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.
John
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jwar wrote: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.
jwar wrote: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.
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
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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!
Jim
What did you use for the brick streets ?
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Great! I like the movie!
wm3798 wrote: As soon as the video is finished uploading, I'll post a link... Here's the movie!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN0YpBX0tsI
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.
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.
bogp40 wrote: Came across some of my favorites, wish the EM1 would be produced in plastic by BLI or Heritage
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
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
loathar wrote: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.
selector wrote:
Crandell,
I think you'll get better traction out of that Niagara if you stop buttering the rails.
Nice work, everyone.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
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
Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, COClick Here for my model train photo website
The sound isn't much, but the videos good.
http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/railfan007/rf9-12-07/?action=view¤t=Mpg_0011.flv
spidge wrote: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!
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
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Mark P.
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Maybe we should change the name of this thread to "Weeklong Photo Fun"...
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
tstage wrote: 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....