mononguy63Got bored with the football game on TV, so I started playing with my video camera & computer Trainwatching
Got bored with the football game on TV, so I started playing with my video camera & computer
Trainwatching
Great video (and great music)! I've got to get one of the atlas Monon U23Bs.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Svein, That's a terrific job of photo editing. The amount of details that come out from the shadows is amazing. Jamie
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Svein, nice job on that photo!!! Black on black subjects are the very hardest thing to do!! Just look in almost any magazine & try to find a black on black photo!! Even the MR mags usually have loco photos as gray on gray!!
Did some experimenting with my camera this weekend, and took some pics of one of my engines. The pics came out a little underexposed and to dark, so I used the photo editing software that came with the camera and made some changes to the RAW file before converting to jpg and resizing the pic.
I started with this:
And ended up with this:
Full size pic here (warning: 3600x1800, 3,4MB).
This was my first time ever trying to edit a photo, but I got a lot of tips on a Norwegian forum, and I think the result isn't all that bad for a first try.
Next time maybe I'll even remember to remove the dust BEFORE taking the pic...
Svein
(edited: added forum link)
"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
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Here's a picture of my 2-10-2's new Bell & Whistle wires, which I made out of copper:
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
gaelicpropties trainnut1250: Are those plows in your 2nd picture? Are they commercially available? Scale? (or, maybe you just pulled off the road and took a picture of some farmer's field!) Very realistic, as are your other 2 photos. The truck in Pic.1, and the detail of Pic. 3, particularly the subdued, subtle colors of the workers' clothing, provide the elements of some of the most impressive scenes posted. Thanks, in advance, for your reply.
trainnut1250:
Are those plows in your 2nd picture? Are they commercially available? Scale? (or, maybe you just pulled off the road and took a picture of some farmer's field!) Very realistic, as are your other 2 photos. The truck in Pic.1, and the detail of Pic. 3, particularly the subdued, subtle colors of the workers' clothing, provide the elements of some of the most impressive scenes posted.
Thanks, in advance, for your reply.
Gaelic,
Thank you for the kind words. The scale is HO, the plow in the second picture is actually an Austin Road Grader (kit #3055) from Rio Grande Models. It is a white metal kit. Eric (the owner of RGM) makes lots of cool stuff. They are craftsman kits (lots of work but they always come out well).
http://www.riograndemodels.com/HO.htm
The truck in the first picture is a wheel works kit. I had a different cow in the shot originally that looked fine from normal viewing distance but when photgraphed up close his eye was poorly painted and he looked like the "alien cow from Mars". I replaced him with the animal you see in the shot.
The track crew in picture three is from a set of white metal castings of early American track laying figures I bought on Ebay a few years ago. I painted them and then washed them with India ink to subdue the color. The photo was then slightly desaturated in photoshop to give it that "look". I always wanted to have a scene of track removal on the layout somewhere....Currently it is the only semi-finished scene on the layout.
These scenes are part of my realistic grass experiment. I recently built a static grass gun ("Grassinator") and bought some of the new "California Gold" grass from Silflor. I am quite happy with the results. I recommend that anyone modeling California (or the west in general) check out the new grass. Beats anything else I've tried so far. To see more grassinator effects see this link, first and fourth photos:
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/127351.aspx
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
RRCanuck Nice contributions this week. I haven't done a whole lot of new things lately on the pike, but wanted to contribute something...not exactly the acme of modeling skill, but better than nuthin' ! Cheers.
Nice contributions this week. I haven't done a whole lot of new things lately on the pike, but wanted to contribute something...not exactly the acme of modeling skill, but better than nuthin' ! Cheers.
Dick,
I love the detail on the back of that building.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
slow train Ed ok this is what I put in the url http://:192photobucket.com/abbums/z80/slowtrainedP1030047.jpg and I just get the red x in the box. slowtrainEd
ok this is what I put in the url http://:192photobucket.com/abbums/z80/slowtrainedP1030047.jpg
and I just get the red x in the box.
slowtrainEd
Ed,
I use photobucket too. You need to copy the link with the [IMG] on the front end. It is the last of the four choices below the photo.
As always some fantastic work shown here!
I haven't had much time this week to get anything done in the train room, but have completed the loading dock for the old Freight House ("Temporary Freight House"....). Still have a lot to do. Will be adding a ramp, steps, and lots of freight, both inside and out.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Great stuff again this weekend. You guys are really something.
Here is a photo from my updated website. The Farmer's Union elevator is a replacement for the Black River Valley COOP, Walther's ADM elevator, that used to occupy this space. I think the wooden elevator fits in better than the old one. Still a few details to add but I am pleased with the new structure.
Keep up the good work guys. You are always inspiring.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
tstage made the ramps out of 10-mil (0.01") styrene sheeting. They are 1-1/2" x 12" x 8-plies and create a 1% grade. Each underlying piece is 1-1/2" longer than the piece above.Only the back 1" or so is adhered to the pieces above and/or below. The ramp in pics 1 & 2 was actually trimmed so that the transition from the end of the turnout to the bottom on the switch grade.The styrene (vs. using cardboard) should make the ramp impervious to swelling when it comes to ballasting the track later on. I'm fairly confident that they'll work as I imagine them to. Tom
made the ramps out of 10-mil (0.01") styrene sheeting. They are 1-1/2" x 12" x 8-plies and create a 1% grade. Each underlying piece is 1-1/2" longer than the piece above.Only the back 1" or so is adhered to the pieces above and/or below. The ramp in pics 1 & 2 was actually trimmed so that the transition from the end of the turnout to the bottom on the switch grade.The styrene (vs. using cardboard) should make the ramp impervious to swelling when it comes to ballasting the track later on. I'm fairly confident that they'll work as I imagine them to.
Tom
Great thinking about using styrene instead of a paper product on the switch 'ramp' ...it's a idea 'keeper' for my future.
slow train Ed C&O Fan slow train Ed ok this is what I put in the url http://:192photobucket.com/abbums/z80/slowtrainedP1030047.jpg and I just get the red x in the box. slowtrainEd Maybe This ? yes sir you have it.thank you .now if you can tell me how to do it from this end .I would like to post several pictures of the new layout in its starting stages.For the people that don't know whats going on here . this is my grandaughter painting the new sky for our layout room.the new helix is behind her going very slow trying to get it right ,and the old layout is between us,witch will be added togeather latter on down the track.Thank you VERY much for posting this ! slowtrain Ed
C&O Fan slow train Ed ok this is what I put in the url http://:192photobucket.com/abbums/z80/slowtrainedP1030047.jpg and I just get the red x in the box. slowtrainEd Maybe This ?
Maybe This ?
slowtrain Ed
Sure Just pick the photo you want then left click on the very last link under the photo the one marked
"IMG"
then Right click then click on copy
then in the body of your post
left click to position the photo
then Right click
Then left click on paste
You'll see a link like this
{except i removed the final [/IMG] so you could see the link rather than the picture}
[IMG]http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z80/slowtrained/PA170019.jpg
TerryinTexas
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Aha! Yep, it was a bad URL, Ed. Compare your posted URL to the URL of the picture that Terry posted for you:
Yours: http://:192photobucket.com/abbums/z80/slowtrainedP1030047.jpg
Terry's: http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z80/slowtrained/P1030047.jpg
You had "abbums" instead of "albums". That would do it.
Good catch, Terry!
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I have made some progress on scenery (still have roads to finish). As far as the old sawdust use as scenery, I still use some but not that bright green. A little bit mixed in gives texture.
Tom, Great idea for maintaining a smooth transition when using different scale roadbeds. I'll have to remember that one.
Wolfgang, Very nice on the oil facility. I have lots of spots along narrow shelves where I would like to locate an industry such as yours--very helpful to see what you have done. And looks great too!
Jamie
slow train Ed selector RRCanuck, your weather tracks are among the top two or three I have seen. Excellent!!! -Crandell ok what did I do wrong ? I didn't evon get a crack up on this week. gona try again.
selector RRCanuck, your weather tracks are among the top two or three I have seen. Excellent!!! -Crandell
RRCanuck, your weather tracks are among the top two or three I have seen. Excellent!!!
-Crandell
Slow train Ed, I don't know what it is you intend to do. Are you quoting me, or RRCanuck's image, or are you posting an image of your own from another location?
If quoting, simply hit "reply", and when the next window opens, click on "quote". Click in the text box after all the text you see, including the [/quot e] and type your message or paste your image code.
For your own images, you must use a host site that will store your image files. There are free ones such as railimages.com and photobucket. For any one image, you must paste the full-sized image's URL bracketed by the [img ] and [ /img ]...without the spaces between the brackets.
As Tom did, I tried clicking on the blue URL you show at the top of this page, but firefox says its a bad URL...? Sorry, I am out of my depth at this point.
RRCanuckSlow train Ed I think that in order to make the link work you need to have [IMG] at the very front and very end of the link. ie. in front of http and after jpg Give that a shot
Slow train Ed
I think that in order to make the link work you need to have [IMG] at the very front and very end of the link. ie. in front of http and after jpg
Give that a shot
I actually tried that for Ed and it still didn't work. It appears to be a bad link/URL.
I've finsihed basic scenery with my oil dealer at Diamond Valley.
The area of the oil dealer is limited by the aisle, structures are cropped:
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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ICRR1964 The colored grass is old school from the 60's and 70's Driline. When I was a kid this was what allot of people used for grass, It was cheap and easy to use back then. It is simply saw dust colored green. In the early 70's that was what people used that were on a tight budget. I think I have about 5 pounds of the stuff still laying around.
The colored grass is old school from the 60's and 70's Driline. When I was a kid this was what allot of people used for grass, It was cheap and easy to use back then. It is simply saw dust colored green. In the early 70's that was what people used that were on a tight budget. I think I have about 5 pounds of the stuff still laying around.
A story to go with the old school dyed sawdust scenery.
When I was a kid my first layout was a sheet of OSB with track nailed to it and all the scenery including the ballast was dyed sawdust. When I put it away in my late teens/early twenties the OSB with the sawdust moved with me a couple of times. durring a re-roofing project on a garage at my house I needed 1 more sheet of sheathing so I grabbed the old layout board from the garage and used it. When ever I go up into that attic I can still see the sawdust glued to the bottom side. I wonder what someone will think 100 years from now when they see that.
Well, it's been a while since I've posted here on the WPF.
Perhaps something a little different. These are my HO to N-scale roadbed ramps:
The first two are for a straight section of track past the turnout. The third (a little more difficult to see) is used directly underneath the turnout.
I made the ramps out of 10-mil (0.01") styrene sheeting. They are 1-1/2" x 12" x 8-plies and create a 1% grade. Each underlying piece is 1-1/2" longer than the piece above.
Only the back 1" or so is adhered to the pieces above and/or below. The ramp in pics 1 & 2 was actually trimmed so that the transition from the end of the turnout to the bottom of the ramp would be 12".
The styrene (vs. using cardboard) should make the ramp impervious to swelling when it comes to ballasting the track later on. I'm fairly confident that they'll work as I imagine them to.
Slow Train Ed
I don't know what the problem is... maybe try deleting the stuff in front of the [IMG] part of the link...
Selector
Thanks for the kind comments. I experimented a bit in painting my track and found that the simplest approach was also the best...believe it or not, all I do is spraypaint rails and ties with ModelMaster Dark Earth. I tried all kinds of other approaches including spraying multiple colours, painting rails separately by brush, etc, and wasn't too keen on those results.
selector
Crandell,
It's always a lovely sight in my eyes to see a New York Central loco and, especially - the Trix Mike. It's still my favorite in my small roster.
I do have a question for you. Are the smaller conifers on the hill behind intended to "imply" forced perspective? If not, it works very well in that respect.