Here's my contribution to the WPF. My favorite loco BN GP38-2 Pacific Pride II from athearn. Since im still confined to the carpet this is all i can show! I may put my bowed out 4x8 back up for a moment and take some scenic pics! BTW i only have saw horses for benchwork for the moment until i can afford lumber for real benchwork.
Topeka North Western, ex. UP, SD-7
Reese
Modeling NS One Locomotive At a Time
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....
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.
if those rocks looked any better i'd accuse you of trying to slip in a photo of real rocks and telling us you'd just finished painting them . excellent work !
ernie
Great job everyone.
Jarrell, Nice start. Your photos are sure crystal clear.
Don, Love the before and after rocks. We should all take a lesson from you.
Crandell, Your shot this week would make a great Christmas Card.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
I got 2 new vids on the bucket. They aren't the best, but, they have sound!
1. http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh201/SuperChieff/?action=view¤t=MVI_0656.flv
2. http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh201/SuperChieff/?action=view¤t=MVI_0654.flv
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Don Z....... very nice , lets see more of those castings
Lee....... cool pic in tunnel
Sawyer....... looks like you are off to a good start
N Scale Diesels......I like 'em
Don Z wrote: 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 ...Don Z.
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 lots of drop cloths
There are even better parts of this to come.
Regards,
Tom
Looks like trooper Shorty is making some more money for the state coffers:
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
As usual I see some good work here. Good job guys!
Here's my contribution:
It started life as an Athearn SD40-2 SP unit I picked up at an estate sale for $10:
I tested it when I got home and it didn't run. Found out the bearings were tight on two trucks, I free'd them and it worked perfect. Next I stripped it down and detailed it to match the WC 6004 prototype.
Still left to do:
Great job to you all....
Here is what I've been working on the last couple of weekends. It is a 12"x36" piece of plywood with 2" foam glued to it. This will eventually be used only for my test track. I still have alittle bit to do, like adding ballast, trees, some bushes, some taller grass in places. But all and all I like the way that it turned out. My plan now is to attach it to the wall with some shelf bracket as a way to display it when not using it. Hope you likey........
Great photos everyone. Trax21, great work. Awesome job on the WC SD40-2, graphitehemi.
I have no pics, but i just got this back from the hobby shop. A friend of mine was installing some lights for me. Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DdIO-vXAI4
Union Pacific / BNSF Unit Coal Consist, Tabernash, CO el. 8,040 ft.
This unit coal train was traveling south toward Fraser, CO from Tabernash on the old D&RG Moffat Route.
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Metra Kid: clickable link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DdIO-vXAI4
Ryan: Beautiful photos! That flying snow is amazing! You should think of contributing those to TRAINS!
Great work, everyone. I'm "stuck" skiing this weekend, again, but it's our last trip north of ,the season. 70 degrees, and still a ton of snow at Sunday River. Not much work on the layout, once again.
I did get the power company from Moose Bay to give me a 4.5 volt source to run the Miller Engineering animated sign. Well, it's not permanent, as I'll have to replace the batteries or come up with something more like a real voltage source, but at least I could run the sign enough to take a bunch of pictures and get a couple where all the letters were on:
This is DPM's "First National Bank." I've decided to rename it the Heartbreak Hotel.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Well I'm still plugging away. I haven't finished it yet but I'm working on a walthers cornerstone stock yard. Here are a couple of shots of it, trying to get an idea of how it will look on my layout.
Some amazing contributions!!
Brad
Nice photo's. I've had a little time to work on the industrial area of my two level layout so here's a couple of progress pics.
The new Hudson Wire factory and out buildings.
A second view of the same.
If I keep at it I may eventually get to detailing rolling stock. J.R.
Hello everyone........ I see lots of good pictures so far.
You may be interested in seeing these pictures of an E5A and an E5B hauling a Zephyr. The last phtot shows a meet with a GN train exercising running rights on my layout.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
new Revenue cars for the TCC
Nothing from me this week, spent the weekend cleaning out the garage under the layout--sheesh, how much stuff can you COLLECT in a year, anyway?
But anyhow--Crandell--the story's right about Handel and Scarlatti, but the instrument was a harpsichord, not a violin. Anyway, I LOVE that sepia photo of your Y-6. Handsome loco and a really handsome setting. Speaking of connectors, I wonder if BLI doesn't secretly have it in for N&W articulateds? My original run 2-6-6-4 does the same thing at the most INOPPORTUNE moments. Like on a curve in a tunnel, GRR!
Don Z--I seem to remember a couple of months ago about you being afraid to attempt scenery. WOW!! Hey, my friend, do you hire OUT? I could really use some new rockwork on Yuba Summit, LOL! Your work is just beautiful.
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!
Hudson Highlands #720 traversing the old Black River bridge, autumn of 1941.
CNJ831
Tom,
I appreciate the kind words.....it seems every time I approach a new aspect of this hobby, I tend to over analyze and psyche myself out over how difficult things will be. Once I do a little reading and someone comes along to push me off the cliff so I actually start working on the new aspect, it has a much smaller learning curve than I anticipated. I guess it's kind of like a duck taking to water.....having great molds to work with made the results much easier to achieve!
Thanks again,
Research; it's not just for geeks.
CNJ831 wrote: Hudson Highlands #720 traversing the old Black River bridge, autumn of 1941. CNJ831
CNJ,
That's a great photo! Can you tell me what you did to the bridge abutment and tunnel portal to get the color that I see?