zgardner18The big Montana sky is already giving way to the summer's morning sun as the Livingston-Bozeman Local moves closer to top of the Bozeman Pass with a small load of only two cars. Montana's Mountains get real green with wild grasses, it just too bad the Summer doesn't stay a lot longer before the cold sets in. Just trying to shoot different angles of what I can work with. By Sunday I should have wires on my poles
The big Montana sky is already giving way to the summer's morning sun as the Livingston-Bozeman Local moves closer to top of the Bozeman Pass with a small load of only two cars. Montana's Mountains get real green with wild grasses, it just too bad the Summer doesn't stay a lot longer before the cold sets in.
Just trying to shoot different angles of what I can work with. By Sunday I should have wires on my poles
That's a really nice looking shot. The car ruts look very realistic. I assume you are modeling in HO. Are you using Silflor for the grass? And if so how do you like it?
The transition on the hillside from dirt to grass is very very convincing. Great Job.
Love those NH geep-30s Guilford Guy! Imagine if the old NH really had some of those. Oh well we can dream can''t we?
Great photos everyone, just keeps getting better!
Den.
Driline: I hope you stole that idea for a vehicle-rutted drive from someone else, as I'll be stealing it from YOU....just hope I can model it as convincingly.
unca roggieDriline: I hope you stole that idea for a vehicle-rutted drive from someone else, as I'll be stealing it from YOU....just hope I can model it as convincingly.
Not my ruts...Thats zgardner18 from California,"The land of fruits & Nuts".
Driline unca roggie Driline: I hope you stole that idea for a vehicle-rutted drive from someone else, as I'll be stealing it from YOU....just hope I can model it as convincingly. Not my ruts...Thats zgardner18 from California,"The land of fruits & Nuts".
unca roggie Driline: I hope you stole that idea for a vehicle-rutted drive from someone else, as I'll be stealing it from YOU....just hope I can model it as convincingly.
I'll take that with a grain of salt. Mostly because I agree with you. I'd much rather be in Montana but oh well.
All of my grass is actually applied with my new electro-magnetic device. Noch makes it. Yeah I spent the money but I like what it gives me.
I first made the road using fine ballast and powders. Then I applied glue to the areas that I wanted and then turned on my Noch grass shaker and there you go. Take away the grass that landed in the non-glued area and you got an old road taken over by grass.
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I see......I'll show you my "ruts" if you show me yours!
I took a break this week from scenery, weathering and other "on layout" projects to set up some car cards/waybills for my first try at simple operations. All track is weathered, wired and everything works well so being able to do some "ops" while working on other aspects of the layout seemed like a good idea. I first finished my fascia then attached MicroMark bill boxes plus small shelves. The larger job was at the desk creating the paperwork! Nothing really innovative or new here but this was my week's project.
Lets not get in a rut, here (does bad Goofy impression:) "Ah hu-hyulk!"
Hi New Haven,
Just wanted you to know that there is a model train "tour" in your area on Saturday, January 31st.
Most of these home tours are in Santa Barbara, but one is in Santa Rosa Valley. Most start at 10:00AM and go till about 5 or 6PM.
Go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_of_Southern_California to find out the addresses and times when you can visit the layouts. I am planning on seeing at least 4 of them. The last one I plan to visit on the way back home is the one in Santa Rosa Valley, near Moorpark. Hope to see you.
Your train buddy John
Great Southwest and Pacific RR
Cylinder Cocks added to my 2-8-0. Sorry if its blurry.....
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
I can't remember if I have used this one before. It shows my progress in the yard section.
And the obligatory "Bridge shot".. Foreground still needs Grass and perhaps a switch shanty.
I've been playing around re-detailing my BLI K4. The K4 as originally released by BLI had a few detailing issues for a pre-war loco (the second run fixed most of the issues). The changes I have made include: removing the air filter and auxiliary reservoir on the reverser, moving the train control box to the pilot, placing markers on the pilot and class lights on the smokebox, removing a few pipes, replacing the bell with an accurate model from PSC etc. I still need to move the markers on the tender and make a few other adjustments, plus touching up the paint, but it's pretty close!
A couple of shots from the winter layout. Ordinarily it's long gone by now, it sets up with the Christmas tree and comes down with the tree. However this year it got a repreive as I have been using it as a programming track for my new DCC system. So it has to stay up until I get all my decoders installed.
Yes, the wife is complaining: "And just when will this project be done?"
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
Ok ,I think I'm half way up
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Slow train ed, Nice helix, just a word of caution, pressure treated wood, like your leg and a few other pieces, has a bad habit of warping/twisting!! Just make sure the stuff is dry and has been in the trainroom for at least 2 or 3 weeks before useing it!! My Again, nice helix!!
Great work ya'll.
How about I try again with those pictures (don't worry, I'll post three, at most):
U23B:
weathered boxcar (felt like creating a rust-bucket ):
My Atlas classic rs-1 (first time I've gotten pics of it all together):
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Packers#1- Great job on the RS-1 ( l adore the RS class) and the U23B. Keep up the good work!
Hello this is a work in progress it's my junkyard.
and this is my junk fence I have been working on.
this will be the street side of the yard.
have a nice day Frank
New Haven I-5 Packers#1- Great job on the RS-1 ( l adore the RS class) and the U23B. Keep up the good work!
Thanks. I haven't really done anything to the rs-1, just the fuel tank and sill unit, b/c I'll be repainting it when I get an airbrush, but the handrails etc. will remain black.The u23B was a major headache, because all the light colored powders I kept adding kept washing off when I sprayed it w/ semi-gloss (this happened like 3 times). It didn't come out quite like the prototype photo 9which is of a sister unit, not the actual roadnumber I have):
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=55152&nseq=3
not my photo, by the way
EDIT: luke, nice work on your steamer, btw.
here's the prototype for my U23B (the actual real-life one). I think all I'll need to buy are the mirrors and rotary beacon, the horn looks the same as what is on the model now, just in a different spot:
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/atsf/atsf6330abp.jpg
Stebbycentral
I like your lighted buildings ,what are they and where did you get them .
Thank you
Rich
Wonderful stuff again this weekend guys. Some great layouts and a lot of good photos.
Grampy, you should have taken video of your water feature so we could watch it move. Outstanding work as usual.
I have been working on my Christmas present to me for the last week or so. I have installed a Soundtraxx DSD-101LC decoder and a couple of 3/4-inch speakers in this Atlas Trainman RS-32. I applied most of a Bowser Detail kit and painted the grabs and handrails. NYC RS-32 #8038 is shown here switching a hopper at the Farmer's Union elevator as a crewman takes his ease at the rail.
Keep up the good work guys! I always find you inspiring.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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Slowtrain,
That helix looks awesome. Ditto to what was said earlier about pressure treated wood. Do be careful.
To everyone else, looks great. I don't have any pictures to add sadly.
MadSinger
Ed, Great looking helix! I am planning on very similar construction for mine over the next few months--so keep the updates coming. Jamie
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Allan, that's a wonderful RS-32!!!!!!
I've got the car from my friend Fons, the tree made Peter.
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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brkracing Stebbycentral I like your lighted buildings ,what are they and where did you get them . Thank you Rich
They are part of a Christmas Villlage set that my father purchased via mailorder several years ago. I wound up with them because no one else in the family wanted them. I started out with 6 buildings, and we found 4 more stored away in closets when dad moved out of his condo last fall.
lvanhen Slow train ed, Nice helix, just a word of caution, pressure treated wood, like your leg and a few other pieces, has a bad habit of warping/twisting!! Just make sure the stuff is dry and has been in the trainroom for at least 2 or 3 weeks before useing it!! My Again, nice helix!!
I don't mean to go off the topic, but what is the best kind of wood to use for a helix. I'd like to know because when it comes time to build my "dream layout" it will have a helix and I want to do it with the right materials
Packers,
Since it's my local railroad kudos on the NYS&W RS1. Here's a challenge, the radiators on them would wear out. Most pictures you see of them have most of the access doors open, they ran them this way to cool the engine. That would be quite a feat to model! And probably too much to try, so just kidding about modeling it that way. But I do like the model you have there.
Packers#1,
Thanks for the kind words.