Looks like I'm first this week, matter of fact I've been chomping at the bit since last week... The P. B. & J. is starting to come together... After only a week in the new man cave I've been very productive over the last few days...
Last Thursday...set up table, fitted foam...
Last Friday...laid out the grid and started serious planning...
last saturday... Started laying out the outer main line...
Tuesday...finished laying out and tracing the outer main...
Wednesday... started laying out Inner Main Line...
Today... finished laying out and tracing Inner main and the yard...
Now all I have to do is lay out towns and roads, a body of water (cut out that last one, glue the foam to the table, put the inclines in place and start laying roadbed... so little to do and so much time! wait, scratch that, reverse it.
Looking good.
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WRS GP7s, and GP18 done for another member on the fourm.
Alex
Yes, it's "Happy Hour" somewhere in the world, but unless yr posting from east of Greenland, its not Friday yet.
See you tomorrow!
(nice picts so far!)
M.C. Fujiwara
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Silicon Valley Free-moN
Here are a couple of my latest projects.
The DPM 'Other Corner Cafe'.
and the DPM freight station.
Nice start - I've got to post early, because I'm off to Hartford for the National Train Show on Saturday.
Here, Jon Kent is checking out this old car he found behind the Clampett place. Somehow, it seems to call to him from his past, but he doesn't know why...
300 "Whose Line" points to the first one who can make the connection....
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Eastbound running on the N&W passing Richlands yard.
See ya.
Larry
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Every time I read an ad for "Old Hot Rod" I dream of finding The General Lee under canvas in some old lady's basement garage...
this is a thought provoking scene...
Caught the tail end of #409, the SB through frieght just north of Haugen,WI.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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I like the backdrop painting Terry .
Did you do that or did you subcontract it !
I ran some trains this week and shot this Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlpMflowhp4
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Terry, thanks!
Did that myself. Pretty easy and if you mess up you just paint over with the sky color and try again.
Terry in Wisconsin
Jon kent was a re appearing guest on the dukes of hazzard!! YEEE HAAAWWW. Wrong year charger though.
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
PB&J RR Every time I read an ad for "Old Hot Rod" I dream of finding The General Lee under canvas in some old lady's basement garage... this is a thought provoking scene...
I'm thinking of 'stealing' that idea for part of the layout here---except having the subject car being an old 'gasser' from the 1960's found in a barn------
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
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True, most of the General Lee cars were 68 Chargers. This is the only model I could find in HO, a Classic Metal Works 67. My research indicated that a few of the cars were 67s. The show went through a lot of these cars. Every time they did a serious jump, that was the end of that car. Given the number of times that car went airborne in the show, you can see why they produced quite a few.
But no, Jon Kent was never a guest on Dukes. Keep trying...
So far so good. I also like the General lee.
Well here's the latest "weathered" job. Ex. Rock Island, and now a CNW. Faded, and rusty.....How I like them!!!
Before:
After:
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Two unfinished narrow gauge cars.
The gondola is from Main Line Models "Ye Olde Huff-N-Puff", the flat car from Micro Engineering. Now I'm waiting for couplers.
Wolfgang
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John Schneider played Bo Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard and Jon Kent in Smallville. Great start to WPF this week guys.
Jason
Modeling the Fort Worth & Denver of the early 1970's in N scale
Nice work, everyone!
BLI Hudson, just passing through.
jguess733 John Schneider played Bo Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard and Jon Kent in Smallville. Great start to WPF this week guys.
You nailed it.
Those attending the NMRA Convention in Hartford this past week might recognize my photo "CNJ MEET", included below, from the contest room. It took First Place B&W Model Print. Another shot of mine took Second Place in the same category.
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Robby P. So far so good. I also like the General lee. Well here's the latest "weathered" job. Ex. Rock Island, and now a CNW. Faded, and rusty.....How I like them!!! Before: After:
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CNJ831: always look forward to your photos. Your bridge scene looks great.........TerryinTexas: You video is really great...........Robby: The ex Rock Island car is nicelt weathered........ Larry: your Clinch Valley looks like it could be a real railroad.......Mr. B: you Dukes of Hazard car scene really brings life to the layout........Saronaterry: Nice scene!......Jeff: nice building..Guilford Guy: Nice Geeps!...Wofgang: I'm looking forward to seeing the final results of your narrow guage cars.....Grampy: the Hudson looks good on your layout! .....Great stuff!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Thanks guys!!! I went the to local hobby store for the next project, and saw that car. I picked it up right quick, and a "Ann Arbor" boxcar. I really like how it turned out. Once money gets better, I can finally keep them for myself.
EMD F-units on the Burlington.
The Burlington began replacing steam locomotives on mainline freights in the 1940's with FT units. By the early 1950's, most intercity freight trains on the burlington were hauled with F-units. In most cases, the railroad employed multiple-unit sets which were considered to be one locomotive. ABA and ABBA sets were most common. Burlington had many units semi-permanently connected with solid drawbars instead of coupler.
In these photos, we can see number 116A, 116B, 116C,and 116D hauling a westbound train. One scene is the bridge over the Mrs. Hippy River. In the other scene, the train is arriving in Blackhawk where an eastbound train is waiting to depart with an F7A, an F7B, and an F2A.
I got one of these:
And made in to this:
I just love the way those trucks work .
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Me again. I spent the day at the National Train Show in Hartford. Most of my pictures came out very poorly. I did get this one at the Walthers booth, of the Hulett unloader:
Pretty impressive model. Some of us were speculating about whether you could actually motorize it. The big arm does swing up, and other swivel-parts seem to move, too. (Yeah, they let us touch it and play with it a bit.)
The show was a lot of fun, by the way. I turned around and found myself face-to-face with Joe Fugate, so we chatted a bit.
I am in awe of some of the work presented here this weekend!
I haven't had a lot of time to work on the layout this week, but I have finally installed the torti and linkage to work the Tomar Lower Quadrant Order Semiphore at Hopewell Junction Station. If I had time on my hands, I would have done a short video of it in action, but you'll just have to imagine.....
Stop:
Go:
I have another model that I did but I really hate the paint job I did on it and I will show it just as soon as I figure out how to repaint the tiny little thing......
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Back again.....
Repainted the Buckboard and this time I am satisfied with the results. So here is the latest at the farm. Yep another itty bitty tiny Jordan Kit. This one is so small they give you two in the box. From the back of the back wheel to the tip of the hitch in front is less that 2.5 inches. It is less than 3/4 " wide. contains lots of very brittle tiny parts as well........
and the obligatory close up:
Ray, I really like those old time scenes! Nice work!
Here are some locomotives I've been working on lately. I still have to add some details to a few of them.
CN C44-9W #2554 is an Athearn RTR model with a Kaslo resin cab
CN SD50F #5414 is a Kaslo Shell mounted on an Athearn SD50 chassis.
CN GP38-2W #4774 is an Athearn model with DA cab
BNSF SD9 #6101 is an Athearn model with a modified frame and alot of weathering
HLCX SD40-2 #6200 is an Athearn model I renumbered, detailed and weathered