GTX765 wrote: james saunders wrote: Hello all, here is my first contribution for a long time. Here are my first two Coal wagons I've finished, two VAK coal wagons, which are circa 1980. They are painted to appear heavily weathered, they were silver originally, similar to the Bethgons etc of the US. They have a 76t tare weight. The middle photo, actually has a decal which was printed from a photo of an actual wagon, which QR paid some artists to paint, to deter graffitti.There are a few other wagons in a similar scheme. The last photo is just normal graffitti, which is very common on coal wagons here. Hope you enjoyed.I did not realize that in AU they put graffitti on your wagons there, here in Omaha, NE almost all the wagons have graffitti. Sometimes it makes me sick to see it. Your wagons look great, I do not think I will have the talent to do it myself.
james saunders wrote: Hello all, here is my first contribution for a long time. Here are my first two Coal wagons I've finished, two VAK coal wagons, which are circa 1980. They are painted to appear heavily weathered, they were silver originally, similar to the Bethgons etc of the US. They have a 76t tare weight. The middle photo, actually has a decal which was printed from a photo of an actual wagon, which QR paid some artists to paint, to deter graffitti.There are a few other wagons in a similar scheme. The last photo is just normal graffitti, which is very common on coal wagons here. Hope you enjoyed.
Hello all, here is my first contribution for a long time.
Here are my first two Coal wagons I've finished, two VAK coal wagons, which are circa 1980. They are painted to appear heavily weathered, they were silver originally, similar to the Bethgons etc of the US. They have a 76t tare weight. The middle photo, actually has a decal which was printed from a photo of an actual wagon, which QR paid some artists to paint, to deter graffitti.There are a few other wagons in a similar scheme. The last photo is just normal graffitti, which is very common on coal wagons here.
Hope you enjoyed.
I did not realize that in AU they put graffitti on your wagons there, here in Omaha, NE almost all the wagons have graffitti. Sometimes it makes me sick to see it. Your wagons look great, I do not think I will have the talent to do it myself.
The wagons that sit in the yards, or at a standstill for long periods are the ones targetted normally. Wagons on the move most of the time are relatively graffitti free.
Thankyou for the compliments.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
jktrains wrote: It is weekend photo FUN, right. And the weekend before Halloween. So in that spiritThere's more than one kind of BNSF pumpkinRailroading's past and presentTrick or Treat!
It is weekend photo FUN, right. And the weekend before Halloween. So in that spirit
There's more than one kind of BNSF pumpkin
Railroading's past and present
Trick or Treat!
Good stuff right there.
Wow - a very high standard here. Congratulations to all.
My Atlas MEC RS11, HO scale, crosses the river on the UK side, and heads for the US. Viewed through the hole in the backscene, with a temporary backscene propped up behind.
Mike
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
After cleaning up the mess on the layout that I left it in over a month ago, I finally got back to some work.
Trying to get that track buried in the dirt look. First level of ballasting/dirt is on plus some unkempt grass.
Regards,
Tom
james saunders wrote:That yard looks busy there, Tom!
This photo shows the ore boat docked at the ore loader,(before the ore chutes were installed). Next to it is the front of the four track railroad ferry, in one of two harbors on my HO layout Other than E-BAY, does anyone know where one can get a kit for an HO steel mill?
"The wagons that sit in the yards, or at a standstill for long periods are the ones targetted normally. Wagons on the move most of the time are relatively graffitti free."
James, I suspect it's kinda hard to paint when you're jogging.
Ray
HHPATH56 wrote: This photo shows the ore boat docked at the ore loader,(before the ore chutes were installed). Next to it is the front of the four track railroad ferry, in one of two harbors on my HO layout Other than E-BAY, does anyone know where one can get a kit for an HO steel mill?
HHPATH56,
Ahh another steel mill modeler !!! Your right its hard to find these kits other than e-bay. The only help I can offer is Peachcreekshops.com. Here you will find all sorts of steel mill related kits.What you won't find is the Walthers kits....all sold out.
What kits are you looking for ?
Patrick
Beaufort,SC
Dragon River Steel Corp {DRSC}
Building a HO scale fully intergated steel mill complex.
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.
I'm looking for one too. My neighbor and I have been drafted to create a steel mill on a friend's HO scale layout. According to the owner of a LHS, Walthers is planning to re-issue the kit. If that's true, I imagine all the guys who've paid through the nose for them on E pay will feel pretty foolish.
RRCanuck wrote:
Cannuck, I can't wait to see your weathering.
There are sure some great layouts in the photos this week.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
RRCanuck wrote:I've had CN diesel running for a while. Time to switch to CP, and while doing it, figured I'd take a few pics of the roster. Good work everyone. Cheers.These CN locos are P2K, Atlas, Athearn, Kato, plus one BLI thrown in for good measure.CP locos are Kato and Atlas. They could all do with a touch of weathering...one of these days I'll get a round tuit.
I've had CN diesel running for a while. Time to switch to CP, and while doing it, figured I'd take a few pics of the roster. Good work everyone. Cheers.
These CN locos are P2K, Atlas, Athearn, Kato, plus one BLI thrown in for good measure.
CP locos are Kato and Atlas. They could all do with a touch of weathering...one of these days I'll get a round tuit.
JK; I love the pumpkins!!!!
Mr. B; I like the night shots, it's making me want a subway station, too bad there aren't any in Concord, NH!
OKrlroads; I like that 2nd shot!
No photos for me this week yet; maybe if I can motivate myself to go and take some pictures of the new scenery in the yard I'll post some!
Well not much to show but still making progress on my little engine house:
This is Ho scale and the locomotive is a Kato SD45
Be Wise Beware Be Safe
"Mountain Goat" Greg
SP&S Oregon Trunk
mountaingoatgreg wrote: Well not much to show but still making progress on my little engine house:"Mountain Goat" Greg
Not so little!! It'll be fantastic when done.
Cheers.
Mountain goat , big is the word. I assume your layout is going to be huge to hold that monster. What brand of windows did you use for those nice looking windows ?
I did almost nothing worth mentioning this week, doing some urban renewal that does not need pixs. But my friendly FEDEX man delivered this today ----
I rarely allow EMD's on my layout , but the venerable SD40-T2 is a must for an SP layout. Athearn HO RTR.
Jerry SP FOREVER http://photobucket.com/albums/f317/GAPPLEG/
A look at this week's addition to the diorama project. Persons with sharp eyes may recognize where this item came from. Years back I purchased a Bachman G-scale Big Hauler set, and with it came an O-scale Plasticville coaling tower? I guess Bachman figured that everybody likes "free" stuff, even if it is out of scale.
I simply never got rid of it. Now that I'm working in On30, I decided to see if I could convert it for use on my new shelf layout. As it needed to be considerably shorter, I cut the bottom half of the steel supports completely away. I also reduced the upper bunker by taking about an inch and a half off of the top of it. I had to do some serious rework on the stairs and platforms, in order to avoid fouling cars on the track that passes beneath the tower. I used some of the removed siding material to create a door for the coal chute, which operates. And I also have fixed up the delivery chute itself so that can be raised and lowered. Next I need to figure out some sort of operating mechanism.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
The windows are from City Classics and they have been custom cut and shaped to fit what as needed. They are pretty easy to cut and use and I have been happy with them so far. The building is made from two walthers Rolling Mills. I am building it for a club in Eugene Oregon and this is just one part of the serviceing facility. Here is a link to their website.
http://www.lsofmrr.org
Great Work every one. It gives me inspiration to look at your works guys.
RRCanuck: Looks really good, can't wait to see it weathered.
mountaingoatgreg: Wow! That thing is HUGE. I hope that was sarcasm because if that's small I can't imagine the size of your layout!
I haven't done much at all this month. I've been working on a diorama, but no need for pictures of that now. At this moment I'm working on my WC P2K SD45. I had got it used, so the body isn't in the best of shape. I'm most disappointed about the roof. There a huge hole I had to fill where the horn was. Anyway I want to model this locomotive pretty close to the proto-type 6588.
Here's a good shot I found off of the internet.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=78781
As you can tell I still need to add the War Flag on the side, and I need to add that thing around the window. (Sorry I don't know what that's called) I also need to make a 3 Window Bay Window. Hopefully a stop to my LHS can fix that.
BTW. Sorry for the darkness.
My Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/JR7582 My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcfan/
rayw46 wrote: "The wagons that sit in the yards, or at a standstill for long periods are the ones targetted normally. Wagons on the move most of the time are relatively graffitti free."James, I suspect it's kinda hard to paint when you're jogging.Ray
By that I mean our intermodal wagons and the like have little graffitti, our coal, fuel and box wagons are covered in it.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
zgardner18 wrote: I added my rock face cut. It isn't exactly prototypical of the cut at Muir, Montana but close enough for me. The look that I was going for was rocks protruding through the dirt. This marks the first rocks that I have even done. I followed Joe Fugate's video. Thanks Joe! (Note: Scenery is no where near complete)[IMG ]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f77/zgardner18/mydocuments009.jpg[/IMG][IMG ]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f77/zgardner18/mydocuments016.jpg[/IMG]
I added my rock face cut. It isn't exactly prototypical of the cut at Muir, Montana but close enough for me. The look that I was going for was rocks protruding through the dirt. This marks the first rocks that I have even done. I followed Joe Fugate's video. Thanks Joe! (Note: Scenery is no where near complete)
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mmmmm, good stuff, those are the insparational type of pictures Zak, thanks for sharing.
Great pictures everybody. I didn't do much this week/weekend other than knock a wall down in the basement, um.....weather some cars, and go to the casino up the road and lose $160. The first two wasn't to bad, but the 3rd one (casino) made it a bad weekend so far.
Heres a couple of pictures of the cars.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Robby P. wrote: Great pictures everybody. I didn't do much this week/weekend other than knock a wall down in the basement, um.....weather some cars, and go to the casino up the road and lose $160. The first two wasn't to bad, but the 3rd one (casino) made it a bad weekend so far.
Negative $160? OUCH....
"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"
EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION
http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588
Robby P. wrote: go to the casino up the road and lose $160.
go to the casino up the road and lose $160.
I found a great way to keep from losing money in casinos and it works every time. I stay away from them.
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CNJ831
Here's a weathering job I did last winter. It's a wash of alcohol and black leather dye applied with an airbrush.
Robby P. wrote:I think I am done with the casino. For the month I am -$300. Just think of the stuff I could by at $300.