Let's get the ball rolling on the WPF!
A few from me and, hopefully... from you..
and last, but not least!
Engineer Al
Jarrell
Here are some videos I took.
Metronome BR146 leaves Hamburg HBF with a string of doubledeckers.
A ride in a DB ICE-2 BR402 at about 180-200KMH.
Both as a mix.
Jarrell,
Thanks for kicking off the Weekend! It's always a pleasure to look at your photos; crisp, clear and always great subjects!
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.
Don Z wrote: Jarrell,Thanks for kicking off the Weekend! It's always a pleasure to look at your photos; crisp, clear and always great subjects!Don Z.
I'll say! I'm seriously thinking of staying out this week.
Wow, Jarrell.
A very short, and probably untrue story (Tom W. can set me straight probably) that I read was that there was a competition in Europe a couple of centuries or so ago among some of the top musicians and composers. Two notables were Domenico Scarlatti and Georg Haendel. The two first came face-to-face in a contest of violin playing where the eventual decision was in favour of Scarlatti. A day or two later, Scarlatti slipped into the doorway of a church where Haendel was rehearsing at the organ for the next competition. After only a few minutes, Scarlatti hied himself to the judges and withdrew from that competition.
We have some towering masters in photography here, and your name is foremost in my books, Jarrell.
-Crandell
Some pictures of a scenery test board I am building.
Thank you Don and Crandell!
Samuel, I'm not seeing your photos. Maybe you didn't add the .jpg at the end?
Here's a UP track-testing train.
Brian
My N scale Allegheny & Cumberland was built for railranning & that's why I enjoy modeling the early '90's .... you never know what paint scheme will be passing by next. On this day, we're lucky enough to find a C&O GP38 still in good original paint on point leaving Sand Patch Yard. It's where the past catches up with the future ( YN2's with their coal loads ) .....
I snagged this one at work, where I play with 1:1 trains!
SD70M-2 no. 2708 and two SD80MAC on an empty coal train sitting in Enola Yard.
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
It all looks good so far.... I don't have anything to post but I admire the photos
I'll preface this post by admitting my camera skills are not even close to Jarrell's, so bear with me....
I've been busy learning many new aspects of the hobby....wet plaster rock casting, chipping plaster to blend the wet molds, coloring the rock and now I'm able to start doing some ground cover type scenery. Here is a before and after photo of one section I've been working on:
Before:
After:
A critter hauls some logs on my shelf layout. The layout has been around for a long time, everything except the track has been stripped off. I just set it up recently to take some photos and do some photo experiments:
Bob Boudreau
CANADA
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Don, those are excellent carvings! You don't have to excuse yourself for anything if you're going to post stuff like that. Very credible. Congratulations.
DON Z
Very nice result!!!
TrainFreak409 wrote: I snagged this one at work, where I play with 1:1 trains!SD70M-2 no. 2708 and two SD80MAC on an empty coal train sitting in Enola Yard.
Man do i miss the old conrail blue sd80macs
Atleast theres one :D
I am back to a favourite theme of mine: trestle and mallet in sepia.
All right, here's my progress. I'll be happy to answer all questions, good or bad. However, to clear up one thing:
THE CARBOARD STRUCTURE IS ONLY A MOCK-UP TO SEE WHAT THE SPACE I'LL HAVE LEFT TO USE.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
How do you DO THAT?!! I've tried it and you ain't EVEN going to see the pictures of it before I ripped it out! You couldn't be talked into a little seminar on it, could you.. pretty please?
Don Z wrote:I'll preface this post by admittimg my camera skills are not even close to Jarrell's, so bear with me.... I've been busy learning many new aspects of the hobby....wet plaster rock casting, chipping plaster to blend the wet molds, coloring the rock and now I'm able to start doing some ground cover type scenery. Here is a before and after photo of one section I've been working on:Before:After:Don Z.
I'll preface this post by admittimg my camera skills are not even close to Jarrell's, so bear with me....
jacon12 wrote: How do you DO THAT?!! I've tried it and you ain't EVEN going to see the pictures of it before I ripped it out! You couldn't be talked into a little seminar on it, could you.. pretty please?Jarrell Don Z wrote:I'll preface this post by admittimg my camera skills are not even close to Jarrell's, so bear with me.... I've been busy learning many new aspects of the hobby....wet plaster rock casting, chipping plaster to blend the wet molds, coloring the rock and now I'm able to start doing some ground cover type scenery. Here is a before and after photo of one section I've been working on:Before:After:Don Z.
YA PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE! SEMINAR! SEMINAR! SEMINAR!
Those rocks are good looking.. But please give your seminar over on the layout building forum...
Here's a couple of my recent efforts...
Another former member of the Blue Team... Caught on rare trackage, the old Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic main line east of Salisbury, Maryland late Friday afternoon. Now a long branch line out to a large feed facility operated by Perdue Farms. If you've got chicken on your table tonight, it probably came from Delmarva...
and on the layout...
Next time I'll pay attention to those "no trespassing" signs!!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
jacon12 wrote: How do you DO THAT?!! I've tried it and you ain't EVEN going to see the pictures of it before I ripped it out! You couldn't be talked into a little seminar on it, could you.. pretty please?Jarrell
What you are looking at in the 'After' photo is the result of applying 4 different molds to the hardshell form. I use White Art Plaster, purchased in a 50 pound bag for $14.00 from a local artist supply store. The plaster is mixed in a 6 cups of plaster/5 cups of water ratio and stirred by hand until all lumps are eliminated. The plaster mix is left sitting in the bowl until it reaches the consistency of pancake batter and then poured onto the rock molds. The molds have no lip to contain the plaster, so the plaster is poured in several passes, pausing to spread the plaster evenly across the mold.
Once the mold is full, the plaster is left to set for about another minute or so. At that time, the mold is lifted and placed into position, pressing the mold into place on the hardshell. Some plaster will ooze out around the perimeter of the mold, but that is left to cure for a bit before being removed. The mold is left on the plaster for about 2 minutes or so, then removed well before the plaster hardens.
I had to learn to wait until the plaster felt cold and clammy before I could take a chisel and pop off the overlapping areas of the molds to blend them together to hide any joints.
The molds I used belong to my mentor, Chuck Ellis. He has about 100 different molds that he has cast over the years. His layout was featured in MR in Dec. 2001 and is the subject of Allen Keller's videos, Volume 52. Let me know if you have any other questions.
I LOVE in the "in the tunnel" picture! Good stuff.
Still laying track, but this arrived and I just had to run it.
That's a fine image of a great looking engine. Isn't it a BLI?
selector wrote:I am back to a favourite theme of mine: trestle and mallet in sepia.
Don, when you say 'hard shell', do you mean the hillside/ground is something like plaster cloth? Well, I won't ask you anymore questions in this thread because it'll just get lost within and hard for others to keep up with, and I'm sure there are a lot of people here that would like to know more about the technique. Maybe when you have time and you're going to do some of the 'rocks' anyway, you could do a little seminar with pictures. I know I'd appreciate that.
Thanks!
Don Z wrote: jacon12 wrote: How do you DO THAT?!! I've tried it and you ain't EVEN going to see the pictures of it before I ripped it out! You couldn't be talked into a little seminar on it, could you.. pretty please?Jarrell Jarrell,What you are looking at in the 'After' photo is the result of applying 4 different molds to the hardshell form. I use White Art Plaster, purchased in a 50 pound bag for $14.00 from a local artist supply store. The plaster is mixed in a 6 cups of plaster/5 cups of water ratio and stirred by hand until all lumps are eliminated. The plaster mix is left sitting in the bowl until it reaches the consistency of pancake batter and then poured onto the rock molds. The molds have no lip to contain the plaster, so the plaster is poured in several passes, pausing to spread the plaster evenly across the mold.Once the mold is full, the plaster is left to set for about another minute or so. At that time, the mold is lifted and placed into position, pressing the mold into place on the hardshell. Some plaster will ooze out around the perimeter of the mold, but that is left to cure for a bit before being removed. The mold is left on the plaster for about 2 minutes or so, then removed well before the plaster hardens.I had to learn to wait until the plaster felt cold and clammy before I could take a chisel and pop off the overlapping areas of the molds to blend them together to hide any joints.The molds I used belong to my mentor, Chuck Ellis. He has about 100 different molds that he has cast over the years. His layout was featured in MR in Dec. 2001 and is the subkect of Allen Keller's videos, Volume 52. Let me know if you have any other questions.Don Z.
The molds I used belong to my mentor, Chuck Ellis. He has about 100 different molds that he has cast over the years. His layout was featured in MR in Dec. 2001 and is the subkect of Allen Keller's videos, Volume 52. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Lee, I like this one!
Jerrell,, thanks...yes it is the PCM all metal Y6b with Loksound. Really a pleasure to operate, although the connector into the under-cab receptacle isn't worth a pinch of poo. It works its way loose, if fractionally, during operations and the engine will quite running at the worst times. The sounds will stay on, but no driver motion. Otherwise, it's a winner.
V&AL Motive Power Report:
Fred's Locomotive Shop:
E-33 4605 was dissasembled for conversion to an E-75M. All internal equipment will be replaced with state of the art assemblies (in scale, a decoder will be installed), and a modern wide cab will be installed. The 4605 is the pilot for the E-75M program. It will be painted in the blue/green/yellow scheme upon completion.
The "Shop Hop" (Alco 415 center cab shop switcher) is undergoing routine maintenance to clean dirty electrical contacts.
The F-45 to E-45 program continues:
The 4510 was rolled over to the paint shop earlier today, and the next "victim" was pulled into the shop for conversion.
In other motive-power news, an Alleghenny-Midland MP-15 is enroute to the shops after suffering minor damage on V&AL property, and 2 Wisconsin Central SD-45s are inbound for routine maintenance after running into their maintenance cycle returning from a Fox Valley Flyer run to Suffolk. 2 V&AL F-45's have been dispatched to the PVRR to cover while the SD-45's are in the shop.