selector wrote: I am glad you like it, Tom. I can't remember if this kit was Heljan or Life-Like, but I don't believe it was Walthers or Atlas. If yours is older than three years, yes yours is older...sounds like considerably older.Kit building and detailng/painting isn't yet one of my strengths as you can see. I did some touching up to it a year or so ago, but it needs quite a bit more sprucing up and painting.-Crandell
I am glad you like it, Tom. I can't remember if this kit was Heljan or Life-Like, but I don't believe it was Walthers or Atlas. If yours is older than three years, yes yours is older...sounds like considerably older.
Kit building and detailng/painting isn't yet one of my strengths as you can see. I did some touching up to it a year or so ago, but it needs quite a bit more sprucing up and painting.
-Crandell
Hey! I have that same building on my layout too... Mine was produced under IHC though. It needs some new paint and a little structural fixings...
Hoople, that was it...you are right. Thanks for the reminder....IHC.
Tom, another excellent image. I get a feeling you're teasing us a bit. A little here, a little there.
galaxy wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: jecorbett wrote: lvanhen wrote: MisterBeasley wrote: stebbycentral wrote: 'Cause in truth he looks more like Liberachi to me..." Anybody know where I can get a 1:87 candalabra? Don't forget brother George - boy am I showing my age!!!Did you mean Boy George? If so, you are really showing your age.I remember Boy George, and yes, I have quite a bit of gray hair.Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon, you come and go, you come and go oh oh oh......Quick! somebody get me an aspirin, I MUST be ill!!!!
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: jecorbett wrote: lvanhen wrote: MisterBeasley wrote: stebbycentral wrote: 'Cause in truth he looks more like Liberachi to me..." Anybody know where I can get a 1:87 candalabra? Don't forget brother George - boy am I showing my age!!!Did you mean Boy George? If so, you are really showing your age.I remember Boy George, and yes, I have quite a bit of gray hair.
jecorbett wrote: lvanhen wrote: MisterBeasley wrote: stebbycentral wrote: 'Cause in truth he looks more like Liberachi to me..." Anybody know where I can get a 1:87 candalabra? Don't forget brother George - boy am I showing my age!!!Did you mean Boy George? If so, you are really showing your age.
lvanhen wrote: MisterBeasley wrote: stebbycentral wrote: 'Cause in truth he looks more like Liberachi to me..." Anybody know where I can get a 1:87 candalabra? Don't forget brother George - boy am I showing my age!!!
MisterBeasley wrote: stebbycentral wrote: 'Cause in truth he looks more like Liberachi to me..." Anybody know where I can get a 1:87 candalabra?
stebbycentral wrote: 'Cause in truth he looks more like Liberachi to me..."
Anybody know where I can get a 1:87 candalabra?
Don't forget brother George - boy am I showing my age!!!
Did you mean Boy George? If so, you are really showing your age.
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon, you come and go, you come and go oh oh oh......
Quick! somebody get me an aspirin, I MUST be ill!!!!
Would this do?
I'll have a video up, stuff I shot at Naptown's first ops session, a little later. If I may say so myself, I;d say a lot of them were pretty realistic, up until people started talking to me or walking in the background.
-Morgan
selector wrote: Tom, another excellent image. I get a feeling you're teasing us a bit. A little here, a little there.-Crandell
Crandell--
Okay, here's a few 'warts and all' over-views of the layout, then. I can't fit in anywhere to get a general view.
This is the Buttes and Sierra City--first thing you see when I raise the garage door.
A general view of the Deer Creek yards, and the Malakoff Hydraulic Diggings
South Yuba Canyon and the Champion Mine
Wagon Wheel Gap between South and Middle Yuba Rivers
Bullards Bar bridge
Yuba Pass with Deer Creek Viaduct in the background
I've been asked by a lot of people just exactly how big the layout is--it's about 24x22'. Medium sized, enough for one operator to have fun with, two operators to run into each other, LOL.
Sorry to take up so much space, guys.
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!
Gorgeous, Tom, and thanks for indulging me. I hope others appreciate how nice your layout is. I think just of all the foresting you have done...amazing how much work that would have been. And everything seems very well planned. Congratulations.
I have so much to do.
twhite wrote: selector wrote: Tom, another excellent image. I get a feeling you're teasing us a bit. A little here, a little there.-Crandell Crandell--Okay, here's a few 'warts and all' over-views of the layout, then. I can't fit in anywhere to get a general view.*snip*Tom
*snip*
You do realize that I hate you now with a jealous passion, right?
Flashwave wrote: twhite wrote: selector wrote: Tom, another excellent image. I get a feeling you're teasing us a bit. A little here, a little there.-Crandell Crandell--Okay, here's a few 'warts and all' over-views of the layout, then. I can't fit in anywhere to get a general view.*snip*Tom You do realize that I hate you now with a jealous passion, right?
Oh, c'mon, Flashwave. Remember, I STILL have to use an 0-5-0 to turn all of those big, hunking Articulateds around when they're faced in the wrong direction. All of that and I didn't plan for a turntable?? BOY!! Talk about me having a Major DUH! moment !!
twhite wrote: Flashwave wrote: twhite wrote: selector wrote: Tom, another excellent image. I get a feeling you're teasing us a bit. A little here, a little there.-Crandell Crandell--Okay, here's a few 'warts and all' over-views of the layout, then. I can't fit in anywhere to get a general view.*snip*Tom You do realize that I hate you now with a jealous passion, right? Oh, c'mon, Flashwave. Remember, I STILL have to use an 0-5-0 to turn all of those big, hunking Articulateds around when they're faced in the wrong direction. All of that and I didn't plan for a turntable?? BOY!! Talk about me having a Major DUH! moment !!Tom
Bu8t with scenery like that, you make up for that. I HAVE to get back to Cali sometime
I'm still gonna barrow some refrences for my Rocky Mountian scenery
Wow Tom that's really some impressive work
TerryinTexas
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C and O Fan wrote: Wow Tom that's really some impressive work
Terry--
Thanks, friend. I appreciate it. Hey, is that gorgeous new Mountain of yours a Spectrum? Reason I ask is that I have one too (toldja I like C&O!--had to fiction up a 'lend-lease' program between them and Rio Grande) and it's an absolutely lovely loco. It's one of the first runs, without sound or DCC capabilities, but it's a pleasure to run and an impressive hauler. Nice, NICE detail and a very quiet, smooth runner. I think you'll enjoy yours. And don't worry about turning it at Hinton--just figure that it's WWII or something, and railroads had everything running EVERYWHERE!
Nothing new, the weather has been too nice to work on the layout.
Please ignore the bottle of Hob-E-Tac
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ray--
That's one beautiful coaling tower. As I mentioned before, Walthers released it just after I'd built their concrete kit, and I've always thought that a wooden tower would fit much better on my layout. Oh well--.
Nice job. I like your weathering.
Geared Steam wrote: Nothing new, the weather has been too nice to work on the layout.Please ignore the bottle of Hob-E-Tac
Geared Steam--
Beautiful! And don't worry about the Hob-e-Tac, I can't live without that stuff, either, LOL!
Hey, I was just thinking Tom, which is usually dangerous, if all you wanted it for was to turn locos around, you could put a turntable on a folding ledge and attach it to the staging yard. This eliminates having engine sheds, but it would save you the risk of some of the oops of picking up an engine.
Love the shays. And to all the others, Sorry I never commented, but I agree, this WPF is awesome. I'll get my ugly posts out of the way soon.
Flashwave:
STOP THAT! Actually, I've been thinking about it--but I have these nightmares about whacking into a dangling 120-footer, since the aisle is so narrow. But it's an idea worth looking into.
BTW--let's see some of those supposedly 'ugly' photos, okay?
twhite wrote: Flashwave: STOP THAT! Actually, I've been thinking about it--but I have these nightmares about whacking into a dangling 120-footer, since the aisle is so narrow. But it's an idea worth looking into. BTW--let's see some of those supposedly 'ugly' photos, okay?Tom
Hinge it. That's what I meant to say. when it folds down vertical to the layout, it woul;d only stick out the thickness of a piece of plywood. The guts would fit (probably) under the edge of the rest of the layout. Now, you CAN'T park anything on it long term, and you might need a pivoting piece of 2 by 4 to swing under it to support it in operating mode, but it may work out.
And What I mjean is that my posts aren't doing anything in a photogallery. And I;m trying to get Movemaker loadfed so I can clear off my camera memory and show you the tener and the vids from Naptown
Flashwave--
You're right, it's a really good idea on the turntable. Oboy, there goes that check I'm supposed to get from the Government in late June. And it would pivot under the benchwork. And I know EXACTLY where it would go--
Dang, here I go AGAIN!!
You guys are all wet!!! Librace's brother George used to play the violin on the old B&W TV show in the '50's!! You're all youngsters!!
twhite wrote: Flashwave--You're right, it's a really good idea on the turntable. Oboy, there goes that check I'm supposed to get from the Government in late June. And it would pivot under the benchwork. And I know EXACTLY where it would go--Dang, here I go AGAIN!! Tom
I been a bawd boy... hee hee
Video question: What;s free and easy to use to convert video from MOV to something useable?
EDIT: Here's a pic. Something like this Tom?
galaxy wrote:...Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon, you come and go, you come and go oh oh oh......Quick! somebody get me an aspirin, I MUST be ill!!!!
...Casey Jones ya better watch yer speed...!
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
Well, while you guys talk about turntables......... hmmmm. Is this something like a round table discussion............ Anyhow, I'll mention some recent photos I see, I like Ray's coaling tower which looks like it has outstanding detail. A real prize winner........ And I like Gear Steam pix of the weathered ore cars, enat looking locos, and that cute glue bottle.......... Next to mention is Tom's overview photos of a really amazing layout. ...The earlier posts were great also.......
For the steam fans......
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Lots of good stuff again, this thread never disappoints!
Ray, I see you've solved the problem of the too-short chute, that coaling tower is lookin' good!
Jeff [Rolleman] - That shot of the Pennsy E-unit looks great in B&W
Garry - I really like that backdrop of early-20th-Century factory buildings, I sure miss seeing those in today's world.
The train in this pic is barely visible in the background, but the scene is like a sequel to my previous submission of 5-23 ('dust' and background haze were digitally superimposed):
CSX_road_slug wrote: Lots of good stuff again, this thread never disappoints!Ray, I see you've solved the problem of the too-short chute, that coaling tower is lookin' good!Jeff [Rolleman] - That shot of the Pennsy E-unit looks great in B&WGarry - I really like that backdrop of early-20th-Century factory buildings, I sure miss seeing those in today's world.The train in this pic is barely visible in the background, but the scene is like a sequel to my previous submission (5-23):
The train in this pic is barely visible in the background, but the scene is like a sequel to my previous submission (5-23):
*Cough* I need a respirator just looking at it.
Ken l (CSX Road Slug) said.... " Garry - I really like that backdrop of early-20th-Century factory buildings, I sure miss seeing those in today's world." Thanks much ... and ..... WOW! ...Your heavy equipment photo looks very real!
Flash/Garry - thanks for the kind words!
BTW - I forgot to mention, the dust and the background haze were added digitally, but the models and other objects in the photo are 'real'
Garry--
Burlington steam always looks so darned HANDSOME! Neat photo. So how about an overview of YOUR layout?
CSX: Wow--incredibly realistic slag one week, incredibly realistic dust the next--that's really a great photo. You're a master at digital effects and one terrific modeler to boot!
CSX_road_slug wrote:Lots of good stuff again, this thread never disappoints!Jeff [Rolleman] - That shot of the Pennsy E-unit looks great in B&WThe train in this pic is barely visible in the background, but the scene is like a sequel to my previous submission of 5-23 ('dust' and background haze were digitally superimposed):
Ken, Thank you. Glad somebody noticed it, but, it's an F unit. I guess from that angle they look the same.
Yours, What can I say. WOW! Some of the work from the folks here never ceases to amaze me.
Just a little fun, yet to be painted and finished!
Nige.
Station on the British half - typical English weather
Mike
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0