jktrains wrote: I took advantage of the excellent weather to do a little shooting outside.
I took advantage of the excellent weather to do a little shooting outside.
JK your pictures look awesome as usual. What brand/make of camera are you using? I just bought a Canon G7 and hope to take better pictures soon.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: I now have a DCC equipped Athearn GP50 running on my layout. My neighbors son traded me his GP50 for my RS3 SP Black Widow. I wasted no time sticking a NCE Silent Running decoder in the GP50. Here's some pics taken during the conversion and a video showing the testing being done afterwards.And here's the link for the test video.http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/forum-1/?action=view¤t=P1010006-3.flv
I now have a DCC equipped Athearn GP50 running on my layout. My neighbors son traded me his GP50 for my RS3 SP Black Widow. I wasted no time sticking a NCE Silent Running decoder in the GP50. Here's some pics taken during the conversion and a video showing the testing being done afterwards.
And here's the link for the test video.http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/forum-1/?action=view¤t=P1010006-3.flv
Masking tape is not a good idea to attach your decoder to the locomotive. Use the two sided foam tape or at least electrical tape.
And what is that "RED" locomotive?
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Here is one, mine is very new setup so I do not have much. This is one my New J type Post also.
WHOOOOOOOSHHHHH!!!!
"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"
EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION
http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588
OMG!!!! THAT LOOKS AWSOME!!!!!
I need to make a diarama so I can do that; any suggestions for size?
Time to finish out the day railfanning
I just stopped in for quick peek. Great photos this weekend.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
mls1621 wrote:Jim,The pond-oops-lake looks great, the lilly pads are a great touch. Your modelling skills have never failed to impress me.
Jim,
The pond-oops-lake looks great, the lilly pads are a great touch. Your modelling skills have never failed to impress me.
I also like the puddle.....er....lake!
JK; That's one of the most realistic shots I have seen! Great work!
Well I think this is the first time i have done WPF. Heres my 2 M&E ALco's 18 & 19 shot outdoors.
jacon12 wrote: about to test the cow catcher..JaRRell
about to test the cow catcher..
JaRRell
JaRRell,
I always wondered why they called that a cow catcher instead of a cow tosser.. mystery of life I guess.
Nice shot, beautiful loco - and not a bad looking bovine.
I was just in time this morning to catch this sunrise shot on the layout.
ngartshore350 wrote: Hi Guys,Top work by all! Here is an image I took with my cell phone as the camera was on another mission at the time. Just mounted the station today, I am going to add more platforms when time permits. It is an old HO/OO scale Hornby/Dublo station from around the 60s that my dad bought.You'll notice the sheets of styrene under it to give it some height, when I had it in place to test it, one of my double deck container wagons hit it and dragged it along, so I had to give it a little more height.Regards,Nige.
Hi Guys,
Top work by all! Here is an image I took with my cell phone as the camera was on another mission at the time. Just mounted the station today, I am going to add more platforms when time permits. It is an old HO/OO scale Hornby/Dublo station from around the 60s that my dad bought.
You'll notice the sheets of styrene under it to give it some height, when I had it in place to test it, one of my double deck container wagons hit it and dragged it along, so I had to give it a little more height.
Regards,
Nige.
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.
TONY
"If we never take the time, how can we ever have the time." - Merovingian (Matrix Reloaded)
loathar wrote:UP2CSX-That pond looks great! You really nailed the 3D depth effect on it!
Thank you, Loathar, but I must always tell the truth. I bought the pond on e-bay. Yes, my modeling skills consisted merely of placing it on the layout, although I did have to do some excavation and ground cover work to get it all to blend in. I've added about 10 coats of Enviorotex to it also, which I think does help the overall look. I haven't checked lately but I think he still makes ponds of various sizes and sells them on e-bay. He's really good at getting that deep look with less than 2 inches of depth. For anyone who has the same skills at water as me (practically none), it's really a very good deal.
Hoople wrote:Dragen Rider, who makes that bridge? It looks awesome!
I wish I knew! A friend of mine had one too many for his layout and gave it to me. He says he won them off of Ebay. It's stout and very well assembled.
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
This is a reproduction of a paper mill in town, it is HO and is on our club's permanent layout.
Jack W.
So many great pictures this weekend. Stebby, if you didn't know that second picture was a model I would have thought it was the prototype after the tourists left.
MSL, that is one heck of a bridge. When do you find the time to do all this?
DR, that is a nice job of roughing things out. I usually just tear things up and start making scenery and it shows.
Mr. B, you are making me dizzy now. Plus, I'm afraid the plane might crash
George, that's a very interesting concept locomotive. Makes you wonder what would have happened if the BN had gotten the Milwaukee Road before it was deelectrified and abandoned.
Ryan, that roundhouse and turntable are coming along. I'm so jealous of people that have that kind of room. My four track yard will have to do for me.
Wolfgang, your pictures are always simple but really convey a feeling of railroading.
This my non-railroad contribution. A happy father and son return to mom and the dog after a successful fishing trip on Lake Layla. Yes, it's a small lake but it's also a very small town.
Here's my contribution to the weekend. I've been roughing out the next six feet of scenery on the Cedar Branch & Western.
What I want to know is where you got all those super realistic HO figures. Wow!
Come to think of it, how did you manage to get the proto shot with nobody around?
stebbycentral wrote: I hope it's not necessary to point out which shot is the prototype, and which is the model.
I hope it's not necessary to point out which shot is the prototype, and which is the model.
You almost have to!
This my fist attempt at posting pictures, through Photobucket, so we will see what happens.
Assuming that this works as advertised you will #1)Know where we went on summer vacation. #2) See what I have been up to since we returned.
I have just completed the 1/4 scale structure, which is intended to be the centerpiece of a set of 18" x 36" modules that will display my On30 collection. Now that I get a first look at it I do note that I have some blemishes to attend to. I hope it's not necessary to point out which shot is the prototype, and which is the model.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
Switching, what else???
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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UP2CSX wrote: Mike in SL, that is one impressive steel mill layout. How long did it take to build? I like the garage door being digitally added. I'm ony good enough to add cement block walls.
Mike in SL, that is one impressive steel mill layout. How long did it take to build? I like the garage door being digitally added. I'm ony good enough to add cement block walls.
I like your idea of a concrete block sky. The thought helps ease my apprehension, brought on by countless dooms day predictions on Discovery and History channels, about the impending asteroid strike on our planet. It might also block the tsunami that's expected to engulf the planet at any moment.
This is the final picture in my steel mill series for the weekend.
In the background, you can see the Atlas bridging we modified to join the steel mill module to the rest of the layout. We used Plastruc trusses and widened the bridge for a single track feeding the mill and a two lane road.
Another great start to the WPF thread!
Here are my contributions:
Testing roundhouse track alignments with styrene (concrete floor) in place
Another view of testing car with the inspection pit in the foreground
Turntable and roundhouse after painting the guard rails with caution yellow
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
I took this for another thread about turntables, but I liked it because it reminds me of the currently in-vogue proliferation of satellite imagery on the Web:
It's my turntable and roundhouse, with extra outside stalls, currently occupied by GP-9's. I stood on a chair and stuck my arm over the layout, taking one shot after another until I got it right and didn't shake too much.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.