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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:13 PM
 spectratone wrote:

Still working on the highway. I sure hope this doesn,t offend anyone. Remember the old days when good old dad used to drink and drive and nobody knew what a seatbelt was?

N scale

Glenn 

I would imagine those guard rails were REALLY important after dad took a 'break'.Smile [:)]
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Posted by Newyorkcentralfan on Saturday, November 10, 2007 3:05 PM

Damn, that looks like Richard Nixon! Is he breaking into the crate? Maybe he *IS* a crook? 

 ukguy wrote:

Great work so far everyone, no trains here yet but here's a detail shot from a loading dock I'm working on.

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Posted by rs2mike on Saturday, November 10, 2007 3:31 PM

awesome,Awesome, AWesome,AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!  These are great pics this week guys.  I love them all.  Dave nice job for the show layout.  The list goes on on who I would like to say great work but I would tire quickly going back and forth getting all the screen names. 
Keep em coming all

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Posted by Robby P. on Saturday, November 10, 2007 3:51 PM

Great photo's as usual.  Makes me look at how much I don't work on my layout, when I see how much progress alot of you all have made on your layout each week.  I have been working on another southern car of mine.  I gave it alittle dust and grime, and added a custom load.  I am still messing around with the camera as far as croping, brightness, etc. 

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Posted by selector on Saturday, November 10, 2007 4:01 PM
Heartland Division CB&Q,

Thank-you!!  I appreciate your remark. Smile [:)]

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Posted by Hawks05 on Saturday, November 10, 2007 4:41 PM
 WCfan wrote:

As always, nice work guys.

Lee I really like the lumber yard. Very nice. Thumbs Up [tup]

Well for the past couple months I've been working on a Diorama of mine. I would like to get some more supplies for scenery, maybe even ballast tomorrow (I know, I'm dreaming). Hopefully I can get some pictures on Sunday. Hopefully it doesn't snow.



That's kind of like what I want to make over winter break. Just something to look at and better my very minimal skills. Try and make something that looks respectable. Very nice start.
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Posted by GAPPLEG on Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:09 PM

Lots of great pixs this week. I too love that lumberyard very realistic looking.

My contribution to this weeks modeling madness is the final throws of my strip mall project. Not quite done but getting there. Store signs still need to be invented.

Front view

 

Rear view

 

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Posted by RRCanuck on Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:49 PM

Great stuff as always.  I've been adding a new industrial spur this week, but until I receive and build the structure I ordered for that effort, there's not much point in showing it. 

The SOO is an old Athearn SD40 that I rarely run.  I decided to practise some weathering on a "junk" engine before I took a crack at Atlas and Kato stuff, and figured that, being white, it would be a good specimen to experiment on.  I was surprised to see that I had already had this same idea many years ago - when I pulled it from its box I saw that I had already tried to weather this engine years ago - and botched it up pretty badly.  What you see is a an attempt to salvage it, but I think it's still a botched job.  Live and learn.

These are a couple from the archives that I haven't shown before, and yes, I used photoshop for the sky and part of the hill in the head-on shot.

Salutations and appreciation to all you folks, past and present, in the armed forces.

Cheers.

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Posted by WCfan on Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:55 PM
 Hawks05 wrote:
 WCfan wrote:

As always, nice work guys.

Lee I really like the lumber yard. Very nice. Thumbs Up [tup]

Well for the past couple months I've been working on a Diorama of mine. I would like to get some more supplies for scenery, maybe even ballast tomorrow (I know, I'm dreaming). Hopefully I can get some pictures on Sunday. Hopefully it doesn't snow.



That's kind of like what I want to make over winter break. Just something to look at and better my very minimal skills. Try and make something that looks respectable. Very nice start.

Thanks. It dosn't take muck to build. It took me a day to build the "bench work" and add the foam on top. One thing through don't use the White foam. It's messy to work with.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, November 11, 2007 4:05 AM

MGRy 471 passing a KCS F7 waiting in a spur.

 

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Posted by spectratone on Sunday, November 11, 2007 7:56 AM

This yard shack is what I,m working on this weekend. Needs a fence and more junk and looks like I will have to start weathering some rails.

glenn (N Scale)

 

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Posted by Rick Bradley on Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:25 AM
I don't really see what wrong with your re-salvage job of your SD40, just looks like a well used engine,close to retirement or major overhaul.
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Posted by Hawks05 on Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:07 AM
 Rick Bradley wrote:
I don't really see what wrong with your re-salvage job of your SD40, just looks like a well used engine,close to retirement or major overhaul.


I agree, it looks pretty good. I've seen plenty of the SOO SD60's go past my place and they look basically like that. Very nice work.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 11, 2007 4:31 PM
 RRCanuck wrote:

The SOO is an old Athearn SD40 that I rarely run.  I decided to practise some weathering on a "junk" engine before I took a crack at Atlas and Kato stuff, and figured that, being white, it would be a good specimen to experiment on.  I was surprised to see that I had already had this same idea many years ago - when I pulled it from its box I saw that I had already tried to weather this engine years ago - and botched it up pretty badly.  What you see is a an attempt to salvage it, but I think it's still a botched job.  Live and learn.

I think it looks fine! Other people have different perspectives, I weathered my Atlas SDP35, and I thought it came out okay, as the weathering on the trucks was kinda focused of a few spots, and there was a patch on the long hood that looked like the cleaners missed it, but my brother said he loved it even more than my Atlas U23B which I though came out awsome!

I'll be happy to take it off your hands if you want, give it a home where it can run, yuou know..........Big Smile [:D]

BTW: I love the head on view with the signals!Thumbs Up [tup]Bow [bow]

Great stuff as usual everyone!!!Thumbs Up [tup]

Oh, can anyone actually see my photo on page 2? I'm getting a little red X......Banged Head [banghead]

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Posted by RRCanuck on Sunday, November 11, 2007 5:58 PM

Rick, Hawks, TrainMan Ty:

Thanks for your kind words.  Maybe it looks better in pictures than in real life! LOL.  Anyway, thanks again for your encouragement.

Tyler, I see the pic of the New Poland station just fine (nice).

Cheers.

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Posted by MAbruce on Sunday, November 11, 2007 6:08 PM

I'm a bit late as I've been busy painting all weekend.  No, not a loco, layout scenery, or rolling stock- just my family room.  Thrilling work...Zzz [zzz]

A mountain pass on my layout in N-scale.  Backdrop is digitally added.

  

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Posted by BRAKIE on Sunday, November 11, 2007 6:12 PM

Nice pictures and modeling everybody! Thumbs Up [tup]

 

A Westbound C&HV train running on trackage rights to DM Yard.

A oldie but goodie picture.

Larry

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Posted by selector on Sunday, November 11, 2007 6:40 PM

The last four days, or so, photobucket contributions have often shown up as red X's, or taken an inordinate amount of time to load, and not just on this forum.  Is it me, or what is going on?  Brakie's last two came up as X's by the time I lost patience and initiated this post.  Maybe they'll be up when I post this and return to the thread.

Edit - nope.  I left the thread and re-entered to reload, but not even red X's this time.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, November 11, 2007 7:01 PM
I use Photobucket for all my photos and have had no problems as long as I use the IMG tags. If I use the HTML code tags it's often hit or miss.

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Posted by Kenfolk on Sunday, November 11, 2007 7:04 PM

 

Lots of fun seeing everyone's work.

Here's an "old" photo of a scene on my n-scale layout.


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Posted by gear-jammer on Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:17 PM

Lots of great photos this weekend, all.

Bruce,  You are up to it again.   Background blends nicely.

Bow Down 

Sue





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Posted by GAPPLEG on Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:24 PM

Well just to bore everyone to death with this project , signs are up , stores are open.  Last post of this project, aren't you glad !Evil [}:)]

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:44 PM

Awww, I wanted a Victoria's Secret in that strip mall.  Maybe this could be a "living" model, with a shop closing down now and then, being vacant for a while, and then re-opening as something else.

I'm still working on my stockyard and packing plant.  I got a lot done this weekend, with the wife in Florida.

This is a really old Suydam model, which you've probably seen in other places.  I saw it a couple of weeks ago at the South Shore Model Railroad club, but this one is over 50.  I originally got it in a yard-sale Box o' Trains my Mom found when I was a kid.  (Don't laugh to loud.  Many of my turnouts are powered by Atlas switch machines I found in that box, and I've even got an Athearn F7 from it, running with a decoder.)

I'm going to replace the windows in the plant, and put some hogs or maybe sheep in the pen.  The stockyard is part of the Walthers kit, cut up in pieces to fit it into this odd curved space.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by Driline on Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:18 PM
 GAPPLEG wrote:

Well just to bore everyone to death with this project , signs are up , stores are open.  Last post of this project, aren't you glad !Evil [}:)]

Gappleg, what did you do for road stripes?

Decals?

Lektroset tape?

Oh, and where's the Victoria Secret I promised you'd build for everybody?Smile [:)]

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Posted by GAPPLEG on Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:22 PM

The striping is 1/16th yellow pin stripe tape from the auto building aisle. At least that's where I found it in my LHS.

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Posted by spectratone on Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:23 PM
 GAPPLEG wrote:

Well just to bore everyone to death with this project , signs are up , stores are open.  Last post of this project, aren't you glad !Evil [}:)]

What a nice clean town. the way it should be, don,t let any lowlife crackheads hang around.... 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:26 PM

Jerry,  Your strip mall has really progressed.Thumbs Up [tup]  You even have customers at the businesses already.

MrB,  The packing plant stockyard looks great.  Where are the cattle?  is the plant closed for the holiday?

Sue

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Posted by lvanhen on Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:35 PM
Jerry, the strip mall is one of the best projects I've seen lately!!  Keep up the good work, and don't be afraid of "boreing: anyone!!Big Smile [:D]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by andrechapelon on Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:43 PM
 GAPPLEG wrote:

Well just to bore everyone to death with this project , signs are up , stores are open.  Last post of this project, aren't you glad !Evil [}:)]

Great stuff, but who's the poor schlub who is publicly embarrassing himself by driving an AMC Pacer?

Andre 

 

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Posted by spectratone on Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:12 PM
 andrechapelon wrote:
 GAPPLEG wrote:

Well just to bore everyone to death with this project , signs are up , stores are open.  Last post of this project, aren't you glad !Evil [}:)]

Great stuff, but who's the poor schlub who is publicly embarrassing himself by driving an AMC Pacer?

Andre 

 

Probably Jay leno. Looks fully restored and must have bought it at the Barrett Jackson auction for $200,000Approve [^]

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