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Posted by jep1267 on Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:43 AM

 CSX_road_slug wrote:
 

CSX this IS a great shot...my new favorite.

J.P. 

 

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Posted by jon grant on Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:23 AM

A recently modified area at the West End of Sweethome.

 

 

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Posted by Don Z on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:46 PM

Another shot from my friend Chuck Ellis' layout....Sunrise at the Sawmill.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:56 PM
 secondhandmodeler wrote:
 Alan_B wrote:

One of my favorites.

Sunrise switching at Between with the Shepard and his flock.

 

Alan, where have you been hiding?  I use to enjoy your thread.

 

 

I see that you found my latest update on the layout forum.

For others that are interested the thread link is: 

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1174212/ShowPost.aspx

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:44 PM

My favorite scene. Hmmmmm. Here's one I like. Favorite? No sure.

It's an eastbound train crossing the double track bridge over the Mrs. Hippy River.

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:26 PM
 Hawks05 wrote:
 CSX_road_slug wrote:


http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/East_Minister/depot_looking_east.jpg





You had me going. I thought that was proto type. Very nice photo.

Thank you Hawk, I was hoping to achieve that effect!

 rs2mike wrote:
CSX I love that scene as well.
Appreciate it Mike, thanx for starting this thread and giving me an excuse to share it!

 TrainManTy wrote:
. . .CSX_road_slug; I love that part of your layout too. I visited your site a while back, but can't remember where I saw the link. Could you post it?


Tyler, thanx for kind words.  I sent you a PM with the link, since I didn't want to hijack rs2mike's excellent threadWink [;)]

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Posted by Cannoli on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:07 PM
 MisterBeasley wrote:
 Cannoli wrote:
My layout is currently a pile of track, foam and lumber, not much to show for photos :)

Yeah, but think of how much potential you've got there!

Here's a couple I can share, this is one of my club's modules at a show we attended last year. This module represents the engine house and yard in Concord, NH.

Here's another from the same show, not one of my club's but I liked the depiction of downtown Boston and the Orange Line.

 

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:54 PM
 Cannoli wrote:
My layout is currently a pile of track, foam and lumber, not much to show for photos :)

Yeah, but think of how much potential you've got there!

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Posted by Cannoli on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:45 PM
 Dave Vollmer wrote:

 rs2mike wrote:
Getting ideas for my layout and I love all your techniques.  Someday I will learn how to post pics of my vollamer hotel turned restraunt.

Whistling [:-^]It's spelled "Vollmer..."  Ask me how I know Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]!

I'm not directly related to Vollmer GmbH & Co KG, but I imagine back in Germany a few hundred years ago you'd find a link.

Anyway, I'd like to see that when you're done!

My favorite scene on my layout is here at Jack's Run, PA, on my N scale Pennsylvania Middle Division, circa July 1956:

Great work Dave, I love PRR's steam and stone arch bridges.

My layout is currently a pile of track, foam and lumber, not much to show for photos :)

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:54 PM
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Spaemouse; isn't the steamer missing something?Wink [;)]

It wouldn't be the same picture without its fangs. I wanted the oldest, ugliest, meanest-looking loco ever pulled from its undergound hidey-hole.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:49 PM

Alan, where have you been hiding?  I use to enjoy your thread.

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Wow everyone!!  This is a great thread. You guys are amazing.....Bow [bow]Bow [bow]

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Posted by Robby P. on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:47 PM

Heres a couple of pictures if my layout.  Well the corner of my layout.  I think it turned out pretty good.

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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:19 PM
 whitman500 wrote:
 Dave Vollmer wrote:

Dave:

Do you mind sharing what kit you used to make the stone arch bridge?  I have something similar planned for my layout and have been struggling to find a suitable double track viaduct.  Please let me know.  Thanks.

Brad

Brad,

I took two Atlas N scale viaducts and spliced them side-by-side.  In order to do this, I sanded down one side of each.  I trimmed the inside wall down until I could fit a new styrene deck onto the bridge.  I had to splice the piers too (the piers spread outward, so this needs to be trimmed).  The wing wall comes from a piece of leftover pier material.  In addition, I also added styrene shapes representing the steel rebar added by the PRR around WWII to prevent spalling.  It was painted with PolyScale Aged White, and then the stone color was drybrushed on (a combination of several browns and grays).

Here's the before shot:

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Posted by whitman500 on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:58 PM
 Dave Vollmer wrote:

 rs2mike wrote:
Getting ideas for my layout and I love all your techniques.  Someday I will learn how to post pics of my vollamer hotel turned restraunt.

Whistling [:-^]It's spelled "Vollmer..."  Ask me how I know Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]!

I'm not directly related to Vollmer GmbH & Co KG, but I imagine back in Germany a few hundred years ago you'd find a link.

Anyway, I'd like to see that when you're done!

My favorite scene on my layout is here at Jack's Run, PA, on my N scale Pennsylvania Middle Division, circa July 1956:

Dave:

Do you mind sharing what kit you used to make the stone arch bridge?  I have something similar planned for my layout and have been struggling to find a suitable double track viaduct.  Please let me know.  Thanks.

Brad

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:58 PM
 Alan_B wrote:

One of my favorites.

Sunrise switching at Between with the Shepard and his flock.

 

Alan, where have you been hiding?  I use to enjoy your thread.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:41 PM

One of my favorites.

Sunrise switching at Between with the Shepard and his flock.

 

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Posted by perry1060 on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:41 PM

 

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:37 PM
 CNJ831 wrote:

 

CNJ831

Neat scene!!!!! I love it!

CSX_road_slug; I love that part of your layout too. I visited your site a while back, but can't remember where I saw the link. Could you post it?

Spaemouse; isn't the steamer missing something?Wink [;)]

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:21 PM

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Posted by Southwest Chief on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:21 PM

Favorite scene?

Well for HO probably this:

For G scale, maybe this one:

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Posted by selector on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:07 PM

Everyone is hanging out their best linen on the clothes line today. Cool [8D]  Fancy, too. Big Smile [:D]

Here are what I call my best.  It is all so subjective, isn't it?

and I am quite partial to this one.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:22 PM
Congratualtions to rs2mike for posting some photos as well as starting a good thread.  Congratulations to all the model railroaders here who posted some fantastic pictures. Perhaps, some of you, Wolfgang in particular, can tell us what techniques they used for clear depth of field. I see current MR has article on enhanceing depth of fireld for digital photos.

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Posted by BRAKIE on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:07 PM
Wolfgang,I really like your street runnin'..Thumbs Up [tup]  You don't see that to often on layouts..

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Posted by wedudler on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:02 PM

MY Third Street Industrial District, build following an article by Bill Baumann in Model Railroader Nov. 85.

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:12 AM

Not the best, but......

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Posted by wm3798 on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:48 AM

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Posted by rs2mike on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:38 AM

Test 2 to see if I really got it.  This one came from a tree maker used on the bear creek layout.

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Posted by rs2mike on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:26 AM

This is a test for me.  It is the first photo I have posted.  I like the scene but I cannot remember where I found it on the internet.

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Posted by rs2mike on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:25 AM

This is a test for me.  It is the first photo I have posted.  I like the scene but I cannot remember where I found it on the internet.

[img}http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc35/rs2mike/Big_Trees_meeting.jpg[/img]

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Posted by dbradley on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:01 AM

 Tom,

A sandwich and a coffee, I could sit on that bench all day and watch trains. Everyone's work is outstanding. I thourghly enjoyed the pic's. I hope to contribute myself someday.

Den.

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