Spring Break Photo Fun(Weekend Photo Fun) 3/20/08 to 3/31/08

[New Haven I-5]

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[Guilford Guy]

Get a tripod, and don't use the html on photobucket, use the IMG tags instead...

Heres an old pic from me...

 

[tstage]

Luke, 

FWIW: Do you have a chair back that is about the same height as (or slightly taller than) your layout?  I've found that if I rest my camera on top of something stationary (in order to brace it) while taking a picture, my pictures are less apt to come out blurry, which is due to movement - especially under low-lighting situations.

Sometimes a tripod isn't always accessible.  So anything you can rest your camera on will help improve your picture quality.

Tom

[selector]

What I do is use bits of scale lumber, a bag of ground foam (a bean bag is what some say to use), anything to get the camera oriented and still.  Also, use the shutter delay or shutter timer function so that you take your hands away and the camera can stabilize before the exposure.  It works for me better than hand-holding any day.

-Crandell

[tomkat-13]

Here are some from the "old" layout:

[jktrains]

Come on guys! This is Weekend Photo FUN.  Those comments about I-5's pic are taking the FUN out it early on.  I don't see where he asked for comments or criticism.  I thought this thread was just so people could post pics and get a proverbial pat on the back.

[Guilford Guy]

Come on guys! This is Weekend Photo FUN.  Those comments about I-5's pic are taking the FUN out it early on.  I don't see where he asked for comments or criticism.  I thought this thread was just so people could post pics and get a proverbial pat on the back.

Pfff, go back to bed you nocturnal foamer, its 6am here... ooo nnoooz, its 6 am, I should have been asleep 8 hours ago... ooops... mah bad! 

[MisterBeasley]

Between skiing every weekend and a couple of evenings of ice hockey, I don't get much modelling time in the winter.  So, I've been slowly doing small projects, like adding detail to the gas station.  Here, it's back in "Late Transition Era" mode (note the VW bus and the gas pumps.)  I've added a lot of stuff from JL Innovative.  The latest addition is the wood fence in the back, made from coffee stirrers.  The signs are decals printed on my computer.

Here's a closer shot of the Moxie sign:

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[electrolove]

How did you do the blue and brown thing in this picture? I don't know what you call them in english.

Here are some from the "old" layout:

[OzarkBelt]

Here's a few:

Enjoy!

[jasperofzeal]

How did you do the blue and brown thing in this picture? I don't know what you call them in english.

Here are some from the "old" layout:

I'll take the liberty to answer the question for you.  Those tarp covered tractors, that is the term you were unsure about, are made by chooch enterprises.  You can find them at Walthers: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/214-7255

[tomkat-13]

How did you do the blue and brown thing in this picture? I don't know what you call them in english.

Here are some from the "old" layout:

214-7255 Loads - Package of 3 Various Pieces -- Covered Trucks


Chooch Enterprises
Loads - Package of 3 Various Pieces


http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/214-7255

[pennsy-gg1]

Electrolove:

They are called a Tarpaulin (singular) or Tarpaulins (plural). They are nicknamed "Tarps." It is derived from the German. See this link in Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpaulin or just Google the word "Tarpaulin" and you will get a list of commercial links that will show their various applications.

 

[Driline]

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I like your SP yard switcher. I can see your picture just fine. Keep up the good work!  My friend models the SP in Georgia but he doesn't have any switchers at this time.

[New Haven I-5]

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I like your SP yard switcher. I can see your picture just fine. Keep up the good work!  My friend models the SP in Georgia but he doesn't have any switchers at this time.

Thanks! It is a newer Athearn Blue Box Switcher Baldwin S-12. I weathered it by myself . I'll try to get some more pics up before Monday because I'm flying into Phoenix & takin the shuttle to Prescott. I think I will be posting post, not pics.

[twhite]

Luke--

What a sweet little Baldwin.  Hey, what's the steamer in the background?  Looks a little Santa Fe-ish. 

Nothing much new on the Yuba River Sub, but here's an older shot of a freight winding around the tight clearances between the main and the Champion Mine in South Yuba canyon:

Tom

[New Haven I-5]

Luke--

What a sweet little Baldwin.  Hey, what's the steamer in the background?  Looks a little Santa Fe-ish. 

Nothing much new on the Yuba River Sub, but here's an older shot of a freight winding around the tight clearances between the main and the Champion Mine in South Yuba canyon:

Tom

twhite, it is an old Bachmann 2-10-4. Got it of evilbay without the old smoke & choo-choo sound for $70.00. I should have invested in a Rivarossi 2-8-4.

[selector]

Tom, I really like your scene.  It is very natural and warm in a way.  Nice job.

Mr. Beasley, nice work, too.

Guilford Guy, nice "cool" image.  It works nicely.

Tomkat, your layout looks fine and involved.  Lots of character there.

Jeffrey, that could be a setting anywhere.  I think tank cars parked on a siding or on an industrial track are more charming than a lone boxcar or flatcar.

-Crandell

[Flashwave]

Speak for yourself, Spring Break no start hwere for another week or two

EDIT: WHOOPS, sory that came out wong. I;m just jealous.

[tomkat-13]

Tomkat, your layout looks fine and involved.  Lots of character there.

-Crandell

Thanks for the praise.

Those photographs are from my old layout....I have started a knew one.

It is a point to point RR built on Hollow-core doors along two walls, so it will be in sections. 

Related links:

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1315698/ShowPost.aspx

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1348379/ShowPost.aspx

Since I enjoy doing the scenery I will bring this first section to near finish before I start on the next section. These sections will be able to slide away from the wall on it's brackets so I can get to the back side as the hollow-core door is 32" wide.

I'm always open to comments and/or suggestions as I'm looking to learn anything that I can that could help make this hobby more fun!

[Dave Vollmer]

NC State's spring break was the first week in March.

I got to spend it as single Dad to our two kids (my wife was doing her two weeks annual USAF Reserve drill) while trying to write my PhD dissertation and fighting the flu at the same time.

Not exactly the sort of Spring Break you'd see on MTV...

By the way, if you find yourself in thesis or dissertation country, don't do it in MS Word.  For whatever reason, Bill Gates thinks he knows better than me about how my dissertation should look.  If you can, use LaTeK!  I wish I had.

Oh, yeah...  Train photo...  Here ya go:

[Geared Steam]

[selector]

Dave and Geared Steam, cool photos.  Dave, you manage to cram fifty acres into each image....good stuff!  GS, that looks like a huge expanse with your backdrop.  Makes me wonder what is over the hill beyond the tracks in the close horizon...I want to walk up there and take a look.

Here is a recent image I took as if I were atop a hill looking down on a mainline at grade.  An N&W Mallet, its heavy labour done on a previous uphill struggle, now holds back a long string of laden coal hoppers against the call of gravity on the descent into Seneca Falls.

[arkansasrailfan]

Will post photo of my latest project, superdetailing my UP SD70M 4526(Genesis series)
And I thought teens couldn't be could at detailing.(not for me-HAHAHAHA!)
And I may post something from MSTS.(of a accurate train-because I'm a foamer- RABID RABID RABID0

[SteamFreak]

Geared Steam, I love that photo, but given that it's Spring Break are those Shays mooning us?

Some great stuff, everyone. Twhite, I luurve that shot. Is that a brass Yellerstone?

[Flashwave]

What about Digis? I hope they count. If not, I can get rid of this. But I trimmed off an O scale Wedge plow from the Walhers site and tacked it on to an Athearn F7 photo and recolored it. The idea was to create a four unit waterproof engine with a ship's bow on the front that had the horsepower to wade into flooded railyards and rassle otherwise swamped trains out of the gumuck and onto dry track. In Proto, this might have a fold up knuckle in front. I doubt I'm going to deal with that on the model, we'll see. There's bords protecting the trucks, but it all honesty they'd be getting wet anyway, Eventually, I'll build and HO scale version. But until budgeting allows, and my cue of other project thins, here;s this:

Not quite as cool as theo thers here though.

 

[don7]

Luke--

What a sweet little Baldwin.  Hey, what's the steamer in the background?  Looks a little Santa Fe-ish. 

Nothing much new on the Yuba River Sub, but here's an older shot of a freight winding around the tight clearances between the main and the Champion Mine in South Yuba canyon:

 

Tom

twhite, it is an old Bachmann 2-10-4. Got it of evilbay without the old smoke & choo-choo sound for $70.00. I should have invested in a Rivarossi 2-8-4.

New Haven 1-5

Is it really necessary to keep duplicating pictures in responding to posts? It really slows up those of us unfortunate enough to have to still use dial up to access the web? 

 

[Anonymous]

I weathered these four boxcars and also hand painted some graffiti on the sides.  I used weathering chalk and for the graffiti I used paint pens from Walmart.

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[arkansasrailfan]

As soon as I got the email of your post I was going to post-"Dude!Get a blur!"