So.... let's get started!! First of all, I didn't build this car.... what's that? You can tell? Be nice now! Anyway, it was built by a friend and it's won a few ribbons in local model building contest. He models the Boston and Maine (HO scale) in the early 1920's. I photographed it for him..
Jarrell
Jarrell, great photo work and your friend's model is...
... wow!
Is it HO scale?
Here's my contribution for the week.
Last Thursday (12/11) I started with this:
By Friday evening I'd got it to this point:
Yesterday I finished the paint and reassembled it:
It's a Hart Gondola. These were usually used for spreading ballast because they could side dump from either side or center dump. I think I'll be using it as a car to collect/ship waste glass from the Fred Mullions & Sons window factory.
I'm looking forward to another great weekend's worth of photos. Jarrell got us off to a great start!
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Great work, Phil. I have trouble putting simple handrails on a loco!
I went back and added the scale my buddy models. Thanks!
Thanks for getting the thread going this weekend, and thanks for the photos.
The older n-scale layout in the new location (garage loft) is starting to come back together; most of the structures are now in place, but still have to work on some roadways, vehicles, people, trees, shrubs, animals, and other details. But at least I am running trains again! Its only 2 x 8, and narrows down in the center (where it had been a shelf above a workbench before that allowed a usable workspace below).
I've got the trackwork back in near perfect shape to where I've had no derailments over several hours running time! (Whew!) Connections seem to be good, though wiring is still temporary. There are still a couple of locomotives I haven't run on it. But so far, so good.
I haven't added wiring for lights in structures, streetlamps, etc., yet, either. Some of the newer structures still need weathered. And the backdrops are still off.
I haven't taken time to really set up a scene for photos, just took a snapshot of a freight approaching a crossing. I was adding freight cars one at a time to check couplers, etc. After photo was taken, I was running up to 9 or 10 cars without any issues. I had earlier repaired a truck on a boxcar that fell off during the move. Thankfully, I found the pin.
I've also been working on preparations for the new section of layout, but thats still down the road a ways.
This is looking along the narrow center section; the close end is more rural, and the far end is a small community.
Jarrell, I echo what Phil said about your photos and your friend's models: They're World-Class!
Phil, that Hart gon turned out nicely!
Here's my contribution for this week: A home-grown cement distribution center, patterned after the now-discontinued WKW Medusa Cement kit:
I'll confess I did some 'digital cheating': The backdrop sky on the left-hand side was in shadow, and when I tried to correct that with a photo floodlight, that made it look even more crappy - so I 'normalized' the sky. Other than that, everything is as-it-was.
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
I enjoyed everyone's pics. thanks for sharing.........
Nice work everyone
Wow Jarrell Your buddy did a fantastic job
And your photography helps display his great work
I built a miners shot gun house
I got a little carried away with the ink wash but it's still believable
Still needs a rocking chair and a coon dog on the porch
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C&O Fan I built a miners shot gun house I got a little carried away with the ink wash but it's still believable
Nonsense....the ink wash is very convincing....makes it look like it needs a good scraping and a coat of paint...which is what you did right before the ink wash....
Bill
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig"
Wow! Still Friday night and already some awesome photos here!Once again it has been a very busy week so not much got done on the layout. I have finished decaling the boxcars though. It is amazing how many mistakes you can find after you photograph a model......... The air bubbles in the decal will get fixed tomorrow. Other stuff I will just live with.....
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Lee
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Lee, Beautiful shot!! But I'm getting ready to go shovel the 6" we got here in northern NJ yesterday!!!
I see some great pictures on Weekend Photo Fun so far. Lee's photo is enough to make me shiver from a the winter weather.
Here's a picture of some activity in Prarie View. An 0-6-0 will be handling local switching, and a way frieght is about to depart up a branchline. Meanwhile, workers of the track department are beginng their day.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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C&O Fan Nice work everyone Wow Jarrell Your buddy did a fantastic job And your photography helps display his great work I built a miners shot gun house I got a little carried away with the ink wash but it's still believable Still needs a rocking chair and a coon dog on the porch
I don't know, it looks very good to me. I don't think you got too carried away with the ink wash at all. Looks very convincing
Let me echo the others here, I think the india ink wash is just right. Get that dog and chair on the porch, some ground work around it and it's gonna be first class. I wish I could do half this good.
C&O FanNice work everyone Wow Jarrell Your buddy did a fantastic job And your photography helps display his great work I built a miners shot gun house I got a little carried away with the ink wash but it's still believable Still needs a rocking chair and a coon dog on the porch
Good stuff as usual.
Well I have been working on the backdrop (painting), and much more to go with that. Also finally got some plaster in the mail to finish off my mountain. I added some more hills, and a small tunnel. I still have to plaster paris all of it before I can even think about paint.
Theres also a shot of plastic right above the layout to help with the dust. Mitch gave the idea of a drop ceiling, but the basement is only about 6'5. So I added some plastic to help for now.
Oh, and you can tell the 3:00 is running alittle late.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
My latest project, a Rail Yard Model caboose. Painted for the Westport Terminal RR. What else?:
Wolfgang
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Wolfgang, I like the weathering you've done..., not too much or too little. What is your technique, in general, for weathering rolling stock?
Thanks,
jacon12What is your technique, in general, for weathering rolling stock?
That's different.
Usually first dullcote. Then different colors, mostly earth, at the bottom of the car.For the roof I've used chalk.
Here you can find weathering ideas.
I've been working on sidewalks for my downtown area.
Tom
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This morning I took the old Diorama outside for a short visit with the winter sun. I wanted to take some shots of a couple of engines that I have been working on. Yep, you've seen them in the past WPF but here they are under better lighting.
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zgardner- I thought you were going to show pictures of a model. Outstanding!
In fact all you folks are great!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
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Great pictures so far everyone, and we still got one more day left!
No real pictures from me this weekend, but i've gotten started on weathering.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Great pictures! It's sure a great start to the weekend.
Nothing much from me this weekend, it's been too frigid out in the garage to work on the train, so I delved into the photobox and came up with this photo: The Royal Gorge eastbound coming out of the South Yuba Canyon with one of my trusty M-67 4-8-4's on the head end. The westbound loco is my PFM 'kit-bash' F-81 2-10-2 coming off of Yuba Summit from a helper assignment.
And just in case none of you have met him, this is my new TrainCat, Remington. He's a 2-year old 19-pound "Wegie" (Norwegian Forest Cat) and he likes to stalk articulateds. Spooky's rather pround of him.
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!
I would say that this weekend is a cut above the majority, probably placing it in the 80th percentile or higher. Really nice images from all contributors. Zoe's scenes are smashing, and I love Larry's layout...looks so real. A new feline, Tom? I hope it doesn't pounce on one of your nice Yellowstones.
Jarrell's images almost defy description.
I thought I'd show a new engine taking an excursion along the interchange across the Seneca River. This is an excursion run, with the engine borrowed from the N&W for a service contract.
Cool picture, Tom!
A 19 pound cat! He must keep the neighborhood dogs in line.
I was looking at the OSB end of my layout and got to thinking that it looks kind of neat with trains and buildings, but no earth. So, I took a picture for you all:
What you are seeing are both ends of my point to point layout; the lower level is one point and the upper level is the other point. The two tunnels are disguising a reversing loop.
I'm hoping to get a layer of scenery down before spring. There will be rocks and some retaining wall at the drop-off between the two levels, but the rest of the terrain will be mostly texture, and a road. I'll post pitures as it progresses.
I have one more structure to complete before I begin scenery. It's Campbell's "Grand Ma's House." It will be located in that area just beyond the Heisler.
I was cutting the Grand Ma's House window openings this evening and thought you guys might like to see my method.
I use this tool. It's a worn out mortising chisel (square, hollow, with 4 cutting edges). I added a handle and sharpened it:
To use it, I remove most of the wood from the middle of the planned opening with a motor tool, then place the chisel in the corner of the opening, and hit it with a mallet:
Once I've done all four corners, these are my results:
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The masking tape on the back of the pieces helps prevent splitting. What I like about this method is that it is quick and gives me reliably square openings.
Haven't done much on the layout in months but still looking in once in awhile. Here's the photo that became this year's Christmas card.
tom one stupid( but a question) Is that spooky setting behind the cat? lol. well they are the same color.
slow train Ed
shayfan84325 -Thanks for that masking tape on the back tip!
Fiatfan-Great looking sidewalks.
Ed:
No, that's not Spooky, LOL! It's some kind of weird Walrus carving that my sister brought back for me from her trip to Alaska a couple of years ago.
Here's the real Spooky:
Otherwise known as "She Who Must Be Obeyed."