Rich I like the brass doors.
When I was a kid, my grandmother would take me downtown to her banks to the vault, as she called it. I say banks, because my grandparents lost a lot of money in banks during the depression. One was not to be trusted.
Big stone buildings in Baltimore with brass doors, polished partly by hands pushing them open, marble floors and 20' ceilings. Back in the day: bonds came with "coupons," stamp like things, maybe 1.5x2", perforated, so you could tear one off at a time. At the appropriate date, the coupons could be deposited like cash.
Back then, the twice a year coupon was worth $250 in 1950's dollars, now if they had coupons, it would be $50 in today's money.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Wow! Lot of really great stuff going on this week.....Sorry I can't Thank every one....or for that matter remember everyone...lotta guys this week!
While I am waiting on some paint I ordered for one of My ongoing projects....I managed to finish a Tractor dump Trailer that I started on a couple months ago. You'll notice an intentional name on the side that some months ago our original host of WPF ''JaBear'' had named Me Pilot of His On going car-ferry project....So I thought I would reciprocate by Him owning His own construction business.
They are a little rough looking due to camera....but I'm working on a better one!
Take Care!
Frank
Now that the summer here in Australia is cooling down a bit, I've been able to get back into model railroading. Here's what I've been working on this weekend:
It's the first model I've worked on in a while. I recently bought a set of Woodland Scenics rub-on signs, and they include election postes for both Dewey and Truman. Given that my layout is set in 1948, I figured that including these campaign posters would be an easy way to establish the era of the layout.
This is all I've been able to get done this weekend, as I had a train club meeting yesterday (Saturday) and a family outing today. I'll be finishing it off with an interior next weekend.
The Location: Forests of the Pacific Northwest, OregonThe Year: 1948The Scale: On30The Blog: http://bvlcorr.tumblr.com
Well, hey—it's almost 5 AM in my neck of the woods and I just got done with posting a photo over at the Show Me Something thread and I thought... why waste a good photo? (or two)
So, here we have (at the request of gunkhead) a gaggle of bi-levels hauled by steam!
Then I got to thinking about a creative scenario and as it turns out the first group of these bi-levels were built in St. Louis in 1955 and Mohawks ran at least into 1956 so... why not? Some railroad had to deliver the new cars to the C&NW, why not the Big Four, at least part of the way?
I'm a firm believer in finding ways to validate certain events or rare occurances and one-upping the nay-sayers that would pontificate "that would NEVER happen" by coming up with a plausible scenario.
Sure, maybe it never happened... but—it could have.
Thanks for kicking off another great weekend of superb modeling showcased here, Jimmy! Great work by everyone!
Keep up the "good stuff" Folks!
Ed
Rich,
I just figured I'd throw out some relatively easy ways to beef up the "passenger count" for your urban station. Depending on the viewing angle at the final location, a canopy could certainly imply there's more doors. Sometimes, that's all you need to get the effect you want.
hon30critterMike: Great looking roof! If I can ask, whose corrugated sheeting did you use and how did you attach it?
Dave,
Those are the old Paper Creek medium rust corrugated roofing. Unfortunately they're unobtanium since the owner passed away some years ago. He was a regular visitor here to our Lincoln Square Train Show (April 2 and 3 this years for anyone interested.) I do some scanning and Photoshopping to get variants on the rust from the original stuff and the changeup really worked well here. You cut out lengths of it in a row about a page wide.
Like much of the sheathing I use, I use 3M 77 to bond things. I'll spray the whole roof, then just slap it one as neatly was possible. I usually do roofs as removeable to facilitate this.
quickly
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
mlehman Rich, I just figured I'd throw out some relatively easy ways to beef up the "passenger count" for your urban station. Depending on the viewing angle at the final location, a canopy could certainly imply there's more doors. Sometimes, that's all you need to get the effect you want.
Rich
Alton Junction
BigDaddy Rich I like the brass doors.
The basic scenery form on our Wabash layout consists of geodesic foam sheet sloping away from the roadbed. Over the years, we've slowly been adding more texture and variation.
Here I've taken out the skyboard, cut out most of the geodesic foam sheeting, and laid in layers of blue foam board to raise the adjoining scenery to slightly above track level, while providing for drainage along the tracks. A dirt road will cross the tracks about 2/3 of the way down the module.
There was a Christmas tree farm a ways west of here, but it fits better on the layout in this spot between New Waverly and Keesport. Once the latex caulk filler dries, I'll add the ground cover and foliage.
The autumn trees on what would be the opposite side of the skyboard would be approximately 35 miles away by rail.
-Fritz Milhaupt, Publications Editor, Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc.http://www.pmhistsoc.org
gmpullman Well, hey—it's almost 5 AM in my neck of the woods and I just got done with posting a photo over at the Show Me Something thread and I thought... why waste a good photo? (or two) So, here we have (at the request of gunkhead) a gaggle of bi-levels hauled by steam! Then I got to thinking about a creative scenario and as it turns out the first group of these bi-levels were built in St. Louis in 1955 and Mohawks ran at least into 1956 so... why not? Some railroad had to deliver the new cars to the C&NW, why not the Big Four, at least part of the way? I'm a firm believer in finding ways to validate certain events or rare occurances and one-upping the nay-sayers that would pontificate "that would NEVER happen" by coming up with a plausible scenario. Sure, maybe it never happened... but—it could have. Thanks for kicking off another great weekend of superb modeling showcased here, Jimmy! Great work by everyone! Keep up the "good stuff" Folks! Ed
Ed ......... Guess what ! ........ It is plausible! ... CN&W bilevels were hauled by steam. It was with GTW 6405, a Northern. Three bi-levels in these photos were deadheaded in the back of a local passenger train to Muskegon, MI. From Muskegon, the cars went to Milwaukee via GTW's carferry. .... These photos by Charles Foss are in his book, Grand Trunk Western - Evening Before the Diesel.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
That's pretty neat, Garry! Thanks for pointing that out.
It would be interesting to assemble a database of "that never happened" kind of events and assemble them for reference.
Sure, it may have been a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, but it DID happen! Trains Magazine used to have a column of oddities and rarities that would feature stuff like that.
*edit* Now you have me looking for a U4b (I seem to recall seeing one in Durand when I was there in '59?) and the Rapido model isn't due until 2022! Humm...
Keep Having Fun! Ed
Needs a couple of dozen more LEDs still, but the lights are on at the Outlaw Mine...
Hey guys I just noticed, WE MADE IT TO TWO PAGES!
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Mike:
One more question if I might.
Are the roofing sheets textured or flat? I suspect they are flat if you were scanning and copying them. I'm not normally a fan of printed images but the roof sure looks good to me.
Thanks
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Man, the problem with posting so late in the weekend forum is there are too many good posts to comment on them all. I did appreciate seeing the sharing of naming rights between Bear and Frank, very cool.
I had this wall between tunnel portals that was just black paper. The clearance was too narrow for even my thinnest rock mold so I just painted some sculptamold on and was pleasantly surprised with the result.
I have three structures that I need to scratch build. I don't see myself getting around to those anytime soon so I decided on a compromise. In one day I was able to build this model of my childhood home. Yes, it's crappy, but it's done and as we say in the government...it's not good, it's good enough. I drew the house on the computer and just printed it out on regular paper.
Then I built the home out of foam core and glued the pieces on. The side shown below will have two levels of decks added on.
The side shown below will have a walkway up to the front door and all that brick on the first floor will be hidden since it's a basement.
Carnegie Falls I have three structures that I need to scratch build. I don't see myself getting around to those anytime soon so I decided on a compromise. In one day I was able to build this model of my childhood home. Yes, it's crappy, but it's done and as we say in the government...it's not good, it's good enough. I drew the house on the computer and just printed it out on regular paper.
BTW what’s the tractor unit? EDIT. Is it one of the Mack B series?
Glad You like it Bear...The camera dos'nt do it justice...there is a lot of detail on it. Oh!.... and Your name...''sings''.
Started out as a Alloy Forms cast metal kit....1953 Autocar ''Constructor'' all wheel drive tractor. Trailer is a Lee Town tri-axle dump, which Alloy Forms produce's now.
I will be able to take better pic's soon....I ordered a Canon powershot, that I got a great price on, so I will be a' playin'.
Edit: The 1967 Bedford, reminds Me of an old Studebaker....I was in Vietnam in 67'.
Both the original and my variations are flat, printed sheets. I've fiddled with some stuff in Photoshop to enhance the variants, but the original was a work of art that was really effective even without embossing. That is why Paper Creek is so missed because no one took up the line after the owner's passing. They did have some lasercut shingles that were great, too, but no way to redo those.
While texture would be nice, the effect works well so long as the viewing angle is right. In this case, the mine is at or above eye level and it works well for me in person.
BTW, will be adding more pics in the next day or so showing the mine fully lit and with added details to my Cascade Extension thread: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/219241.aspx?page=5
A bit off topic, but a neat video of a 1936 Fairbanks Morse Model 32D Engine running at an antique engine meet. Check it out blowing smoke rings around the 3 minute mark
http://www.altdriver.com/gearhead/a-running-1936-fairbanks-morse-model-32d-engine-will-shake-the-ground/
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch