Weekend Photo Fun 27, 28, 29

[Kenfolk]

Enjoyed all the photos this weekend.

Dave, good to see you back, and congratulations.

Still putting up insulation in the garage loft; currently dealing with the "fiberglass itch"--hope to get it finished soon so I can set the layout up again and start the expansion--then maybe some pictures from me again.

 

[Packers#1]

You're welcome. Word of advice: seal the turf, tho, so that your locos don't pick it up in their trucks.

[fiatfan]

Thanks for the great idea.  It's exactly what I've been looking for to disguise my cutoff for continuous running.

 

Tom 

[MisterBeasley]

  Better watch it, Beez... The last time I told a Bush joke around here, I damm near got run out of town on a rail...

Well, you wouldn't expect them to run you out of town in a dang truck, would you?

Incidentally, my citizens of Moose Bay can also look up and see a giant AC unit in the sky.  They do take pity on their 1:87 scale brethren in hot attics and damp basements everywhere.  In fact, they've even put in a facility to load "coolness" into reefers to ship elsewhere for the rest of you.

[modelmaker51]

I like Bush jokes.

[wm3798]

Here's a shot taken over the fence at the park.

Hey Jeff that would be a great shot if not for the ac unit.  How about taking some cardboard and shaping it to go around the unit for photo ops sessions.  paint it like your background to make it blend in.  It would really improve the shots and add to the realism when it is not that hot to run it.  Just a suggestion.  I like the progress on the park.  I think I am going to put one on my eventual layout.

Mike

We'vementionmed it before in the Diner, the problem is that it's so far back.

Welcome back Dave, I wondered where you fell off too.  

 

You need to whip up a short piece of foam core with a little sky at the top and a little turf at the bottom.  I have a piece of "instant sky" I use for photos with otherwise inappropriate backgrounds.

Tack it to the edge of the layout behind whatever you're shooting, frame your picture so it only sees the backdrop, or can be cropped so the desired subject is backed up with sky.

Here's the finished shot from the above set up...

Lee 

[steemtrayn]

Jeff, here's the prototype for your oversized air conditioner.  Sure, it's in North Dakota, but well, we'll grant you a bit of modeller's license on this one:

(Here's the story behind it.  It's in The Onion, which does a great job of blurring the line between reality and humor:  http://www.theonion.com/content/news/addressing_climate_crisis_bush

 

Better watch it, Beez... The last time I told a Bush joke around here, I damm near got run out of town on a rail...

[Packers#1]

Those are great photos and modeling, Alan.

[Packers#1]

An old frieght station, overgrown w/ shrubs.

[alanprocter]

Don:

 Thanks for the tutorial - let's try it out.

[Don Z]

This is my favorite scene:

Okay, I'll bite....what exactly are we supposed to be looking at? Some advice: find something solid (think cabinet or bookcase) to set your camera on or spend about $6.00 for a small tripod at WalMart. That might help with the blurriness of the photos.

Don Z.

[Don Z]

Alan,

Next to your photo you will find 4 links. Use the last link and your photo will do this:

Don Z.

[alanprocter]

Hmmm!!

 Please somebody help me to get a photo to appear in a post.  I tried the copy and paste routine from Photobucket and I just get the web address!

[alanprocter]

Oops let's try again:

http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/kk349/alanprocter_photo/?action=view&current=IMGP3090.jpg

http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/kk349/alanprocter_photo/?action=view&current=IMGP3090.jpg

 

[don7]

Pretty light load for this old timer, but then freight is freight. Roy.

Nice shot, what is the steam engine?

[alanprocter]

Thanks for the quick response - I think I have it set up now.

My interest has been the now defunct BC Rail from British Columbia.  The railway ran through some pretty wild scenery.  My railway is in a basement where one wall is a natural rock.  To blend into this I have learned to model fake rock with plaster cloth, Sculturemold, paints and pastels.  The photos show two BCR Alcos pulling some newsprint cars.  Hope they come through

[Packers#1]

I'm late, but i've been working on this all weekend and the week before.

first off, here's its albulm: http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/Packers_1/desktop%20layout/

So you can see the rails, i drew lines. Trains do run on it, but overall, it looks abandoned.

This is my favorite scene:

[MisterBeasley]

Hi - not much modelling from me, although I've just about worked up the nerve to start the Weimer's Mill kit.  It's my first "craftsman" model, and I've been waiting until I felt I was "worthy" of it.  Well, if I wait much longer, my eyes and fingers won't let me do it, so I guess it's now or never.

Jeff, here's the prototype for your oversized air conditioner.  Sure, it's in North Dakota, but well, we'll grant you a bit of modeller's license on this one:

(Here's the story behind it.  It's in The Onion, which does a great job of blurring the line between reality and humor:  http://www.theonion.com/content/news/addressing_climate_crisis_bush

Finally, congratulations to Dave on getting his PhD.  I'm sure it's been a long, hard struggle, and you've probably asked yourself numerous times, "Why am I doing this to myself?"  Finally, though, you've made the grade, and you've got something else to be proud of.

[Blue Flamer]

 

Granddaughter and cousins showed up and ran trains for the first time. They got one on the trestle and 2 on the bridge and thought that was cool.

Art.

Congratulations on a fine looking family. Those young ladies look like they are going to be heart-breakers when they grow up.

I always enjoy seeing pictures of your layout. Hopefully, the girls will get the Railroading bug from you and we will get pics. of their layouts down the road.

Blue Flamer. 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

You have to upload your photo(s) to an online hosting site, such as Photobucket.com. Once it's uploaded there you just click on the IMG tag below the photo, right click to copy to tag address then paste the address into your post.

[alanprocter]

I would like to post a photo but I can't figure out how.  Is there an attach button somewhere to brouse your own hard drive for photos?

[Flashwave]

Here's a shot taken over the fence at the park.

Hey Jeff that would be a great shot if not for the ac unit.  How about taking some cardboard and shaping it to go around the unit for photo ops sessions.  paint it like your background to make it blend in.  It would really improve the shots and add to the realism when it is not that hot to run it.  Just a suggestion.  I like the progress on the park.  I think I am going to put one on my eventual layout.

Mike

We'vementionmed it before in the Diner, the problem is that it's so far back.

Welcome back Dave, I wondered where you fell off too.  

[rs2mike]

Here's a shot taken over the fence at the park.

Hey Jeff that would be a great shot if not for the ac unit.  How about taking some cardboard and shaping it to go around the unit for photo ops sessions.  paint it like your background to make it blend in.  It would really improve the shots and add to the realism when it is not that hot to run it.  Just a suggestion.  I like the progress on the park.  I think I am going to put one on my eventual layout.

Mike

[Dave Vollmer]

Hi Dave: First, from one vet to another, thanks for your service to our country. Good luck to you in your next duty assignment. Second, thank you for the kind words.  That's high praise from someone I consider an excellent modeler, himself.  It's funny you would mention that bridge at Martic Forge. I live in Lancaster County, although I don't think I've seen that particular bridge, I have seen a few PRR bridges. Although I'm a novice at digital photography, I'm trying to improve my photos, pretty much by trial and error. 

Thanks!

Seriously, that looks really good.  That's the whole "harmony" thing I harp on, about creating a scene in which very element contributes positively.  For example, a heavy Pennsy train like that on a wooden trestle would look confusing and awkward.  But too many model railroaders might opt for the trestle because by itself a trestle is a dramatic and visially stimulating thing.  But it would not have worked in this context.

The Martic Forge bridge is quite a bit larger, but is set in a very similar backwoods setting.  The A&S Low Grade is, of course, out of service (as of 1989, thank you Conrail), so it's so overgrown these days you really have to know where to look.  I remember railfanning it with my dad soon after they quite electric operations but were still running diesel freights over the A&S.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=qnj5hp8n5c1k&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=22967789&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

[PA&ERR]

Grampy,

Wow.

I haven't been stopping by much lately and have not seen WPF in a month; what a day to wander by and take a peek!

This modeling is outstanding.  Absolutely outstanding.  This scene has a wholeness about it, where every element works in concert with every other element.  Although your bridge is of different construction (and somewaht shorter), this scene reminds me of the PRR's Atglen and Susquehanna Low Grade Line bridge at Martic Forge, PA, in the wilds of southern Lancaster County.  Very plausable, very well executed, very solid.  Well done.  I'd love to see more of this kind of modeling here in the MR forums.

Man, you don't know what you've been missing. this guy has sick awesome scenery. he's like a master of some sort. And he did a good job weathering his RS-27 (at least, I think that's what he weathered).

Well, I may have to stop by more often!

I had to really ratchet up the heat in May and June as I made my final revisions and preperations to defend my PhD dissertation.  Fortunately, I passed the defense and got my dissertation signed...  and am now a doctor; though not before a few weeks of 16-hour days.  So now I can think about trains again.

The Air Force needs me back, though, so I'm moving at the end of July; no rest for the weary!  But by early August I should be back in the modeling business.

I don't have photos of them but I'm amassing a 1980 Conrail roster now to compliment my 1956 PRR layout.  So here's an old shot of my 1956-era kitbashed N scale PRR steamers; each of these locos represents several months worth of work:

Welcome back, Dave. You've been missed!

Allow me to be the first...

Eh, What's up, Doc?

The first of DJ (Grampy's trains) pictures now graces my desk top! Great photos! If my layout turns out to be half as good as either DJ's or yours, it will be better than most!

-George

[Grampys Trains]

Hi Dave: First, from one vet to another, thanks for your service to our country. Good luck to you in your next duty assignment. Second, thank you for the kind words.  That's high praise from someone I consider an excellent modeler, himself.  It's funny you would mention that bridge at Martic Forge. I live in Lancaster County, although I don't think I've seen that particular bridge, I have seen a few PRR bridges. Although I'm a novice at digital photography, I'm trying to improve my photos, pretty much by trial and error. 

[Dave Vollmer]

Grampy,

Wow.

I haven't been stopping by much lately and have not seen WPF in a month; what a day to wander by and take a peek!

This modeling is outstanding.  Absolutely outstanding.  This scene has a wholeness about it, where every element works in concert with every other element.  Although your bridge is of different construction (and somewaht shorter), this scene reminds me of the PRR's Atglen and Susquehanna Low Grade Line bridge at Martic Forge, PA, in the wilds of southern Lancaster County.  Very plausable, very well executed, very solid.  Well done.  I'd love to see more of this kind of modeling here in the MR forums.

Man, you don't know what you've been missing. this guy has sick awesome scenery. he's like a master of some sort. And he did a good job weathering his RS-27 (at least, I think that's what he weathered).

Well, I may have to stop by more often!

I had to really ratchet up the heat in May and June as I made my final revisions and preperations to defend my PhD dissertation.  Fortunately, I passed the defense and got my dissertation signed...  and am now a doctor; though not before a few weeks of 16-hour days.  So now I can think about trains again.

The Air Force needs me back, though, so I'm moving at the end of July; no rest for the weary!  But by early August I should be back in the modeling business.

I don't have photos of them but I'm amassing a 1980 Conrail roster now to compliment my 1956 PRR layout.  So here's an old shot of my 1956-era kitbashed N scale PRR steamers; each of these locos represents several months worth of work:

[Packers#1]

Hi all: A lash-up of EMDs, SD-45,GP-30, and GP-7.

Grampy,

Wow.

I haven't been stopping by much lately and have not seen WPF in a month; what a day to wander by and take a peek!

This modeling is outstanding.  Absolutely outstanding.  This scene has a wholeness about it, where every element works in concert with every other element.  Although your bridge is of different construction (and somewaht shorter), this scene reminds me of the PRR's Atglen and Susquehanna Low Grade Line bridge at Martic Forge, PA, in the wilds of southern Lancaster County.  Very plausable, very well executed, very solid.  Well done.  I'd love to see more of this kind of modeling here in the MR forums.

Man, you don't know what you've been missing. this guy has sick awesome scenery. he's like a master of some sort. And he did a good job weathering his RS-27 (at least, I think that's what he weathered).

[Dave Vollmer]

Hi all: A lash-up of EMDs, SD-45,GP-30, and GP-7.

Grampy,

Wow.

I haven't been stopping by much lately and have not seen WPF in a month; what a day to wander by and take a peek!

This modeling is outstanding.  Absolutely outstanding.  This scene has a wholeness about it, where every element works in concert with every other element.  Although your bridge is of different construction (and somewaht shorter), this scene reminds me of the PRR's Atglen and Susquehanna Low Grade Line bridge at Martic Forge, PA, in the wilds of southern Lancaster County.  Very plausable, very well executed, very solid.  Well done.  I'd love to see more of this kind of modeling here in the MR forums.