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

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Saturday, September 15, 2007 5:44 PM

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.

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Posted by reklein on Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:23 PM
Chip! ?????
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Posted by CMSTPP on Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:29 PM

Looking good guys. especially Jeffrey. Your pics are very nice looking. Good job on the rust.Wink [;)]

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!

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Posted by pike-62 on Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:38 PM

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.

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:52 PM
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.

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Posted by jktrains on Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:34 PM

Excellent weather this weekend

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:43 PM

 Odds & Ends!

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Posted by Milwhiawatha on Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:52 PM

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...

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Posted by howmus on Saturday, September 15, 2007 8:27 PM
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.



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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Saturday, September 15, 2007 8:28 PM

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

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 15, 2007 8:34 PM

Bow [bow] 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........Tongue [:P]

Jeff, good job, seems like that camera got you motivated !!!!Cool [8D] 

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Posted by EspeeEngineer on Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:02 PM

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.

 

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Posted by NeO6874 on Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:22 PM

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... Wink [;)]

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Posted by CMSTPP on Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:20 PM

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 railroadingLaugh [(-D]

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Posted by tstage on Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:40 PM

Dan, 

That gondola looks terrific!  Very nice job on that! Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]

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. Cool [8D]


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.

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Posted by PA&ERR on Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:25 PM

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

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Posted by NeO6874 on Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:45 PM
 tstage wrote:

Dan, 

That gondola looks terrific!  Very nice job on that! Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]

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. Cool [8D]

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 Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup].  Only problem I had with it was that it was too short!  

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:57 PM
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!!
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Posted by NeO6874 on Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:01 AM
good thing they're cheap to replace Smile [:)]

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Posted by claycts on Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:03 AM

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 BoySmile [:)]

PS the quality of pictures and contents are just outstanding!!! Even that "NEW GUY" Jeffery is doing great.Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:06 AM

 NeO6874 wrote:
good thing they're cheap to replace Smile [:)]

Yes, but the inspiration is priceless! 

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Posted by steinjr on Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:38 AM

  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

 

 

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Posted by jwar on Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:41 AM
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
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Posted by selector on Sunday, September 16, 2007 2:24 AM

Really nice images up there, everyone!  Another winner weekend. Smile [:)]

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Posted by jwar on Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:22 AM
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
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Posted by jktrains on Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:42 AM
 NeO6874 wrote:

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 .....

 

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Posted by jbinkley60 on Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:32 AM

 

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

 

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Posted by loathar on Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:17 AM

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

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Posted by Driline on Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:21 AM
 jktrains wrote:
 NeO6874 wrote:

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.

 

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Posted by NeO6874 on Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:42 AM
 jktrains wrote:
 NeO6874 wrote:

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! 

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