I thought this would have been out by now. Anyway Lets get started!
Some of my efforts for the last couple of weeks. Not as far along as a lot of you are but I'm getting there!
Bill
I needed to take a break from building the Mountain so I started the Engine facility. It is a whole new area so I was back to table work. That was fun. Here are some pics of the last work on the mountain for a while and the first steps of the engine facility with the roundhouse and the turntable, just set in there this afternoon.
Nice work Art. Can't wait until I am advanced as you are on the layout. Great Pics.
Very nice Art! Your general layout feel reminds me of John Allen's work! Great job!
I have plenty of new stuff I haven't shared, 2 scratchbuilt industries, and a new section of street running, (after the article on street running in TRAINS and the embedded rails in MR this issue, I couldn't resist.)
Unfortunetly, I can't find the camera card reader! They're on the camera now.
Art, the first image is truly inspiring...and inspired. Amazing. It will be very good to see your engine facility done in the weeks ahead. It looks most promising at the moment.
-Crandell
Bill, you are making fantastic progress. You appear well on your way toward a monster layout. Your trackwork and benchwork aren't too shabby, you know?
The J. B. Ford Glassworks...
... with a nice sports car parked nearby.
Nice work fellas.
Northbound #126, "PRITA"(Proviso-Itaska) passes the old Andreason farm just north of Sarona,Wis.on the way to Spooner.
Terry
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Art, are you having an "Encounter" on top of that hill?!! Great job!
Terry, Is the farmer in the red suit answering natures call? Great job also!!
lvanhen wrote: Art, are you having an "Encounter" on top of that hill?!! Great job!Terry, Is the farmer in the red suit answering natures call? Great job also!!
I just noticed that...
Awesome place for an "Encounter".
Rotor
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Moving into the final stretch with my engine house project. One of the things that slowed me down a bit was that I had to fabricate my own door hinges. While installing the plastic hinges that came with the kit, I managed to glue one of the doors in a permantly closed position. In the process of trying to free up the door I trashed two of the hinges on it. It's one of the few things I have found about this kit of which I am critical. There are a number of small parts molded in plastic that are far too delicate for regular use and handling.
I wound up replacing all the hinges with my own homemade ones. I made the hinges out of .005 inch sheet brass. I folded the brass like a flag around a standard sewing pin, and soldered it together. Being careful not to solder the pin to the brass as well. The pin is then bent 90 degrees, and inserted into the door jamb. It worked out pretty well.
What's left is interior details, and interior and exterior lighting.
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!
Good work, everyone!
Here's a couple of railfanning snapshots I took while I was on a business trip a couple of weeks ago. I was touring the Civil War battlefield in Fredericksburg, VA.
This first shot was taken at Hamilton's Crossing, where the extreme right of the Confederate battle line was. During the battle, they off-loaded resupply trains from Richmond near this spot.
This next shot of a CSX southbound freight is not a very good one, but it was also taken from the top of a ridge near the far right of the Confederate battle line.
Dan Stokes
My other car is a tunnel motor
On the other hand , this was intentional:
Back right corner of the building.
Mark P.
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I went railfanning for the first time in years today. Unless I'm mistaken, I spotted the last SD20 that the Wisconsin & Southern owns in the Janesville Five Points yard. (Later in the day, I also moved from a great filming spot only to have a train pass it minutes later.)
I am enjoying all the real and definitely real images, guys.
For this week, I returned to an old favorite railfanning site of mine, the natural portal in the west of the Seneca Falls Sub. I caught this lovely gal laboring lightly ahead of a considerable coal drag.
I've been collecting some more 1930s-style vehicles for Sweethome Chicago.
I am now busy with some billboards and posters for the layout
Jon
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Rotorranch wrote: lvanhen wrote: Art, are you having an "Encounter" on top of that hill?!! Great job!I just noticed that...Awesome place for an "Encounter".
lvanhen wrote: Art, are you having an "Encounter" on top of that hill?!! Great job!
He modelled it out of mashed potatoes first.
Very ambitious, Art! Careful around that quarry.
selector wrote:I caught this lovely gal laboring lightly ahead of a considerable coal drag.
Uhh, Crandell... that's an Allegheny!
Nice cure for the midwinter blues.
Great shots, all.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
Bill. Slow going ? Hey, any progress is good. Don't be discouraged. Many of us go for days, weeks and months without doing anything.
Art, I think you did your mountains carving foam, correct? I like. I've recently been working with a friend who is doing wet casting with plaster. Your examples just show that there is always more than one way to skin a cat.
Jon, your pictures are astounding. I'm modeling 1952 but I feel like your pictures are pulling me back ... back ... back!
Regards,
Tom
It has been since Jan that I did any real proper work on my RR - see Bill, you have made more real progress than I.
Over the last two weeks or so I decided the procrastination was enough. This is the Walther's Creamery kit - first of 5 buildings with roof just set in place for now. Before I can do anymore in this area I need to drop in some torti behind this building.
I used Rustoleum primer. Lightly applied it did not cover the brick detail. Will still add a light morter wash.
Jon,
Your work is inspiring as always! Makes me want to do an urban scene, though I'm sure I'll fall short of yours!
Here's my contribution this week:
Train 33 leans into the curve through the cut and flies over US522 behind PRR Class EP-22 #5890 (EMD E8A) en route from New York to St Louis, following a locomotive change at Harrisburg.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Nice work everyone, as always. I don't have much new to look at this weekend but here's something old.
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I haven't gotten a lot done lately but I did work on the Atlas (brand) lumber yard and surroundings a little.
Here's a couple of shots of the building as it comes out of the package..
and after some weathering, new roof covering and the use of some ground goop to help blend that base into the surrounds..
To me, it looks a lot better.
Jarrell
My current project is rebuilding the Bachmann PRR D78c diner to a more typical D78R, specifically 7991 for my 1941 "Pennsylvanian" consist (although it will be used on a layout representing 1940 - shhhhhh!). It's satisfying to put together a train with models of the specific cars that were used originally. The consist will be around 9' long when completed. So far the cars I have built are a 6-6 Pullman from BCW sides on a Branchline core, an almost complete 8-1-2 with skirts, full width diaphragms and streamlined roof, a PB70 combine and a 12-1 from a Branchline kit. I still need to build the mid train lounge "Andrew W Mellon" from a Walthers Solarium, with skirts, etc, get a Fleet of Modernism 10-5 from Walthers, and build a P70kR, possibly from the NKP car co kit. The loco will of course be the ubiquitous K4s.
Anyway, on to the Bachmann rebuild. The car as produced by Bachmann represents a very narrow timeframe - 1930 to 1932, and only 3 cars out of a class of 119 cars. To upgrade it to a reasonably accurate model of a D78R, the car needs an air conditioner adding to the underframe, a few of the underbody details rearranging, a vent at the steward's end of the car, a new interior, the kitchen and aisle windows replacing and a few other detail changes. The photos below were taken in the middle of this week - since then I have added stovepipes to the roof and hacked out the hole for the louvered vent at the steward's end of the car. I have also beefed up the center sill of the car as it is far too shallow as supplied by Bachmann. Still quite a way to go, but at least it looks a bit more like it should!
Eddie_walters wrote:
Ed,
I'd be very careful posting shots like these. You might make Dave Vollmer decide to switch scales!
Art, simply outstanding and very dramatic scenery.
Jon, incredible as always, Sweethome just gets better and better.
Looking good everyone.
Karl.