Amazing Work Mr. B
I always look forward to seeing your photos
Love the brewery how do you keep the workers from testing the product ?
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Excellent work EVERYONE... I am still kicking around the idea of putting foam sheets down in the yard or mounting the track directly to the foam base....
Walt, is this a shortline yard or a Class 1 type yard? If it's a shortline yard, I'd lay the tracks right on the existing foam. Most shortline yards didn't spend a lot of money grading yards and, if they did, the tracks have long ago sunk down to ground level. Class 1 roads usually laid yard tracks like sidings. They weren't as high as the mainline but they still have a definite profile. You could either use foam cut to width for each track or cork or WS roadbed. If you look at my first photo with the yard, I laid the drill tracks on WS roadbed but then beveled the yard trackage to run down off the roadbed to the foam to give that "neglected" look to the yard.
Nice paint scheme there, Driline. I always liked SW's. Did you have any problems with the long handrail on the hood being deformed? I have an NKP SW8 that arrived with one handrail that looked like it melted or something.
Mr. B, that's the trouble with subways, those vandals always get after things. You need a couple of transit cops down there to keep them under control. I like that glass block look. How did you do that?
UP2CSX wrote: Mr. B, that's the trouble with subways, those vandals always get after things. You need a couple of transit cops down there to keep them under control. I like that glass block look. How did you do that?
The subway walls and platform bases are hydrocal castings. I bought one sheet each of Evergreen's "Tile" and "Sidewalk" styrene, and then made a latex mold from that. The flat sections are straight from the casting, cut to size. For the curved sections, I took a piece of 1x2, rounded the corners and then folded the casting and mold around it after the hydrocal had set for 10-12 minutes, enough that it was firm, but not hard.
The paint is a gloss cream color out of a rattle can. I used an India Ink in water wash over it, and then a second light spray of paint. I hand-painted the stripes with acrylic.
As for keeping the Brewery workers from sampling too much of the product? Well, with a Strumpet beer, that's never been a problem.
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Jeffrey,
Great rusted automobile. You've got some interesting details.
Did you read the no parking sign on the building?
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I don't think its overboard at all. If you look at some trains that have been bought by another company, its painted over. I made it look like it has faded/paint peelling to make the Southern show threw. One car I did like that went for $65.00 on eBay and it look worse than that, as far as the cover up, fade, etc.
Im not one of the misguided souls, as far as NS/N&W/Sou/Srr, etc. I buy the cars I like I weather them for people, and I weather as how they would like to see them. I have had several people email me wanting another car like this one on eBay, and I finally got one ready.
So... I gues some people like them overboard.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Very good pics so far this week! I haven't got much done on the RR this week but I have run the trains a few evenings, (That's what it's all about isn't it?). I started working on my scratch built barn and have gotten the scale lumber on order and have some shingles, tin roofing and some GOW bulbs that will be here probley Tues.
I picked this up at Hobby Lobby today and will start on it in a few days.
Have a good weekend. Mike
I picked up a Crown Vic made by Busch of Germany. It's not a bad model of a Crown Vic police car but, after 25 years riding around in them, there were things that just didn't look right. I know there are active and retired police officers here so I thought I'd post what I've done. The rest of you can probably take a short nap.
The first picture shows the officer out doing a welfare check on a lady standing by her convertible. The mods I made were adding a push bar (from tiny brass stock), taking off the light bar and replacing the domes with more translucent colored plastic, and adding a new center section with a siren/speaker grill. Red and blue strobes have been added to the front face of the rearview mirrors. I also have takedowns and alley lights but they are hard to see since my camera's macro mode isn't the greatest:
From the rear, I added two flashing ambers to the light bar and an antenna to the trunk. It's also hard to see because it's so small but it's supposed to be a model of an Antenna Specialists VHF hi-gain antenna. I replaced the taillight lenses with more translucent plastic as well and they seem to look lit as long as there's any kind of ambient light:
I'd still like to add spotlights to both sides if I could either find them ready-made or come up with a decent way to scratchbuild them. I tried jewels and they looked pretty tacky. I'm thinking locomotive lenses might work if I can find them in the right size - the normal lense is huge for a 7" spotlight. Oh, I also got rid of the full wheel covers and now just have the lug nut covers. I don't know how many of you got your Crown Vics with the full wheel covers but we did - for one year - and half of them were gone in about two weeks. They just don't make them to stay on at 110 mph. I don't suppose anyone knows where I can find a little "Police Interceptor" decal?
I now return you to your regularly scheduled train photos.
UP2CSX, I was wondering about the "interceptor" badge on the back myself!
A buddy of mine has a '99 which he got off Ebay & I got to go & pick up at the dealership in Van Wert, Ohio, & then drive back across the state home. If I'm able, I'll maybe try a little photo reduction for the badge. Although it still has it's spotlights, it has standard hubcaps, rear inside door handles & light blue in color. (no divider appears to ever been installed also-possibly a detective or "brass" car)
I love these cars. A fella in Calif sells cream of the crop ex CHP cars on Ebay, & in the next year or 2, may try to get one of those myself.
Great stuff everyone!!!
I especially like the subway, Mr. B!
PS: The troll is gone! Thanks Bergie!!!!!
TrainManTy wrote: Great stuff everyone!!!I especially like the subway, Mr. B!PS: The troll is gone! Thanks Bergie!!!!!
two shots of projects this week... building the fence, adding some grass, weeds, wines and foliage, plust weathering a pair of boxcars... i need to add better lighting so these photos come out clearer though!!! please give any suggestions/criticism!
P & LE, the modeling is excellent. For lighting, I use a couple of quartz work lights to provide better lighting for my photos.
Tom
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Dave Vollmer wrote: No photos these weekend... ....just the video tour I did Thursday night:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEvKHFGd5s
No photos these weekend... ....just the video tour I did Thursday night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEvKHFGd5s
Dave, I had no idea your layout was only on a 36" door! I loved the video... it made your layout seem huge! I especially loved the signals switching as the trains passed into the next block.
Was there an N-scale sized earthquake at the 2:35 mark of the video? Looks like it was a 7.9 magnitude!
Thanks for the inspiration!
I completed some scenery work this week and picked up a couple of Athearn trucks for my shipping company.
I also did a 5 unit lashup to hooked 40+ cars to see if I could make it around the layout without any derailing problems. I decided to make a video of it since I won't generally be running trains this long or putting 5 locomotives up front. Up from is 2 Atlas 8-40CWs, a BLI SD40-2 and 2 Atlas GP-40s.
http://www.thebinks.com/trains/movies/jersey3.wmv
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please give any suggestions/criticism!
This is very high calibre modeling. I really enjoyed the pics. Your fence is good... the only criticism I can think of is that you are missing the top bar that spans between the fence posts. Or maybe I can't see it due to the picture quality?
Really good stuff
UP2CSX wrote:I agree, the fence (and the freight cars) look great. How did you do the fence? Mine always look like they are about to fall over.
thanks! i used BLMA chain link fence, which while a tad pricy at $20 for 110 scale feet, looks great with minimal effort... as for keeping them upright, i used Elmers Super Glue Gel... it has a thicker consistency, so it doesn't run and i just held each fence segment in place for about 15 seconds...
fiatfan wrote:P & LE, the modeling is excellent. For lighting, I use a couple of quartz work lights to provide better lighting for my photos.Tom
thanks, are these like work spotlights or are these permanently mounted?
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:My layout lighting consists of four 27 watt daylight fluorescent spiral bulbs. It's excellent for my photography.
jeff, I assume these are mounted in the ceiling or simply overhead the layout? i definitely need to get away from the incadescents!!
Dustin wrote:This is very high calibre modeling. I really enjoyed the pics. Your fence is good... the only criticism I can think of is that you are missing the top bar that spans between the fence posts. Or maybe I can't see it due to the picture quality?
Great pics. Here is the first long look at Kimms Kanyon, and the last for a while. I will need to take some parts out to finish the river, and the trees and bushes in the back of the Kanyon. Some work on the back wall is also needed.
They are work lights with a clip for mounting but are also available with a stand.