Living the dream.
Welcome to another edition of Weekend Photo Fun!
I was debating about whether or not to make this newly purchased craftsman kit my share this week. It is a bit sad.
A couple of years ago, Track Fiddler gifted me this beautiful model of a lumber yard to include on my next layout. He renamed the structure Fiddler And Associates Millwork.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
It was a magnificent model.
Unfortunately, this model, and about a dozen others that I had saved from local model railroads, were all destroyed when water leaked into my storage locker during Hurricane Ian.
I loved this building, so I am going to need to rebuld it at some point. I found a good price on Campbell Scale Model's Saez Sash And Door Kit #2, and grabbed it.
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
Everything is still sealed up in the box, and the kit looks like it is in great shape. I hope my copy that I build will be as good as the original.
I hope most of the photos this week are more fun.
-Kevin
Kevin. Thanks for starting WPF.
TFs model looked great. Shame about the damage. I am sure you will build the new kit very well.
Personally I have been looking at some of the backscenes.
Beyond the platform is backscene of warehouses at Leeds Sovereign Street.
IMG_2536 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr
The backscene in the farthest corner.
IMG_2828 by David Harrison, on Flickr
How it looks further away
IMG_5158 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Another scene near Sovereign Street.
IMG_5444 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A Leeds Central bound train threads its way through the countryside.
IMG_5872 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I need to find one of those wedge snow plows like Bear's.
Good morning from sunny and cool Northeast Ohio!
Kevin, thanks for starting us out, too bad about TF's kit destruction, but things happen like that and it will turn out okay in the end.
David, some more new scenes for us to look at, they look great.
Bear, a toon and some possible modeling, that is unheard of lately.
This week's projects that were completed.
First, one of my club members sent me an article on USRA Boxcar rebuilds one of which was a DT&I Boxcar. I managed to acquire one of the Atlas USRA rebuild kits with the fishbelly underframe and completed it, then painted it with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red #2 and Black paints, and then decaled it with decals from Herald King, Tichy and Mask Island. Car was in engine service for the Ford Plant until the 60' Greenvilles showed up in the late 60's and 15 of the cars stayed in general service until 1973. By the way the paint scheme used was a repaint in 1959 with the new "We have the Connections" slogan.
Next, another AHM/Robbins Rails PS Covered Hopper kit, where I removed all the plastic grabs and used new ladders and wire grabs in their place. Also removed the plastic sill steps and replaced them with A-Line sill steps. Cars was painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray paint and lettered with K4 Decals. Car was in general grain service on the CB&Q.
A pair of Athearn GP40-2's with an auto parts train on the Strongsville Club layout.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
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Thanks for another WPF, Kevin.
It's too bad about the model buildings, but in the scheme of things, that damage is minor compared to the dangers to life and health that could have happened. I'll bet your skills will make the new building just as good as the damaged one.
David, as always, the scenes from your layout are excellent. Have you located all the people and cars that your grandchildren relocated on the layout?
Bear, that's an interesting Alaska RR snowplow. I wonder how that car stood up to the battering of slamming into deep snow drifts.
Rick, more excellent work on rolling stock. I especially like the Burlington covered hopper.
I have no layout photos, but I have started the second bridge. I'm using some of Plastruct's I-beams for the bridge. They're nice for this, but I'm finding it difficult to make accurate cuts at each end of the beams. Hopefully I'll master that skill before I'm done.
Thanks for all the photos. Even though I don't post much on WPF, I always enjoy each week's offerings.
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
York1 Bear, that's an interesting Alaska RR snowplow. I wonder how that car stood up to the battering of slamming into deep snow drifts.
Those didn't last long in Alaska, they did not throw the snow far enough from the tracks causing a deep cut which filled with fresh snow (it snows almost every night in Alaska) and no place to put it. So they used Russell Plows and Jordan Spreaders so they could get the snow away from the tracks. Also had a number of Rotary plows that would throw the snow far away from the tracks.
York1 Have you located all the people and cars that your grandchildren relocated on the layout?
Have you located all the people and cars that your grandchildren relocated on the layout?
The cars yes. People no. Younger granddaughter is a little toerag for moving things around.
Good morning
Always a good thing seeing everyone's works on this thread
Thanks for posting the model Kevin. Bummer it got wrecked along with some of your other Treasures....Sorry that happened but at least you still have pictures. Models can be replaced, I'm just glad you and the wife are okay. Nice find on the new model! I'm sure you'll have fun building that when you get to it. Would love to see it one day when your finished.
Thanks David Love the street scenes. A Handsome couple you and your wife's picture in the Diner
Always enjoy looking at your impressive cars Rick.
Interesting Plow Bear. Respectively speaking, I think Dave's plow in progress might have one up on yours though... I'm sure you'll work wonders with it, whatever you're planning to do.
Looks like John's starting on a new Pratt Truss Bridge...
Haven't dove back into my layout quite yet, but Winter is coming soon. The first thing I need to do is take 10 steps backwards revamping the tunnel module tracks I got in the wrong position when I threw in the towel last spring
A service shed is supposed to go behind the double ore trough and I didn't leave enough room Still trying to decide if I can squeeze it in there. Maybe a tweak to the left when I remove the double strait for the bents and the trough.
Have a good weekend gentlemen
TF
Track fiddlerThanks for posting the model Kevin. Bummer it got wrecked along with some of your other Treasures....Sorry that happened but at least you still have pictures.
I feel terrible about what happened. There were about a dozen models destroyed, none of them built by me, but all from friends (mostly departed) that wanted their efforts to live on. I was very proud of that collection of masterfully assembled buildings from craftsman kits.
Yours is the only one that I have pictures of. It arrived when I was playing with my 30 by 30 photo diorama, and I used it as a prop for a couple of weeks. I did not unpack any of the others. I was afraid of damaging them.
All the models were wrapped in cotton cloth, packed in foam peanuts, and in individual cardboard boxes.
They were on top of all the piles because they were the lightest and most fragile.
When the water came in from the A/C ducting, they were in the bullseye.
The foam peanuts were water-degradable, and they turned into a sticky rock-hard mess that welded the cotton cloth to the buildings. The moisture made the buildings warp and glue joints come debonded.
It was a real mess. Absolutely nothing else was damaged.
Kevin, Thanks for the WPF start. Great shot of a treasured model, to have it and the others damaged is heartbreaking, yet the rebuild is sure to be memorable.
David, Always love being pulled into your charming scenes. Would the green double-decker bus in img 5444 happen to be a vintage Matchbox vehicle?
Bear, Appears that a fun weathering project is upon the horizon.
Rick, Fun seeing what rolls out of your shop.
John, Never a bridge too far, good luck with those cuts, hope they turn-out right on a 'gnat's eyebrow'.
TF, Good to see the wheels turning in preparation for winter layout fun. BTW, Fiddler and Associates Millwork was one fine model, your generosity and goodwill is terrific.
Thanks to all he contributors and viewers. Have a good fall weekend. Regards, Peter
HO-Velo David, Always love being pulled into your charming scenes. Would the green double-decker bus in img 5444 happen to be a vintage Matchbox vehicle?
Thanks for your comments, Peter. My scenes are nowhere as good as yours. As for the green bus it is a Corgi model of a Leeds City Corporation one. I used to travel daily on them to work.
Thanks Peter, always enjoy seeing your beautiful work!
Excellent pictures by everyone this week.
HO-Velo
Nice use of the First Time kit!
Good afternoon
So I'm wanting to create cliffs on my tunnel modules to replicate the cliff shores of Lake Superior like this one as an example.
I've been saving all my foam scraps thinking I can make some rock cliffs with them someday.
I started an experiment last week gluing the scraps to paper to do some color wash techniques to see what I can do with this foam.
Don't think I have the technique quite down on the first experiment as they need rust washes and perhaps a splash of lavender.
My oldest daughter and I text pictures of our craft projects back and forth to each other. She told me that my experiment was the best example of replicating tree bark that she has ever seen in her life
She meant it as a compliment but when I took another look, I could see exactly what she was talking about
Those supposable rocks definitely look too much like tree bark as I am going to have to go back to the foam drawing board and refine better techniques some more
Peter, I know I've made the same comment before, but your scenes are the most realistic I've seen. You have a real talent! (Probably due to hard work on your part!)
Track fiddlerThose supposable rocks definitely look too much like tree bark as I am going to have to go back to the foam drawing board and refine better techniques some more
Good evening
I would like to thank you Bear for your vote of confidence.
Your over under comparison of the prototypical cliff and my first experiment helped me to see things clearer with the images next to one another like that.
I can see the harshness of separation between the foam pieces that need to be softened, perhaps with some "Fast and Final" schmoozes in-between the foam chunks here and there.
The base coat colours were a good start but there was absolutely no accent colours what-so-ever and those need to be added.
Maybe even some synthetic shadowing here and there as there is no Sun shining on our layouts to cast them naturally like we see in the real world.
You got my cogs turning with your side by side comparison and I think you are correct that I'm just mostly short on playing around with the colours.
I'm getting ready to go back in for another stab at this.
Thanks Bear
NorthBritthe green bus it is a Corgi model of a Leeds City Corporation one. I used to travel daily on them to work.
David, Thanks for the reply. Many years ago my grandson as a child gave me a double-decker bus from his collection of Mattel Matchbox vehicles. Though closer to N scale I made sure the bus appeared on the layout when he visited. We're separated by a thousand miles, and while the little bus now lives in a display case it contiunes to serve as a reminder of the joyous times we spent together running trains.
Chris.mincemover, Thanks, was thinking of a tattoo parlor, but decided on a record shop instead, the uses for the DTD First Timer kit is limited only by imagination.
John, I'm humbled by your kind words.
TF, Thanks. Appears you're on the right path towards modeling that cliff. I've seen some nice looking rock formations modeled with tree bark.
Again, thanks to all and enjoy the remainder of your weekend. Deepest regards, Peter
HO-Velo TF, Thanks. Appears you're on the right path towards modeling that cliff.
TF, Thanks. Appears you're on the right path towards modeling that cliff.
Thanks Peter
I'm really digging these double decker buses you and David have posted. Especially the story behind them
I'm Sorry, ...I just can't resist posting this little known Pink Floyd diddy after seeing the Union Jack Bus
https://youtu.be/UiDe6Hm5dtA
Never understood that short tune, but it must mean something
Quick stop this weekend, sharing my progress (not much of it) and more importantly what I'm planning on working on next.
https://youtu.be/SHI49TmA9uw
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
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TF, I think the rock looks good. When you compare the two pictures that Bear put together, I think you've got it correct. Be sure to post a photo when you do some painting.
Thanks John I will do that.
When one takes a leave of absence from age 14-15 until he's nearing 60 and starts this hobby all over again. It's definitely a brand new learning experience as you pick it back up
Great contributions this weekend y'all. Thanks for everyone's participation.
Nice round of pix, everyone!
I was just sacked again this week, trying to wrap up projects for the winter.
Kevin, I lost a bunch of structures I built in a fire. I tried not to allow myself to mope about material losses, but it still bugs me.
Now, if I had lost structures built by other modelers, whose work I was trying to preserve, well, I can only imagine. Especially after the care you took to preserve them.
Still, thank you for sharing the experience, and photo. By the way, I have responded to a private conversation I started with you some time back. The system won't let me start another. Dan
Southgate 2Kevin, I lost a bunch of structures I built in a fire. I tried not to allow myself to mope about material losses, but it still bugs me. Now, if I had lost structures built by other modelers, whose work I was trying to preserve, well, I can only imagine. Especially after the care you took to preserve them.
Thanks Dan. I think I will be moping for a while, at least until layout construction finally begins.
Southgate 2By the way, I have responded to a private conversation I started with you some time back. The system won't let me start another.
I saw I had a new message, but I cannot see it.
If you click on my icon, my profile page has my email address displayed.
York1 Peter, I know I've made the same comment before, but your scenes are the most realistic I've seen. You have a real talent! (Probably due to hard work on your part!)
Ditto. I have neither the skills nor the patience to produce such superbly detailed scenes. They are both well thought out and well executed. My work looks OK from 3 feet which to me is the "good enough" approach but close up photos are not so kind. That's what is so impressive about Peter's work. It's hard to spot any flaws whatsover.