From the Club swap meet today.
WOW!!!!
Here's my entry for the WPF.
I have been working on weathering my new Atlas GP 40-2 and my Photoshop skills. Here is the latest result.
The image of the locomotive and rail cars was taken on one of my modules outdoors (you can't beat natural light for a good photo). The backdrop building and sky was added with Photoshop. I erased some distracting powerlines and a lightpole that appeared in the original background photo I took. Everyone keep up the good work.
Not a problem. As you can see from the pictures I took, the original photographer must have used a wide angle lens. I hadn't noticed the weird geometry of the trestle in the photo until you pointed it out. I had just noticed the apparent curve on the top that isn't actually there.
Thanks for 'straightening me out", Corey.
Thanks for the interest guys. The trestle still stands to this day. The concrete bridge was replaced in the eighties in order to realign the highway. You use to have to almost come to a stop and then make a ninety degree turn to go under the trestle. Here are a few recent photos. Some are form early spring and some are from the fall. I hope to go out there again once old man winter goes away.
Here are a couple photos from messing around on my diorama. I need to work on lighting, but these were impromptu as it is. I was trying to get some interesting/realistic angled shots.
CMLewis The bridge is straight and still stands, at least according to Google Earth. Interestingly, the road bridge is curved, although I suspect the one in the old photograph had been replaced.
The bridge is straight and still stands, at least according to Google Earth. Interestingly, the road bridge is curved, although I suspect the one in the old photograph had been replaced.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=112767661823924719613.000457a8c96bb3b61b04a
Click on "View in Google Earth" link, then zoom in.
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Nic Work My buddy an I are into taking old car a refurbishing them into new working cars.
howmus Corey that is going to be an awesome scene!!! Great work so far! Where exactly is that bridge located?
Corey that is going to be an awesome scene!!! Great work so far!
Where exactly is that bridge located?
OHH, OHH, call on me teacher! I know the answer, call on me!
It is the Red Jacket Bridge near Mankato, Mn. The picture was taken at the time of the automobile bridge's dedication in August of 1911. I do not know if it still stands there or not. I was somewhat surprised to see it posted here, as I recognized it from a book I own called "Railroads Across North America, An Illustrated History", authored by Claude Wiatrowski.
Oh, and I believe the curvature that you are seeing is entirely the result of the wide-angle lens.
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!
It's curved.... got to be.
Cory, I don't know if this matters to you, but my impression is that the railway bridge is curved in a horizontal plane. It approaches the road bridge at an angle at left and then begins to diverge most of the way toward the right, as the bents on the right suggest by their turning to face the lens. I think the lens was a simple one that imparted a great deal of curvature of field to the resulting image, but the faces of the bents at right suggest to me that the bridge curved. Either that or there is field compression and both bridges were much longer, about twice as long, as they appear to be and the wide angle lens is just compressing the image.
-Crandell
A big thank you to all for your kind words on the Yard at Hopewell. It's getting close.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Nice pictures so far folks. I've been wanting to share my extremely slow progress with you. Some where along the way of building my trestle, I decided to add the old concrete auto bridge. Now I'm stacking and carving foam to try to mimic the actual location. Here are a few progress picks. As you can see, I have a long way to go!:)
And, of course, the actual area that is haunting me at times!:D Of course, this photo was taken forty years before my layout era.
SouthCoastRail . . . . And the bad news, my football team were loosing 34 to 6 just after half time so I decided to come on line early tonight. Bob
. . . . And the bad news, my football team were loosing 34 to 6 just after half time so I decided to come on line early tonight.
Bob
Didn't know you had the Detroit Lions down there . . .
Just logged onto the forum from downunder and noticed the WPF has been expanded further to now include Tuesdays. Thats five out the seven days allocated. Unfortunately our weekends are limited to Saturday and Sunday.
Seriously though, this is the thread I head for on Saturday nights. There is some great photography and modelling done by you guys over there.
I have had a good day today, an old school mate decided to change scales from HO to O scale, so I picked up quite a few bargains. And the bad news, my football team were loosing 34 to 6 just after half time so I decided to come on line early tonight.
http://southcoastrail.blogspot.com/
Snooping around the yard again today I wandered over to the carmen's shanty. Looks like they don't have much going on but they did have a neat string of old MOW cars on the RIP track.
Well I got some more detail parts to add to my caboose shed for the club layout. I have lots more to add but thought I would take a break and take a few photos of my progess. In the unlikely event I get some more free time this weekend I will post some more photos of my progress.
Be Wise Beware Be Safe
"Mountain Goat" Greg
SP&S Oregon Trunk
DANG RAY, yard looks great!!!!!!!!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
howmus
That scene just "looks right", if you catch my drift. Great camera angle. It makes you feel like you are track side, looking across at the loco and up at the hill behind. The rusted rails, the grass, weathering, background life, and the downtown all add up to a heck of a good shot. Send it to MR for their magazine!
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
Hi Ray, Yes, that was the finishing touch! Very nice work, and that Silfor grass looks great!
Wow! 3 pages of great photos already and it is only Friday night. This could be a great, great weekend.
I have been finishing up work on the yard, planting some more "silflor" grass, and reballasting a couple places that the glue didn't take (ie: pot holes in the tracks) and gerally getting ready for the layout tour in a week.
The area around the coal tower:
A few shots of the yard now with cars returned.....
Notice any improvement, Grampy?
Thanks Garry: I'm a relative novice at photography, but here's how I've been taking photos, recently. The camera is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7. ISO 100, Aperture Priority, f stop 8.0, manual focus. I manually focus on the fore ground subject, then there is this bar in the screen that gives you a focus range in ft. So, everything that is in that range will be in focus. The nice thing about digital cameras, is you can experiment till you get the results you're after.
Thanks, Tom. Yes, it does stay put, I believe they add some sort of adhesive to it. If there is a down side, once it's rubbed in, it's very hard to get off. I start with just a very light amount and use a fairly stiff, short bristle brush to distribute it. If it's not enough, add more light coats.
Phoebe Vet, how about those stick on labels with your forum name printed on it?
jacon12 Not much from me this week, just working on facia boards. It's something I should have done a long, long time ago. Anyway, isn't it amazing how much they add to the railroad. Here's a before and after of one section.Jarrell
Not much from me this week, just working on facia boards. It's something I should have done a long, long time ago. Anyway, isn't it amazing how much they add to the railroad. Here's a before and after of one section.
Jarrell
As a fan of steam facilities, I would like to see more of this part of your layout, if you are so inclined. It looks great in this picture. The placement of the buildings looks nice from this angle.
I'd like to see it from above, and leading into the turntable, from the right in the picture above.
Grampys Trains Hi:Garry, nice shot, like that concrete bridge in the backround.Phoebe Vet, Yes, I'm planning on going, I missed the last one.Loco, good start. Just a suggestion, I've found the weathering powders, ie, Bar Mills, Bragdon, will take that shine away. I don't claim to be an expert at weathering, but here's a before and after on an Accurail hopper. All I used was Bar Mills black weathering powder, no Dull Coat.
Hi:Garry, nice shot, like that concrete bridge in the backround.
Phoebe Vet, Yes, I'm planning on going, I missed the last one.
Loco, good start. Just a suggestion, I've found the weathering powders, ie, Bar Mills, Bragdon, will take that shine away. I don't claim to be an expert at weathering, but here's a before and after on an Accurail hopper.
All I used was Bar Mills black weathering powder, no Dull Coat.
Nice! Very effective! I have not used Bar Mills' weathering powder. Does it stay put without the use of a sealer?
Tom
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
By the food court sometime around lunch time would be easy...open invitation to all who post here.
Now how to recognize each other...
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
No pics this week but I have finished stripping my bachmann FT-A with 90%alcohol. I also finished painting and numbering my last Ahm RS-2, and lastly I took an old unwanted caboose and made it into a yard office. Freshly weathered and up on cribbing. All it needs is a home.
Great job to everyone who posted this week.
Mike
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
Phoebe Vet, it would be great to hook up with you and any other forumites on Saturday.