TrainManTy wrote: jktrains wrote: Ty,I like the first 2 night shots better than the others. On the third, the headlight (flashlight?) is too blinding and takes away from see anything else. On the first two there is just enough light to be able to see the subject and around it which causes the viewer to focus on it. Nice, keep experimenting.Thanks!It was a flashlight..... There's NO WAY I could do that with the little headlight of a model loco!The light on the 2nd one was supposed to be from a street lamp which is installed, but not hooked up yet. BTW: How did you do the moon? It looks great!
jktrains wrote: Ty,I like the first 2 night shots better than the others. On the third, the headlight (flashlight?) is too blinding and takes away from see anything else. On the first two there is just enough light to be able to see the subject and around it which causes the viewer to focus on it. Nice, keep experimenting.
Ty,
I like the first 2 night shots better than the others. On the third, the headlight (flashlight?) is too blinding and takes away from see anything else. On the first two there is just enough light to be able to see the subject and around it which causes the viewer to focus on it.
Nice, keep experimenting.
Thanks!
It was a flashlight..... There's NO WAY I could do that with the little headlight of a model loco!
The light on the 2nd one was supposed to be from a street lamp which is installed, but not hooked up yet.
BTW: How did you do the moon? It looks great!
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
In a stunning surprise to industry observers, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved vast new routes and right of ways for the Silverton Railroad:
Some wags suggest Otto Mears bribed the ICC to get the new routes, but there is NO EVIDENCE supporting these scurrilous allegations.
Chief Engineer C.W. Gibbs drove the crews mercilessly to get the right of way graded and the rail laid for the new lines before winter set its icy grip on the Colorado Rockies:
Delays in shipping postponed finished infrastructure wiring, so the men were tasked with a Holiday Beautification Project, system-wide, which is progressing nicely and may well in fact be completed before the holidays:
Then again, maybe not. It is rumored that the real power behind the Mears throne, a shady figure known only as "jeffers", may be spending too much time knocking out easy multi-pitch rock climbs, and not enough time working the railroad.
Time will tell.
Just fooling around with the camera.
SteamFreak wrote: SpaceMouse wrote:Bruce and Dave,Nice nice layout pics. Guys, don't you just love those N-scale layouts. They are just so cute! Uh-oh Chip, them's fightin' words!
SpaceMouse wrote:Bruce and Dave,Nice nice layout pics. Guys, don't you just love those N-scale layouts. They are just so cute!
Uh-oh Chip, them's fightin' words!
I'm still too stuffed with turkey to move.
Nice work everyone!
Wow, people are doing big things this weekend. I did a bit of scenery, and decided to upgrade some horn-hooks. These old log cars were made by a Hong Kong company named Crown back in the early 1960's. They've got 4 trucks apiece, mounted on a swivel bar, with a single mounting point from the bar to the frame. The couplers are mounted on the end of the bar.
I took a bunch of pics as I was doing the couplers, and I think I'll try to put together a photo essay on this one. The logs look too plastic right now, too, so the next thing on these will be to remove and paint the logs, and then replace the wire holding them down with chain. I think the cars might need some real weight, too. They don't track all that well.
The other Bruce that lives in MA.
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Nice work guys!
Not as pretty as most of yours, but here's the farm house I started this weekend......
Next I need to get some shingles, paint and a brick foundation.
Not too impressive, but considering it use to be a flat sheet of styrene... I'm proud of it
Hi All,
Hope you are enjoying Thanks Giving! No long week-end here in Australia!
Just a couple of progress shots of the station platform. My fathers been in Hospital for the past 10 weeks recovering from a stroke so the amount of progress on the layout is slower at the moment. Will have to match the colour of the station later!
Original station installed
Platform extension photo 1
Platform extension photo 2
Regards,
Nigel
PS. Sorry about all the junk, they were just very quick photos!
MisterBeasley wrote: Wow, people are doing big things this weekend. I did a bit of scenery, and decided to upgrade some horn-hooks. These old log cars were made by a Hong Kong company named Crown back in the early 1960's. They've got 4 trucks apiece, mounted on a swivel bar, with a single mounting point from the bar to the frame. The couplers are mounted on the end of the bar.I took a bunch of pics as I was doing the couplers, and I think I'll try to put together a photo essay on this one. The logs look too plastic right now, too, so the next thing on these will be to remove and paint the logs, and then replace the wire holding them down with chain. I think the cars might need some real weight, too. They don't track all that well.The other Bruce that lives in MA.
Really Like the log cars Mr B
Can't wait to see them with the logs painted !
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Here is my long weekend project. The Low Gap trestle's backdrop is complete and the rocks are painted. My thanks to the guidance posted on the "layout" side of the forum for the great rock painting tips. The next item is the greenery.
The area to the left where the paint tapers off will be a foreground mountain. Below is a "before" shot of Low Gap.
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
graphitehemi wrote:Next I need to get some shingles, paint and a brick foundation.Not too impressive, but considering it use to be a flat sheet of styrene... I'm proud of it
Nice work, graphite. Are you following any plan, or just winging it?
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
I agree, Austin Redbox. We have raised this matter in the past.
Folks, encouraging and challenging each other is what this thread is all about...that much doesn't need to change. But as has been pleaded many times over the time I have been a member here, when we load this thread with repetitions of the images, it effectively excludes the members who are not able to subscribe to DSL or wideband....it doesn't matter the reason, they just can't. That's one reason.
Also, it makes this thread very long, often running to many pages of those same repetitions.
Would it be okay if we compacted this thread a bit more from now on? It would only take a bit longer to edit out the HTML code for the images if you really must have a quote in your thread. But, it would be preferable, I think, to merely state the person's name and give them the kudos or the question.
Please?
-Crandell
SteamFreak wrote:Nice work, graphite. Are you following any plan, or just winging it?
Thanks! I'm following the plan that I made up on Thursday while looking at a few 'farm houses' in the Walthers cataloge. I just needed a little insperation to get a shape of the footprint.
Thanks guys for the complements.
Graphitehemi, that looks nice! SteamFreak, I think he might be winging it, but it looks way to good.
Dragenrider, nice work. I really like the trestle scene.
Well I got some more work done on my Diorama, I got the ballasting done. The main is Dark grey ballast, and is suppose to represent the former Soo Line main, and the interchange is MILW white to represent a former Milwaukee Road line that crossed the SOO farther up the diorama which I didn't model. Now WC just uses the Interchange to get on the former MILW main.
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Too many good photos on here to single out one or two, so well done everyone.
Here's my near-finished scratchbuilt station building/waiting room on the OO scale British half of the layout.
And a couple of Maine Central locos - weathered Atlas RS11, new Proto 2000 S3. HO scale. Sky and haze added with Paintshop Pro.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Mike
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
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Looking good, btw, its time to update that Dale Jr hood for next year ;)
It's a folded dogbone on a piece of 2" foam measuring about 20" x 36". I had it up and running in about an hour. Now to add some snow, a couple of structures, and some lighting...Lee
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Nothing new from me this week, so a few freight cars that have been through the works recently.
Jon
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Thanks Selector [re the stonework] After painting it I rubbed on some powdered artists pastel, smoothed it a bit and set it in place with artists fixative spray.
great weathering, Jon
mikelhh wrote: great weathering, Jon
Thanks Mike.
After painting with acrylics and lettering (except the RFP, which was already done) I applied acrylic washes and drybrushed the acrylic dirt on.
Nice weathering Jon !!
Here's a couple of shots of the 2 car Local that ran between Thurmond and Mt Hope
A distance of about 15 miles as many as 8 trips per day
jktrains wrote:I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2. Here's the front shot after details have been added:Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons.
I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2.
Here's the front shot after details have been added:
Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.
Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons.
jk, I'm most envious of your work here. I only wish I were that talented. Please don't take my comments as a bashing of your work, it's not. There appears to be (after blowing the photo up to see the details), two things I would change here. First is the painted over class lights and most importantly is to flip the coupler over. Great work and thanks for shareing. Ken
Great photo weekend guys! Here's my contribution --- some olders pics...
Winter weather finally arrives in Castle Canyon as the heat fades away.
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Great work everybody!! Like to give special kudos to Railphotog for great picture.WM3798 That Christmas layout will look great, just set back and watch that Shay chug around the slopes.TrainManTy Keep up the work on your photos, your getting better all the time.
Great work everybody!!
Like to give special kudos to Railphotog for great picture.
WM3798 That Christmas layout will look great, just set back and watch that Shay chug around the slopes.
TrainManTy Keep up the work on your photos, your getting better all the time.
Eriediamond wrote: jktrains wrote: I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2. Here's the front shot after details have been added:Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons. jk, I'm most envious of your work here. I only wish I were that talented. Please don't take my comments as a bashing of your work, it's not. There appears to be (after blowing the photo up to see the details), two things I would change here. First is the painted over class lights and most importantly is to flip the coupler over. Great work and thanks for shareing. Ken
jktrains wrote: I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2. Here's the front shot after details have been added:Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons.
An easy fix for the class lights is a couple of MV Products #300 clear lenses. Use a pin to make a drill starting point in the center of the class light so the drill will not slip, then use a small drill bit (close to the diameter to the class light) to drill a "dimple" where the class lights are located . I like to use Micro Crystal Clear to install the MV lens into the dimple.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Thanks for the compliments everyone!
JKtrains, your coupler's upside down! (Don't worry, I've done that a billion times)
Other that that, that loco is outstanding!!!!!
The painted over class lights may be prototypicly correct, as many were plated over to save on maintanance costs.
Great job everyone!