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Box car parked by a freight house in N-scale.
Nice picture!
I take it you added the sky with Photoshop or something like that.
George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
Nice picture Bruce. I like the trees. Here are a couple of progress pics of my layout. Sorry about the bad lighting, table cloth backdrop, out of focus pictures. Obviously, I have a few things to work on.
The beginnings of a town and my rollar coaster decline.
The forestation project continues. Al Gore would be proud.
My first attempt at ballasting.
Hey Bruce,
Your grass and trees look fantastic! They put mine to shame!
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Hear, hear, Bruce not-of-the-Peg. I just hope we won't have to read these aloud to "someone" this weekend, someone with a truck bumpin' over ties, if you know what I mean.
Another fantastic image from you, Bruce.
Here is my weekly offering.
Some fantastic shots so far!
How about a HO scale BN SD80MAC this week instead of the usual suspects, my SOU locos.
Yep, the sky is added. Sorry I forget to mention it. But the rest is 'real'.
Some inspiring photos already.
Bruce,
It's hard to believe that's N scale. Nice work!!
secondhandmodeler,
Your already a pro at ballasting. Not a bad thing to be good at.
selector,
Nice shot, is that a UP loco?
Smoke,
Those fantasy units "warm" my heart!!
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SOU Fan, thanks for your encouragement. The Challenger is #3984 from Lionel. It is a metal body and tender, and a very good puller. I recall that this particular road number was relegated to passenger service, so she had the smoke lifter elephant ears to keep the rather substantial volumes of smoke higher over the roofs of the trailing passenger consists. One of these days I will get around to making it look used.
-Crandell
Great trees Bruce, Nice scene selector.
I spent the week in the motorhome looking at the fall colors. Did build a small building in the evenings. It was my first attempt at a B.T.S. (Slade's Office). I enjoyed it, though cast metal will never be my favorite. The scale is HO but the fishermen are N for perspective,
Also got home to discover that though the scene is not even done, the fly fishermen had already arrived.
had a little too much to drink did they?
Don't remember if I've posted this one before - the engine house in the former Chicago Short Line yards
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
My train on Ed Kapuscinski's excellent N scale winter layout. To learn more about it, visit conrail1285.com
The only problem is the old "Fire in the Cab" headlight bleed.
I shot this at the Morgantown Model Railroad Club when I had the opportunity to travel to the Mountain State back in February. It's an HO layout.
The craftsmanship of both of these layouts (and others like them) is what really inspires me to strive for better results on my layout.
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Dave Vollmer wrote: Hey Bruce,Your grass and trees look fantastic! They put mine to shame!
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
Well after many weeks of procrastinating I finally got the time to post some of my locomotive pictures. I have done more work but that's for another day.
First up is a Front and rear shot of my new WC P2K SD45. As you may tell the Front details looks weird. That was because the locomotive was improperly packed. (It did have the original box) So I had to Fix the coupler box and re-apply some details. IT also isn't totally proto-typical, but that won't take long to fix.
Next up is my SW1500. I've applied the bell, and painted the air tanks black. (One side.)
Last is my WC GP40. On the proto-type it had a 3 window Bay Window. So I had two, 2 window bay windows lying around. (Say that 10 times fast. ) So I cut both and made one. I haven't gotten clear styrene in yet.
A little bit later in the weekend I'll take some pictures of my new staging yard and my station scene.
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Hello all,
I've been working on my HO scale scratch build of a basic oxygen furnace or BOF. Yes its ugly and an eye sore but it will look very cool after I'm done with it.
I still have to add...the charger crane bay,BOF vents ,down comer pipe,awnings over the door ways,safety bumpers on the sides of door ways and a bunch of HO sheet metal siding.
Heres pictures of the rough structure as it stands now.
Maybe the pictures will work.
Patrick
Beaufort,SC
Dragon River Steel Corp {DRSC}
Fear an Ignorant Man more than a Lion- Turkish proverb
Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.
Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.
O scale
Not exactly realistic --- the third rail of course!
Hear the roar...
Go with the flow...
I have just been working on some power lines, using parts from the Walthers kit, to finish off the West End of my HO layout Sweethome Chicago.
I have rigged up the power lines in the knowledge that the wires will probably have to be removed to avoid damage at exhibitions. I know this from experience.
Now to fit the power lines from the transformer to the customers.
Jon
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My new project this last week has been this retaining put in for erosion control. It took the better part of two days to complete.
First measuring the area to see how long and how high the wall should be, then cutting the pieces to fit. Had to do that outside. Cutting plaster makes a lot of gypsum dust, not to mention a mess. Then setting the pieces and gluing them in place. After they were dry I put in the fill which is just finely sifted sand. Gave that a good soaking with alcohol followed by a 50/50 glue/water mix and topped with WS green blended turf.
You want to know why I change my mind for scenic ideas for a possible extension?
This thread!
At first, I wanted an industrial town... Then someone shows a nice single mainline through the middle of nowhere... Then someone shows an industrial complex, then the single mainline again, but with a town and spur...
And then this week, I saw a nice looking Spectrum 4-4-0 staring at me coming a cross a girder bridge in the countryside.
You people are way too awesome at modeling.
Wow, great work. I'm glad I don't have to judge between them. Art, those fishermen better not slip on the wet rocks - it's a long way down that waterfall below them. And from one Bruce that lives in MA to another, great work! Jon, what are you using for wires on your power lines? Jeff, is that a shorter casting from the same wall mold you made a while back?
I had to get another subway train. I told myself that if I ever saw the green R22's on sale, I'd buy them. So, there they were at a "blowout" price at Trainworld. Walthers is out of them, so I suspect they've just cleared the inventory and won't have them again. Anyway, Trainworld ships fast, so the trains were at my door the next day. I took a shot in the station before I put in the decoder:
The new cars are the green ones on the near track. The other track has my old R17 Redbirds.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley wrote: Jon, what are you using for wires on your power lines?
Jon, what are you using for wires on your power lines?
The single strand nylon wire that came in the kit, although I painted it black.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3101
MisterBeasley wrote: Jeff, is that a shorter casting from the same wall mold you made a while back?
Jeff, is that a shorter casting from the same wall mold you made a while back?
That is some nice work Jon. The whole scene reeks of industry.
My humble contribution is my hand cast resin stucco city hall , now placed and lite up. Landscaping etc to come.
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jon grant wrote: I have just been working on some power lines, using parts from the Walthers kit, to finish off the West End of my HO layout Sweethome Chicago. I have rigged up the power lines in the knowledge that the wires will probably have to be removed to avoid damage at exhibitions. I know this from experience. Now to fit the power lines from the transformer to the customers.Jon
Jon,
I myself am a huge fan of your work. Such detail and all the things one might find if he or she looked hard enough. Love the crane in the back ground as well as the other buildings.
Raising a pint to yaz...
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: My new project this last week has been this retaining put in for erosion control. It took the better part of two days to complete. First measuring the area to see how long and how high the wall should be, then cutting the pieces to fit. Had to do that outside. Cutting plaster makes a lot of gypsum dust, not to mention a mess. Then setting the pieces and gluing them in place. After they were dry I put in the fill which is just finely sifted sand. Gave that a good soaking with alcohol followed by a 50/50 glue/water mix and topped with WS green blended turf.
Jeffrey,
now these are the rocks you casted whole retaining walls right? When I first started this hobby I made cake sheets of plaster and chipped every rock one by one to get thats effect. Now I cheat and carve foam lol I still have the old rock walls tho. Yours looks great.