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TrainManTy wrote: OMG!!!! THAT LOOKS AWSOME!!!!!I need to make a diarama so I can do that; any suggestions for size?
OMG!!!! THAT LOOKS AWSOME!!!!!
I need to make a diarama so I can do that; any suggestions for size?
Ty,
All my pics are taken on modules that I built. For the most part they are only 2'x4'. I have some that are a trapezoid so they are a little longer than 4', but not much. Use the diorama as a testbed for all kinds of various modeling techniques from tracklaying, ballasting to scenery. Mine are built using 2" foam insulation for the tops. This makes them lightweight so they are easy to carry outside for photography purposes. They can be positioned on some sawhorses or on a folding table so that you can get the right lighting and background.
jktrains
I've been slowly developing plans for my 'downtown business district' on my layout. In an attempt to understand where each building should be installed and allow me to refine the look of the area, I have started by making mockups of some of the different buildings so I could place them and move them around as needed....a photo of the area -
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: jktrains wrote: Hoople wrote:I guess it's a monolith.I thought I heard the 2001 theme in the background. To all concerned, you all lose. It's a screwdriver handle.
jktrains wrote: Hoople wrote:I guess it's a monolith.I thought I heard the 2001 theme in the background.
Hoople wrote:I guess it's a monolith.
I thought I heard the 2001 theme in the background.
C'mon, Jeff...We know that pic was taken from a parked car, and the side-view mirror just got in the way.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
I gotta agree with Chuck, seems like a waste of time and decoder. Plus the masking tape is completely wrong, even if it is only a temporary install. Masking tape will dry out over time, especially when exposed to the heat that a motor can generate. Using masking tape is NOT a recommend practice. PVC electrical tape is a much better choice. It is less likely to tear, rip or be poked through by some sharp object like the end of a wire that's been soldered. This could ultimately end up with a short and a fried decoder. Then you have an even bigger waste of money.
As the saying goes, do it right the first time, do it one time.
cf-7 wrote: Jeff - I am curious about this. If you took photos and even a video of the loco, why would you say this is only a temporary thing. To me, that seems like a waste of time. You made it sound like the new decoder was good enough (and I'm sure it probably is!). What is a better decoder in your opinion? I want to know....
Jeff - I am curious about this. If you took photos and even a video of the loco, why would you say this is only a temporary thing. To me, that seems like a waste of time. You made it sound like the new decoder was good enough (and I'm sure it probably is!). What is a better decoder in your opinion? I want to know....
http://www.digitrax.com/prd_mobdec_dh123at.php
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Driline wrote:And what is that "RED" locomotive?That a P2K PA1. The masking tape is only a temporary measure. I intend to install a better decoder when I get one.
Driline wrote:And what is that "RED" locomotive?
Here is some action near the loading docks.
reklein wrote: Nice work jwar. If you're considering a change on that retaining wall,you might consider those big prepoured concrete blocks they get from ready mix plants. Just a thought.
Nice work jwar. If you're considering a change on that retaining wall,you might consider those big prepoured concrete blocks they get from ready mix plants. Just a thought.
The last few years, at least in the northeast, they have been putting natural rocks in steel mesh squares, and stacking them up for retaining walls along the interstates - another possibility - just my
Was Steve McQueen in that movie, too?
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
JK, What digital camera are you currently using for your train photo's?
jktrains wrote: Jeff,What's that big black thing on the left??
Jeff,
What's that big black thing on the left??
Let's play..................What's on Jef's layout!!!!
I'm guessing it's a eye glasses case. Did I win?
Besides that it looks pretty good Jeff. And are there teenagers making out in that car or railfans?
Maybe it's that scene from "The Blob". I thought I saw Steve McQueen in the background somewhere...
Tom
I'm guessing he left the phone laying on the layout
TerryinTexas
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Nice work everyone! Yet another weekend of great inspiration. Now if I could only get the house painting done, the leaves to fall faster, and stop the decline of daylight each day, then I could finish my fall projects and get back inside to do some modeling.
tstage wrote: Bruce, Step on toes? Didn't you start it last week, too? I don't think I heard any complaints.
Step on toes? Didn't you start it last week, too? I don't think I heard any complaints.
You're right; I did it last week too but didn't know if certain member(s) was being nice by not saying anything. Now that it's settled, I'll try to start it Friday afternoons if I see that it has not been started, but also won't be offended in the least if anyone else starts it.
MisterBeasley wrote: Looking great already! Bruce, I thought you were starting us off with railfan pictures from a trip out West. Nice work.
Thanks! The track scene is at the edge of my layout, so entire area I filled in with a digital backdrop (left and sky) is actually my basement wall and hot water heater. BTW - Excellent progress on that scene
Driline wrote: Is that a work in progress or what? Its all RED. I mean everything except the trucks.
Is that a work in progress or what? Its all RED. I mean everything except the trucks.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Well another inspiring weekend guys. It even got me into the basement to work on a scratch-bash station--it's been a couple months. I hope to finish it and post pictures next week.
Thanks for getting me going.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
jasperofzeal wrote: That's a pretty good picture for being taken by a cell phone. What kind of phone do you have? My RAZR takes lousy pics, it's a good thing I have the Kodak 6.1 MP around.
That's a pretty good picture for being taken by a cell phone. What kind of phone do you have? My RAZR takes lousy pics, it's a good thing I have the Kodak 6.1 MP around.
Hi jasperofzeal,
It is a RAZR V3x with 2megapixel camera. I recently installed the software again on the PC and it downloaded about 6 - 70M of updates and the pictures seem much bigger?! But I thought it wasn't a bad photo for a cell phone.