Yes, Atlas did do the Finger lakes engines in the NYC scheme as that is the "standard" scheme for their equipment. The LV scheme is a one-off they did a couple years ago and as far as I know there are no comercial models available.
Dan
I have seen some great scenes. Keep up the good work. I know there are scenes out there that haven't been shared or have just been finished.
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
You folks do some good work!! This is from my old narrow gauge layout that I just dismantled last year. I like it because you can see people in the car going away from you. (Click to enlarge). Pic was taken with 35mm camera on slide film using a home-made pin-hole lense.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
I was going to post a reply to a few of my favorites but there are too many, so I'll just give a global atta boys...and girls.
J.P.
gandydancer19 wrote: You folks do some good work!! This is from my old narrow gauge layout that I just dismantled last year. I like it because you can see people in the car going away from you. (Click to enlarge). Pic was taken with 35mm camera on slide film using a home-made pin-hole lense.
mike
Mike,
Glad you liked my scene. The house was up for sale and we had an offer. The scale was TT narrow gauge, and I decided it was time to move to HO. That part of the layout was at least 8 years old.
TT!! Really!??
I've never had ANY interaction with a 1/120 modeler before this. I've often thought that TT might have been the optimum: Any scale divided in tenths is a scale ruler. Many scale conversions are just a matter of moving the decimal point. Small enough for most advantages of N, yet big enough to keep most of what HO has to offer.
I've wondered why it never really caught on, maybe it was like betamax tape - mismarketed?
Your scene looks great. I'd love to see more of your TT layout.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
shayfan84325 wrote: TT!! Really!??I've never had ANY interaction with a 1/120 modeler before this. I've often thought that TT might have been the optimum: Any scale divided in tenths is a scale ruler. Many scale conversions are just a matter of moving the decimal point. Small enough for most advantages of N, yet big enough to keep most of what HO has to offer.I've wondered why it never really caught on, maybe it was like betamax tape - mismarketed?Your scene looks great. I'd love to see more of your TT layout.
loathar wrote: DHRR wrote: zgardner18 wrote: I am very impressed! Everyone has great scenes.I'm not sure if mine is premature since my scene isn't nowhere near done, but I figured since the title said "Favorite Scene" then I'm okay. These pictures are old and i have infact applied the plaster coat over the masking tape and painted my bridge (only one) and tunnel porthole. This is the a scene of a BNSF empty coal train heading out of the Bozeman Tunnel at Muir, Montana with another BNSF manifest holding before the dirtroad crossing. That is the I-90 freeway above. The scene is HO. Now thats looking good!I can't wait to see that when it's finished!
DHRR wrote: zgardner18 wrote: I am very impressed! Everyone has great scenes.I'm not sure if mine is premature since my scene isn't nowhere near done, but I figured since the title said "Favorite Scene" then I'm okay. These pictures are old and i have infact applied the plaster coat over the masking tape and painted my bridge (only one) and tunnel porthole. This is the a scene of a BNSF empty coal train heading out of the Bozeman Tunnel at Muir, Montana with another BNSF manifest holding before the dirtroad crossing. That is the I-90 freeway above. The scene is HO. Now thats looking good!
zgardner18 wrote: I am very impressed! Everyone has great scenes.I'm not sure if mine is premature since my scene isn't nowhere near done, but I figured since the title said "Favorite Scene" then I'm okay. These pictures are old and i have infact applied the plaster coat over the masking tape and painted my bridge (only one) and tunnel porthole. This is the a scene of a BNSF empty coal train heading out of the Bozeman Tunnel at Muir, Montana with another BNSF manifest holding before the dirtroad crossing. That is the I-90 freeway above. The scene is HO.
I am very impressed! Everyone has great scenes.
I'm not sure if mine is premature since my scene isn't nowhere near done, but I figured since the title said "Favorite Scene" then I'm okay.
These pictures are old and i have infact applied the plaster coat over the masking tape and painted my bridge (only one) and tunnel porthole.
This is the a scene of a BNSF empty coal train heading out of the Bozeman Tunnel at Muir, Montana with another BNSF manifest holding before the dirtroad crossing. That is the I-90 freeway above. The scene is HO.
Now thats looking good!
I can't wait to see that when it's finished!
Guys,
I change my mind on my favorite scene. I think I like this one better.
So what if it is the same scene.
--Zak Gardner
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zgardner18 Looks Much better landscaped!!!!! I like it a lot
zgardner18 wrote: Guys, I change my mind on my favorite scene. I think I like this one better. So what if it is the same scene.
Your modeling and scenery look great, but the lighting seems to take it to a new level. Can you tell us how the scene was lit?
shayfan84325 wrote: zgardner18 wrote: Guys, I change my mind on my favorite scene. I think I like this one better. So what if it is the same scene.Your modeling and scenery look great, but the lighting seems to take it to a new level. Can you tell us how the scene was lit?
Only the best kind of lighting: Sunlight. I hope there is a way that it can be duplicated inside.
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Sorry to be slow in responding with TT information. If you want to see some TT scale layouts, go to www.ttscale.com, enter the site, and select Layouts (on the left). Mine is Possum Vally Short Line.
The decline of TT is said to have come about by N scale coming in with better models using modern manufacturing techniques at the time TT was starting to grow. However, there are still a few supporters around that think TT is the ideal size.
Lets keep this going!
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OzarkBelt wrote: Lets keep this going!
Works for me
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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Here's a little off track action on my N scale layout.
A farmer shoots the bull after having loaded his pickup bed full of it.
I guess I'll post one of mine... I still need to paint the track...this isn't my favorite place to railfan on the layout, but it's my favorite photo for a while....
great stuff everyone!!!! I really hope we still get more posts.
rs2mike wrote:great stuff everyone!!!! I really hope we still get more posts. mike
The Rice Lake Turn spots 2 box cars at Dahle Lumber in Haugen, Wisc.:
Nice Pics,all!
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
I'll help keep this going.
Here are a couple of F&C Pennsy hoppers spotted and waiting to be picked up.
Dan Pikulski
www.DansResinCasting.com
PASMITH wrote: Red Horse wrote:Peter,That is awesome pic of your layout details, very cool, is there a place where I can see more pics of your layout on the web?thanks for posting that, it really captured my attention.Thank you for your kind words. A while back, Space Mouse posted some of my layout pictures when I was unable to. I am not sure if that thread is still around.Here are a couple more:Peter Smith, Memphis
Red Horse wrote:Peter,That is awesome pic of your layout details, very cool, is there a place where I can see more pics of your layout on the web?thanks for posting that, it really captured my attention.
Peter,
That is awesome pic of your layout details, very cool, is there a place where I can see more pics of your layout on the web?
thanks for posting that, it really captured my attention.
You have a great eye for detail, and your lumber mill is so realistic that I can almost smell the sawdust in the air.
Anxious to see more of your layout,
Wayne
Modeling HO Freelance Logging Railroad.
Wow, I'm just blown away by the detail and skill of these pics posted, I'll have to wait a long time before I can post something that don't get laughed at but I shall not give up, I'll keep trying until I get good enough to post a few that look as real as some of the wonderful pics here.
I could spend months looking at all these, what a talented group of people I've discovered here and most who are very tolerant of beginners, I've tried a few other Hobby sites and was basically told to come back when I get the basics down...Snobs!!!
I'll never go looking at MSN groups for this hobby again, one place kept pushing me to post pics of my progress and when I did they deleted them and sent me an email telling me that I should research this hobby more before "attempting" to play with the big boys....are you kidding?
I posted back (and it was my final one) that they should get a life and when you strip it all down they are still just toys for adults and not Picassos, although some of the work here I would consider fine art.
I wanted to say thanks for not making me feel like I didn't belong here and after a few years I hope to know enough to help a new MRR hobbyist the way I'm being helped today.
Happy Rails to some of the nicest folks I've ever met on the internet.
Jess Red Horse "of the Kinder garden layout Tribe"....LOL!
Red Horse wrote: Wow, I'm just blown away by the detail and skill of these pics posted, I'll have to wait a long time before I can post something that don't get laughed at but I shall not give up, I'll keep trying until I get good enough to post a few that look as real as some of the wonderful pics here.I could spend months looking at all these, what a talented group of people I've discovered here and most who are very tolerant of beginners, I've tried a few other Hobby sites and was basically told to come back when I get the basics down...Snobs!!!I'll never go looking at MSN groups for this hobby again, one place kept pushing me to post pics of my progress and when I did they deleted them and sent me an email telling me that I should research this hobby more before "attempting" to play with the big boys....are you kidding?I posted back (and it was my final one) that they should get a life and when you strip it all down they are still just toys for adults and not Picassos, although some of the work here I would consider fine art.I wanted to say thanks for not making me feel like I didn't belong here and after a few years I hope to know enough to help a new MRR hobbyist the way I'm being helped today.Happy Rails to some of the nicest folks I've ever met on the internet.Jess Red Horse "of the Kinder garden layout Tribe"....LOL!
Mike
Although its an old picture, it is still one of my favorites.
I call it "Lightning Coming Right At You!"
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Ok, here goes, Although I don't think I've yet to create my favorite scene I will post a few pics of one of my favorite under construction scenes.
This is a box car being fitted as an Army Office.
Workers delivering cement slabs to the job site.
A close up.
Hey, it's not the best work you will find at Trains.com but my skills will improve over time.
Thanks !
Red Horse-
Don't short change your-self. Your work just keeps getting better. That scene is neat. I like those ladders- where did you get them?
Keep up the good work!