Weekend Photofun: April 10->14th.

[DigitalGriffin]

Well looks like I get the honors of starting this weekends photo fun.

Below is the Walthers Gas Plant.  I completed this over 12 hours (12 days of 1 hour lunch breaks).  I still have to do touchup, weathering, dull coat, apply decals, and add interior lights.  But it's 90% there.

FYI: The side walls and interior wall looks like they were from the same mold as the Northern lights and power kit.  IF you like modeling details, the Boiler Interior for the Northern Lights and Power kit should work quite nicely and be prototypical for a "wet gas" coke plant.  (Petro was mixed in with coke gas in the boiler.  The end effect was to produce a gas that burned more brightly/evenly in city gas lamps.)

For modeling purposes:

Loads In: Coal, Petro

Loads Out: Coal Tar (used by a NUMBER of industries), Coke Gas, rough coke (althouh this coke is NOT appropriate for steel mills as the type of coal used contained a number of impurities which would lower the quality of the pig iron from the blast furnace)

I think I'm starting to like painting brick over spray painting/air brushing.  The uneven texture makes the brick look less uniform

Next week I'll start either the storage tank, or the coke retort.  Does anybody have a preference?  I'll start my lunch hour model series then, showing how 1 hour a day can make a difference.

 

[secondhandmodeler]

That's a sharp looking model.  I only wish I had an hour for lunch.  That's what I get for working in retail!  Have fun painting that storage tank with a brush.

[tattooguy67]

Hi all, this week I finished the Reitenmodels N scale A-frame cabin, and did 2 upgrades on it, I used RSLaserkits cedar shingles for the roof and a set of RSLaser stairs inside, although it is hard to actaully see the stairs! oh well I know they are there so...enjoy.

And it passes the Snowball Sniff Test!

Chuck & Heather.

[howmus]

Nice start folks!

Don very nice work on the Gas Plant.  Wish I had the real estate to have one of those on the layout.

Chuck Cool A Frame you have there.  Always wanted to live in one of them but someplace that has smaller,  ah, predators around.  That last photo sure does show how small that is and how much detail you have achieved.

I have been finishing some scenery and taking photos to enter in the competition at my Regions NMRA Conference next week.  Here are a couple "also rans".

 

[Grampys Trains]

 DG, Very nice job on the gas plant. I also agree about brush painting.

Chuck, nice A-frame.

Ray, your seconds are still pretty nice photos.

This West bound freight is on the "wrong" main to pass a work train that's cleaning up a slide.

 

 

[C&O Fan]

 DG,  nice job on the gas plant.

Chuck, I like the A-frame. and monster kitty too

Ray your pictures should do well !

Nice photo Gramps

I like the crane is that a kit ?

 

I did a DCC conversion on this loco earlier this week you can see the photos here

 

 http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/150663.aspx

 

F-19 Pacific just leaving Thurmond with some heavyweight passenger cars in tow crossing over to the west bound main

headed to Cincinnati

 

 

[rs2mike]

AWWW cruddd!! I am following the scenery guru!!  Great job Grampy I love lookin at your stuff. 

Well here is my work in progress on the pink plateu.  It will be a shelf diaroma to show off work done.  It will replace my little shelf that I have currently.  It is coming along slowly with other projects going on.  The rock was painted with slate grey,then burnt seinna then raw sienna then black wash, rust wash and then a tan wash.  The sticks in the background are my carved trunks for the pine trees from balsa.  The finished one is made from dowel rod.  I didn't like how it turned out.  And it took way to long to carve into shape.  I like the balsa wood as it carves easy and it is easy to get the grain in the trunk.  What do you think?

[selector]

My compliments to all submitters so far.   Ray, your photos are always worth a view, even your seconds.  I will look forward to seeing a "first" sometime later if one of your entries places accordingly. Good luck.

DJ, this image is a stunner.  Very well done.

Terry, the Pacific is a scrumptious engine with all the appliances visible. 

Chuck, you did well on the A-frame.  I would like to see it located at some point.

DigitalGriffin, your model turned out very well.  The storage tank was always one that caught my eye, so I will be keen to see how it turns out for you.

Mike, your rock work is coming along very nicely.  It will be a treat to see images of those areas when they are all done.

Here is my contribution for the week (BTW, I altered the title to reflect that WPF extends through to midnight on Tuesdays from now on...per direction from "The Management!")

A Union Pacific TTT-6 is about to rejoin the main after having dropped of a short cut of empties at Sentinel Coal about 3.5 miles back along the spur.

[wm3798]

 

Mmm.  I never thought of giving my trains a Cat Scan...  Do you also have a dog to take care of the Lab Work?

Dr. Silly

[IVRW]

I think a G scale house is in order for Snowball.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello everybody. I really like all the photos posted so far.

Here is the westbound KCZ passing through Valley Heights.

This is a close up picture of a background scene in Valley Heights.

[csmincemoyer]

My first semi-completed structure for my N-Scale switching layout, still need to weather the stone foundation.

 

 

[selector]

csmincemoyer, you have a credible weathering job so far...nicely done!

Garry, I like your rusty girder bridge, and is that a slightly dilapidated covered bridge in the right distance?  Looks really good.

-Crandell

[csmincemoyer]

selector

csmincemoyer, you have a credible weathering job so far...nicely done!

Crandell, Thanks for the great support on my first WPF post....BTW the weathering was all completed using Doc O'Briens powders from MicroMark.

Chris M 

 

[twhite]

Wow, another GREAT weekend of photos starting off!  Some really impressive modeling here. 

Well, here's mine--2-8-8-2 #3550 (and ex-N&W mallet bought by the Rio Grande during WWII) giving 4-6-6-4 #3704 a helping hand up the eastbound 2% grade out of South Yuba canyon.    I don't normally double-head articulateds, but these two seem to run together comfortably.  The 2-8-8-2 is kitbashed from an early Proto 2000 model, the 4-6-6-4 is one of my two Westside brass imports. 

Tom

 

[selector]

Very nice, Tom!  Feel free to double your articulateds any time here.   We're not squeamish.

-Crandell

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

selector

Garry, I like your rusty girder bridge, and is that a slightly dilapidated covered bridge in the right distance?  Looks really good.

-Crandell

Yes, Crandell...... here's another view: Thanks for the comment! The pair of girger bridges side-by-side are common Atlas bridges.

Tom W........ I really like the photo and the 2-8-8-2 looks great!

 

[C&O Fan]

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Terry, the Pacific is a scrumptious engine with all the appliances visible. 

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Thanks

The flying pumps and low headlight were trademarks of the C&O steam

Some say it gave them a massive powerful look

I tend to agree

And the large diameter Drivers on the Pacific made it look like it

was doing 60 sitting still

[bhopkins]

Great pics and work everybody. I'm SO envious. Hopefully one of these days soon I'll be able to start some of my structures.

[G Paine]

I completed and installed two ash conveyors on the Boothbay RR Village club layout this week. The one on the right is modeled with the bucket about ready to dump.

Now we need to add some scenery and an ashy MOW gondola to the scene.

[Hawksridge]

Some very nice work this week.  

Here is my submission this week for the WPF. This time it is a video of my Hawksridge layout. The scene is a rural grade crossing with a mixed freight headed south to Hawksridge. Lets hope that this link works. The video is just over 1 minute long.   

Enjoy the weekend.

[Packers#1]

 Hawksridge, nice video. are those U23Bs leading the train?

[Hawksridge]

Packers#1

Good spot. Those were two Atlas GE B23-7's leading the train. Great sound system, as you can hear from the video, and some very nice running locomotives.  

[MisterBeasley]

OK, ski season is over.  Back to train work.  Unlike most of us, I do my serious modelling in the summer, and save winter for the slopes.

Here's Lurvy.  He's got a new job out behind the Clampett place, after the unfortunate incident with Wilbur, the grill and the barbeque sauce made him unpopular at the Zuckerman farm.  Gotta admit though, those were some ribs.

There's another thread running about things that are just wrong, and someone didn't like the number of "scenes" on layouts.  Well, I like scenes, so I thought I'd post this shot of Charlie Daniels and E. Fudd doin' a bit of huntin'.

 

[Packers#1]

Hawksridge

Packers#1

Good spot. Those were two Atlas GE B23-7's leading the train. Great sound system, as you can hear from the video, and some very nice running locomotives.  

 

oh well, almost had it right. I want to get a Conrail B23-7 sometime and just patch the CONRAIL letters on th hood but leave the logo number etc. there, then weather the heck out of it! Might ask for the supplies for my birthday this year, or jsut save up for the loco, decals, etc.

[moelarrycurly4]

forest continues to grow on my club module

 

[IVRW]

Ski season ended for me perminitly, so I guess breaking the leg was a boon to keep me with my Model Railroad. If there is one thing I learned, it is this: You know a Model Railroader is suffering a lack of exposure to his Model Railroad when he takes up the hobby of knitting.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

This scene is coming along but I must find more junk to work into it.

[tomkat-13]

This is an update on the Skelly Gas station - Cafe at Hawk Point Mo.

( link to part 1)

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/151361/1675411.aspx#1675411

Station has paint, glass in windows, some signage. Floor, Interior, back wall, pumps, ect yet to come.

 

[TMarsh]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. With all these great pictures and modelers what's this doing on page 2!!!!