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Posted by conrail92 on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:26 PM
That Adds a cool effect to the photo, Kinda like a picture out of an old book or Newspaper.
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Posted by zgardner18 on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:31 PM

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As you can tell I'm just starting the layout and I don't have a whole lot, And what loco's I do have many don't have DCC yet. And these pictures where just showing of one of my favorites on my layout. Sorry if it's not accurate but I'm enjoying myself.

No Dude, that's cool.  I just didn't understand. 

I totally know what you mean about not having your fleet up to DCC standards.  I have about 40+ engines and I think I have only 3 that are DCC worthy.  I can't even run them until I get a system to program them.  You are closer than me.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:32 PM

 conrail92 wrote:
That Adds a cool effect to the photo, Kinda like a picture out of an old book or Newspaper.
You liked that one? Here's another.

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Posted by Blue Flamer on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:32 PM
 Trentonizer wrote:

OK first off


What the hell is a damn troll.  You gusy have some sort of forum language?  I am not in the game of making people believe things are greta when they are not so sorry for not playing the "great Picture" comments.  He does post wayy too much and I do not feel sorry for as guy with a $10 camera but obviously owns a computer, interenet service and I am sure much more.  If you want to share photos of yur work well the pictures could at least show whats there rather than a blurry mess.  Also his work is not great.  It isnt.  Yea in back of all of you guys head you agree with me but are scared to say it.  I am not bashing everyones stuff.  Alot of other stuff is great.  Its just that this topic was dominated by this Jeffery guy and it ruined it for me.  Every reply had the same blurry pics in it as quotes so we were seeing the same pictures 4 and 5 times.  Why?  You call me somekind of troll for pointing out the facts? Well thats nice.  This is not public humiliation either.  I do not need to be scorned for my OPINION.  I bet your *** there are others who really do agree with it though.  One guy at least did

Man, for a just-a-come to this Forum, you sure chose the wrong member to snipe at. Just because his pictures do not meet your standards is irrelevent. As has been said earlier, it's Weekend Photo Fun NOT Weekend Photo Contest. Quit trying to hijack WPF and go climb back in your hole and pull the big rock closed behind you. When you have learned to treat the respected members of this Forum with the respect that they have earned AND are due, then you can join in as long as you PLAY NICE.

By the way, a Troll is something NASTY that lives under bridges and rocks and attacks innocent and unsuspecting passers-by. Something like you did to our friend Jeff and WPF.  Thumbs Down [tdn]  Thumbs Down [tdn]  If you wish to continue with these type of tirades, I suggest that you start shaving the other end of your anatomy and walk backwards while standing on your hands and join in some other Forum. If they will put up with you.

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Posted by zgardner18 on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:33 PM

 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

Jeff, Now that looks sweet!!!!!!

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Posted by conrail92 on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:35 PM

Here I threw on my Sd75, It should be dcc ready in a week or so. Still needs numbered also. And Jeff I love the new one. :)

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Posted by selector on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:37 PM
LilBeckett88, nice to see a work in progress.  I hope it measures up the critics (ahem!), but I would like to see how it goes as you make progress. 
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Posted by zgardner18 on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:41 PM
 conrail92 wrote:

Here I threw on my Sd75, It should be dcc ready in a week or so. Still needs numbered also. And Jeff I love the new one. :)

I think I speak for all of us when I say that you're off to a great start.  Keep them coming.  Throw some details under the Anticlimbers and give them a little weathering and you'll have some great engines.

Do you have more pictures of you layout?

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:41 PM
 zgardner18 wrote:

Jeff, Now that looks sweet!!!!!!

Thanks Zak. Here's the color picture of it.

Conrail92: I like that SD75.

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Posted by jesrr on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:43 PM
    trendonizer     Why don't you bend over and talk to yourself and stop being a loudmouth and and idiot, if you want respect treat people with respect. Did you miss that class when you were growin up?
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Posted by conrail92 on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:43 PM
I might try too scrounge around and get a arial of the full layout ;) If you go to my layout website in my sig you can find the track plan and some videos ect... Not everything is up to date though things have changed a bit.
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:48 PM

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Posted by zgardner18 on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:51 PM
 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

 conrail92 wrote:
That Adds a cool effect to the photo, Kinda like a picture out of an old book or Newspaper.
You liked that one? Here's another.

Jeff,

I have to agree with conrail92 about your black & white photos: they really are neat.

If I can put my two cents in about our little troll problem is that I have a 6 megapixal camera that my wife paid a great deal for and my picture still come out crappy.  It's hard when you don't have the right lighting or your scene isn't finish, but that isn't why were are here on this thread.  We are here to post the fun we are having this weekend no matter where our layout is at in construction.  I believe that when Jeffrey is all done with his layout, lighting and scenery, it will be special.  But then again, who's layout is ever finished.  Jeffrey keep showing us why Model railroading makes you happy.  We thrive on that, and it rubs off.

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Posted by spectratone on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:56 PM

here,s some Green in the desert.

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Posted by C&O Fan on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:56 PM

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Good modeling choice, Terry. That's a unique stretch of railroad through there. I ws rafting down the New River so that's how I happened to end up at the Banker's Club. Any place that has trains at the front door is a good place to me. Smile [:)] 

 

Yep That's what i thought also!

Speaking of the Bankers club here's my version

And here's the whole town of Thurmond

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:05 PM

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Posted by spectratone on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:06 PM
my camera has a panorama setting on it and this is it. Glenn
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:13 PM
Nice!

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:15 PM
 UP2CSX wrote:

JBinkley60, I want to know where you got that guardrail too. I've been looking for something like that for a while. CNW, nice view of the trains through town. Did CNW stop using theos crossing bell things on the short hood or haven't you stuck them on yet?

Crandell, I frequent several forums also and the Atlas picture posts are generally really good. I enjoy seeing just about any kind of picture, from layouts under construction to the super detailed layouts from guys who are also great photographers. I'm glad there are several forums to visit because each one tends to give me a different perspective than the other.Actually, my wife doesn't understand why I bother taking photos at all. I just pat her on the head and say "Honey, you just don't understand model railroading". Smile [:)]

Actually in my world CNW bought UP and relocated the nose bells (except on SD40-2s) to the left side of the loco on the frame.  Check my website for more info on the hobbies and model rr page.

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Posted by selector on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:18 PM
Hey, spectratone!!!  Nice to see someone else post scenery that looks very much like mine.  Nice job, if I do say so myself.  Looks like a nice train.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:23 PM

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Jeffrey, don't listen to that A--hole. You, like many of the older people on this thread, are a modeling inspiration to me. Keep inspiring me Jeff.

I must say; your point was very clear! I kinda agree; although I must admit some of the photos aren't the best; for a $10 camera; they're as good as you can get! I especially like the one of the B/W steamer!Thumbs Up [tup]

I do think we should just stop the arguement; it's geting us nowhere; and it's not a great first impression for new-comers! Clown [:o)]

Great photos everyone! Bow [bow]I don't really have any new ones.......Sigh [sigh]

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Posted by spectratone on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:27 PM

 selector wrote:
Hey, spectratone!!!  Nice to see someone else post scenery that looks very much like mine.  Nice job, if I do say so myself.  Looks like a nice train.
Thanks Guys, it's a work in progress. Working on the backdrop again, when it's done and I,m happy with it I'll post more pics.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:34 PM

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Posted by Tom Bryant_MR on Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:37 PM

Wow. Up to seven pages!

Now I know what a landfill is.

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:00 PM

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Posted by jktrains on Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:09 PM

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To all the Jeff lovers out there I'll use this pic as an example.  I don't dislike Jeff, I've never met him, never exchange emails with him so its not a personal attack since I don't know him personally, its a critic of the pic.

First, this same basic pic has been posted maybe a dozen times.  Sure, sometimes the engines are different, but still the same pic over and over again.

Second, you can't read the paper signs above each loco.  I'd sure like to, but because of the poor quality of the pic I can't.  I can't even click on the photo to enlarge it because its as big as it gets.

Third, Jeff likes to talk about his homemade 'decals'.  Well, even in this poor quality image I can see the yellow chevrons on the loco are not properly adhered to the nose.  If that's his preferred method of homemade 'decals' - fine, but don't suggest they're comparable to inkjet decal making.  You can tell them on every pic.

Fourth, was there a blizzard last night?  All the white plaster in front of the locos are messing up the cheap camera's light meter.  The white is way overexposed, which I would guess is the result of Jeff trying to adjust the photo's contrast so that the locos look alright.  If the foreground area had been fininshed it would have eliminated this issue.  And by the way, there was an earlier post that inquired if Jeff was modeling a winter scene because of the exposed plaster in another shot so I'm not the first to comment on the exposed plaster.

I could continue or I could pic one of Jeff's roughly 20 others posts in this thread.

Yes, the thread is called Weekend Photo Fun.  It's no fun looking at basically the same poor quality pics 20 times over, each and every weekend.  To those who think everything of Jeff's look great, then the emperor's new clothes are beautiful too.  Remember, sometimes you cause more problems by not telling the truth.

 

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Posted by jktrains on Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:13 PM

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Jeff, are trying to prove Trentonizer right?  Haven't you already posted this pic in this very same thread?  Check out Jeff's post dated 08-24-07 at 5:09 pm.  It's the second pic in that post.  Come on Jeff!!  We've already seen it, if you're going to hijack the thread at least show new stuff and not the same old thing again and again.  At least wait until next weekend to post duplicate pics!

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Posted by wrconstruction on Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:18 PM

for gods sake........ some one better email the moderator and tell him to warm up his index finger for all the delete buttons he's gotta press first thing monday morning! i just dont know what to say!

 

anyway everyones pic look good! i dont mind seeing them as i dont have any to post yet.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:29 PM

JKtrains - My point exactly

 

I really didnt want to get a fight started but everyone has come at me disagreeing hard.  You can actually see it?  Seriously?  You see how he keeps on posting and doing it over and over just to do it.  I know this has to get annoying to other people but no one will admit it or even tell this guy the damn truth.  Instead they are having a grand time telling me that my father has not kicked my *** or that I am a troll.  So here is the kicker,  To be honest whether good or bad = troll.  Thats the deal?  everyone would love me if I said "great Job Jeff, I love your photos you post over and over and over, theyre fantastic"  But since I say that most of the pictures of garbage and his continual posting is garbage then I am a bad guy, AKA A s shole.  I am a good guy and I give credit where it is due.  Even Conrail guys pictures and layout so far actually look good.  They are interested to see BUT if he posted the same similar pics in this same topic 15 times it would get boring and quite annoying too.  I went to that other forum Atlas and took a look at Inrails layout and WHOA!!   His work and layout is great not to mentin his pictures came out great.  I can surely see good work.  Im not the bad guy here I am just the guy who shares his opinion.  Im not a trol or any other gay word like that

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Posted by loathar on Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:36 PM

First time I've ever seen WPF flame out!

Gettin there! (now back to the regular posting and flaming!)Big Smile [:D]

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