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[rs2mike]

zgardner18 Looks Much better landscaped!!!!!  I like it a lot

[zgardner18]

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.

[rs2mike]

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.

yeah me too.  I have never heard of TT and it would be interesting to see more pics if you have them.

[shayfan84325]

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.

[gandydancer19]

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.

Elmer.

[rs2mike]

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.

 

That was really cool, I like that scene a lot.  Just out of curisoty why did you dismantel that nice piece of work?  Was it a move or just tired of it or was it the classic rr builder where you had a lot of the enjoyment building.  Just curious.

mike

[jep1267]

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]

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.

 

[rs2mike]

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.

 

 

[pike-62]

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

[fireman216]

Sorry it took so long to respond....my LHS has the Finger Lakes in stock...but it is in the black scheme...it is NOT something custom painted as I have actually seen several around my area hobby shops.... since the real thing practically drives in my back yard....they are made by Atlas and come with or without sound and DCC....

[Anonymous]

pike-62 thanks for that I have to see if Atlas bring one out or my skills improve to do the livery justice.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff- The rusted locomotive looks so real I was tempted to take a few parts off the old chugger...LOL!

Thanks Red Horse. That model is reminisent of the kind of modeling I used to do all the time. That however is a time long past.

[Red Horse]

Wow, I spent the morning eye balling every detail of these favorite pic entries and I bow to all the great RR artists here, you folks are a rare breed, masters at your craft of shrinking the world down, the pics below from all of you play tricks on the eye and mind, I hope to some day be able to join your ranks.

Lee- I loved the coal cars, looks sooooo real!

ICRR1964- I felt like I was riding a hot air balloon over an actual town when I looked at your submissions!!!

Pas Mith Your an artist!!!

Ozarkbelt - The colors you used on your train station were a brilliant choice!!!

Jeff- The rusted locomotive looks so real I was tempted to take a few parts off the old chugger...LOL!

Phil- Nice progress, can't wait to see it done.

Ken L, Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!

Peter S, Those pine trees are some of the very best around!

Pike- Breath Taking , realistic shot of the switcher pulling the two cars.

All of you men (and maybe some women, hard to tell with the screen names some time) give me the inspiration to better my skills in every way, The pics of these layouts just blow me away, the detail, the content of the scenes and the photography effects are stunning.

Congratulations to everyone in this thread for raising the bar on the scaled down world of the model rail roader!!!

I'm trying very hard to imagine any better artist in this medium and I can not!

You folks mark a very high standard for designers , builders and beginners alike.

I'm humbled to be able to post here.

[pike-62]

 

Nice shot. The little switcher is fascinating! How did you get the atmosphere effect 

Mostly luck. I have incandescent floods in can lights over my layout which may have contributed to the look. I do know I did not set the "white balance Filter" on my camera when I took the picture. The hazy look is realy just the out of focus area in the picture.

Dan Pikulski

www.DansResinCasting.com

[pike-62]

pike-62 where did you get the finger lakes u23b locomotive

sorry for the late reply to this question.

The Finger Lakes engine is a custom paint I did a while back. I have done 3 of these to date and don't own one myself right now.

As far as the other posters comment about them being in hobby shops in his area, I have to think they too are custom paint as I don't think Atlas has released that scheme yet. I could be wrong though

 

Dan Pikulski

www.DansResinCasting.com

[PASMITH]

Peter,

Thanks for the complement.  At the time I built the N scale layout I was living in Laramie Wyoming.  It gave me something to occupy my mind since the Laramie winters are so long and the girls at the university were so few (5 guys for each girl back then).

Regarding my current work, I posted the pictures below a few weeks ago on this forum (page 7).  I'm in HO standard gauge, now.  I like being able to buy good looking track (the track on my old layout took 2 years to complete - 39 feet and 17 turnouts).

I've been a Shay fan for a long time - over 30 years.  The Shay inventor, Ephram Shay, and I even share the same birthday (July 17).  I've got 3 small Shays on my layout (all brass).  I love 'em.  It's like they're stuck in 1st gear!

By the way, your work is outstanding!

Here are a couple of bright spots on my layout:

The concentric curved trestles are part of a helix (conical Helix?) the rest of it is in two tunnels.

The rail bus (top picture) is my own kit bash using an NWSL Flea with flywheel and a Jordan school bus kit.  Its pilot and lead truck are scratch built.  Think MR would be interested in an article about how I built it?

Thanks for the pictures. Your work is still excellent. The rail bus is nice. An article for the MR press might be worth a try but you may need some construction pictures. MR might be interested but I think RMC or the NG&SLG would be more likely to accept such an article. I have four Shays : Joe Works HOn30 brass, NWSL vertical boiler brass, PFM 2 truck brass and a bashed Spectrum 3 truck. The three truck was modified to represent Mc Cloud River No. 16 C/N 2401 built in 1911. It was a wood burner at the time.







Peter Smith, Memphis

[CSX_road_slug]

Lots of great-looking country theme scenes here, esp. Lee's WM covered wagons.  Not much rural stuff to show from my layout, but here's one with a heavy industrial flavor:

 

[shayfan84325]

Peter,

Thanks for the complement.  At the time I built the N scale layout I was living in Laramie Wyoming.  It gave me something to occupy my mind since the Laramie winters are so long and the girls at the university were so few (5 guys for each girl back then).

Regarding my current work, I posted the pictures below a few weeks ago on this forum (page 7).  I'm in HO standard gauge, now.  I like being able to buy good looking track (the track on my old layout took 2 years to complete - 39 feet and 17 turnouts).

I've been a Shay fan for a long time - over 30 years.  The Shay inventor, Ephram Shay, and I even share the same birthday (July 17).  I've got 3 small Shays on my layout (all brass).  I love 'em.  It's like they're stuck in 1st gear!

By the way, your work is outstanding!

Here are a couple of bright spots on my layout:

The concentric curved trestles are part of a helix (conical Helix?) the rest of it is in two tunnels.

The rail bus (top picture) is my own kit bash using an NWSL Flea with flywheel and a Jordan school bus kit.  Its pilot and lead truck are scratch built.  Think MR would be interested in an article about how I built it?

[PASMITH]

These are a few pictures from the layout I built, but did not finish, as a teen (that was 30 years ago).  It was N scale with hand laid code 55 track and hand made ground throws.  The N scale track available for purchase back then was unacceptably unrealistic, and N scale ground throws were not available at all.  I used a transistor walk-around controller.

The layout was based on the Epithet Creek Railroad track plans published in MR back in about 1974.  It was L shaped and covered an area of about 15 square feet.

I was unable to finish the layout because it was in my parents house.  When they moved away, I had to get an apartment so I could finish college; a model railroad was simply not going to be possible.  I gave it to a fellow modeler and I have no idea if it still exists today (my guess is such that I'd rather not know).  Anyway, here are some pictures:

 

 

 

 

Shayfan, that is some very good N gauge work. May I ask what are you doing now and in what Gauge? Do you have any photos of your latest work? If you are a Shay fan, do you have any Shay models?

Peter Smith, Memphis

[shayfan84325]

These are a few pictures from the layout I built, but did not finish, as a teen (that was 30 years ago).  It was N scale with hand laid code 55 track and hand made ground throws.  The N scale track available for purchase back then was unacceptably unrealistic, and N scale ground throws were not available at all.  I used a transistor walk-around controller.

The layout was based on the Epithet Creek Railroad track plans published in MR back in about 1974.  It was L shaped and covered an area of about 15 square feet.

I was unable to finish the layout because it was in my parents house.  When they moved away, I had to get an apartment so I could finish college; a model railroad was simply not going to be possible.  I gave it to a fellow modeler and I have no idea if it still exists today (my guess is such that I'd rather not know).  Anyway, here are some pictures:

 

 

 

 

[rs2mike]

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

nice picks.. can we see more of your stuff too.  this is a great forum i get lots of ideas for my layout to come

[rs2mike]

Pardon the slow loading ginormous image...  But you just can't shrink this one...

Lee 

  Nice scene.  I like it a lot.  Keep em coming.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 

[OzarkBelt]

here's one of mine:

[PASMITH]

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

[ICRR1964]

Here is another one of the same layout, but on a different side, I never did finish this layout before the fire, notice the bare plywood?

ood by the track?

[ICRR1964]

Here is one I posted in a test a week ago of a layout I had about 10 years ago that was destroyed in a fire.

This was old school method with saw dust grass and hand made trees using bell wire, lichen, and clay.

[wm3798]

Pardon the slow loading ginormous image...  But you just can't shrink this one...

Lee 

[Red Horse]

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.