WPF 20,21,22

[wedudler]

 Just running a train.    

 

Wolfgang

[Robby P.]

Ken, Those store fronts look very good, and the back as well. 

[jecorbett]

CSX_road_slug

Looks like this thread might need to be re-titled WVF, since videos seem to be the main attraction this weekend.  Enjoyed 'em all, but I sure wish I could share one of my own.  Tyler - I enjoyed that tutorial you did on creating a model train video!

I don't have any layout shots this weekend, I've been busy painting and detailing a Merchants Row I.  Took much longer than I anticipated, but the time spent was worth it IMHO.  I got alot of guidance from people on this forum and the other one, including some rear-view photos of store buildings that RobbyP shared (thanks again Rob!) - it never occurred to me to paint the rear walls white until I saw those pics!

This is supposed to represent a scene directly across from a steel mill in the early 1990's - IOW, bars, eating joints and vacant storefronts.  No antique shops or jewelry stores like you might find in modern "gentrified" main street villages.  I still have a few more details to add to the rear of the building, but I wanted to get these pics in on time...

 

 

 

 

CSX, great job on Merchant's Row I. Even though it is a very common kit, the interesting thing is the different paint treatments and businesses people choose to put in the various buildings. You have done both very well. That's a nice touch having a vacant store front. I put my pizza parlor in the far right building. I like the white painted brick on the back side as well. I found that a fairly common practice in some of the small towns near where I live. Do you plan to add some signs to the white brick surfaces. I didn't paint the back of mine at all because it sits near the backdrop but I plan to use another MR1 in another of my towns and that white brick is an excellent idea that I may steal. This one will be on a peninsula where the back side will be visible.

[armchair]

  I'm trying to learn how to do the picture thing. Nice photos everyone ! R

[LNEFAN]

Really nice work! Great job! I also have a Merchants Row, but when I saw all the tedious painting of windows and etc. needed I put it on the shelf for "later". Any hints on detailing would be appreciated!

[CSX_road_slug]

Looks like this thread might need to be re-titled WVF, since videos seem to be the main attraction this weekend.  Enjoyed 'em all, but I sure wish I could share one of my own.  Tyler - I enjoyed that tutorial you did on creating a model train video!

I don't have any layout shots this weekend, I've been busy painting and detailing a Merchants Row I.  Took much longer than I anticipated, but the time spent was worth it IMHO.  I got alot of guidance from people on this forum and the other one, including some rear-view photos of store buildings that RobbyP shared (thanks again Rob!) - it never occurred to me to paint the rear walls white until I saw those pics!

This is supposed to represent a scene directly across from a steel mill in the early 1990's - IOW, bars, eating joints and vacant storefronts.  No antique shops or jewelry stores like you might find in modern "gentrified" main street villages.  I still have a few more details to add to the rear of the building, but I wanted to get these pics in on time...

 

 

 

 

[Flashwave]

TrainManTy

Talking isn't usually a good idea, so I use subtitles instead to point out things and give references to the filming location and train symbol.

I disagree. Subtitles are good for locations, but if your calling out the train movements, say "Switcher 9709 is running the Dome Observation Silver Sky out to Lockwood Junction past Naptwon Station to be picked up layter by Amtrak's Track in the Sand Spring Break Special later this Afternoon. As 9709 departs to go back to the yard, A through train powered by EMD lease 8302 rolls eastbound" text gets unweildy. Instead, try making use of the Narrate option that a lot of good video programming softwares have. You will need a microphone though. Just beware that you may get tired of hearing your own voice while you tweak the vid.

TrainManTy

If I want slower than that, I can artificially slow down the trains in my video editing software. I usually use half speed to get a slow speed for switching and such. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkfzqVwTSH8

I highly suggest not hooking yourself with this. Not more than one or two slow filters at the most.  Two many and the video starts to skip and you can tell that it;s been tweaked. Easily undone though.

I need to go snap a few pictures of what I've been up to all week. Hint: Daylight fans that hate Amtrak, or anyone who would hate to see Salvation Army get some creative hands on a 75ton Pollock Kettle Car, look away now.

[blownout cylinder]

Great looking vids and pix guys! I'll eventually have some pix up myself starting next weekend---provided the little 'Spring' doesn't take to getting a hankering for carrying buildings around like prey!! LOL!!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[Robby P.]

Tyler,  I agree it sounds better.  This was a trial run.  This is a old video where the cement plant isn't close to what it looks like now, nor does the engine.

I will work on the sound/video.  I think it helps out.

[BRAKIE]

Here we see  C&HV train COLO at MP12.4

 

This is at the Bucyrus club..

 

Click on the picture..

 

[Driline]

Robby P.

Driline, I honestly don't like hearing my voice.  Even thou its expected being from the "Good Ole' South".

I do get people confused when I talk.  They give that <-----  look.  

 

I'm originally from Pennsylvania, so I know what your accent should sound like, it just threw me a curve when I heard something else. No big deal. Your voice is fine

[twhite]

Jarrell: 

I had one of those little 'sheds' on my former layout, and when I tore it down, I thought I'd saved it.  Was going to use it as a 'way-stop' station way up in the mountains.  That's one neat little building, and it's been around for decades.  Wish I could find another one. 

As to the couple--I bet that came from Prieser, right?  Oboy, us Horny Germans, LOL!

Great shots, as usual. 

Tom

[Robby P.]

Driline, I honestly don't like hearing my voice.  Even thou its expected being from the "Good Ole' South".

I do get people confused when I talk.  They give that <-----  look.  

[selector]

Your photo must be hosted full-time on a third party site such as photobucket or railimages.  They have free space/registration for a personal account or a gallery.  Then, you copy the URL for the full-sized (important!) image...not the thumb...the full image...here with the img tags on either end of the URL.  Use square brackets around each "img" tag, and place a forward slash directly between the opening bracket and the "i" of the end tag.  Like so...[/img].  The first tag, at the front of the URL, has no forward slash.

Then just type your text somewhere in the same box and then post it.  The image will appear here.

Note that with photobucket, if you place your cursor on the thumb and scroll down out of it a ghosted menu appears.  The last item, if you click, copy and save, is the fully tagged line you have to paste here.  Just paste here and it will show.

[Driline]

 Ballast, ballast and more ballast. I'm also experimenting with "Silfor". Strange stuff but looks good.

[Driline]

Robby P.

Its 12x8 "duck-under" layout.  Mainly based on NS/CSX.  The model year is 80's-now, and right now its DC.  The engines are DCC, but no chips yet.  Thats why you see the old power boxes.  Just waiting to buy the chips.   The upper part is just a run-around.  The bottom of the layout has the switching.  Thats a few things about the layout.

 

Nice layout. I've got an 11X8 "duck under" as well around the walls. Of course I added a lift bridge. Do I detect a southern accent in Pennsylvania? What gives 

[Jimmydieselfan]

Heres a little coal drag action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd4FAmNzWrY

[jacon12]

 I bought this little shed for 10 dollars at a train show and thought I'd make it a tool shed for my yard..

and I just wish you'd look where he's got his hands!  I wonder where his mind is?

Jarrell

[NittanyLion]

P&Slocal

I saw a Bald Eagle and Nittany consist heading NE.

 

Ahem, Nittany & Bald Eagle. ');" title="Wink - ">

[P&Slocal]

Grampy, if I chnage the guy on the tractor to an Amishman and his team, then I saw your seen today while traveling west across I-80 here in PA. I saw the Amishman and his team out working the farm just before the Bellefonte exit, then two miles later at the Milesburg exit I saw a Bald Eagle and Nittany consist heading NE.

Funny thing is as I was headed up Snowshoe Mountain I passed two rigs that were both hauling three axle truck carriages for locomotives! Got back to Brookville and I expected to see Brookville Equipment Co. with their latest loco sitting out on the table, but they had nothing out today. Oh well.

I may not have pictures to add, but I had a good railroading day.

[selector]

Tom, yes, it is a lovely engine with really nice sound (QSI has improved!!).  It has sprung drivers, which doesn't seem to affect the engine on my modest trackwork.  The lead truck on the tender is another story.  It doesn't like uneven track...which I have...apparently.  I have fixed two particularly bad spots and it behaves better now.  The rear truck under the engine is a bit light for my taste.  It needs more weight or a spring.

Bu' ah'm lahkin' itttt!!!  Ah'm lahkin' it alott.

What a nice engine your Challenger is.  I can see details on the backhead, and the beast looks like it has been rode hard and put away steamy.  I would like to see a video of your layout in action, complete with the new semaphores.   That's a brave (new?) direction for you.

-Crandell

[twhite]

Haven't contributed in a while--thought I'd better catch up. 

Couldn't get the videos to play on my computer, but that's something I'll have to work on.  I'll keep trying. 

Garry:  LOVE those Burlington F's.  Really sweet!

Crandell:  Oboy, you GOT one!  Tell me, does it run as neat as it looks?  If my Z doesn't get here soon, I'm seriously thinking of getting one of those babies as a wartime 'loaner'. 

Well, here's mine.  I've been installing a Tomar semaphore system lately, so here's my Challenger #3708 getting a 'caution' signal before entering South Yuba Tunnel on the last block between Yuba Summit and Deer Creek.  She's headed westbound with an empty reefer block. 

Tom

[selector]

I have enjoyed your images and videos, Everyone!  Thanks for starting off WPF!

I return to a photo I posted for the first time last July or so, but with a different engine and an improved "river".  I thank Jarrell Conley for working his magic on it.

-Crandell

[RailfanS]

Hey,

I figured out what WPF stands for!!! I like the concept. Here's one of my yardman checking the load on my newly repainted flatcars. The white ground is not snow, it's the Styrofoam layout surface (for now...).

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Weekend Photo Fun got a great start as "Weekend Video Fun".

Nice scrap industry, Robby. ..

Jim..I liked the Monon song, too.   

Tyler: nice videos and good thoughts on making videos.

Grampy... The Alco looks good there.

Below is a photo of a set of Stewart F3's (Phase 4) hauling an eastbound freght through Valley Heights.

 

[Robby P.]

Tyler, I agree thanks for the tips.  I will have to do a video similar to yours.  Very nice.

Grampy, great shot as usual.

[Grampys Trains]

Interesting videos, guys. Thanks for the tips, Tyler.

I'm still working on a video, so it's a photo this week. The morning West bound local is exiting the yard with an Alco RS-27 no. 2408 on the point, with a few on lookers in the pasture.

 

 

[Anonymous]

Slow is all human perception. I have a couple tips for shooting videos if you're interested in them, although they may be more on the "realistic railfan-type" side.

• Keep the camera low to the ground and unmoving, either on a tripod or on the layout's surface. Try not to show the fascia or top of the backdrop. This adds a lot of realism.
• Trains do have to go really slow, especially on sharp curves. I run them as slow as I can while keeping them fast enough so as not to stall, and that's a pretty realistic speed. This is close to the regular speed I run my trains at, although since it was a drag freight with helpers I was going a bit slower than usual... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6T7OG0-eU
• If I want slower than that, I can artificially slow down the trains in my video editing software. I usually use half speed to get a slow speed for switching and such. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkfzqVwTSH8
• Talking isn't usually a good idea, so I use subtitles instead to point out things and give references to the filming location and train symbol.
• Dubbing in prototype railroad sound isn't hard, but it adds more to a video than almost anything else. It's a bit slow when you start out, but it gets easier! Dubbing sound into a 3-minute or so film used to take me an hour. Now it takes me about 15 minutes. Here's a video tutorial on that that I created: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLx7K7Hyu2o

I hope to see more of this layout! It looks like a neat little system!

I'll have some construction photos to share later this weekend, but nothing just yet...

[mononguy63]

So let's start this off as Weekend Video Fun!

She's a Hoosier Line

You have to have your speakers turned on.

Jim