CNalways wrote: Very new to this posting business but thought I would try it out. Picture is of a scratch built coal mine on my CN layout in west/central Alberta. Definitely needs some weathering. Roy.
Very new to this posting business but thought I would try it out. Picture is of a scratch built coal mine on my CN layout in west/central Alberta. Definitely needs some weathering. Roy.
CNalways--
'Weathering' or not, that is one BEAUTIFUL structure. In fact the entire scene is really impressive. REALLY nice modeling, IMO.
Tom
PS: Funny that Garry should mention some missing Burlington hoppers--I seem to have misplaced a couple of mine, also----hmmm---
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!
Lots of nice photos this weekend! Thanks to all.
I'm getting anxious to get back to work on the layout, but still have considerable insulation and drywall to put up before I plan to move exisiting layout to the new garage loft. So, no new pics from me yet.
Went out this weekend to Joneboro, GA, to take pics of some equipment I found a few weeks ago. This stuff hasn't moved in about a month!
A Fairmont Ballast Tamper
The tamper's mascot.
Last time I was there, I didn't notice they had the tamper "secured", as well as the regulator.
I've got more pics in my album. http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x247/Rotorranch/Trains/
Rotor
Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often you won't even notice ...
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Zak, Ray, Outdoorsfellar ............Really great scenery each of you.
Dave.... The Club layout looks so good, I would be intersted in seeing it. I get to Nashville ocassionally.
In the early 90's, you never knew for certain what locmotive paint scheme would come rolling by next, battling gravitiy through the Western Alleghenies !
here's some progess from this weekend at the club.
Wauhatchie - Wildwood.
Some night shots...
Night Shot- K.O. Tunnel.
Night Shot- Wauhatchie.
Enjoy,
-Dave
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Well I think you'd better finish it, Zak, because it looks superb.
Mike
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
I needed to add something even though I haven't done a darn thing since the last time I was on here due to the fact that I have put the trains away while I study to for my contractor's license test. Here is what I have:
Both shots are taken at a place called Muir, Montana on the Bozeman Pass. Both the BNSF and MRL trains are heading down the pass for Livingston.
For those that don't know I model HO and these are shots of my incomplete Diorama that I don't know if it will ever get done.
Note: all MRL engines shown I have custom painted.
--Zak Gardner
My Layout Blog: http://mrl369dude.blogspot.com
http://zgardner18.rrpicturearchives.net
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selector wrote: Garry, thanks for your compliment earlier. Your image ain't half shabby itself! Your track plan looks very interesting in that spot, and I like your passenger train.-Crandell
Garry, thanks for your compliment earlier. Your image ain't half shabby itself! Your track plan looks very interesting in that spot, and I like your passenger train.
-Crandell
Thanks, Crandell. I'm having fun. Thanks also to Grampy and others who commented.
Some deciduous trees with Summer and Fall foliage.
Boy, where to start? Great pictures all around.
Robby, nice job with Aggro's technique. You might have to post a link to whatever forum he's lurking on so we can have a peek.
C&O and Grampy, I never would have guessed those were first weathering attempts! Grampy, is that Alco an Atlas that you detailed?
Don, those castings rock! (Somone had to...) The strata lines look very realistic.
Tom, that's a butte! (Should I quit while I'm ahead? )
Wayne, cool enginehouse.
Packers#1, is that subwoofer for simulating earthquakes?
Mike, that ditch looks great... er, I mean disgusting. I'll bet it smells great in the Summer.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
So much good stuff on here. Too many to single out, great work everyone.
Work has continued on my drain and the low land it drains. The layout is set in winter so from researching online it seems I can't really have any greenery, apart from pines.
Still plenty to do, but it's fun.
The caboose track [holds two]
Great job CW looks like the real place
I can almost hear the sea gulls
TerryinTexas
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Lots of great stuff guys. Here's my entry this weekend
The sign and the gaurd welcomes everyone to the Port of Houston Authority, Barbours Cut Terminal. (Barbours Cut is a real place.)
Longshoreman ready the ship for container unloading.
The Gulf Winds warehouse at Morgan's Point Texas. Morgan's Point is the hometown of Emily Morgan, The "Yellow Rose of Texas." Rumor has it that Emily Morgan seduced Mexican General Santa Anna and kept him at bay in his tent during the battle of Jan Jacinto in1836. With Santa Anna occupied, the Texans won the battle in which independence from Mexico was won.
Unloading starts with the Houston skyline in the distance.
The Houston ship channel is a busy place. Rolling stock wait their turn to send the goods onto the high seas.
chuck
twhite wrote: Snip Here's a photo of the real Sierra Buttes--as you can see, they're pretty unusual. They just jut up out of the landscape like a battleship. The surrounding country is between 4,000 and 6,000 feet in elevation, the Buttes just shoot up to over 9,000 feet above it. I'm certainly not trying to replicate the Buttes exactly (I'd have to remove the garage roof, LOL!), but give a kind of 'idea' of them. If it works, I'll be happy.Tom
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Here's a photo of the real Sierra Buttes--as you can see, they're pretty unusual. They just jut up out of the landscape like a battleship. The surrounding country is between 4,000 and 6,000 feet in elevation, the Buttes just shoot up to over 9,000 feet above it.
I'm certainly not trying to replicate the Buttes exactly (I'd have to remove the garage roof, LOL!), but give a kind of 'idea' of them. If it works, I'll be happy.
Looking good Tom !
I think you've captured the flavor of the real thing quite well
Will you use some ink washes to highlight the cracks and ledges ?
Thanks, Don.
It's tricky, because the Sierra Nevada are not like the Rockies at all, geologically--and the Sierra Buttes are a combination of large jumbled granite and big slab-like upthrusts. Most of the rock-molds available seem to be of eastern or southwestern formations, so I'm finding that I have to be pretty careful how I use them if I want to give an impression of high Sierra granite. The Cripplebush work pretty well, but I can't use them continuously, or I'll end up with something that looks like Arizona, LOL! So it's a combination of jumbled and slabs and I'm just going to hope that it ends up looking as 'dramatic' as the real Buttes.
twhite wrote: Did some more work in the Buttes last night and this morning. Got another foot and a half done, only five more feet to go. Here's a shot of the basic coloration, still have to go in and shade a little bit. It's coming along, but SLOOOOOWLY. Tom
Did some more work in the Buttes last night and this morning. Got another foot and a half done, only five more feet to go. Here's a shot of the basic coloration, still have to go in and shade a little bit. It's coming along, but SLOOOOOWLY.
Tom,
That's coming along very nicely! Much better than the cake frosting version of the buttes....
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.
Great work here so far. I got a new loco and two boxcars Thursday!
The loco is an atlas FM H-15-44, and the boxcars are ACF 50' 6". side view of loco:
My three locos:
overhead view:
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Grampys Trains, you were not around in January but my presence here on Weekend Photo Fun tended to be accompanied with the sound of popping bladders so my very first New Years Resolution this year was to stay away. I did look in this morning, however, and let me comment that your photography is absolutely outstanding.
And an additional comment to C&O Fan: you said that your weathering has a long way to go; if your displayed boxcar is an example of an early modeling effort you don't have too far to go because you show signs of becoming a master at it.
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
Thanks very much, mj3200. All my locomotives are just stock Proto/Bachmann/Athearn/Atlas, with some having additional (but easy-to-do) detailing parts added, and/or re-numbered. I have no brass, and have no plans ever to do so (even if I could afford them). I am a firm devotee of the Allen McClelland "close enough" principle, and happily run locomotives which are but "approximations" of the real thing, eg Bachmann 2-8-0s used as SP power with some basic "signature" alterations to the front end (step removal etc), and using a replacement Bachmann vanderbilt tender. Sure, the domes are wrong, but I don't care enough not to do it, especially since the alternative is that I will have no SP 2-8-0s.
I just power up the airbrush and see how things turn out. I am happy to admit that I am a "bodger", and my work does not come anywhere near the standards I see from many on this forum. However, if I've learned one thing, it's that stuff like weathering is quite easy to do once you pluck up the courage and have a go - practice on old, unwanted items first, but don't get carried away. If you are thinking twice about applying another layer, take note of your caution and don't go any further until you are really sure.
Brian
Latest Ebay arrival an SD80 painted by Southern Tier Models.
Wish I could pull that kind of work off!
Can I also chime in with compliments to Brian. All his models look as though they must cost a fortune, but the value is added by his efforts.