Weekend Photo fun 9-14-2007->9-16-2007

[Southwest Chief]

Yeah, wow Jeff.  Nice clear and crisp photo

Is that a Proto 2000 FA (opening side door makes me think P2K)?  Nice looking and beautiful paint job.  Shows well close up. 

[Anonymous]

Wow! Really clear!

(you might want to do something about the top of the backdrop though.........) 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[Anonymous]

That may be because it's a real person standing on a real SD50.

Oh, you had me fooled!

[SilverSpike]

Sorry Hoople, it is an Atlas turntable and it is part of my current restoration and renovation project.

The Atlas turntable and the Suydam roundhouse are both over 30+ years old, my dad built them when we were running an HO layout in the back shed in the 1970's.

I have done my best to preserve both of them over the years and I hope to not only restore both of them, but update the models as best I can.

- Ryan

[Hoople]

Ryan, Is that the walthers 130' turntable?

If it is, how deep is the pit?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

That may be because it's a real person standing on a real SD50.

[Anonymous]

Jeffrey, what make is that awsome figure and locomotive? It's so realistic!!!!

Great photos everyone! 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I'm glad I have cable. I had dial-up for a month. It didn't take me long to see that that wasn't going to work out.

[tstage]

I likes the weeklong photo fun... so long as we don't forget the troll-a-way while we're at it...

Oh, I don't mind, Dan.  Unfortunately, because I only have dial-up at home, the only reasonable way of viewing WPF is at work with our T-1 connection.  It just takes waaaaaay too long to load and view it at home.

Tom

[jeffrey-wimberly]

There used to be a weekday photo fun thread, but people kept posting in the weekend thread, so the weekday thread was eventually dropped. Some other forums I'm on have done the same and just kept the weekend thread going all week.

[Bill54]

I'm with tstage.  It's Wednesday and the thread is still going. 

Why not start a new thread.   Maybe something like...I don't know...Weekday Photo Fun!  Wouldn't that be more appropriate?

Anyway, great pictures eveyone!

Bill

[DigitalGriffin]

That passenger car looks great, Chief!

I agree.  Some very nice touches.

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[NeO6874]

I likes the weeklong photo fun... so long as we don't forget the troll-a-way while we're at it...

[SilverSpike]

Maybe we should change the name of this thread to "Weeklong Photo Fun"...

Tom 

Maybe I should have noted in my post that the work and photos were taken this weekend, Saturday to be exact, just got time today to post them here is this thar thread! Don't that count for somethin'!!

Or am I supposed to wait until the next WPF thread arrives....

[tstage]

Maybe we should change the name of this thread to "Weeklong Photo Fun"...

Tom 

[Pruitt]

That passenger car looks great, Chief!

[SilverSpike]

Another great WPF thread, and some great model railroading continues across the great expanse.

Here is my small contribution, the continuing updates on the progress of my Roundhouse Renovation Project!

Interior roundhouse with the first inspection pit installed

Overview of the .030 styrene sheet test fit

[wm3798]

Lee, inspiring layout. Thank you for posting. I very much like the rich sound system?

Thanks for the compliment.  I use MS Movie Maker to assemble the clips and edit the sound from railfanning videos I've shot.  The engine sounds are from the BL-2 run by the West Virginia Central in Belington, WV.  I do strive for authenticity!

Lee 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[spidge]

Lee, inspiring layout. Thank you for posting. I very much like the rich sound system?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

The sound isn't much, but the videos good.

http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/railfan007/rf9-12-07/?action=view&current=Mpg_0011.flv

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Looks good. I like the interior detail.

[Southwest Chief]

Sorry it's a little late, but I didn't have time to upload the photos until today.

I finished up the Hi-Level diner interior and it looks really cool.  The coaches are next on the list. 

This diner is one of the Intermountain ready to run Hi-Levels.  It's a nice model and came with a full interior, but it needed painting, figures, and details.  But, while billed as ready to run and certainly can be taken out of the box and run, it required extensive modifications to suit my tastes.

The interior sat too low.  The table tops were not close enough to the bottom of the window frames like the prototype.  To fix the low riding interior I had to cut the floor away from the interior frame.  Then I propped it up on some styrene shims.  A lot of work, but the end result is worth it.  The windows were also hideously thick.  I removed these in favor of the AMB laser cut ones.  The thick windows made it tough to remove the interior too as it would catch the protruding window and get stick.  The Intermountain windows are almost 3 times thicker then AMB's. 

All I have to do now is figure out a way to light the car.  I'm leaning toward the Rapido light set (easy-peasy) since these Hi-Levels do not come with light ready trucks, and adding them wouldn't be easy peasy

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I have seven castings made so far. When I have ten, I'll start on my wall.

[SteamFreak]

Crandell,

I think you'll get better traction out of that Niagara if you stop buttering the rails.

Nice work, everyone.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff-I tried that with a whole wall section. The latex stuck in the mortar cracks really bad. I had a heck of a time getting the original out. It distorted the mold so bad it was unusable. I think I'll switch to that RTV stuff next time I try.

Really? I had no problem. I made the mold thick enough to hold it's shape, no matter what. All I had to do was flex the mold a little bit and the original popped right out, same with the castings I'm making.

[DigitalGriffin]

Came across some of my favorites, wish the EM1 would be produced in plastic by BLI or Heritage

 

Ask for it here:   (But I would prefer a C&O/UP H-7 series first!)

http://precisioncraftmodels.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=80

[UP2CSX]

Jim

What did you use for the brick streets ?

Terry, I used the Walthers brick street system along with the Walthers track insert system. It's a little fiddly to work with and I had to turn some things sideways to get them to fit my steet width but I'd recommend it for anyone who's considering brick streets. It comes with the sidewalks also so it looks pretty decent once you get it all put together. Just make sure you know the building layout and street width before you start. It would have been easier for me if I had done a little more advance planning.  

[loathar]

Jeff-I tried that with a whole wall section. The latex stuck in the mortar cracks really bad. I had a heck of a time getting the original out. It distorted the mold so bad it was unusable. I think I'll switch to that RTV stuff next time I try.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Recently I was given a plaster casting of a stone wall section.

I want more so I made a latex rubber mold.

I have plaster in the mold at this time. I'll wait several hours before removing the casting.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

As soon as the video is finished uploading, I'll post a link...

Here's the movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN0YpBX0tsI

 

Let's just make the link clickable.

[Anonymous]

Great! I like the movie! 

[C&O Fan]

Jim

What did you use for the brick streets ?

[UP2CSX]

John, see, if I had been smart enough to leave the roof off before I started to try to shove those tracks in the slots, I probably could have done it without bending them all up too.

Lee, I just love those BL-2's. How many other railroads could you see MU-ed BL-2's but the old WM.

OK, last gasp for a very pleasant WPF (thanks, Bergie). Here's one I'm not sure I posted during the "unpleasantness" of several weeks ago. It's the P&N 638 shoving a covered hopper down Main St. to spot it at the Flint Paint Co. :

Lastly, since we've had some night shots, I though I'd try a few sunset shots. Here one of Hillside's finest is about to raise some revenue from an unlucky motorist - 30 mph in a 25 mph zone. The Hillside cops don't give you much leeway: 

And here's Al's Ice Cream Truck, set up in Main St. Alley, a little closer to the residential district. Al hopes some more mom's will be lured out with the kids as the sun sets on another hot Southern day:

Great pictures, everyone. Let's do it again next week!

[wm3798]

Hardwired a decoder into my new-to-me BL-2, and quickly put it to work.

The first unit is #81, a newer split frame drive, which has been in service for a number of years now.  The second unit, #82, is an older plastic frame drive.  I was able to get them to M.U. without much CV tinkering at all.

I was modestly surprised at the differences in the decorating between the two.  The speedlettering is smaller and the yellow stripe is thicker on 82.  I expect a bit of weathering will tone that down a bit.  Otherwise, the old spring drive with lead blobs does just fine working in tandem with her sister.

As soon as the video is finished uploading, I'll post a link...

Here's the movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN0YpBX0tsI 

Lee

[spidge]

Thanks Jim, but I must admit that I left the roof off so I could wiegh down the rails with sockets while the glue dried. That puppy is in there for good now.

[UP2CSX]

Spidge, that is one nice looking engine house. The assembly looks very neat and the paint is just right. You even got all the house tracks in without bending them up, something I almost never do. Good work!

[UP2CSX]

UP2CSX Thank you for the compliment but I Gotta ask ya a question? I think I read somthing about that milkman in the newspaper a while back. About a jealous raging wife that shot her milkman, account of she thought he made a pass at her husband....ohh well it might not have been...but it sure looked like the same milk truck..John

John, since you and I are both from northern California, just about anything is possible Joe doesn't confide such things to me though - he's still mad at me for putting super glue on his elbow and his foot.

[mls1621]

MIS1621 Great wood truss, Your scrach built crain realy intrigues me...You have put a lot of thought into it, perhaps someday a ground man giving signal's to the operator, even without it is a great action scene. Great work...John

John,

The prototype for the gantry crain is in north St Louis at a steel fabrication company.  I made a few trips across town to take pictures and make measurements.  The original is over a football field long and has a roof over the whole thing with the sides open.

They don't use the operator's cab anymore, but have a control box hanging from the end of the travelling crain for ground operation.  I liked the idea of a guy in the cab, so I didn't try to recreate the ground controls.

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[EspeeEngineer]

Looks good spidge! I really like the engine shop, that turned out well!

[spidge]

I finaly did something on the layout and feels good. It looks good on the layout to me and I hope these pictures are respectable.

This is a bachman car shed that I added service walkways to from thier engine shop( I did not like ). I painted with an airbrush(first, for me), CNW yellow for the sides and CNW yellow plus sand to the roof. I added some grimmy black to the center of the rails and a few high traffic areas, but it lightened up more than desired. After I assembled it a gave it a good dose of sand overspray as everything in the inland empire has sand on it. It brought the entire project together nicely for me. Hope you like.

[jwar]

UP2CSX Thank you for the compliment but I Gotta ask ya a question? I think I read somthing about that milkman in the newspaper a while back. About a jealous raging wife that shot her milkman, account of she thought he made a pass at her husband....ohh well it might not have been...but it sure looked like the same milk truck..John

[bogp40]

Came across some of my favorites, wish the EM1 would be produced in plastic by BLI or Heritage

And the WM GP40s in Circus paint, I know that WM3798 can appreciate this one

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I think I'll do that. I don't know if I'm that patient. (Oh yeah I am, I spent 10 hours making my station...)

Things like that take a while to build. I've been working on my current layout for nearly three years now and it's nowhere near done.

[oleirish]

Los Alamitos,Boy do I know where that is!!I grew up just nort of you in a place called Hawaiian Gardens.Went to Artesia High School,andwent two years to Cerritos Collage.I left there in 1962 and only been back a few times to visit.Is the Naval Air Base stell there?

Any way was looking at you work,It is real looking for sure!I'am in "N" scale for now,"HO" in storage for a while Soon as I get more room ,out comes the "HO".Keep up the good work!!

JIM

[Hoople]

I think I'll do that. I don't know if I'm that patient. (Oh yeah I am, I spent 10 hours making my station...)

[jwar]

Hoople..Some day pick up a small wood trestle kit and take your time building it. It will give you all the clues to scrach build a cheeper, bigger, and better one. Bethchaa cannn dooo itt. John

[jwar]

MIS1621 Great wood truss, Your scrach built crain realy intrigues me...You have put a lot of thought into it, perhaps someday a ground man giving signal's to the operator, even without it is a great action scene. Great work...John

[UP2CSX]

Joe the Milk man pays his early morning visit to Inga and Sven

Hmmmm, I thought Sven worked today...... so that would leave the milkman and Inga for a littly romantic rendezvous

No, Sven got a suspicious that Joe and Inga were getting a little too friendly so he stayed home to have a chat with Joe.

John, you'd have to put that picture of yours next the the real Keddie wye to tell it was compressed. I've been to that location many times and your model really captures the feeling of the Wye.

[jwar]

PA & ERR. I really like your shortened version of the bridge, then it doesnt look like it's out of the box, and a generic HO bridge. I used WS realistic water and now after two or more years will have to redo it, seems to stay kinda soft, accept's dust, grass, and a ring from laying a hair spray can on top of. You guessed correctly on the Keddie Wye, to scale would be 14 feet long, my rendition of the Wye in a 3 foot compressed bridge....John

[Driline]

Mike, that trestle and the lifting crane look really good. I always have to look twice at your pictures to see everything.

Jeffrey, that ballasting is coming along nicely. Next thing to work on is the backdrop. I don't know how you have it glued on but parts of it make me dizzy. Maybe it's just a matter of remounting it on some masonite and rolling it out smooth since the background itself it a nice picture. 

Just been adding some details and extending Central Avenue out of town. Here's a few pictures of some of the detail work:

Traffic jam at Court and Central

Joe the Milk man pays his early morning visit to Inga and Sven

Hmmmm, I thought Sven worked today...... so that would leave the milkman and Inga for a littly romantic rendezvous

[UP2CSX]

Mike, that trestle and the lifting crane look really good. I always have to look twice at your pictures to see everything.

Jeffrey, that ballasting is coming along nicely. Next thing to work on is the backdrop. I don't know how you have it glued on but parts of it make me dizzy. Maybe it's just a matter of remounting it on some masonite and rolling it out smooth since the background itself it a nice picture. 

Just been adding some details and extending Central Avenue out of town. Here's a few pictures of some of the detail work:

Traffic jam at Court and Central

Joe the Milk man pays his early morning visit to Inga and Sven

[mls1621]

I appologize for double posting, but I realized the earlier post had old pictures of the crain taken before it was finished.  The two pictures below show the hooks and cables as well as a load of steel.

[mls1621]

Veerrrryyyy nice, Mike.

Thankyou, Sir.

[selector]

Veerrrryyyy nice, Mike.

[mls1621]

With all the bridges this weekend, I thought I'd contribute a wood trestle.  This was my first scratch build project on my neighbor's N scale layout.

The latest project was this gantry crain, using Micro Engineering plate girders for the upper and scratch built verticals and crain.

[Hoople]

Great job everyone!

Some of you bridge-builders are making me want to go build a 4' long trestle on a 32" radius curve that is 2' tall... Man my challenger would look awesome on that! (If of course I could actually build one, LOL.)

[Maurice]

Frank, what everyone doesn't understand is that the pink color is actually camoflauge for blending with the pink styrofoam hills on a lot of layouts out there!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Last night I posted pics of the ballast that was just laid on blocks 4, 4A and 4B of my layout. I said I would post pics of it when the ballast was dry, and here they are. I still have to go through and pick the ballast of the sides of the rails.

 

[wedudler]

I've made two more videos. Alco RSD 15 WT 2048 with a train from International Falls to Westport and the  counterpart train with two GP 35 in FREMO BELT LINE and Westport Terminal RR paint scheme.

Wolfgang 

 

[PA&ERR]

reklein, I think that was someone else, I was asking about Jwar's bridge. BTW the article on the Stoney Creek Bridge is also in Kalmbach's Model Railroad Bridges and Trestles.

Here is what I've been up to this weekend.

The bridge is a Walther's single track truss bridge that I cut two panels out of to shorten it and the abutments are Woodland Senics retaining walls that I "sliced and diced" to fit my needs.

(yeah, I know the photos are a bit blurry and the lighting sucks. I just wanted to get a couple of quick snaps to put up here.)

George

[selector]

John Warren, thanks for your comment. Here's a right back atcha...I have to keep going back to your photos to see more of what the images contain.  The rocks are some of the best I have seen, and you did a very fine job of placing the footings and abutments in place and making it all look engineered and natural.  Well done!

I like bridges.

-Crandell

[Milwhiawatha]

Looking good out there. Some good shots all around.

Milwhiawatha- No I don't have an SDL39. I heard that Kaslo was making one but I would like to wait for the price to drop or if I can find it at a train show for a cheaper price. Right now, $400 is a little more than what I want to spend on a plastic kit. But I do think it is a nice locomotive, not to get you wrong or anything.

Happy railroading

James

James,
   the kaslo one is nice but where did you find out $400.00? is that what he is selling them at now? I got mind for 250.00 with decoder. I got it Wednesday its will be a lot of work but it wil be worth it. I do like your collection of Milwaukee road locomotives.

 

[perry1060]

Thanks Jack,

I'd love to see construction photos --- it's a work of art!

[reklein]

PA&ER, There's a construction article and plans for the Stney Creek Bridge in I think one of the 1992 or 3 MRRS.

CMSTPP,How come you don't have that "Little Joe" mixed in the deisel consist. Don't let the fact there's no catenary stop ya. I love that locy. I'm just too cheap to spring for one. Walthers? Athearn? P2K? A good plastic "Little Joe" would be a really good thing.

[CMSTPP]

I have a few more pics for this week.

Here are three units climbing the 2% hill out of the grain valley.  Leading is an SD10, then a SD7 and a GP38-2. They are handeling a 35 car grain train out of the valley. Not that many cars but all are loaded making the train about 6000 tons. and ther's only about 5600 horsepower. Not even a one HP per ton, so there working pretty hard.

Another shot of it climbing the hill.

There actually wasn't much going on in the yard. Just some locos sitting aside in the terminal. These Two U-boats sleep waiting for the next task.

Happy railroading

James

[Printer]

 Odds & Ends!

OMG!!! I remember buying gas for 17.9¢ a gallon.
And I grew up in Detroit, drinking Stroh's "long necks". Brewed with the finest Detroit River Water.

Beautiful work you're doing.

thanks for this memory jog.

Scoot

[jalajoie]

Thanks Corey, Jeffrey and Perry for the comments on the bridge.

Jack,

That just might be the coolest bridge I've ever seen! Can you tell us more about it --- like where it comes from?

This our reproduction of CPR famous Stoney Creek bridge in BC Canada. Scratchbuilt in styrene and highly modified Central Valley bridge parts. It took a year to built at a cost of $1000.00 fort the parts.

We are presently doing the scenery behind the bridge and had to remove it from its location. As soon as it will be back in place I will post more photos along a bref history of its making off.

Jack W.

 

[PA&ERR]

Gads...been all day and only two bridge abutment's in. OH well,...Im retired and aint no one on this railroad gonna fire me. John

JWAR, is that Keddie Wye? It looks pretty good. I'm putting in bridge abutments on my layout this weekend. I hope to have some pictures up by the end of the day.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Looking good Tyler.

[Anonymous]

Here's a few newer photos:

 

And here's 2 movies:

http://picasaweb.google.com/TrainManTy/TylerSTrainPix04/photo#5110494089780078754 

http://picasaweb.google.com/TrainManTy/TylerSTrainPix04/photo#5110494089780078754 

Enjoy! 

[Dave Vollmer]

Don't know if this counts, because I used my flatbed scanner (which is dying, hence the reduced quality) instead of a camera...

...but this is my latest project.  This is a Fine N Scale Models resin/brass Pennsylvania RR X31a 40' double-door roundroof boxcar kit I finished in the original 1934 PRR circle keystone "Automobiles" scheme.

These are great, easy little kits.  Cheap, too!  Fine N Scale also has great customer service...  one of the kits I bought was missing the steps.  The owner called me at home to confirm where to send them (free of charge, of course) and even sent additional free parts!  We had a very good chat about the N scale freight car market.  I highly recommend them.

In spite of the reduced quality of this image I wanted to share my latest work (I haven't done much model building lately until this project).

The X31a is the current project for the PRRPro Pennsy prototype modeler's Yahoo group.

[NeO6874]

Now if I can only figure out how to get those really cool looking rust spots/stains that so many cars have WITHOUT the use of an airbrush... 

These kind of rust spots .....

//killed the pic

 

 

absolutely! 

[Driline]

Now if I can only figure out how to get those really cool looking rust spots/stains that so many cars have WITHOUT the use of an airbrush... 

These kind of rust spots .....

How do you make those rust spots? Those are too real.

 

[loathar]

EspeeEngineer- Are you guys going to have that layout at the Franklin show in Dec?

[jbinkley60]

 

A couple of shots of a new industry and a football team truck which started around the layout this week, after opening day.

 

[jktrains]

Now if I can only figure out how to get those really cool looking rust spots/stains that so many cars have WITHOUT the use of an airbrush... 

These kind of rust spots .....

 

[jwar]

Selector...I really like that head end shot, the tracks really carry to eye to the back of the picture. Gives the impresson of massave space..Great work...John

[selector]

Really nice images up there, everyone!  Another winner weekend.

Here, NYC Niagara 6001 leaves Seneca Falls pulling the noon special.

[jwar]

Gads...been all day and only two bridge abutment's in. OH well,...Im retired and aint no one on this railroad gonna fire me. John

[steinjr]

  This weekend, I have been playing around with the inside of one of my buildings, trying to learn how to make it not look like an empty shell.

 Found a use for the box the building came in - the cardboard seems to be suitably thick to make floors and dividers, and the grey inside of the box is a pleasant background color.

 Use the roof as a template for making floors:

 

 Then searched google images for "factory interior", "factory machinery", "warehouse interior" and a few other things, downloaded images, cropped and resized until the images fit between the floors (about 570 pixels high in 300 dpi, about 180 pixles high in 96 dpi - ie about 1.9"/4.8cm), printed out the images, cut them out from the sheet and glued to a divider/ background made from the edges of the box.

 My first attempt ended up looking like this:

 

 I then stuck this on one of the "shelves" (ie floors) and closed the back with another piece of cardboard cut from a box a building came in. It looks reasonably okay when viewed from a normal distance on the front side.

 Here is a closeup (where I probably should have played around with focus and exposure time, but my camera is a little too automated to make it easy for me to do that):

 

 Time to go find myself some more pictures and continue playing with this.

 Smile,
 Stein

 

[Anonymous]

good thing they're cheap to replace

Yes, but the inspiration is priceless! 

[claycts]

My Train weekend sort of got deraled if you will. I went to look at a new toy insted.

Well it is not NEW but I had to go look since it is for sale now

1934 RR with a Gurnet-Nutting body. Did you know he wants more for that than a Brass Big Boy

PS the quality of pictures and contents are just outstanding!!! Even that "NEW GUY" Jeffery is doing great.

[NeO6874]

good thing they're cheap to replace

[Anonymous]

I look forward to this thread every week, but the continual right-click/save-as is going to wear out my mouse and hard drive!!

[NeO6874]

Dan, 

That gondola looks terrific!  Very nice job on that!

Dan, did you base your weathering on pictures you took or were able to find on the Internet?  Or, did you just "play with it" till got something that you liked?  Again, very, very, nice.

A litle of all three.  There's a scrap-metal hauling shortline that goes through Bedford (on the tracks that go in fromt of the station) where some of the cars have definitely seen better days. I also had a few pics I found online open as I was painting it so that I had something to approximate.  

 

Now if I can only figure out how to get those really cool looking rust spots/stains that so many cars have WITHOUT the use of an airbrush... 

 

George - thats a great video .  Only problem I had with it was that it was too short!  

[PA&ERR]

Well, its not exactly a photo and it not exactly model railroading. But it is what I did this week and it has to do with trains! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrv3bDOwj-w

George

[tstage]

Dan, 

That gondola looks terrific!  Very nice job on that!

Dan, did you base your weathering on pictures you took or were able to find on the Internet?  Or, did you just "play with it" till got something that you liked?  Again, very, very, nice.

---

I picked up one of the beauties today at my LHS: (Click pictures to enlarge)

Right side

Left side

Getting gassed up

It's a Ricko 1931 Lincoln Model K.  And, as you can see by the first picture, it comes with it's own display case.  It will be the cleanest and "perttiest" automobile on my layout.

Price?  Just a little more than the Sylvan van kit on the other side of the pump in Pic #3.  And this one comes RTR.

Tom

[CMSTPP]

Looking good out there. Some good shots all around.

Milwhiawatha- No I don't have an SDL39. I heard that Kaslo was making one but I would like to wait for the price to drop or if I can find it at a train show for a cheaper price. Right now, $400 is a little more than what I want to spend on a plastic kit. But I do think it is a nice locomotive, not to get you wrong or anything.

twomule- I can certainly get some more pics for you tomorrow. I also have a Milwaukee steeple cab that I could have switching the yard. But I will see what I can do.

Jeffrey- I'd say the ballasting came out quite well. Your pictures are very good. You have put a lot of work into that layout. Keep up the good work.

Happy railroading

James

[NeO6874]

Tried my hand at weathering today.  Might not be as good as some of you pros out there... but it's a start... 

 

This was (well, still is) some LL junker that came out of a trainset from wayyy back when I was like 8. So, worth about... $3... don't want to ruin the paint on one of my more expensive cars just yet...

[EspeeEngineer]

Looks like everyone is having lots of fun this weekend! Along with work I managed to make it over to the TN state fair where our club has the modual layout setup and operating. This is my SP rolling stock and locomotives. I'm the lone Espee modeler in the organization.

 

[Anonymous]

 Great photos everyone

James

More photos please, especially your MIL motive power all lined up ready to go, ready to attack the Bitteroots!

I'm jealous........

Jeff, good job, seems like that camera got you motivated !!!! 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I got more ballasting done. Right now it's still wet. I'll post a few more pics later when it's dry.

[howmus]

Some great shots of your work as usual folks.

About all I got done layout wise was to assemble and paint a couple of Ford model Ts.  The one on the right is a 1924 Model TT one ton stakebed and the left is a 1925 Model T Roadster.

[Milwhiawatha]

CMSTPP,
       Do you have an SDL39 for your layout? I finally got mine from Kaslo shops its a lot of work but I think it will look great...

[tomkat-13]

 Odds & Ends!

[jktrains]

Excellent weather this weekend

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I'm just working on putting some ballast down at the moment. When I finish with the block I'm currently working on, I'll put up pics.

[pike-62]

Started back into the modeling now that the weather has started to get ugly. Here is a pic of an engine I just almost finished up. Still needs headlights and some other details.

Engine is an Athearn SW1500 painted in the South Buffalo year 2000 scheme.

 

Dan Pikulski

www.DansResinCasting.com

[CMSTPP]

Looking good guys. especially Jeffrey. Your pics are very nice looking. Good job on the rust.

Here are my pics.

First off are these two Northern Pacific RS11s. They are both O scale. I am working on the one that's apart. (obviously) My dad bought this one off Ebay and someone had dropped. So far it seems to be going back together pretty easily. Both are Overland models.

I have also been decaling these two O scale models. The locomotive is an NW2 painted in the NPs black and yellow scheme. The other is a baggage car painted in NPs lowey scheme.

Now, onward to HO scale. I have taken all of my Milwaukee models and I am going to go ahead and detail/ scratch build parts to make them just like the prototypes. (The Brass models won't get the detailing, since they already have that.)

Here are the other locos.

Enjoy!

James

[reklein]

Chip! ?????

[SpaceMouse]

The first picture is a rare shot of a BNSF sandwiched between two NS big horses. The second is a shot of the following train, a piggy back.

[SpaceMouse]

My contribution for this week, I enjoy scratchbuilding timber trestles, I build freehand to suit the terrain, no jigs, I have actually had a bridge engineer congratulate me on the accuray of my "freelance" work, that really made me feel good.

The "Chief" is a fellow club members, this is on a club module.

Keep the great photos coming.

Teditor 

That is some bridge!

[steamage]

Chatsworth Hauler is one its way back to the Los Angeles, Taylor Yard.


Train Master and Division Supertendant have finished a long day and are headed home.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I get it at Wal-Mart for about four bucks a can. Keep in mind that it's spray paint and a little goes a long way.

[MilwaukeeRoad]

Where and how much Jeff?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, how did you rust it? I have a building that needs it. Also, a picture of the second model I have ever built will be up soon.

Good old Rust-oleum Rusty metal primer applied in a thin mist.

[Chuck Geiger]

Greetings From Fresno, CA! Here's a shot of Herndon Salvage on my N Scale SP Fresno District. Junk is made from foil from candy wrappers.

[perry1060]

A flaming post that I can get away with - ha ha 

 

Jack,

That just might be the coolest bridge I've ever seen! Can you tell us more about it --- like where it comes from?

 

 

[MisterBeasley]

Now, Perry, you know the rules.  No flaming posts, right? 

Here's another shot of the brewery.  I've got it installed now, with its siding in place.  The car is from Greenway Products.  (It's an Athearn BB, but they do the paint jobs for a lot of beers.)

 

[MilwaukeeRoad]

Today I rusted up the roofs of my engine house and foundry.

Jeff, how did you rust it? I have a building that needs it. Also, a picture of the second model I have ever built will be up soon.

[MilwaukeeRoad]

Today I rusted up the roofs of my engine house and foundry.

Jeff, how did you rust it? I have a building that needs it. Also, a picture of the second model I have ever built will be up soon.

[reklein]

Perry, I like your subtle weathering technique. I once saw a model of an accident in a logging powder shed. I'd like to see your technique there.

[Anonymous]

Oh. Maybe you should take all your shots like that!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jack, I like that bridge. You wouldn't mind terribly if I borrowed it for a while, would you.

[R. T. POTEET]

HO-HUM-DE-DUM!!!

[secondhandmodeler]

Jack, that is an awesome bridge!

[Gryphon]

Any want tp go to the movies?

[jalajoie]

And a bridge on the club's permanent layout

We are now into the scenery stage.

Jack W.

[jalajoie]

Road works on the club's modular layout

Jack W.

[perry1060]

This is a construction photo of how I weathered one of my cabins --- for a burn scene. I then put a smoke unit inside it for affect.

 

 

 

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

That was a night shot. The shadow effect was caused by the kitchen light.

[Anonymous]

Ah. I think it was the lighting that did it for me in the first photo. It looked like natural sunlight!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Tyler: Thanks. I can't take credit for the trees. Those were sent to me by Loathar.

Perry: I too am curious about the flame. Your layout looks good.

[Anonymous]

Seeing as the thread is about to drop off of page one, I'll go ahead and post now instead of tomorrow morning.

This week I got the grass and trees in on the extension, and yes, you guess correctly, I have pics of it. 

Wow! Those first 2 look great! I like the grass and trees!

[Milwhiawatha]

Then you continue until your layout is finished or you become psychotic.

Well, since one's layout is never truly finished....

Actually the theory of a layout is never done is wrong. When you get eveything that you think needs to be done at that time is finished its technically done. Then when you browse online or your hobby shop and see something new to add, then the previously layout would be upgraded.

I had this talk with someone awhile ago and he said exactly what I'm saying.

[NeO6874]

Then you continue until your layout is finished or you become psychotic.

Well, since one's layout is never truly finished....

[UP2CSX]

Jerry, I get it now. I think some of the ones I've seen have a channel carved in the support beam to carry water off the roof. I think it will look great when you're done and you'll have a really unique structure.

Perry, were you barbequing one of the dinosaurs in that one picture? I notice threre are still a few more eggs waiting to hatch on the right of way though.

Teditor and Mike, nice trestles you both have. Most of the trestles I've built look like a giant pile of toothpicks thrown together.

Guy, those tracks do look great. I guess I'm going to have to rethink what I use for track if the CFO allows me to expand the layout. .The work train looks excellent, just the right amount of weathering and general decrepitude.

Dan, from little acorns, great oak trees grow. Once you've scratchbuilt your first structure, you say "How hard can the next one be?" Then you continue until your layout is finished or you become psychotic.

[PA&ERR]

Jeff,

I hope you don't mind. I snagged one of your pictures and did some "post production" work on it. Mostly I just gave it a sky and a little extra foliage.

I've seen pictures that weren't half as good as this published in the model press. The only thing that detracts from yours was the background - and that is easy to fix.  

George

[NeO6874]

great pics guys.  here's my contribution for the weekend.  Its a prototype that I made for a 20x20' shed type building.  Nothing more than 4 cardstock walls a roof and some tape.  Now that I've built this, the next one will get doors and windows drawn in, maybe even some siding for the walls. MRR-ing on the cheap for me

 

 

[Oakhurst Railroad Engineer]

It is a busy day at the North Fork sawmill on the Oakhurst Railroad ... recent additions are scratchbuild log dumps ...

 

[GAPPLEG]

Hey, Jerry, I've been following your project. I'm waiting to see how it looks with stucco and the awnings around the front. Or are those holes for adobe type structure roof drains? Reminds me of a number of structures in California.

Guy, what scale is your railroad. That trakwork looks nice, like it was handlaid in O scale. If it's HO, you did a really nice job on the track and the work train.

Lee, you don't let any grass grow under your feet You went from mock up to finished structure in a week. It looks really nice, especially with those WM cabooses inside.

 

The holes over the doorway are those fakey wooden beams they like to have sticking out, like their supporting the roof.

[loathar]

Perry-What's up with the flame?? Burning your mortgage?

Jeff-

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Seeing as the thread is about to drop off of page one, I'll go ahead and post now instead of tomorrow morning.

This week I got the grass and trees in on the extension, and yes, you guess correctly, I have pics of it.

 

[trainnut1250]

 

Guy, what scale is your railroad. That trakwork looks nice, like it was handlaid in O scale. If it's HO, you did a really nice job on the track and the work train.

 

 

Jim,

 

The scale is HO.  The track on the left is Micro Engineering flex track code 70, the work train siding on the right is ME code 55.  This stuff looks way better than my handlaid track. 

The worktrain is re-detailed Ertl (long flat), scratch built (short flats) and Rio Grande Models Kits (side dump gon & Crane) with lots of details thrown in.

 BTW: This is always my favorite thread on these forums.

 

Guy

[perry1060]

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

 

 

Website:

http://home.mchsi.com/~ironmaster1960/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Mike: That's a good looking decal on that tower. I think I'll make one for mine.

[mikesmowers]

   All very good pics so far, but that seems to be the norm here.  I haven't got to spend as much time on the RR this week as I would like but I did get the water tower placed and took some pics in B&W and Sepia mode

   Here is the 2-6-2 steamer in color after I got it weathered.    Enjoy your weekend,   Mike 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

My contribution for this week, I enjoy scratchbuilding timber trestles, I build freehand to suit the terrain, no jigs, I have actually had a bridge engineer congratulate me on the accuray of my "freelance" work, that really made me feel good.

The "Chief" is a fellow club members, this is on a club module.

Keep the great photos coming.

Teditor 

That is a really good looking trestle.

[Milwhiawatha]

So far I got nothing to post but i did get me SDL39 kit so I'm hoping to get started on that soon.

[Teditor]

My contribution for this week, I enjoy scratchbuilding timber trestles, I build freehand to suit the terrain, no jigs, I have actually had a bridge engineer congratulate me on the accuray of my "freelance" work, that really made me feel good.

The "Chief" is a fellow club members, this is on a club module.

Keep the great photos coming.

Teditor 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeffrey,

I really like the calibre of photos that you are producing now. Gotta love the AC unit in the backdrop of the 1st pic!

Yeah, the AC is a necessary evil. There's not very much I can do to cover it. Once it's paid for, I'll paint it blue like I did the last one.

[jwar]

I have to get off my duff and stay focused on compleating my bridge's, abutments, two signal masts, and it' six feet of bridge rail. Have to many loose end projects started. John

[UP2CSX]

Hey, Jerry, I've been following your project. I'm waiting to see how it looks with stucco and the awnings around the front. Or are those holes for adobe type structure roof drains? Reminds me of a number of structures in California.

Guy, what scale is your railroad. That trackwork looks nice, like it was handlaid in O scale. If it's HO, you did a really nice job on the track and the work train.

Lee, you don't let any grass grow under your feet You went from mock up to finished structure in a week. It looks really nice, especially with those WM cabooses inside.

 

[wm3798]

Caboose shop.  Needs some weathering and detailing.

Lee 

[trainnut1250]

Heres one from the new layout:

 

 

 

Guy Cantwell

Willoughby Line

[GAPPLEG]

Not that anyone has followed this project, but my Southwestern style building, that will be my small town city hall is starting to take shape. After casting the walls Then had to cut out door and window openings.  Still tinkering with details, Stippling the stucco will start soon.

[UP2CSX]

Jeffrey, you're right, it was Lady Lionel. I knew it was Lady something. I like you're rusty roof effect. It's hard to get that right on a sheet metal roof.

Jim, the fire department is in the front and the police department is in the rear. This is a real small town. The firefighters are hanging the hoses up to dry.

[Dustin]

Jeffrey,

I really like the calibre of photos that you are producing now. Gotta love the AC unit in the backdrop of the 1st pic!

 

 

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Today I rusted up the roofs of my engine house and foundry.

[tomikawaTT]

That'll teach the cops to arrest a volunteer fireman!  Bet they thought he wouldn't be able to get out of that second story cell...

Well, if there was a pink submarine (Operation Petticoat) why not a pink locomotive.  Of course, a few minutes under steam would have coated that pristine stack, boiler top and cab roof with a layer of very un-feminine gray-black grunge...

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

[0-6-0]

Hello yea I know that pink is hard to look at but she is only 4 and loves pink. It was one way to keep her in the train room a little longer. When we do the caboose ill post it late saturday night or sunday morning it should fit in then . I will call yard bird for parts soon. Keep up the good work Frank

[jbloch]

Anybody remember Lady Athearn? Didn't they have a line of pink cars and pink locomotives. As I remember, they looked scary then too.

Just been puttering around this week but the police department finally got a sign. One of the guys is inside typing up his reports for the day.

Jim:  was there a fire on the second floor of the police dept?(ie--ladder, fire truck) don't see any soot or other burn marks though

Jim

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Never heard of Lady Athearn. I do remember the Lady Lionel though! That almost put Lionel out of business.

[UP2CSX]

Anybody remember Lady Athearn? Didn't they have a line of pink cars and pink locomotives. As I remember, they looked scary then too.

Just been puttering around this week but the police department finally got a sign. One of the guys is inside typing up his reports for the day.

[loathar]

0-6-0-I thought my monitor was broken for a minute. That looks like a Mantua. Yardbird has new driver sets for those.
http://www.yardbirdtrains.com/YBSMparts.htm

 

[Gryphon]

 

MRL 203 in the lead followed by SF 3500 this is oneof my faborite shots my friend took with her camera for me.

[secondhandmodeler]

Look out...look out... pink steam engines everywhere clickity clackity......their here, their there pink steam engines everywhere!  

Sorry, I must have fallen in a bucket of booze!

[MAbruce]

Great, I'm seeing pink locos and it's only Friday afternoon...

Here's hoping for another great round of WPF.  Nice pictures thus far!

Some switching work on my layout (Digital backdrops):

[jeffrey-wimberly]

The ballasting for the inner loops maintenance spur is done. Now I have to work on building up the foundation for the engine house.

 

[0-6-0]

Hello nice log cars my dad is working on some . He is making his from scratch but they wont be done for awhile. I been working on the layout add a 4x7 to make a L shape got some track tack in place but its not done yet. Found a box of train stuff at a garage sale for 4$. Most will be used for parts some may get fixed but I did fined a 4-6-2 at the bottom of the box my little wanted it so I fixed it and she painted it the center axle is bent bad has a bad wobble but it runs . Have a good weekend Frank