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I'm always interested in seeing how others do pavement.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Mine's just a retread of an industrial loading lot so it has some rough area. I think that adds to the character of it though. In this part of the country you seldom see a paved lot that doesn't have some kind area that's been busted up.
I finished up this Frenchman River lobster boat over the last week.
The figures are from Preiser. The traps and lines were all included in the kit. Rocks by Bragdon.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Jeff, I like the look of your pavement very realistic.
Mister Beasly, I could be wrong, but did you happen to get the name of you boat from the movie Perfect Storm?
Jason
Modeling the Fort Worth & Denver of the early 1970's in N scale
Hey now...a Pacer and a Gremlin in the opening WPF shots. Very nice! Jamie
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Looks great, I really like the combination of older cars and newer cars in the shot. Now, if only I could get that good with my stuff.
Great photos so far everyone! This is my new beast on my RR:
A Bachmann Spectrum 2-10-2. It is lettered for the Seaboard and will pull about 20 twenty year old cars.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Jeffery: A Pacer and Gremlin! Got any figures with bell-bottom pants?
Mister B: I'm digging your lobsta boat. It's just sweet! HO scale?
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
I finally got scenery on part of the layout top the point where I can start thinking seriously about structure & tree placements.
Spotting a couple of cars at Woody's Lumber
The freighthouse on the outskirts of the town of Munee
Ol' Stumpy says things is kinda slow at the lumber mill just now, but things should pick up once they get a building to saw their wood in...
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
This week I finished the two buildings in the McGraw Oil Co. (Walthers)
Jarrell
Yes, the lobster boat is in HO scale. I made the decals myself.
jguess733 Mister Beasly, I could be wrong, but did you happen to get the name of you boat from the movie Perfect Storm?
Yes, that's where the name came from. First, though, while casting about for names, I thought of naming the boat "Miss Penny," after my wife. She already has a street and subway station on my layout named for her (Penny Lane) so I didn't feel too bad about the name change. I did a bit of research on the Andrea Gail, and discovered, to my amazement, that when she was originally built, her owners named her "Miss Penny."
Jarrell, your kits turned out really nicely. My compliments to you!
Mr. B. your water looks great and the boat right at home in it....or is that "on" it.
Jim, very nice work on your lumber storage shed.
-Crandell
Here's an overview of the layout at the end of 2008. In the far distance is a bit of temporary scenery I did for my helix clinic. The helix is out of sight on the far right.
And here's a view of what I and my friend Walt did a few days ago - we added all the studs to support the upper deck and the backdrops, and added the lower level backdrop support stringers. I was standing in that far corner for the previous shot. Obviously I've got some other work to finish - like running the Pex heating lines that are hanging there coiled up - before I can proceed further in this area.
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
Here are a few from the Willoughby Line:
Cow in the grass.
Rusting in the weeds.
Pulling up the spur.
Happy Hew Year,
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
Awesome!
Wow.
Lots of first class work. Keep them coming.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
I took a quick shot of my layout. Kinda let you see which way the track is going (as of right now) . Plus I didn't get a chance to clean up any. So there are a few pieces of track laying around.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Friday ain't even over, and already a ton of great shots!
Robby, layout is looking great.
Well, apparently my dad has a tripod somewhere, so you know what that means. More pictures of the AAT branch (I can here your groans even now).
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good shots so far and its only Friday night.
Figured many people would spot Jeffrey's Pacer and Gremlin right off, but the first thing that caught my eye was the Olds 442.
Robby, do you have anything holding up that coaling station or is it just hanging in limbo as appears in the pic? LOL.
Robert H. Shilling II
I produced two new videos of the WRS; one chasing train 42T out of Dooley and up the east face of New Poland Pass, and the other of a light engine move at night.
Chasing WRS Train 41T out of Stude
WRS Light Power Move at night
Enjoy!
mononguy63I finally got scenery on part of the layout top the point where I can start thinking seriously about structure & tree placements. Spotting a couple of cars at Woody's Lumber The freighthouse on the outskirts of the town of Munee Ol' Stumpy says things is kinda slow at the lumber mill just now, but things should pick up once they get a building to saw their wood in... Jim
What are you using for grass? Is that a woodland scenics product?
MR&T #1023 trundles through Putney with a long freight.
CNJ831
I guess it does look kinda funny. Its on a piece of wood, which is then screwed into the train table. Plus there are several L brackets. Its VERY strong, and theres not going to be that much weight.
I bet I will probably end up getting a leg under it to make sure.
If you're anywhere from Philadelphia to Washington to Norfolk, take a nice drive over to the Delmarva Peninsula, and stop by the Delmarva Model Railroad Club for their annual open house this weekend. Saturday, 11-5, Sunday noon to 5. Here's a few peeks at what you'll see...
Leased power on the HO layout.
Fast Freight on the N scale layout
Climax on the HO logging branch
Union Station on the O Gauge 3 rail layout.
B&O Varnish on the HO Layout
Stop by and see us! We also have an N scale modular set up, and huge operating display of antique and vintage tinplate!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Heeyyy! How come you guys Are so good! Once again you're upholding my thinking that WPF shows the best MRing on the net!
Yeah I noticed the Gremlin, I had one of those. I hate to admit it but I loved that aereodynamicly backwards hunk. It wouldn't die. But that 442 got me smiling and I'm a MOPAR man.
Keep 'em comin, maybe someday I'll be worthy of at least shadowing .
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Hello ... Nice photos so far.
Below is a GN train with Alco units exercising running rights on my CB&Q layout.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Driline mononguy63 What are you using for grass? Is that a woodland scenics product?
mononguy63
The grass is simply a mixture of Woodland Scenics Blended Turf and some bright green dyed sawdust that I received as a gift many many moons ago and kept out of politeness but never thought I'd use, over a layer of cheap mismatched tan paint. Frankly I was surprised at how pleasing the result is, at least to these colorblind eyes.
AHA! I spotted an ATLAS or CONCOR??? SD35 up there, lettered for PRR, only because of the "6140" number showing (you only get to see the NOSE of it, in the shot)
Bear with me while I tell this little story: When I was just starting out in this hobby, back in the early 60's, I'd open my MR mag, and near the front just DROOL over the poorly done graphic representing that h.o. loco, staring at the $18 price tag, which may just as well have read $1800
So I never did spring for one, and then POOF, I'd no longer see it advertised, after a few years.
I mentioned how I had this unfulfilled desire, on this message board, last year, and someone suggested (and then even supplied me with a direct LINK) going to eBay to look for one...I saw one listed as UNOPENED (what???) and instead of BIDDING on it, paid the BUY NOW price of $25 (which, at THIS stage of my life, is like pocket change)
I'd have preferred an UNDEC (as they didn't do it in an SP black widow theme) but the Pennsy version had very little I'd have to obliterate on its side, to make it an F&A Ry piece.
I waited like a kid on Christmas morning for it to arrive, and a few days later pulled it out of the mailbox...ran inside, making little funny noises in anticipation...carefully opened the (yep!) never touched box, to reveal the unit in all its glory.
I expected to nearly faint or something, but nothing like that kind of emotion happened. I sort of looked at it, and wondered why I'd been so wrapped up in wanting one. I mean, its NICE and all, but I suddenly heard the echo of some awful thing a poet or somebody like that, once uttered: "The pain of desire is only offset by the boredom of satiety."
(At the point when I heard that, I thought: Baloney...I'm never going to think that way.) But I suppose we DO build up things in our minds, at times, and the reality of it is that we set ourselves up for a little disappointment, that way. Still, I'm not going to let that stop me from being optomistic about life! From the same era as that advertisement, MR did a nice article on a club layout called "The Maywood Central." (Back when the magazine only ran B&W shots) There may be drool spots showing on the scan I did from that article, as I was extremely inspired by their skills in depicting realistic railroad scenes, like this one:
Some of you folks have done so much BETTER than that on your layouts, that this photo now looks a bit "blah." But it was big time back in the day!
ok gona try and get starting pictures of the new layout .hope you can see it .
slowtrainEd