Weekend Photo Fun 10-10-08 to 10-12-08

[Tjsingle]

Hey guys

Really excited about the progress I made today so I posted a little early.

My conrail N11 Caboose is coming along!

Tjsingle

[shayfan84325]

I'm glad you got it started.  I finished this little truck Wednesday night.  You all are the first to see it:

[Grampys Trains]

Hi all: Nice Tj! The track gang is finishing the replacement spur into the loader at Blackwood Coal Co. Reading No. 633 is preparing to pull some loaded hoppers from the loader. That's a great looking truck, Phil.

 

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Meet the newest addition to my collection. BNSF SD40 6319. I just put a decoder in it today (Digitrax DZ125). It an Athearn rtr model. If I was looking at it in a display case it would have to go begging for another buyer because I'm not buying anymore rtr locos from Athearn. This one was a gift from a friend in Orlando, Florida. Anybody need a lightboard for an Athearn diesel? This one has a quick-plug on it.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

I see terrific work already.

TJ's caboose may end up as a prize winner with all that good work so far. Nice coal mine scene, Grampy! Phil, the little truck is really nice. Jeff, SD40 looks good; will it remain BNSF on your layout?

Here's a couple of pictures. The NP F units are two MRC F7A's and one dummy Stewart F3B that I just painted. (I need to get the decals).  Second photo shows E5's arriving in valley Heights.

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, SD40 looks good; will it remain BNSF on your layout?

Yes. This one was a very special gift.

[Guilford Guy]

Great Work So Far This Weekend!
Time to lower the quality of pictures with a Cell Phone pic!

I still need to finish the bridge with all the details, but the basic structure is done. I need to solder the electronics in, but the motor, and one of the auto shut off switches has been installed. It will be operating at a couple of Massachusetts shows, although its won't look great cosmetically. After I get my airbrush for X-mas I predict it will look much better.

[Packers#1]

Great pics everyone.

I might have some figures on my layout by the end of the weekend, if I get a package from a member of another forum by then (he got a bunch of stuff off ebay, and offered to send me some figures, for free).

[ARTHILL]

Entered these in the monthly Division contest. Didn't even come close. You should have seen the winners.

[cudaken]

 Jeff, you have a PM about the board.

 Will have some new PIC later.

                          Cuda Ken

[Driline]

I swear officer! Its just "dirty laundry" in those bags!

[lvanhen]

Driline, that big AC must keep that little car plenty cool - or is that to keep his weed cool?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Jeff, you have a PM about the board.

Right back at'cha Ken.

[cudaken]

 I talked about how my Mountain comes apart so here are a few PIC to give you a idea of how it was made.

 Many key is the aluminum beam (I think it is aluminum) so I can span the 7 foot hidden yard.

 There are two main points that are glued to the base foam. One is the lower portal in the PIC other is at the rear of the bench I have yet posted a PIC of. Evan the ground the mine sits on can be lifted off the bench, I would have to pull the bridges to the mine but that is easy. Makes it so much easier to work on!            

 This PIC is of the cliff that faces K-10 Mining. I added a tunnel for the miners and craved the foam. It is in its first colors dark and darker gray. After it is dry I will added some brown, then orange and a black wash in the deep spots.

 

 I all so got a box of Super Tress today. I like them much better than most of the trees I have so far.

 By the way, thanks for putting up with me in WPF.

              Cuda Ken

[NYCentral1]

Just a couple of pictures from me, as I keep making progress.  It's far from a masterpiece though, so don't judge it that way.

 

[RRCanuck]

Hi folks.  A couple of images from me also. Thanks to everyone who's participating. 

The skies are photoshopped. 

Cheers.

[NeO6874]

brilliant work as usual..

 

Don't know if I posted this, but I went to the Musuem of Industry (or whatever it's called...) in Chicago over the summer.

 

Thought I'd see how some of the filters in Picasa worked and I liked how this turned out.... Sorry for the "bad" cropping... someone thought it a good idea to walk through the frame just as I took the picture (and I was getting dragged away, so no time for a second shot... )

[howmus]

Great start again this weekend folks!  I haven't been doing anything "photogenic" this week, but I am getting some shots ready for a presentation next weekend at the Lakeshores Division NMRA Meet.  I will be talking about wiring and installing the Tortoise Machine so I have been looking for shots that I have taken of them over the last couple years as I have installed them on my layout.  Some installations were a bit "different" to say the least.  For instance what do you do when you are retrofitting a turnout that is installed right over a 1x4 support beam?  I made a scratch assembly using some left over brass tubing, piano wire, and a length of old code 100 rail to create a "remote" installation.  Here is the "under the table" portion:



And here is what it looks like up above on the layout:



The piano wire throw will be blackened so it should blend in and a Details West switch throw and and target will complete it.  here is another place with a similar installation.  The targets are installed.

[Texas Chief]

Will someone please tell me what "WPF" stands for????

Dick

Texas Chief

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Weekend Photo Fun.

Good question.

I would favor using full name hereafter.

[shayfan84325]

Will someone please tell me what "WPF" stands for????

Dick

Texas Chief

Weekend Photo Fun - It's a weekly thread where it's understood that you can post a few pictures and the feedback will be positive, friendly, and/or constructive.  It's a lot of fun and we get some really nice work on here every week.  They are even nice to me.

[SouthCoastRail]

While we are on explanations, can someone please tell me why the 'Weekend Photo fun' section covers 3 days (72 hours). I thought there were only two days on a weekend. I finish work Friday arvo then the weekend starts at midnight.

I'm not complaining as we have an extra day to get the photos in.

We just finished a three day weekend here (called a long weekend) where my footy team won the grand final and I attended the major annual model rail exhibition here in Sydney.

I enjoy viewing this thread each weekend.

Bob

[OlavM]

He-He

It might be so that we model railroaders (..eh, well some of us) try to extend the weekend with the Friday afternoon and the early Monday morning...

Or is it just that we live in different time Zone?

A good thing can not be extended too much! Lets start a new thread about what's a weekend?

On the other hand there are some very nice photos here, I especially enjoyed shayfan's Jordan vehicles and Gramphy's mine! I get inspired!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

A prison detail is out to help keep a crossover from being taken over by nature. The guards are out of camera view.

This coaling station is being made over into a heavily weathered structure. It will have a partially collapsed wall and pieces of the heavily rusted roof gone. The rest of the roof will appear as if ready to cave in at the slightest touch. Work on it is going slowly. I have close to six projects in front of me at this time.

[lvanhen]

While we are on explanations, can someone please tell me why the 'Weekend Photo fun' section covers 3 days (72 hours). I thought there were only two days on a weekend. I finish work Friday arvo then the weekend starts at midnight.

I'm not complaining as we have an extra day to get the photos in.

We just finished a three day weekend here (called a long weekend) where my footy team won the grand final and I attended the major annual model rail exhibition here in Sydney.

I enjoy viewing this thread each weekend.

Bob

WPF often runs 4 and sometimes 5 days!  Being retired, WPF starts Friday & runs to Thursday!! 

[galaxy]

While we are on explanations, can someone please tell me why the 'Weekend Photo fun' section covers 3 days (72 hours). I thought there were only two days on a weekend. I finish work Friday arvo then the weekend starts at midnight.

I'm not complaining as we have an extra day to get the photos in.

We just finished a three day weekend here (called a long weekend) where my footy team won the grand final and I attended the major annual model rail exhibition here in Sydney.

I enjoy viewing this thread each weekend.

Bob

THIS weekend here in the USA is an official "three day weekend" as Monday is Columbus Day, a holiday.

Add the "official" start of Weekend Photo Fun on Friday, and there is a real potential for four days of Weekend Photo Fun!!!!

Oh, my!

[Anonymous]

Jeffery: Speaking of structure projects (and having a lot of in-progress projects), I just received some structure kits in the mail to work on.

One is a Pikestuff single-stall enginehouse, which is in the Kitbasher series, meaning I'll have to cut the door and window openings myself... Didn't know that when I ordered the kit! It should be a fun project though!

The other is a IHC cement plant, which by the way is NOT the same as the Faller one, to my knowledge. They have the same design, but the IHC one comes assembled and is a total snap-together kit. It looks like the $4.99 that it cost... But it will be a good kit to try my hand at super-detailing and kitbashing. The current cement plant location in New Poland has the track right next to a steep embankment with the mainline on top, so I'll have to modify the loading area to fit. I'll keep you posted with photos and such.

Also in the order was 25 Caboose Hobbies ground throws, which I will install on every turnout on the layout. This should seriously reduce derailments, which will be very nice... I've already installed one, and shortly I'll be headed into the basement to do some more.

And while on the subject of lots of projects, I still have several ones in progress, including the yard, three water areas, and a scratchbuilt intermodal flat based on the Southern Railway's flats built from surplus 50-foot boxcars.

[howmus]

While we are on explanations, can someone please tell me why the 'Weekend Photo fun' section covers 3 days (72 hours). I thought there were only two days on a weekend. I finish work Friday arvo then the weekend starts at midnight.

I'm not complaining as we have an extra day to get the photos in.

We just finished a three day weekend here (called a long weekend) where my footy team won the grand final and I attended the major annual model rail exhibition here in Sydney.

I enjoy viewing this thread each weekend.

Bob

WPF often runs 4 and sometimes 5 days!  Being retired, WPF starts Friday & runs to Thursday!! 

Yep!  When you are retired there are 6 Saturdays and one Sunday in every week.  So WPF can be all week long.........

[gear-jammer]

THIS weekend here in the USA is an official "three day weekend" as Monday is Columbus Day, a holiday.

I don't have a government job so I will be working on Monday.  However, I usually don't work on Friday, hence, a three day weekend.   

Sue

[jacon12]

An area on my layout I'm still working on, along with ballasting the yard, weathering rolling stock etc etc.

Did I say I hate ballasting track?

Jarrell