OKrlroads wrote: Great work everybody.loather and Mike, nice job on the buildings.Aggro, Mitch, weathering and detail work look great.Driline, got any pics from trailer park guys camera?
Great work everybody.loather and Mike, nice job on the buildings.Aggro, Mitch, weathering and detail work look great.Driline, got any pics from trailer park guys camera?
Great work everybody.
loather and Mike, nice job on the buildings.
Aggro, Mitch, weathering and detail work look great.
Driline, got any pics from trailer park guys camera?
As a matter of fact I do! Unfortunately the "Forum cops" would probably yank that picture in no time flat.
MRH044 wrote:
I looked at this picture, and thought, "That guy looks like me, saying 'Hmmm...could I do this in HO?' " If you don't mind, I'm going to try to copy those welding tanks. That's really, really nice detail work. Thanks.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Nice work everyone. I'm planning on doing some work during the later part of today so I might fire up the camera and put some pictures on here before the weekend is over. It's went by so fast... thats not good. But I do have tomorrow off so it is a three day weekend, which is good.
-beegle55
Well here's my work for the weekend.
A SOO 50' Pulg door boxcar I made into a wood chip hopper.
Here's the crew doing a drop move.
Here's the brake man stopping the car.
Here are some prototype shots.
http://wc2scale.fotopic.net/c598861.html
My Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/JR7582 My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcfan/
lvanhen wrote: Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of grafitti, but your ability to copy the prototype is remarkable!!! It almost looks like you photographed the original & made decals from it!! How did you ever get the ATW114169 on the truck?!! GREAT JOB!!!!
Thanks Lou-I used the smallest font of an N scale alphabet decal sheet-all I can say is after doing these, I have that much more respect for the N scale folk as they have to deal with that small size on a regular basis.
I do the graffiti by hand, as I don't have the means to replicate in decal form.
Here are my contributions, finally. Thought I was going to have to toss my computer out the window because my camera was being difficult. But I won. Heres what Ive got:
Tourists at the Bald Mountain Zoo getting up close and personal
Workers on the Bald Mountain loading dock and office.
And here are some shots from the senic trip from Huntington, WV to Hinton, WV]
New River Gorge Bridge
From a different angle
Picture of the train rounding the bend
Bill54 wrote: I've been wanting to put a few pics on here for weeks but haven't had much to show except benchwork. I'm finally starting to lay roadbed. I was given good advice & tips from several members here which made the process go much easier and faster. Here are a few pics of my staging area where I started laying the cork roadbed.
I've been wanting to put a few pics on here for weeks but haven't had much to show except benchwork.
I'm finally starting to lay roadbed. I was given good advice & tips from several members here which made the process go much easier and faster. Here are a few pics of my staging area where I started laying the cork roadbed.
Your benchwork looks well built and nicely laid out. Very nice....
I really didn't want to work on the layout this weekend but instead, I started a new little project I could pack up and take with me anywhere....
Bob Berger, C.O.O. N-ovation & Northwestern R.R. My patio layout....SEE IT HERE
There's no place like ~/ ;)
beegle55 wrote: Snip Picture of the train rounding the bend -beegle55
Snip
So did you wave when you went through Thurmond ?
Hope that Tiger isn't a man eater !
TerryinTexas
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Beegle55: I've never seen a zoo on a layout before! Cool! If you don't mind some constructive critisism, you might want to put some fences up between the animals and people so no one gets eaten! (Zebras/humans)
I've been working on a river, which I hope to pour tomorrow if all goes well, and foresting my pass some more, (a NEVERENDING job!!!) but I found some time to take a few misc. photos.
(Above) Train 403 rumbles past the New Poland, NH depot.
(Above) Snowplow extra 431 charges the pass.
Well there is an all around fence around the zoo, but I haven't got to the protective fencing. I think instead I might get creative with the scene, you've given me a better idea. I'll keep you updated on what I do to it... hehe.
Great photos everyone!
Here is the grim reaper in the graveyard:
ATVer driving off a cliff:
Dog atacks mailman:
Detailed and lighted NJT cab car:
Have a good week!
As usually, I sought inspiration by running some trains....
Then I started working on one of the RS-3's that Bufkin sent me in trade for doing brain surgery on some of his locomotives.... I was able to strip, detail, paint and letter it before bed time.
So please, welcome newly christened #191 to the fleet!
I also got some weathering done to a couple of pieces of rolling stock. I'm using various washes of craft acrylic, thinned with dirty water.
Then today, to cap it off, RockGP40 and I adventured off to Delmar, Delaware to the Delmarva Model Railroad Club open house. Before we got there, though, we stopped to watch the local NS power get tied down for the night.
There we are getting cozy with an SD-40-2.
Then it was up the street a block or so to the club.
There's a lot more posted on my web gallery, but here's a couple of samples of what we saw...N Scale -
HO Scale -
and the shot of the day...I kept a full size file of that one... I'm going to send it in to MR to see if they'll pick it up.
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
steamage wrote: AggroJones wrote: Nice work evryone. Especially sweet Brian M.Driline thats shaping up well. Is that Woodland Scenic field grass?Heres some stuff from me.Yeah, I would love to see a forum clinic on how Aggro does that AWSOME weathering. Mabye he already has a I'm just too new.Aggro, Thats really good weathering on the Frisco hopper. I'd like to read a thread of how you weather and did those rusty spots.
AggroJones wrote: Nice work evryone. Especially sweet Brian M.Driline thats shaping up well. Is that Woodland Scenic field grass?Heres some stuff from me.
Nice work evryone.
Especially sweet Brian M.
Driline thats shaping up well. Is that Woodland Scenic field grass?
Heres some stuff from me.
Yeah, I would love to see a forum clinic on how Aggro does that AWSOME weathering. Mabye he already has a I'm just too new.Aggro, Thats really good weathering on the Frisco hopper. I'd like to read a thread of how you weather and did those rusty spots.
wm3798 wrote:and the shot of the day...I kept a full size file of that one... I'm going to send it in to MR to see if they'll pick it up.Lee
You might want to re-take it with a sheet of blue plywood (or better yet, foam) propped up behind the scene so you can't see those ceiling tiles....
Since this is a extended weekend for some, here are some progress pics on extending Bald Mountain. Gotta love big mountain projects with foam and cardboard and plaster... going everywhere.
wm3798 wrote: and the shot of the day...I kept a full size file of that one... I'm going to send it in to MR to see if they'll pick it up.Lee
Nice work every one!
I'm guessing that is a PRR SD45, right? (6140) Long live the SD45s.
TrainManTy wrote:You might want to re-take it with a sheet of blue plywood (or better yet, foam) propped up behind the scene so you can't see those ceiling tiles....
I'd need an awfully big piece of foam... The layout fills a 50x50 space. I don't think a wee bit of photoshopping would hurt anyone's feelings...
All right! I know its Tuesday! I just thought I'd post a photo of a snow diarama I've been working on.
Bapou wrote:I saw that on your oil tank it said Esso which is the European name for Exxon, so I hope you are modelin Europ on the diorama! Although you have a New Haven loco there!
Sometime in the early 70's they changed to EXXON. I believe the model is an F unit which would be in the right era where ESSO would be correct.
Bill
I inherited that building from my great-grandfather. I don't know where he got it. Hey! I'll name it Bapou Oil!
EDIT: I actually model a 1997 shortline, so that loco was purchased second-hand. As for why it's painted for the NH; it's a.....a......um......Heritage Scheme!
TrainManTy wrote:I inherited that building from my great-grandfather. I don't know where he got it. Hey! I'll name it Bapou Oil! EDIT: I actually model a 1997 shortline, so that loco was purchased second-hand. As for why it's painted for the NH; it's a.....a......um......Heritage Scheme!
Hey thanks! Even if you don't change it now that we found out it was Esso in the 50s and 60s.
EDIT I guess you will be changing it now that I saw your edit. Thanks for naming it after me!
I went to your pic link and it said the file was empty?
Am I doing something wrong here, I cut and pasted the link into my web browser and nothing??
Just thought I'd give you a heads up.