Okay, so this is two weeks in a row that WPF has been hijacked. So for those of us just looking for fun model railroad photos, how about starting over. I'll re-post some of my limited inventory to start off
Here's a couple of out-takes from the "aerial layout photos" thread:
So let's get back to the "fun" part!
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
another test movie. well I thought it was going to be a test movie. I give up. I have tried the copy paste. it dosen,t work with mozilla. period. unless somebody with mozilla firefox has figured it out no need to reply to this post. Thank you anyway.
Glenn
I use Mozilla Firefox, but I'm also on a Mac. Hopefully Mozilla did not change the software drastically for the different OS's.
Let's define what you are trying to do. Are you trying to post a URL link to the video, or are you trying to embed the video?
Jim, I really like your first pic. If you don't mind a suggestion, painting the rails would really improve the realism. While easier to do before scenicking, with some crafty masking it should still be possible.
Glenn, even with just the image, the sweeping S curve is really very attractive.
I know this was also posted in the other WPF, but this is probably a better place to have it.
I worked on my Santa Fe Hi-Level interiors this weekend. One coach now has seatbacks, just two more to go :
I also did a lot of work on the new diner interior, essentially using the figures and details I used in the custom interior (seen above in the middle of the photo) I made a few years ago. I know it's wasteful to have a new interior, but I prefer this prototypical one a lot more:
Anyone need a cold one :
Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, COClick Here for my model train photo website
Jim, nice photos. I like the use of the kitchen cabinets underneath the layout. Good clean storage space.
Matt, good work on the interiors.
Ray
Let's try this:
http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u44/calcity/?action=view¤t=F3SP.flv
Glenn, great job.
railroadyoshi wrote: Let's try this:http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u44/calcity/?action=view¤t=F3SP.flv
Very nice layout I like the ransition between the film splits.
Not exactly model railroading, but a few railfanning pics I took this past week on our week-long road trip to Glacier NP and through Montana...
The first is a brand-new, shiny BNSF ES44DC in the yard at Shelby, MT:
I thought this next one was a pretty neat shot - Heritage I, II, and III, but not necessarily in that order . SD40-2, ES44DC, and Dash-9 - pretty maids all in a row :
Former Milwaukee Rd station, now home to law offices and whatnot (including a small McDonald's) in Great Falls, MT:
Dan Stokes
My other car is a tunnel motor
Here's a couple of overall shots of my layout. The only area not shown is a soewhat mountainous area which I'm not really satisfied with.
Tom
Life is simple - eat, drink, play with trains!
Go Big Red!
PA&ERR "If you think you are doing something stupid, you're probably right!"
stokesda,
Love the ex-MILW station. Looks like a cathedral dedicated to the Great God of the Flanged Wheel.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Good pics everyone.
New yard crane. UK OO scale
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
Hi fiatfan
I really like your industrial area. How deep is the benchwork there? My layout is in the building stage one module at the time and such an area would add a huge amount of operating fun.
Thank you
Frank
"If you need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm."
Stokesda - any idea where those are built? The reason I ask they look like the ones I see being tested outside my office window over at the GM Diesel plant in London, Ontario.
GUB
More railfanning shots
More expermenting with the camera. I was always wondering what those knobs and buttons did?
This model is a refugee from the parts box. Bachmann body, Tyco chassis and Athearn trucks. One thing about it baffles me, it runs fine with plastic wheels but will derail every time with metal wheels.
You all seen one side of my switch tower, so here's the other side of it. If you look close, you might be able to see the light inside.
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For those of use who are ignorant - what does WPF stand for?
Thanks!
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
riogrande5761 wrote: For those of use who are ignorant - what does WPF stand for? Thanks!
Weekend Photo Fun
It's the title to a weekly thread where people post pictures of their Layouts
and modeling progress
TerryinTexas
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Speaking of Weekend (photo) Fun, I have gotten the Bandstand basically finished. There is still a lot of detailing to be done. I did a test fit last night after I installed the sidewalks (Yes I know they are way too dark for for concrete - that's 'cause it ain't concrete. Back 1925 around here we used something called Slate a lot. ). Here isa a couple of photos I got of it:
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
da_kraut wrote:Hi fiatfanI really like your industrial area. How deep is the benchwork there? My layout is in the building stage one module at the time and such an area would add a huge amount of operating fun.Thank youFrank
Hi, Frank
Thanks for the kind words. The table is 2' X 8'. Behind the backdrop is another 6" where I have a couple of tracks for passing/staging.
Yes I do work too!
I know I know, I am not supposed to be here but since I am here I will join in for the next day or so. Anyway earlier tonight I renumbered a set of three SP units to the UP numbers and it was fun. I ordered Microscales renumbering kits to do it. I had to do three units
1. Athearn SP AC4400 #146 to UP #6154
2. Overland SD70M #9824 to UP#3999
3. Athearn Genesis SD70M #9803 to UP #3977
I actually have not finished them completely. The Geneis SD70M I have just done one side with the numbers. And the other two need the number boards done above the cab. I did the Athearn AC4400 unit first to make sure it would come out nice before I jumped onto the Overland one ya know. I numbered each unit to the correct number as well. Last time I checked SP #3999 is still looking renumbered and not repainted yet. I do not know about the other two. Well here are the pictures of them.
Two SP AC4400 pictures
Before and after Overland SD70M pictures
The AC4400 in the backround (before)
After
The Athearn Genesis SD70M with patch and numbers only so far
I forgot to mention
I did not want to use anything on the oveland to remove the previous numbers so I decided not to remove any of the numbers on the other engines too. I put the patch right over the exsisting numbers and it came out perfectly. There was no need to remove them. Now IF I decide to sell them to anyone else and they want to go back to the Sp numbers it will not be hard at all. Well thats it I am ready to do someone elses for them for free too. No I am not a thief either
SWChief,
Very nice work on your interior Which paint brands did you use and what are the names or codes of the colors?
FiatFan,
A+ on your layout :) I've saved your photos as this is very similar to the type of track plan I have planned for the layout I'm currently gathering supplies for.
Thanks for sharing!
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
I have not posted here for a while, so I thought I would share this one.
The cars are the Walmart Fresh Cherries and the autorack is an undec Accurail.
Dan Pikulski
www.DansResinCasting.com
Well he found us, altough he can see any posts anyway. Here are my pics again NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS PLEASE! I will accept ideas how to better myself from anyone exept Geep Unit.
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Just my but if you know you shoulden't be here Geep Unit why are you here?
Mikelhh, I've always liked your layout; it shows what a person can do in a small space with some careful attention to detail and obviously a fair amount of skill (which can be learned by most people). Your photos have a, "feel," to them that's different but very appealing. I know that partly it's the lighting but it's also that muted background; a lot different than the realistic photo backgrounds that are so popular. Keep up the good work.
Two shots here, same subject.
This one was done with my old Aiptek VGA camera and needed extensive editing to sharpen it.
This one was done with my Casio QV100 VGA camera and has had no editing.
Same shot as above, sharpened 25%.
Now, anybody who wants me to use the camera from the first shot, speak up now. Geep unit, you have no say in this, so don't even bother.
Bapou, those are some very cool looking tanks
I've seen quite a number of prototype tanks similar to your models. If you don't want to heavily weather them, just consider applying washes of thin streaks of rust where the piping connects to the top of each tank. Seal with dull coat.
I like the second shot better than the first because it focuses more on whats in the foreground than the background. The first pictures shows a blurry SD40-2 in front of a crisp A/C unit. The second photo is the opposite. I say, use whichever camera suites the situation.
I just wish this forum was a TROLL-FREE ZONE.