rolleiman wrote:http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q109/jjkyle/Other%20Stuff/IMGP6135_testbasement_whitebal.jpghttp://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q109/jjkyle/Other%20Stuff/hdrexperiment1cropm.jpgMy contributions for the week(end). Actually taken a couple months ago while trying to dial in the white balance of my layout lighting for available light photographs (to avoid that washed out flash glare look).
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q109/jjkyle/Other%20Stuff/IMGP6135_testbasement_whitebal.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q109/jjkyle/Other%20Stuff/hdrexperiment1cropm.jpg
My contributions for the week(end). Actually taken a couple months ago while trying to dial in the white balance of my layout lighting for available light photographs (to avoid that washed out flash glare look).
Jeff, very nice. I love the torpedoes. Very nice camera work also.
Tom
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Jeff, you've done a good job with the pictures, I like them! Color is good (that white balance can be a pill, can't it) Good sharpness and I like the way the camera is down at a level close to the locomotives, just like in real life! Good lighting, brings out the locomotives lights!
Jarrell
rolleiman wrote: My contributions for the week(end). Actually taken a couple months ago while trying to dial in the white balance of my layout lighting for available light photographs (to avoid that washed out flash glare look).
Cooter, the fella sitting on the lumber, is supposed to be helping load the truck but he'd rather play the harmonica. Lazy bum.
The building is an Atlas that I've added a 'tar paper' roof to, and weathered some. The 'lumber' is also an Atlas product. The stacks on this side of the building haven't been weathered yet. I think it looks a lot better when it is.
Light for the photo supplied by a work light on a stand up and to the right. The camera is an old model, 3 mp.. that I bought back in '99 or 2000.
JaRRell
Tom, Jarrell, Thanks a bunch.. Nice to know they are enjoyed..
Jarrell, I think I'd rather play a harmonica than move all that lumber too
Hey guys, I made snow plow too.
(Yeah whatever I'm a copycat.)
That isn't a snowplow... It's an ES44... plowing through an HST consist.
A couple of shots from my friend Art's layout
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We'll give this a shot. These are progress shots of an industrial area I've been working on. One track does go through the first floor of the factory. I need to tidy up the ties some where the underlay of colored plaster still sits on top. Lots more detail and signage to do, but it is at least progress. The second shot was with a single incadescent bulb that I thought made a nice evening shot. Still working on that focus thing as the camera is being pushed to the edge of it's abilities (and mine).
thanks for looking. J.R.
Hoople wrote: Hey guys, I made snow plow too.(Yeah whatever I'm a copycat.) That isn't a snowplow... It's an ES44... plowing through an HST consist.
Don't you mean a parrot?
GMTRacing wrote:We'll give this a shot. These are progress shots of an industrial area I've been working on. One track does go through the first floor of the factory. I need to tidy up the ties some where the underlay of colored plaster still sits on top. Lots more detail and signage to do, but it is at least progress. The second shot was with a single incadescent bulb that I thought made a nice evening shot. Still working on that focus thing as the camera is being pushed to the edge of it's abilities (and mine).*photos removed*thanks for looking. J.R.
Very nice! It looks like the real vegitation that would be in that area! Great job!
JaRRell: That sounds like me, except I'd be watching the train rather than moving lumber! Cool scene!
Don't know if I posted this before or not, but what the heck! Since the writer's strike, everybody is in re-runs! LOL
The Return of the P-5.
-George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
Jacon12!
A really great lumberyard! Nicely weathered. Often the materials in the bottom of a pile of wood is reused, so a little touch of (grey?) weathering on the lowest parts of the 'new' wood would do this scene even better. I have copied you photo to an album on my PC of scenes to be inspired of!
New Haven I-5 wrote: Here is my Snowplow!
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D and HRR wrote: Hoople wrote: Hey guys, I made snow plow too.(Yeah whatever I'm a copycat.) That isn't a snowplow... It's an ES44... plowing through an HST consist.Don't you mean a parrot?
Not all parrots copy. Try searching "Alex the African Grey." in google.
A few pix from my layout
TrainManTy wrote:George: I love the PRR mug on the control stand!
Wish I could take credit for it but its part of the add-on.
Sice my plow was such a hit, I guess I'll post some pictures of my scratchbuilt rock car too. It still needs the dump doors underneath.
It's lettered for a friend's railroad.
My latest long-term project:
Jim
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mononguy63 wrote:My latest long-term project: Jim
How do the trains in the yard squeeze under that bridge?
The Railroad or the Kid??
TrainManTy wrote:How do the trains in the yard squeeze under that bridge?
There's actually a 4" grade separation at the bridge. Chalk it up to bad photography. That's a Central Valley truss bridge (well, half of it, anyway) - some day maybe I'll finish it!
rolleiman wrote:The Railroad or the Kid??
Yup
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I hope I can be forgiven for posting and dashing. Here is my first image in about four weeks. A Pennsy K4s is about to leave the yard with a reefer at the head end and four heavyweights.
I'll go through the thread and take a good look at everyone's work soon. Like what I see so far!
-Crandell
That's some nice work guys. Tom the track with the moose looks just about perfect. That moose will be some surprised when a train comes whistling around the bend. The New River Mine is always impressive, but the weathering you've done really makes it look the real deal.
Ray - the homestead is nice also. What will you use for the foundation for the barn ? I usually add fill and bank it against the bottom of the structure wall, but a concrete slab would be better in a lot of cases.
Crandell - the yard could probably use a little more staining between the rails, but the rest is spot on.
Thanks all for sharing. J.R.
GMTRacing wrote: Ray - the homestead is nice also. What will you use for the foundation for the barn ? I usually add fill and bank it against the bottom of the structure wall, but a concrete slab would be better in a lot of cases.
J.R. I will probably just fill up to the walls of the barn. The scene is 1925, and while portions of the barn would have concrete poured inside (stantion/milking area), usually the boards would come right to the ground and it would have a dirt floor. The exception would be a field stone foundation, but the kit doesn't have it. Even then the boards would generally come close to the ground. The silo, OTOH would be placed on a concrete foundation for stability, at least the one on the farm I grew up on did.
Thanks Olav! Yes, that lumber needs to be weathered. The piles on the other side of the building are weathered so I don't know why I didn't bring them over to this side for the picture.
I appreciate your suggestions!
OlavM wrote:Jacon12!A really great lumberyard! Nicely weathered. Often the materials in the bottom of a pile of wood is reused, so a little touch of (grey?) weathering on the lowest parts of the 'new' wood would do this scene even better. I have copied you photo to an album on my PC of scenes to be inspired of!
Good stuff everyone.
I've been working on this GP-40 for the past few days. Its an Athearn BB kit, originally in CSX paint. I'm turning it into a NYC loco. So far it has been stripped and painted. The decals are from MicroScale, the lift rings from Kato, the grab irons from Tichy and A-line. I'm still waiting for plastic handrails, lighting and MU and air-hoses from Atlas. This photo was taken just before I sprayed on the DulCote.
I bought a bunch of small 'natural product' trees at a train show a couple of months ago. I think they look much better than the home made lodge-pole pines they replaced.
Some great photos and work here today. Keep it up guys. This thread is always inspiring.
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Allan
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First time posting here, thought I would post a few steam shots...
And something to bring an end to the pictures:
GMTRacing wrote: ...Crandell - the yard could probably use a little more staining between the rails, but the rest is spot on... J.R.
...Crandell - the yard could probably use a little more staining between the rails, but the rest is spot on...
J.R.
Thanks for the feedback, GMTRacing. Funny you should mention the staining. It so happens that I was away for two weeks, and decided upon my return to vacuum the entire rail system and then wipe the rails with alcohol. What I forgot was that I never sprayed a fixative on the cinders I poured in the yard, so the vacuum did its job. I didn't really notice it until you pointed it out. Thanks. I'll get right on it.