Weekend Photo Phinery 07 Sep 07

[Teditor]

Thought I might as well put in another as it seems a bit quiet at the moment (probably because its early hours of the morning in the US).

This is a Kato N Scale P42 with custom decals that I printed on an ALPS, it is not correct in that the roof and nose should be dark blue, but as this was my first attempt at one of these I decided to leave it unique. Amtrak ran 2 of these.

 

Teditor. 

[R. T. POTEET]

Loads eastbound, empities westbound near Spruce Creek, PA.  July, 1956 on the Pennsy Middle Division.

Dave, as is true with most of your photography, your photograph is well composed, well lighted, and very crisp!

[PB&J RR]

Sexy gal ya got there...

I am not posting photos this week, again been too busy with business to take the time...

I have made some additions to the stable this week- a bachmann Spectrum 2-6-6-2, a set of PAs (a&b). a railcar set, and an all brass geep...

I hope to have some more photos soon, but the business is pressing right now...

I love the photos by the way.

[jacon12]

Thanks!  The photos were made with an old Nikon 990 3 mp camera

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Coolpix-990-Digital-Optical/dp/B00004RDMR/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3957036-9800816?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1189254688&sr=1-1

discontinued years ago.  It's an ideal camera for close up work of small things.  The battery door latch on mine is broken so I'm holding the door shut with large rubber band.  I'm afraid it's on it's last legs though.

 

Down at the station

 

are these boxes getting heavier or is Sam just getting tired..

 

Jarrell

 Beautiful Images, I really like the lighting as well.

[fifedog]

Ya know, when you boys aren't squabbling over here, ya'll put out some very good results.

Nice pics, everyone.

[MAbruce]

In deference to Bruces great clouds , please excuse the great service box in the sky. Haven't done anything about that yet.

Actually your clouds are far better (service box and all) than mine, since mine don't exist on my layout.  I actually have plain blue skyboard.  The backdrops in my pictures are digitally added.   Sorry, I should have said that upfront.  Didn't mean to mislead anyone.

[Tom Bryant_MR]

No MRR'ng for me.  I have a lot of "yard" work to do this weekend .

 

Regards,

[secondhandmodeler]

Teditor,   Holy Cow!  Did somebody build their railroad on a fault line?

[da_kraut]

R. T. POTEET wrote the following post at 09-08-2007 6:57 AM:

Loads eastbound, empities westbound near Spruce Creek, PA.  July, 1956 on the Pennsy Middle Division.

Dave, as is true with most of your photography, your photograph is well composed, well lighted, and very crisp!

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Cut copy and paste is not available with Firefox according to the forum so using the old fashioned method of trying to achieve the same thing.

I would like to add to the above post that your pictures also show MR magazine modeling qualities.  It is hard to believe that this is N scale and not HO.  

Great work

Frank 

[C&O Fan]

I installed some track lighting this week

Before I only had the single overhead fan light

 

The track light really make a big difference

Before with just the window light

With the track lighting the coal mine seems to stand out and the light has a rosie glow

 

[fiatfan]

Cut copy and paste is not available with Firefox according to the forum so using the old fashioned method of trying to achieve the same thing.

Frank 

Frank, if you use the keyboard shortcuts rather than the right click, it works fine.

ctrl + a = select all

ctrl + x = cut

ctrl + c = copy

ctrl + v = paste

 

Tom 

[mr moto]

I finished my first ever completely scratchbuilt structure earlier this week.  It is a representation of the many grain elevators my son and I saw on our road trip this summer.  No real prototype.  I learned a lot from it and now know some things to do different next time.

[Ballantrae Road]

Very, very nice.I'm thinking of doing something like that in the near future. Not necessarily a grain elevator but some type of farm structure. Maybe a large barn. Hope mine turns out even close to yours.

Tom

[donhalshanks]

LilBeckett88...Your photos have really helped me, since I'm just starting on the card board strip scenery process.  Thanks.

Hal 

[Dave Vollmer]

Thanks for the kind comments, everyone.

I'm somewhat amused that people often say "I can't believe it's N scale," as if decent scenery or modeling isn't normally possible below HO scale...  I've found my scenery looks better in N than it ever did during the 20+ years I did HO, because the scenery-to-trains ratio is much better in N.

Also, detailing in N to the standard level of HO is not only possible, it's becoming widespread.

Glad to see some N scale stereotypes breaking!

[SpaceMouse]

Ya know, when you boys aren't squabbling over here, ya'll put out some very good results.

Nice pics, everyone.

Dang, I guess I sharpened my teeth for nothing. Now I have to find something else totally pointless to do. I think there might be a marathon of Charlie's Angels reruns on TV Land. I'll check back later.

 

[SpaceMouse]

Thanks for the kind comments, everyone.

I'm somewhat amused that people often say "I can't believe it's N scale," as if decent scenery or modeling isn't normally possible below HO scale...  I've found my scenery looks better in N than it ever did during the 20+ years I did HO, because the scenery-to-trains ratio is much better in N.

Also, detailing in N to the standard level of HO is not only possible, it's becoming widespread.

Glad to see some N scale stereotypes breaking!

It's not so much that we are surprised that scenery can be well done in N scale. It's just that we are surprised when you blow up a picture of an N scale layout and we can actually see what we are looking at.

I felt the same way the first time I saw paramecium wiggling around in a drop of water.

[dragenrider]

Early afternoon brings shadows to the deep valley's of the Ozark Mountains.  Pictured below we see one of the Cedar Branch & Western's short trains threading it's way around the hills and hollows. 

 

The same train caught again as it rumbles across Gaskins Creek, near the Missouri Pacific interchange. 

 

 

[R. T. POTEET]

I finished my first ever completely scratchbuilt structure earlier this week.  It is a representation of the many grain elevators my son and I saw on our road trip this summer.  No real prototype.  I learned a lot from it and now know some things to do different next time.

mr moto, your photographs may be just a touch out of focus but I would like to address the way you have posed it against a solid background; the structure - and only the structure - receives the interest of the photograph. This is very professional for still-life photography. Keep up the good work.

[R. T. POTEET]

It's not so much that we are surprised that scenery can be well done in N scale. It's just that we are surprised when you blow up a picture of an N scale layout and we can actually see what we are looking at.

I felt the same way the first time I saw paramecium wiggling around in a drop of water.

Mouse, I didn't know you were acquainted with the mecium family; I use to date one of para's cousins, cilio phora!

[spectratone]

http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u44/calcity/?action=view&current=F3SP-1.flv

[tstage]

Beautiful work, mr moto!   Although I haven't done much scratch-building yet, I do find it very rewarding.  I also enjoy kitbashing and super-detailing.

Questions for you.  Are those working lights above the doors or just props?  Also, are the sliding doors working door or not.  Either way, you've done a splendid job on that structure!

Tom

[tstage]

Glenn,

Let's make that a working video link:

http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u44/calcity/?action=view&current=F3SP-1.flv

Tom

[trainnut1250]

A couple from the new layout,

 

 

 

Guy

[mj5890]

This is my first (and not my last) attemp at a costom paint job of a make belive short line that has a track junction in the middle of a lake(the junction is real)

 

Great pic's everybody

Joe

[C&O Fan]

Nice Photos Guy !!

I've always wondered Who the heck is Phoebe Snow ?

[mr moto]

Rtpoteet & Tom,  Thanks for the kind words. In answer to a couple of your questions/statements.  No the exterior lights do not work (they're Tichy castings) but it is wired for lighting inside the scale/dump room.  Doors do not work but I tried to add as much detail as I could to make it look like they do.  As for staging the shot on a stark background, that's no problem, I don't really have a layout so there's no other background to choose from!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[MilwaukeeRoad]

What kind of kit is that Jeff? Looks very nice.

Also, can you guys help me find a good, big factory kit, already painted, I just have to put it together?

[gmcrail]

Nice Photos Guy !!

I've always wondered Who the heck is Phoebe Snow ?

 

 I refer you to the Wikipedia article on Phoebe Snow.  There was also a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose stage name was Phoebe Snow, but she was born in 1952, long after the  Lackawanna invented the character.