Weekend Photo Fun!!! 5/29 - 5/31

[Robby P.]

 Well I will start this week I guess. 

 Its a boxcar I weathered up.  I added a custom load, and a good fade job.

 Before:

 

 

  After:

 

 

 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Robby......... Thanks for starting Weekend Photo Fun....... The weathering of your box car makes it look real.

My photo below shows the junction in Prairie View. A local passenger train is arriving on the main line as a local freight train holds on the branch line.

[Grampys Trains]

 Nice work on that boxcar, Robby!

Nice junction scene, Garry!

 

A view down the main drag.

 

 

[Phoebe Vet]

 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Grampy... I really like your down town scene. Awnings and all! ..What, no Alcos, this week??

[simon1966]

We have had a couple of unseemly characters visiting the layout for the month

 

they have been enjoying all the delights that the town has to offer while living out of their mobile accomodations

 

Spotted neatly by the ice-cream store allows them to visit the delights of the upper floor

 

Word got back East to their home, resulting in a quick stop at the florist to arrange for delivery later in the week.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Nice work Simon. Make sure the engineer of the next train keeps his eyes on the track ahead. No peaking in windows allowed for him.

[C&O Fan]

Here's a short Video of the DCC sound conversion i did earlier this week on my

Life Like 0-8-0

It compares the Tsunami to the factory installed QSI sound in my other 0-8-0

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR4fWcxk2_Q

[tattooguy67]

Hi all, this week we mourn the end of one era

But we celebrate the begining of another!

updates as we get them.

Chuck & Heather

[hornblower]

Robby,

I have a project that will require a bit of straight chain link fencing and was considering using the Walthers kit.

Is that the Walthers chain link fencing material in the foreground of your pictures? 

Was the material packaged in a roll or did it curl up later on (or is the damaged fencing look intentional)? 

Do you think a few horizontal pipes would help straighten it out?

[Robby P.]

Hornblower.............My fence is made from stuff used for weddings "Vail".   I got a yard of it for like $3.00.  That will last a loooong time.  I just used some old/thin metal for the fence posts.  It  might not look the best but it works for me.

[Packer]

Robby, that boxcar is looking good. 

Garry, the scene looks good. Couldn't the local frieght go around the passenger train on the other track, or is it one of those arrangments where all traffic heading one way can only be on one track?

Gramps, looks good but where are the trains???

Simon, so that's what distracted engineers before cellphones.

My C30-7 finally arrived.


I'd put a video up of it's sound, but the camera doesn't have enough batteries for that. So I'll have to stop buying trains and get some batteries.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Jake better hurry and get that culvert cleared before the next heavy rain comes.

[G Paine]

In last week's WPF there were some photos on Jordan vehicles with a request for additional postings. We were away for a couple of days and WPF was locked when I got back
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/153963.aspx?PageIndex=4

Here are photos of my Jordan vehicles.

Muscongus School is taking a field trip to Greenvale Junction in their 1934 Ford bus. The Essex is described below.

The US Army recruiter drives a 1940 Ford sedan. It still looks good, but is due for replacement. The Hudson in front is an Alloy Forms kit.

The old family 1926 Essex has been restored.

[ClinchValleySD40]

Op session.   More photos on link under picture in the Ops folder.

 

http://s527.photobucket.com/albums/cc354/ClinchValley/

Larry

[berlingo]

 Hi everyone there,

I've been away quite so long, there are great pictures in here all the time. And here are my old ones.

 

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[Renegade1c]

 well I have not been able to do any modeling recently because I am moving to Texas and everything is boxed up. I did however go ride trains in Australia for the past few weeks. I rode the Overland, The Ghan and the Indian Pacific. Below are some of the pictures. The Indian Pacific and the Ghan were both 27 cars long.

[Silver Pilot]

 Here's my first try at a WPF post.  Some SOO F7s weathered including a little snow after working Michigan's UP.

 

 

[selector]

Very nice Oz rails up there, and F's are weathered very nicely.  That's quite a convincing first WPF post!

For my effort this weekend, a Pennsy Duplex takes a short consist of heavyweights across the interchange bridge over the Seneca River bridge.  Very slow going until she rejoins the main in another 500 yards.

 

[graphitehemi]

Silver Pilot

 Excellent work! I love the snow. How did you do that?

[loathar]

Silver Pilot -And a mighty fine first WPF post it is! Super weathering job!

[OntarioTodd]

 My first attempt at a scratch built bridge. Nothing fancy, and not really "correct" but I like it. The track hasn't been weathered yet.

 

 

Todd

[howmus]

Nice start to what should be another great WPF thread!  I am always impressed with the work shown here.

I haven't gotten a lot done this week and most is just some mudane stuff that is not very photogenic.....  I did, however, complete a Waterspout to satisfy the demands of those thirsty passenger locos stopping in Hopewell Junction.  A few varied shots of her:

And a closeup:

 

[selector]

Geez, Ray, your nifty waterspout puts my scratched sorta one to shame.   I guess I should upgrade.  Where would I find a nice one like your'n?

-Crandell

[Margaritaman]

I love that F7 SOO combo...too cool! 

And the campfire

[howmus]

selector

Geez, Ray, your nifty waterspout puts my scratched sorta one to shame.   I guess I should upgrade.  Where would I find a nice one like your'n?

-Crandell

 

Thank you Crandell!  Actually I kinda like yours!  I think you should keep that scratchbuilt one.  You did a great job on it.  Mine is a Tichy Train Group kit.  Not the hardest kit I have done but a bit persnickety though.  Technically they are called a Water Column but around here I have heard then referred to as a Waterspout...........  Probably a local thing.

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/293-8006http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/293-8006 

[selector]

Thanks, Ray!

Margarita Man, you have a great scene there...wow!

-Crandell

[mcfunkeymonkey]

Little modeling this week: been working on design for new layout.
Did next best thing though: father / son railfanning!
Took him over to Martinez & watched the 100+ car frieghts roll through, then the Richmond / Sacramento Amtrak.  The Sac-Richmond ran through first, going forward, then the Richmond-Sac came through a minute later going reverse (all the way to Sac, I believe).

I forgot how tall these dudes are! (The human included for scale reference is 33" tall).

Nearby is an old SP 0-6-0 steamer kept caged up & beyond a moat:

Kind of a groovy tender (know what kind?)

The little monkey in front is either showing 1. how he drives a loco, 2. how drives his father loco or 3. how he "toots".
Great day, $0! (until we stopped by the LHS on the way home )

Keep up the great picts!
That is very cool snow on that SOO!
Those waterspout/columns are very groovy details: must remember to include on mine!
Happy summer, peoples!
--Mark

[Margaritaman]

selector

Margarita Man, you have a great scene there...wow!-Crandell

Thank you sir.  That bridge was a took a lot of self convincing, but no regrets now.

[don7]

C&O Fan Would have been nicer if it was in focus. Sounds good anyway.