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
I just wanted to drop by and show off my diorama progress. After months of no work, this week I finished painting and laying the track and ballasted it. I thought ballasting by the switches would be a pain, but it was pretty easy.
Here's WSOR 3802 pulling a boxcar in the yard.
And leaving past the yard office.
Here are some pics of a layout I started in the mid 70's. It was torn down some time in the mid to late 80's after a fire in our home, much of it was destroyed from the fire and water damage. I moved this from my parents home into our home, what a pain that was. I did some updates on it, but left the old saw dust grass and trees.
jeffrey-wimberlyDrilineI know there are different levels of colorblindness, some more severe than others. I've always wondered, if one was colorblind how would one know they have a problem unless others point it out, to them it is normal.That's usually the way it is. I didn't know I had a problem with color blindness until it was pointed out to me during an eye test in 1971. My problem colors are grays and dark blues. I see gray dark grays as silver and light grays as white or buff white. Dark blue shows up as a lighter blue or dark green. My father can't see most blues at all and my grandfather was completely colorblind. So yes, it does vary from person to person. Some people may go nearly their entire life not knowing they have a color perception problem.
DrilineI know there are different levels of colorblindness, some more severe than others. I've always wondered, if one was colorblind how would one know they have a problem unless others point it out, to them it is normal.
I personally can't distinguish greens and browns (kind of a bummer when trying to do scenery) with the occasional orange and yellow thrown in for good measure, and purple looks like blue. But like Driline says, I literally don't know what I'm missing, so it's no big deal to me. Other than I refuse to go clothes shopping alone..
"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
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.
I've been working hard the last week on a 5 foot section east of Bedford Falls but it's not quite ready for pics so I dug up this older shot of the engine terminal at the Franklinton yard.
DrilineAhhh...I wondered why I hadn't seen bright green grass like that before. Are you really colorblind? I know there are different levels of colorblindness, some more severe than others. I've always wondered, if one was colorblind how would one know they have a problem unless others point it out, to them it is normal.
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.
I will look around today, but I think I have some photo's of an old layout I did back in the mid 70's using the dyed saw dust. I'll try and get them posted today.
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mononguy63Driline mononguy63 What are you using for grass? Is that a woodland scenics product? 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.
Driline mononguy63 What are you using for grass? Is that a woodland scenics product?
mononguy63
What are you using for grass? Is that a woodland scenics product?
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.
Ahhh...I wondered why I hadn't seen bright green grass like that before. Are you really colorblind? I know there are different levels of colorblindness, some more severe than others. I've always wondered, if one was colorblind how would one know they have a problem unless others point it out, to them it is normal.
I have enjoyed all contributions...a great start to WPF.
Nothing special from me...a lazy shot showing a Trix NYC Mikado backing down the switch back to Sentinel Coal.
I was so happy to get my new locomotive running (see the thread about Proto locos shorting out) that I recorded this little video
BL2 working the line
ok gona try and get starting pictures of the new layout .hope you can see it .
slowtrainEd
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!
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
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
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.
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
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.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
MR&T #1023 trundles through Putney with a long freight.
CNJ831
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
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 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!
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
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
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.
Wow.
Lots of first class work. Keep them coming.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Awesome!
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
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
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.