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This has ben a good thread... and it's great to see all that awesome work!!!
Here is an Atlas turntable that I bashed.....
Bob/Iron Goat
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
ARTHILL wrote: I also like my pheasant hunting scene, but that is now old, Here are the loggers getting there the easy way. Making the pheasants was a nice challenge
Art, I can relate to that scene, never seen it modeled before, very, very nice.
CNJ831 wrote: Fairly recent scratchbuilt structure.CNJ831
Fairly recent scratchbuilt structure.
CNJ831
CNJ - That's an amazing piece of work. An outstanding photo!
CNJ831, awesome building. It looks like it's been there for decades.
Bruce, as always, your scenes look wonderful.
CSX_road_slug, when I saw your first post, I assumed the blast furnace was on a comercial backdrop. I was knocked out when I saw your last post. Having been invovled in a steel mill project in N scale, I understand what it takes to achieve that level of detail.
Great work by all posters in this thread.
I like painting. I think you can do a lot with things just by painting them. This was a $9 Life Like Church.
Here it is in place.
I also like painting figures. It makes them come alive.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
jasperofzeal wrote: CSX_road_slug wrote:http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/IronBeltBlastFurnace01/ore_bridge.jpgI really like this a lot, and I congratulate you on a job well done. I like how the haziness in the picture gives the illusion of a distant structure. I love the water you have there as well. Congrats again on a very nice piece of work. What scale is it modeled in?
CSX_road_slug wrote:http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/IronBeltBlastFurnace01/ore_bridge.jpg
Rail-Roadwarrior wrote:wow! that's amazing, post more pictures please.
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
I modeled an abandoned coaling spur on my layout. There is something about seeing old unused sidings in various stages of being reclaimed by vegetation that appeals to my modeling interests. Maybe it's because I see so much of it around my area. I plan to expand on this type of scene in future layouts.
CSX_road_slug wrote: My favorite achievement is this ore bridge [based on a prototype near Detroit, MI] that I scratchbuilt out of brass. It took me a year of weekends to complete; and this is my second attempt, I botched the first one so badly I decided to start over. I almost had the clamshell bucket mechanism operating, but I kept frying decoders after a few minutes of operation - I'll need outside help to correct that defect.
My favorite achievement is this ore bridge [based on a prototype near Detroit, MI] that I scratchbuilt out of brass. It took me a year of weekends to complete; and this is my second attempt, I botched the first one so badly I decided to start over.
I almost had the clamshell bucket mechanism operating, but I kept frying decoders after a few minutes of operation - I'll need outside help to correct that defect.
wow! that's amazing, post more pictures please.
My railroad requires a smaller type loco to haul rocks through some tunnels and the crew does not like the standard loco for this type of operation so the head mechanic is modifying a 0-6-0T into a 2-6-0 oil fired cab forward. They will have an ample supply of oil and water because there are no stops along the way. Also, a nice clear view.
It is posted in this forum and free to look.
http://www.2guyzandsumtrains.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=3934/start=45.html
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
CSX_road_slug wrote:
I really like this a lot, and I congratulate you on a job well done. I like how the haziness in the picture gives the illusion of a distant structure. I love the water you have there as well. Congrats again on a very nice piece of work. What scale is it modeled in?
TONY
"If we never take the time, how can we ever have the time." - Merovingian (Matrix Reloaded)
For those who have not seen enough of this, Uncle Tom's starway in Yellowstone canyon was my first attempt at scratch building with brass.
I also like my pheasant hunting scene, but that is now old, Here are the loggers getting there the easy way. Making the pheasants was a nice challenge
I'm pretty happy with my latest cabin designs and the fact that I've built one of them with real smoke. I've got no place to set them up on my existing layout for now. I've got touch up work on both of them to finish.
Three of my older cabins...
rs2mike wrote: Dave Vollmer wrote: I'm proud of this video I made of my layout:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEvKHFGd5sGreat video dave. I didn't realize you had a door layout. It looks so much bigger than that. Awesome work man!!!!
Dave Vollmer wrote: I'm proud of this video I made of my layout:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEvKHFGd5s
I'm proud of this video I made of my layout:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEvKHFGd5s
Great video dave. I didn't realize you had a door layout. It looks so much bigger than that. Awesome work man!!!!
Thanks!
That's really the key, isn't it? We want our layouts to look like a piece of the world, not in the discrete "slice of pie" sense, but as an area on a larger planet. Size is something we want, but don't always have. So, we must use every trick at our disposal (vertical scenery, scene dividers, non-table-parallel trackwork, etc.) to make our layouts look as big as all outdoors.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
rs2mike,
This is one of those buildings that everyone seems to have. Along with the old brewery, saw mill, lumber yard and coal tipple. It's funny to know that my buildings are twenty years old. Whoever made the molds for these buildings has definanty made their money back! What's funny, is the different forms this building has taken. I believe mine was suppose to be a bank. I've seen it as a funeral home and a chapel as well. Thanks for the compliment on the painting. I'm still learning as you can see.
secondhandmodeler wrote: I guess I am proud of the repainting job I did on a few models from my junk pile. This was my first attempt at painting.Before: After:
I guess I am proud of the repainting job I did on a few models from my junk pile. This was my first attempt at painting.
Before:
After:
Those look good. I have the one on the left that i colored brick and then put it away for the move. Same thing with my engine shop. It is all painted and weatherd just waiting to be put together and placed somewhere other than a box. keep up the good work
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
mokenarr wrote:OK Question from an internet dummy. How do you get the picture you want to show the world onto the reply
You must use the image tag or you can use the image insert button in the edit post menu as I have done below, the image button is highlighted within the black box below.
After clicking the button you will get the following window to pop-up, this is where you enter the URL of the image:
Once the URL is added click the Insert button and the image will be added to your post.
The image must also be hosted on a web server on the Internet. For example, this image is saved to my server at the URL address of http://piedmontdivision.rymocs.com/images/postimg.jpg
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Great work guys!
Now what can I show.... umm........I haven't scratchbuilt anything good, custom painted anything, ummmm..... how about this?
It's a hillside from when my old train club re-did a hill, they gave it to me so I could have the trees, and I used the hill too!
All right, that the best I can do!
The next project for my neighbor, Bob, was to make some hot metal cars for the steel mill. I haven't seen a decent rendering of these in N scale, so we made some trips across the river to Granite City IL to the steel mill there to get some pictures.
These cars are the result. We took pictures of the cars used there and used the known wheelbase of the trucks to determine the total length of the cars. The metal vessels and the machinery cabinets are resin castings. The bogies are made of stryene, 21 individual pieces each. Trucks and couplers are Microtrains.
The last project was this gantry crane. We made another short road trip to north St Louis to get pictures of a flour plant and discovered an iron works behind it. This is what resulted. The longitudinal beams were made using Micro Engineering plate girders. The vertical supports are Evergreen I beams and H beams. The moving crane is made from styrene shapes, the operators cab was particularly interesting to build.
The first project I did for Bob's N scale layout was this double track wood trestle. I used bass wood for the bents and connecting beams. The track is Micro Engineering's bridge and trestle track.
The next project was for the paper mill. Walthers didn't make the rotary dump for the N scale mill. This is my rendition. The concrete dump pit is made of styrene sheets. the rotary dump is made from Evergreen styrene shapes and sheets and sits on some scrap Con Cor wheels.
I put saw dust in the pit and glued sawdust to a piece of mylar to simulate the load dumping from the car.