Mike and others thanks,
Here is a close up of the hopper. Now I do not profess to be in the same league as the masters of weathering by any means. What I was experimenting with on this hopper was the use of oil paints as a weathering method. What I like about them is that they are very controllable. You can get some very small rust spots, so precision is good. There is also texture to the weathering as the paint is thicker. This was my first attempt with this method. It is described in a lot of detail on the first of Scotty Mason's freight car weathering DVDs. http://scottymason.com/dvd/4/ I would recommend them to anyone as they provide a very good introduction to the subject.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
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Dug thru some boxes and found the switchman
hauling out limestone from the quarry
MP15AC switcher returns to the yard from a day's work at the Cline quarry
...chuck
My contribution for the weekend isn't nearly as grand as some of the previously posted pictures. Great works, folks! I've resurrected my N scale Ozark Valley Railway equipment and started a new small layout. I've been laying track this week.
Now, this does not mean I'm giving up my HO scale Cedar Branch & Western! I just needed to scratch that N scale itch.
I also went rail fanning and chasing old tracks in Bonner Springs, Kansas. Here's the local tied up on the spur to an industrial area, complete with a real caboose!
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
Here is an unusual shot of my layout taken through a dip I cut in outer mahogany wall board that covers the layout to make it look tidy from the outside. You can see a Pennsy T1 in the foreground climbing out of a portal while beyond it is another railroad's consist struggling up their own right of way.
Don't have any train shots. Continuing work on the Taylor Mattress factory. Goal this weekend is getting windows installed.
Window with red circle has had the panes cut out.
Regards,
Tom
I've been working on a passenger consist. It will serve as an office car special, occasionally as an excursion behind the steam engine, and perhaps as an anachronism in regular passenger service from Elkins to Cumberland when I get to that point. The lettering for the cars is on it's way.
Lee
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lvanhen wrote:Looks like some great modeling out there - BUT - some of the pics are too dark to see!! If you are using digital, they can be lightened!! Wasting space with dark and/or fuzzy pics is frustrating when you really want to see what the modeler has done. "Lighten up"!!
Sorry, part of the rules for the Weekend Photo Fun thread are NO critisism of picture taking or modeling skills.
This is the THIRD kit I have EVER built. So, don't be too harsh! =]
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Finally have a station building for the display layout at the Norfolk History Museum:
I also acquired some passenger cars for the platforms:
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selector wrote:That turned out very nicely, MR. Do you intend to weather it a bit?
I wish.. I have no idea on how to.
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I think you did a fine job. That Atlas passenger station has been around for a long time and remains very popular. I have actually built two of those. I would offer two suggestions. The one flaw that stands out is the burrs from where you remove the various parts from the sprue. It looks like you probably broke those off the sprue leaving those burrs. It is better to cut them with a hobby knife. Also, even when you cut them, there might be that light colored spot so I would invest in a small flat file which can be used to smooth the edge and remove those distracting burrs.
Since you elected to leave the kit unpainted, as I did the first time I built that kit, you might want to do some weathering to remove the plastic sheen from the building. No matter how realistic the colors might seem, unpainted plastic looks like unpainted plastic. There are weathering powders made which can be applied to the walls and roof to tone down that plastic look. The second time I built that kit, I painted it a buff color and it looked a lot more realistic than the first one I built. Even when I like the color the plastic is molded in, I will paint it that same color just to remove the plastic gloss. Then when you weather it, it becomes much more realistic looking.
As I said at the beginning, you did a very neat job of assembling the kit. As you become more experience you will develop an eye for these enhancements that I am suggesting. It's all part of the learning process we all go through.
My first addition to weekend photo fun. A little UP Police action..cell phone style! Have been lookin' for awhile. Finally got around to posting a pic! Happy Saturday! Cheers!
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Thank you jecorbett.
I will take these into consideration.
Some great stuff here this weekend as usual.
My contribution: NYC #874 is moving NYC Coach #2912 and Railway Express/Baggage Car #5020 to the station siding as NYC E-8 #4089 passes with a short Mail and Express on the outer mainline.
Edit: 2/16/2008: Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the dazzle on the corrugated sides of the passenger cars? I have tried everything I can think of.
The two streamlined cars are the latest addition to the streamlined passenger consist on the BRVRR. Both cars, Athearn BB kits, were modified to match the rest of my NYC passenger consist. The methodology is outlined on my website.
Keep up the good work guys, you are always inspiring.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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I see a lot of very nice work fo far, everybody.
Below is an eastbound train rolling through farm country with an SD9 and an SD7. One would think the 1/87 farmer residing in the Campbell farmhouse would be a railfan with many trains passing his farm every day.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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I finally finished wiring my staging area along with three tortoise turnouts. I started the wiring three weeks ago. This morning I made my last connection. Here are a few pictures.
This is the back side of the switch pannel where I will be able to turn each track on or off.
This is the pannel before I installed it. In this picture the wiring was not complete. There is a lot of solder joints that still has to be completed.
This is what it looks like under the layout.
A different veiw that also shows the pannel where the tortoise switches are located.
This is both the tortoise and staging pannels with lights working.
Bill
Bill54 wrote: I finally finished wiring my staging area along with three tortoise turnouts. I started the wiring three weeks ago. This morning I made my last connection. Here are a few pictures.
Wow! I forgot how much work it is to wire DC. Panels look great.
Here is a picture of a F&C hopper kit I assembled this week. I still ned to decide which road scheme to paint it in. The Erie, Erie Lackawanna and Conrail all rostered these as they got handed down thru mergers. I am leaning towards the EL as it will fit my mid 70's era layout.
Enjoyed the pictures..still haven't had a chance to do any work on my layout this past week. Maybe I'll have something for next weekend. I did pick up a couple of bottles of acrylic paint at AC Moore on Saturday...on sale.
Thanks for the photos all of you!
It seems that the maintenance crew on the Yuba River Sub has been a little remiss in clearing the brush lately.
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
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I finished weathering my first Norfolk Southern engine today. I am personally very pleased with it even if it is not perfect. Its better than the way it looked when I removed it from the box all shiny and new. well here are some pics from start to finish. The engine is Ho and from Kato. I did a little bit of detailing to it too. I painted the sill white and the handrails and steps yellow like the real unit. I have to add MU cables lastly. I removed the plow because in the pictures of the real unit there is no plow.
Brand Spakin new
First few layers
Mostly finished
Before
After
Driline wrote: Bill54 wrote: I finally finished wiring my staging area along with three tortoise turnouts. I started the wiring three weeks ago. This morning I made my last connection. Here are a few pictures.Wow! I forgot how much work it is to wire DC. Panels look great.
Fact is, you can do just about as much wiring on a DCC layout by the time you drop all the feeders. The only difference is you don't need the block switches to turn things on and off. Start sending tortises to a panel for control and you have a pretty thick set of cables.
Well, construction creeps along! Here's a photo of the backdrops at Glenrock as of January of this year. The white hill profile has to be painted before scenery forms go in front of it:
And here's a shot of the first section of basic landform (eight feet long) to go on the layout. It's also at Glenrock, where the mainline enters from the helix. Below is the west throat of Minneapolis staging. The two tracks nearer the backdrop will be covered by scenery, leaving only the one track with siding visible in this area:
Mark P.
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