I guess I will start, and I'm sure we will get some GREAT shots!!
A weathered Ann Arbor boxcar. It took me a few days, but it turned out pretty good.
Before:
After:
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Great weathering job, looks really convincing.
Here is a hopper way out of its normal area of travel!
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
A line of cars all stacked up behind a school bus.
It's a Jordan. I'm slowly working my way through my inventory of unbuilt kits, at about 1 a week. Trouble is, it takes less time to buy another one than to build it.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Simon: Did I see the Mallard? !!! Nice photos.
Robby... Teh AA box car is yet another great one.
Mr. B .... Those Jordan kits are fun, right? What no summer recess for school?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
This week, my projects included a model of Colorado & Southern 700D. C&S was owned by CB&Q, and their equipment was painted and letter accordingly. 700D was an ordinary F7-A when built. It was involved in a head-on collision in 1958. Next, it was rebuilt at EMD, and became a F9-Am which was internally an F7-A and externally an F9-A.
I scanned a page from The Colorado Road by F. Hol. Wagner with photos of 700D. In the center photo, you can see it was broken into numerous pieces. The E7-A in the collision was not rebuilt.
The next photo shows my model of 700D which I made from a Stewart F9-A. This picture is before weathering.
The final photo shows 700D at work with some of my CB&Q F units.
Nice Weathering Robby
Those cows are gonna get run over Simon !
Love the old School Bus
Nice work Mr B
Waiting on the 8:15 on the Loup Creek Branch Line
Here comes the KGJ&E 2 car local Pulled by thier 2-6-2
The Kanawa Glenn Jean and Eastern ran 6 trips per day between Thurmond and Mt Hope
You can read about it here
http://www.wvepostcards.com/kgj-and-e/
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
Terryin Texas ... I like your #200 and the passenger shelter!
Heartland Division CB&Q Terryin Texas ... I like your #200 and the passenger shelter!
Thanks It just a little Bachman I picked up on Ebay for $30
but i added a Sound Decoder to it and electrical pick ups on the tender wheels so it runs pretty good now
Here's a Video of it in Action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qc9iAQc22g
Robby, your weathering is in AJ's level. Great job!
Simon, very nice detail in your scenes.
Mr. B., You do a great job on those Jordan vehicles.
Garry, nice job on your F's.
Terry, great photos, nice work!
A geep dropping off a boxcar for Eshleman's Feed Mill.
Heartland Division CB&QSimon: Did I see the Mallard? !!! Nice photos.
You sure did, as well as the Flying Scotsman. I like running my Brits on the US rails. Good to see the Q represented so well on the photo forum this week!
Grampy... Your photos look so real I had to jump to get out of the way for the Geep!
Simon .... I saw the Mallard in the museum in York along with a huge assortment of historic locomotives. .............and as for the "Q"....
Grampys Trains Robby, your weathering is in AJ's level. Great job! Simon, very nice detail in your scenes. Mr. B., You do a great job on those Jordan vehicles. Garry, nice job on your F's. Terry, great photos, nice work! A geep dropping off a boxcar for Eshleman's Feed Mill.
Another Great Pair of Photos Grampy
Congrats on your photo in the Trackside Photos Section of MR
just saw it yesterday
I always save my copy to take to the barber shop for good reading
Robby P. I guess I will start, and I'm sure we will get some GREAT shots!! A weathered Ann Arbor boxcar. It took me a few days, but it turned out pretty good. After:
That looks really good. How did you get the overall color to fade like that?
simon1966Great weathering job, looks really convincing. Here is a hopper way out of its normal area of travel!
Man, I'll bet the interchange rates on that thing are out of sight!
Grampys TrainsA geep dropping off a boxcar for Eshleman's Feed Mill.
I *love* your layout.
Your pine tree is really good. I like the way the couple of branches sag down at the bottom. Nice touch.
I also like your ground cover. I see what looks like vines in there-- what did you do to achieve that effect?
John
I read an older article by Ken Patterson on oil paint weathering and thought I would give it a try. Being a chalk and air brush wash person, why not expand the skill set?
I know there are those that are well versed in this process, but to me, it is the revelation of sliced bread. It is quick and very easy to do, and over do. I practiced on trailers before starting on about 35 various HC box and auto carriers.
The ability to simulate a car roof gradually becoming rusty is easy as are rust streaks down a car. General road grime - heavy to light, is how intense your wash is, or how many coats you apply.
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MisterBeasley A line of cars all stacked up behind a school bus.
Great job on the Jordan kit. How about more guys/gals posting Jordan kit photos?
Here's mine:
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
shayfan84325 MisterBeasley A line of cars all stacked up behind a school bus. snip
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Guess i missed it the first time But is your bus doing a wheelie Mr B ?
Thanks Terry and John. What looks like vines is WS foliage, stretched very thin.
Hey, Hey, Hey! Off to a great start again this weekend.
I have been making some stop signs for use on the SLO&W the last couple of days. I also assembled a phone box for a turnut that leads directly onto the yard track.
Got them installed just a few hours ago and did some scenicing in the area.
shayfan84325How about more guys/gals posting Jordan kit photos?
Did you see it??? Here it is again along with the stop signs from a different angle:
And an overview of the area:
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Grampys Trains Thanks Terry and John. What looks like vines is WS foliage, stretched very thin.
Is that the stuff that comes in a big sheet, sorta net-like ?
Another question for you-- when you did your ground foam and trees and stuff- how many blends did you use?
Yes, John, that's the foliage. I use med., dark, and light in approx. a 3-2-1 ratio. Trees are conifer green, dark green, and med. green. Ground cover, I use about a dozen different shades, greens, dead grass, weeds, soil, earth, and the two blends. DJ.
Bob
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Wow, everybody's stuff looks so good... I got some chalks so one of these days, I'm going to try weathering somethings...
I've had another busy week, putting together several structures, both DPM and a couple of old Model Power kits I got for cheap... Last night and this morning I glued down the pink prairie and caused some geological events. Then the Penneburgh urban planning board went to work in downtown... They got started over toward Jameson, but quickly realized that they's picked a poor location and decided that tomorrow is another day...
Doing a little shifting in Ligonier. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Two L&A patched GP40's (ex-UP and ex-D&RGW) wait on the Sundown spur for a freight to pass by on the mainline.
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Dang Robby! Your banging those out like a machine these days! Great work!
Nice work everyone...
This week I finished another Kato Dash 9. This one has factory paint but I added a number of decals, details, clear finish, added DCC sound, painted some yellow handrails and more.
Engineer Jeff NS Nut Visit my layout at: http://www.thebinks.com/trains/
Grampys TrainsYes, John, that's the foliage. I use med., dark, and light in approx. a 3-2-1 ratio. Trees are conifer green, dark green, and med. green. Ground cover, I use about a dozen different shades, greens, dead grass, weeds, soil, earth, and the two blends. DJ.
Thanks-- you have done a fabulous job. That's why I like your layout so much. You really have an eye for capturing the subtle colorations. Did you have to practice that a lot, or did it just come naturally for you?