Jim,
None of the posted pictures have had any editing done to them other than resizing so that they are easier to view. Resizing took them from 2272 x 1704 down to 800x600. The moon was NOT edited into the pics. Lighting for the pics was nothing tricky or special. Just the natural light from the models or a simple incandescent light bulb. All the pics were taken on a simple 2x4 module built by my 9 yo as his 4H project. We used mostly basic scenery techniques for ground cover and ballasting. As I've always said, if you have the right materials and techniques, it easy for even a 9 year old to get good results.
I still find natural sunlight to be the best though.
JK, as you can tell, I like night photos too. Yours are really good - capture to mood with just enough detail. But I think you must have photoshopped that moon in the first set, didn't you?
My efforts for today are to show a few trains running on the layout and more structures - I like structures. My shortline is the Prattville and Northern and it interchanges with the CSX, Southern, UP, NKP, and whatever else I pick up that I like to run. It is a model, after all.
First one is the P&N 70 tonner moving some cars at the yard. You can just see the small and worse for wear P&N engine facility on the left:
Next we have the 638 doing some street running, shoving a boxcar down to the paint plant at the end of main street, to the consternation of the car drivers dodging the move:
I'm hoping the guy in the Gremlin knows there's a box car behind him!:
The UP Farmer John train is coming through the cut into town:
The Farmer John leaving town:
The caboose from the station platform
The 638 has pulled up on the station track with the Dianna, the combine/baggagecar/RPO/caboose that's the pride of the P&N. Management is hoping for few passengers and some LCL freight from the Southern local:
The Southern local approaching the station. Looks like the boys forget to fix that bent grab iron last time she was in the shop:
Nothing much to help the P&N balance sheet today - one passenger and a few boxes of LCL freight:
The Southern local leaving town north past the pond and P&N yard:
The lone passenger waits to board the Dianna. He's a country lawyer on his way to the state capitol to do a little lobbying with the boys in the legislature:
Meanwhile, life goes on in Hillside. The fire department isn't too happy about the street being blocked by the street repairs but they've got to fix that busted sewer line:
They've got the old Seagraves parked at the side of the station for some hose drying work:
One of the locals left his pickup at the loading dock at Sunrise Feeds while he visits with the boys in the mill.
I really like all the things I've seen so far, especially the layout under construction photos. I wish I had taken more of mine when I was first starting. Keep up the good work everyone.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
I guess I will add what I have done so far. I added a few new hills and mountains last night. I didn't get around to the layout to much. I had to do a couple of weathered cars for a guy. Got a chance to dull my engine down real good. I am doing my layout on a coal/industry layout. Had to make the engine look dirty/faded. So....... I still have a ways to go on my layout. Wiring, mountains, landscape, etc. I am replacing all of my old track with new and it might be a few weeks, till I geta chance to put down some ballast. I guess the plan tonight is to work on MY cars to weather, and some layout work. Oh yeah, and check on my powerball numbers to!!!!!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Nice work everyone!
As usual... Nothing to post here. Maybe next weekend.
I got these coming through town at dusk last night.
Waiting to proceed
Crossing Main Street after sunset
Caught in the evening light
FYI - These are all straight from the camera. No editing, retouching or photoshopping to add elements or change the characterisitcs of the image.
selector wrote: Jeffrey, I like that last one best of all of 'em. Are you enjoying yourself?-Crandell
Jeffrey, I like that last one best of all of 'em. Are you enjoying yourself?
-Crandell
ShadowNix wrote:............ Graphiti...LOVE the barn...sweeet!!! The rock foundation, wow...just fantastic! ............ Brian
Thanks! It's been a long process for stone work. But I think I finished the last of it this morning. I'll have to cut down the hill where the barn goes to see if I need to add on a little more or not. Then I have to put in the mortar still!
Working the third shift.
More railfanning at night
Hauling heavy freight
The California Zephyr makes its way through town at night
The CZ meets a way freight
More to come!
Nice pics everyone.
jktrains - LOVE THEM NIGHT PHOTOS!!!
Wow, gorgeous work everyone! Graphiti...LOVE the barn...sweeet!!! The rock foundation, wow...just fantastic! I have been busy building a homemade bellcrank for my double crossover! Finally got 2 of the turnouts tweaked and working!!! I should have used brass originally for the shaft of the bellcrank! Oh well! I will take pictures and post tomorrow! Ciao.
Brian
Still working on my barn little by little. Man it's taking me a long time to get this done . I sprayed the roof tonight just to make it look a little better than the look of styrene while I work on the rest of the barn. WOW what a difference it made! It definatly needs to be weathered down, but it gave me some more ambition to get the stone work done
Before:
After:
C&O, really nice! I like that yard shot. Doesn't get much better than that one!
jktrains, very crisp, lots of detail in those images, and the lighting works very well. Nice...!
Ray, I like the way your rural home scene turned out. Show us more.
Jeffrey, I like your images, and that you are experimenting and finding new and interesting ones. Keep it up.
I took a few pictures of the bulk of my fleet, and then realized that I included a project that wasn't ready for the public eye...So I had to do a little censoring.
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Several shots of Conrail 2273.
Nice street lighting Jim.
My chemical company , just getting started , lots of scenery to do around it yet.
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It's Friday night so I did a little railfanning at night.
Great Photos so far!
Hoping to get cork all laid and start ballasting before November. Still Have some final pieces of track to purchase.
Great start folks!
In the little time I had to work on the layout, I did manage to finish the retaining wall in front of the park.I also added the sign and more scenery to Millers's Bed and Breakfast. I think that is one of the girls out there cleaning off the sidewalk so mom can take a break and catch up on her reading.Another view of the place. Dang! Those pesky raccoons are into the garbage cans again!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Medic love the launch ramp !
Yoshi the lighting is great !
Those night scenes are great Jim !
I put in an Ash pit
Finished the trees on the Mt.
And ballasted the yard with yard mix
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