AggroJones wrote: I.....want.....one......
I.....want.....one......
So..... Do..... I..... Actually, the one I want was a different picture, with an AC-4/5/6 one of those in it as well. That would be two cab forwards to your one.
-Morgan
A vigilant Kansas railfan caught the Flint Hills Northern's ex-Midland Valley 2-8-2 pounding through Council Grove with a southbound freight.
Model is a brass one by Hallmark....
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dragenrider wrote: Boy oh boy, has a lot of stuff happened on the SEC.Both of my GP unitsPackers #1,Are you using an undecorated engine and adding a yellow stripe? How are you keeping the stripe so straight on such a small engine?
Boy oh boy, has a lot of stuff happened on the SEC.Both of my GP units
Boy oh boy, has a lot of stuff happened on the SEC.
Both of my GP units
Packers #1,
Are you using an undecorated engine and adding a yellow stripe? How are you keeping the stripe so straight on such a small engine?
All right, well, the GP30 was an undecorated model, the GP9 was a bay colony that I had previously painted like this:
What I did was take some neutral gray and painted both locos in that (one coat for the GP30,m several for the GP9) and then got some painters tape and masked it, then painted the yellow stripe. Had to do some touch-up. The paint scheme is not complete (decals), but imagine SEC in yellow letters with the numbers in white under the cab. I also have an F7 that went through the same thing as the GP9, but it will pretty much be a display model (at best).
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Because I'm a tease....video. Please forgive the quality, my gf has the better camera with her, so I had to resort to the old one, which isn't that good.
TONY
"If we never take the time, how can we ever have the time." - Merovingian (Matrix Reloaded)
I am still under construction, but here are a couple shots. The first is a steel trestle under construction and the second is a car card holder.
Nice work people. Tom your layout stands out nicely. Theres some cool photo oportunities.
John
Show off.
I was feeling hungry, so I went out for pizza...
This is Suzanne's House of Beef, originally DPM's "Front Street Building." It shares the 2 storefronts with Madame Adrienne's Fortune Telling Parlour.
The signs are a new addition. They are from Miller Engineering. As far as I know, they're available at Walthers, but have otherwise been discontinued. I put up a pair of them, left and right, and mounted them back-to-back so the lights show up from both sides.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Added ACI decals to and weathered an N scale Atlas Conrail class N20 caboose to match its 1980 appearance.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
gmcrail wrote: A vigilant Kansas railfan caught the Flint Hills Northern's ex-Midland Valley 2-8-2 pounding through Council Grove with a southbound freight. Model is a brass one by Hallmark....
I NEED one of those!
Dave Vollmer wrote: Added ACI decals to and weathered an N scale Atlas Conrail class N20 caboose to match its 1980 appearance.
Nice to see the Conrail Dave
My contribution for the weekend:
#110 received a mild weathering. This is my first attempt on an engine. I added soot around the exhaust and across the top, rusted the trucks, road over spray above the wheels and faded the yellow paint and lettering. It looks less weathered in the photo than in real life.
I teraformed another three feet on my layout and placed Willow Creek. The next move will be to work on the mountain in the background and paint the backdrop.
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
My photos
Added a station to the layout
and weathered this sw1500
Tjsingle
Spidge--
I like the viaduct. Is that a ME kit? They take forever to build, but oboy, do they look GOOD when they're finished. Good work!
Tsingle--
That station is really FINE! Tell us about it--kit or scratchbuilt? Beautiful job!
Tom
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!
twhite wrote: Spidge-- I like the viaduct. Is that a ME kit? They take forever to build, but oboy, do they look GOOD when they're finished. Good work!Tsingle--That station is really FINE! Tell us about it--kit or scratchbuilt? Beautiful job!Tom
Well twhite, tjis kit is based on a station in maywood New Jersey along the NYSW mainline, but it is a kit from atlas
This Station is a museum
Heres the link
http://www.maywoodstation.com/
and Atlas's link for the model
http://www.atlasrr.com/trackmisc/homaywood.htm
I picked it up for a $27 which i thought is cheap for the high quality of the kit.
Tjsingle wrote: twhite wrote: Spidge-- I like the viaduct. Is that a ME kit? They take forever to build, but oboy, do they look GOOD when they're finished. Good work!Tsingle--That station is really FINE! Tell us about it--kit or scratchbuilt? Beautiful job!Tom Well twhite, tjis kit is based on a station in maywood New Jersey along the NYSW mainline, but it is a kit from atlas This Station is a museumHeres the linkhttp://www.maywoodstation.com/and Atlas's link for the modelhttp://www.atlasrr.com/trackmisc/homaywood.htmI picked it up for a $27 which i thought is cheap for the high quality of the kit.Tjsingle
I got the assembeled version for 30 bucks from the local LHS before. Yes, its a nic station, but I don't have a use for it. (no passenger service, considering making a BN passenger train, or an amtrak train [both are appropriate])
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
CB&Q 308
My projects of the past week have been weathering some cars for secondary passenger train service. These trains made local stops and often carried mail and express cars. Older heavyweight cars were common in such service in the 1950's. SOme cars wer upgraded and received new colors to more closely match the newer streamlined trains of the era.
My CB&Q 308 is a replica of Burlington's diner/parlor cars that were used in such service. it's one of many prototypically correct cars made and sold by NKP Car Company for several differnt railroads. I made the car and just weathered it in recent days along with some other heavyweight cars in this train's consist. I installed a complete interior and blinds in the windows of CB&Q 308.
The prototype car 308:
The model of car 308:
Other side of HO car 308:
Head end cars
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CBQ wrote: CB&Q 308 My projects of the past week have been weathering some cars for secondary passenger train service. These trains made local stops and often carried mail and express cars. Older heavyweight cars were common in such service in the 1950's. SOme cars wer upgraded and received new colors to more closely match the newer streamlined trains of the era. My CB&Q 308 is a replica of Burlington's diner/parlor cars that were used in such service. it's one of many prototypically correct cars made and sold by NKP Car Company for several differnt railroads. I made the car and just weathered it in recent days along with some other heavyweight cars in this train's consist. I installed a complete interior and blinds in the windows of CB&Q 308.The prototype car 308:The model of car 308: Other side of HO car 308: Head end carsHappy Model Railroading
Curiosity: Why use the same flashy, and hard to keep clean silver on the local secondhand trains? I've seen it on prototypes too.
Weathering, eh?
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Heartland Division CBQ wrote:Hello Flashwave. Burlington did run its heavy weights through car wash machines with the stainless cars. Roofs and ends never stayed clean on the silver colored heavyweights, however. I guess a dirty silver heavyweight looks better than a dirty green heavyweight when coupled to Budd-made stainless stell cars.
Whooops: Might help if I ask all of a question. I meant the engine. Thoughh I suppose same applies.
twhite wrote: doctorwayne wrote: Darn "Non matching quote blocks in post" Me too. Would SOMEONE like to explain exactly what that's supposed to mean? In ENGLISH, of course, LOL! Tom
doctorwayne wrote: Darn "Non matching quote blocks in post"
Darn "Non matching quote blocks in post"
Me too. Would SOMEONE like to explain exactly what that's supposed to mean? In ENGLISH, of course, LOL!
It usually means somone has an "illegal" charcater in their name. Like when you quote C&O. You have to take out the "&" for it to work.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
loathar wrote: gmcrail wrote: A vigilant Kansas railfan caught the Flint Hills Northern's ex-Midland Valley 2-8-2 pounding through Council Grove with a southbound freight. Model is a brass one by Hallmark.... I NEED one of those!
Good luck with that - I've been looking for another since I got this one. One of my favorite locos, and my favorite brass one. I've always loved the esthetics of the USRA designs (one of the few times a government project ever got it RIGHT!), with the Mikes and the Pacifics right up there at the top of the list. The prototype was a USRA copy, updated with all the latest appliances and improvements - pilot-mounted dual pumps, DELTA trailing truck, lagged smokebox, top-feed boiler checks, etc., etc. You gotta love that hunkered-down look...
One More from me...
Love all these Steam Photos Guys !!!!
Took my new loco over to my friend Art's Layout
we didn't get a lot of work done cause we played
too much
Here She is sitting in front of Thurmond Depot
another shot in front of the water towers
last one accross from the engine house
TerryinTexas
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Terry--
Your big, beautiful Allegheny, my ex-'Basket Case' Yellowstone--
Ain't BIG STEAM fun???
Got a little more done to my first wood kit this weekend. Now to lay the "stone" block foundation.
Rotor
Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often you won't even notice ...
twhite wrote: Spidge-- I like the viaduct. Is that a ME kit? They take forever to build, but oboy, do they look GOOD when they're finished. Good work!Tom
Tom, yes it is 3 sectional kits put together. I still need to obtain the piers to proceed but I can picture the finished product. I saw one along the coast years ago and had to have one. I know many people are using this kit and it is becoming somewhat common but they never get old to me. I have a nice shot of a similar bridge in Oregon that is silver. I will leave mine grimmy black as I remember it.