm/soapy water, any other suggestions as to removing the dullcoat??

[mcfunkeymonkey]

I've been building & planting a vineyard on my Free-moN "Shoo-fly in Sonoma" module, using small stranded wire, ceramic stucco paste, polyfiber and AMSI ground foam:

Here's the "How-To" video:

bq vIdVK20g

Hope this comes in handy, and I look forward to see how others have scratched a vineyard!

[mlehman]

middleman,

Thanks for the props. It's a tradeoff between how the diss goes and what I get done on the RR. I go to my "therapy" when I get stuck for inspiration, but I need to spend more time on the diss and less on inspiration some days....

One thing I usually do as a shortcut is that I don't model things I won't see. I do make exceptions, but the armature of the mill is a good example. It was black foamcore hacked and glued with Titebond III until it looked right. It sat there for the better part of a year, then I suddenly was feeling the Force and took a run at it.

Heck, the DL-535E kit sat on the shelf for 15+ years. I hope it's twin doesn't take that long So some projects just seem fast because they have a long gestation period, followed by a flurry of frenzied building as I feel the inspiration to get something done.

mcfunkeymonkey,

Really nice realistic vineyard you have there.I lived in the Rheingau as a teenager, which is different than Cali, but some basic things don't change much between the two places.

I'm a beer guy though, so have been thinking about stringing up some hops instead. A lot like your vineyard, but the poles are a lot taller...

[cudaken]

 Middleman Mike!

 Your layout has been in a Magazine right?

 Have any pictures of 4023 by chances?

 I have my running again.

 

 But cannot get the darn headlight to work! (Older Picture)

 It is a PCM, any tips PM me. Number boards work and I have cleaned the pins and plug several times that goes to the headlight. Beginning to think the LED went bad.

  Ken

[kbkchooch]

Wonderful pics by all!!

Allow me to toss out one, of double headed steam past the barn.

[cudaken]

 Karl, is that my answer to my request for a odd consist? If so, what do you want to see?

 

 Just for the heck of it.

 So Karl what do you want to see?

 Ken

 By the way, my current odd consist is a E-8 A in the lead, then a a A & B Erie Built and followed by a PA B unit! I am guessing that is a little odd. But then again, there is a prototype for just about everything. 

[howmus]

cudaken

 Karl, is that my answer to my request for a odd consist? If so, what do you want to see?

 Just for the heck of it.

 So Karl what do you want to see?

 Ken

 By the way, my current odd consist is a E-8 A in the lead, then a a A & B Erie Built and followed by a PA B unit! I am guessing that is a little odd. But then again, there is a prototype for just about everything. 

(Ahem....)  Ken.... Psst!  Wrong thread!  This is WPF..... 

[middleman]

Ken:

Nice picture of your 4023. For some reason my 4023 always seems to be in the distant background,here is the clearest shot of it I could find...

I have also had some issues with the headlight - I'll PM you.

Mike

[zgardner18]

I've started working on one of my overpass bridges for my layout.  This is totally rough and not set yet but at least it shows that I am finally doing something with my little layout.  Just a reminder: it is HO scale.  See my blog below.

Thanks,