Weekend Photo Fun 6-5/6-8

[Silver Pilot]

 A set of Q F7s cross the river

 

[Silver Pilot]

 A set of Q F7s cross the river

 

[mcfunkeymonkey]

Groovy picts!
Nothing new on the layout so far this weekend, but a couple new picts:

 

 

The b&w photos look great!

Cheers!
--Mark

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Some weathering and patching I did recently.

PS 2003 2 bay covered hopper.

Before:


After:


SP ACF 55' centerflow hopper.

Before:


After:


NYC ACF 55' centerflow hopper

Before:


After:


That's all for now from the Sundown car barn and paint shop.

[Maurice]

 Thanks to all for the posts. The inspiration is much appreciated.

rclanger-> Enjoyed the look at your layout. Coming along nicely. Two questions:

1) I recognize some of the flats on the backdrop from Walther's but where are the others from?

2) I noticed you have a glass top on your modeling bench. How thick is the glass?

 

Mikelhh->

That first shot is so good that I almost bypassed it for being the real thing.

Thanks.

Maurice

[csmincemoyer]

mikelhh

and a view across the line around the back

 

Wow what a great non-detailed backdrop. At first glance with the great modeling in the foreground it looks likes a bustling village in the background, upon closer inspection it just looks like a bunch of geometric shapes! Amazing....Chris

[loathar]

mikelhh -That first pic is AWESOME!! The only thing that gave it away is the shine on the figures pants. Really captured the look of grimey yard track!

[mikelhh]

 Cheers Driline and Oakhurst.

The dead grasses are made with cleaning cloth and coloured with acrylics and pastels. I learned that from a forum member whose name I forget. Sorry whoever you are.

 

 

 

Mike

 

[Driline]

mikelhh

 Wow what a lineup of photos! Congrats to all.

 This is my attempt with water putty and acrylics  to show sand spills and grime buildup where my sand towers and diesel fuel are planned

 

  Keep those photos coming.

  Mike

 

 

At first glance I thought you screwed up and sent a real photo. wow.

What are you using for the dried yellow grass/weeds in the right hand side of the picture?

[CNJ831]

The New York, Westchester & Boston runs again...

 

CNJ831

[C&O Fan]

Nice Scene ! Love the big pines !!

 I think I got the focus better on this video

But the camera could have been just a little lower

and turned to the right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyg_q_BIC2s

 

[Margaritaman]

The old growth forest is down to two living Giant Sequoias and three dead ones.  Must be the dreaded bark beetle.  Either way, they're big at 16-18" tall.  When I was making them I liked 'em bare so much I decided to leave them alone.  9 more trees and we'll be at an even 700!  :)

And I finished my automated thunder and lightining.  Oh you're gonna love it.  Once I get a video I'll post it to give you an idea.

[Oakhurst Railroad Engineer]

mikelhh

 

Very nice scene.  Great work!

[zgardner18]

The march of the Geep 35s.  Here is a shot of my three Montana Rail Link GP35s with the lead being the one I just got done custom painting.

[mononguy63]

I've been monkeying around with some video with sound

[mikelhh]

 Wow what a lineup of photos! Congrats to all.

 This is my attempt with water putty and acrylics  to show sand spills and grime buildup where my sand towers and diesel fuel are planned

 

 and a view across the line around the back

  Keep those photos coming.

  Mike

 

[Grampys Trains]

Hi Bob: Thank you, I appreciate it. I like the way you've utilized the space for your layout. As to mine, the ceiling is painted white and so is the inside of the valance. Layout lighting is double, cool white fluorescents. The backdrop is blue. Here are the camera details: Digital Panasonic DMC-FZ7, Leica lens.

Resolution:2816x212

No flash.

Focal length:6.0mm

Exposure time:8.000s

Aperture: f/8.0

ISO:100

Metering mode: Matrix

Exposure:Aperture Priority

JPEG Quality:96(422)

DJ

[wm3798]

 Thanks, Crandell!

Lee

[elansp]

If there were 2 more tracks and no bridges, I could swear I was train watching at Horseshoe Curve! Nice picture.

[salt water cowboy]

Great stuff guys!     OK.  It's pouring rain, I'm off today and there's no way the field...i mean grass is going to get mowed today. Perfect formula for working in the train room all day!  This is my first set of pics for WPF. Finished my 1st hydrocal structure kit. Thanks to all here who gave some great advice! Also did a little terrain and street work.

[rclanger]

Grampys Trains

RS3 No.8856 has the local this evening.

I have said this before, Your photography is outstanding.  I would really, really like to know the details: digital, lens, manual/auto, raw/jpg/gif, lighting and anything else you would like to share.  I have a Sony A100 that I really like.  I have some good macro and closeup flower pictures.  My shots of my layout, not so good.  Take a look if you would like.

I would like to add your modeling skills are also outstanding from the couple of pictures I have seen.

 

[ns3010]

Another EXCELLENT start to another EXCELLENT WPF. Great work everyone!

Here's my contribution for this week, the (mostly) finished 2201. The picture sucks cause it's from my phone:

Ah, maybe someday my work will be as great as everyone else here...

[tattooguy67]

Ok i seem to have made an error in my posting this week, i thought i was posting in WPF, but i must have posted to Master Modelers Weekend Photo Excellance by mistake! my appolagies to all and nice work here, now i am going to slink back to the garage backwards bowing the whole way! and muttering "i am not yet worthy"!

Chuck & Heather.

[selector]

Lee, this, for my tastes, is a superior image.  Congratulations.  It is what I strive for.  

-Crandell

[Anonymous]

Driline

Looking good Tyler. For a teenager you've got more skills and talent than some of us 20 year veterans  

 

Wow, that's high praise! Thanks!

Even though I model the modern era (I'm actually considering modeling the always changing "modern era" much like what Eric Brooman (sp?) has done with his Utah Belt, which I've always admired. We'll see when Atlas comes out with their new Genset locomotive...) I've been enjoying all the older-era photos this week. Great photos from Grampy (love the lens flare from the headlights, and the perspective looks almost like the cameraman was leaning out the conductor's window on another train), Selector (the black & white really adds a lot to the photo!), and Lee (as usual, great scenery, and those little steamers are really neat!).

Looking forward to another good weekend!

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

There is some fantastic work posted so far!

In the past week I restored an repainted two old Hobbytown die cast metal Alco PA1's that I painted them to match another Hobbytown PA1 that I had restored and painted a couple of years ago.  First picture shows all three. Second shows all of them again in action. Third photo shows one meeting a train with a Burlington E5 to show the contrart in nose angles.

 

 

 

 

[CNW 6000]

I don't post in here much but I thought I'd try it this weekend.

Union Pacific C44-9W 9737 was relettered CNW 2250 after the merger.  As tt was already painted in UP colors the UP heraldry was removed and CNW lettering was put in their place.  It is waiting to lead a Westbound manifest train (227) out of Green Valley Siding.  Additional power for the train is CNW 5142 (B40-8) and CNW 8826 (AC4400CW).
CNW 2250 Waiting

[C&O Fan]

Lee, Selector What great B&W shots really helps age the photos back to

the steam era

I shot some video of my H-8 after swapping out the Loksound and replacing it with a Tsunami Heavy Steam

And I am very happy with the new sound

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3z81lt7tiM

After shooting this I think I figured out why my pictures are blurry

so I'll shoot another video later today and hope to post it

later in the weekend

 

[wm3798]

I liked Selector's shots, so I spent some time with Mr. Peabody in the Way Back Machine this week...

 

Happy hunting this weekend!

 

Lee

[Packer]

Grampy: Nice shot

I weathered some cars over the week:

This gon I experimented a little bit. I drybrushed it grimy black then hit it with pastes and dullcote.

I did the same with the trucks and wheelsets on it. Personally I think they came out great.





Here's the trio of boxcars I weathered. Just pastels. I spent a while trying to figure out how to make the dullcote seal really good but I nailed it on all 3 cars. When I moved the UP box inside from the other carport it started raining and some got on the roof and left some shiny spots. I figure I'd leave it since it looks like parts of the roof got patched over.

Here's a tanker car I did, I have another one that I'm working on at the moment.

Here's some flats I got recently. A few of them are missing bridge plates, container shoes, and hitches; so I'll probably get some from Athearn. I'll also need to get trailers to go on them.

I set these engines up as a consit and have them sitting on a display shelf. I'll have to weather them someday, but I haven't done an engine with pastels before.