Work contiues on the HOn3 Drop Bottom Gondola.
I spent the day with my oldest son Jared at the San Bernardino Depot where a few Free-Mo groups got together for a little running of the trains. A lot went on and a lot of big wigs were there, plus a new look at some future HO models hitting the scene. One that I am very excited about is coming from Exact Rail. Lets just say some very nice modern rail cars w/ load that will work nicely on my layout (seen behind the engines in the first photo). It was a great time with HO, N, and 1:1 railroading going on as well as a ride in choo choo. Here are some photos:
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That's Jared standing by the ride in choo choo and the 4 Metrolink trains (If only #800 was there, a F40PH, I'd have one of each)
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jwhittenjeffrey-wimberlySilver PilotAltoonaRailroader Packers#1, how about either using a flash. Orrrrrr maybe looking at the picture before you post it. You may know what those two black photos are but I have know idea. DITTO!! Isn't this the second time that he's posted pics that have completely blacked out subjects that you can't make out? Don't mean to sound so negative. but he received a suggestion for improvement last time. Ditto on Silver Pilot's ditto. You need a light source there to put light on the subject, even if it's just a desk lamp or an electric lantern. Oh, I just thought it was supposed to be a picture of a window screen at dawn...BUT seriously, if you want an easy improvement for the effect I think you're going for-- take a big white t-shirt (towel, piece of paper, whatever) and hold it up beside the trains to reflect just a little bit of light on them.You won't need much, and it will be natural light and will light them up just the right amount.Then also focus on the trains and not the screen. Most digital cameras allow you to half-push the shutter button to focus and get a light reading, and then while still holding it halfway down, reposition the camera slightly to compose the picture, at which time you would go ahead and finish pressing the shutter button to take the picture.
jeffrey-wimberlySilver PilotAltoonaRailroader Packers#1, how about either using a flash. Orrrrrr maybe looking at the picture before you post it. You may know what those two black photos are but I have know idea. DITTO!! Isn't this the second time that he's posted pics that have completely blacked out subjects that you can't make out? Don't mean to sound so negative. but he received a suggestion for improvement last time. Ditto on Silver Pilot's ditto. You need a light source there to put light on the subject, even if it's just a desk lamp or an electric lantern.
Silver PilotAltoonaRailroader Packers#1, how about either using a flash. Orrrrrr maybe looking at the picture before you post it. You may know what those two black photos are but I have know idea. DITTO!! Isn't this the second time that he's posted pics that have completely blacked out subjects that you can't make out? Don't mean to sound so negative. but he received a suggestion for improvement last time.
AltoonaRailroader Packers#1, how about either using a flash. Orrrrrr maybe looking at the picture before you post it. You may know what those two black photos are but I have know idea.
Packers#1, how about either using a flash. Orrrrrr maybe looking at the picture before you post it. You may know what those two black photos are but I have know idea.
DITTO!! Isn't this the second time that he's posted pics that have completely blacked out subjects that you can't make out? Don't mean to sound so negative. but he received a suggestion for improvement last time.
Oh, I just thought it was supposed to be a picture of a window screen at dawn...
BUT seriously, if you want an easy improvement for the effect I think you're going for-- take a big white t-shirt (towel, piece of paper, whatever) and hold it up beside the trains to reflect just a little bit of light on them.You won't need much, and it will be natural light and will light them up just the right amount.
Then also focus on the trains and not the screen. Most digital cameras allow you to half-push the shutter button to focus and get a light reading, and then while still holding it halfway down, reposition the camera slightly to compose the picture, at which time you would go ahead and finish pressing the shutter button to take the picture.
Thanks for the white T-shirt tip, I'll try that.
Huh, thought I did have the camera focused on the trains, oh well.
Guys, the whole point of those photos was mood, mood, and oh yeah, MOOD. All there was supposed to be was dark lumps outlined by the thin light of early dawn. Not a meet, as Tyler's photo suggests with the light of what would be an oncoming train. There would not be a streetlight at this rural grade crossing for extra light. No flash, as that would just look terrible and wreck the mood.
I was going for the feel of an early morning train moving like a silent ghost over the tracks, hard to distinguish from the background of trees as it moves along to work the local industries. I never wanted another light source, or I would have added one. I didn't want ANY detail on any of the models showing, as that would have broken the mood.
ok, rant over, I'll step off of my soapbox
Hey Mike, congrats on the photo in MR's trackside photos, I loved it!
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wm3798 Just hanging around the engine terminal today... Lee
Just hanging around the engine terminal today...
Lee
Very nice. I especially liked this one with the locos inside the shop. It really comes across well.
ford86Heres my contribution for the week, if you read TO's board you've seen them already SDP45 its a proto sd60 frame, two spliced sd60 fuel tanks, proto sd45 trucks, proto shell, the steam gen is made from cannon roof stock for the top and end, cannon doors, and the old proto gp18 grill for the steam gen grill. And of course I had to repair the walkway extension as they both broke during demasking one after I fixed the other but they are now secured with brass rod.
Heres my contribution for the week, if you read TO's board you've seen them already
SDP45 its a proto sd60 frame, two spliced sd60 fuel tanks, proto sd45 trucks, proto shell, the steam gen is made from cannon roof stock for the top and end, cannon doors, and the old proto gp18 grill for the steam gen grill. And of course I had to repair the walkway extension as they both broke during demasking one after I fixed the other but they are now secured with brass rod.
That's really nicely done. I like the scheme.
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I see some outstanding photos so far this weekend. Great work, everyone!
Here are a couple of photos at the steel mill. The steel company's second hand Baldwin switchers are working at the coke oven and the balst furance.
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ohhh... I like it! Perfect lighting.
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I like this skid loader scene. It looks good and it's the kind of thing that seems to go on almost every day. It's very "natural." Having the loader in transition from the trailer makes it seem more real and less staged. Good work.
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mikelhh Got some dust or fibres in the lens of my Olympus Mike
Got some dust or fibres in the lens of my Olympus
Mike
To me that looks just like a flare from the early morning sun----still a good picture ----man that looks CCCOLD!!
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I thought it was snow that had melted on the lense...great scenery work as always.
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As always superior modeling and photograph.
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Well, here's my modelling work for the weekend. As the website was out of the ATSF lettered models (and I already had the factory-lettered ATSF one, anyway), this model arrived lettered for the Rock Island on Thursday evening. One airbrush and decal job later:
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Ahhhh haaaa, that makes sense. Great model man. Now the question is, did you "take the torch" to highnose and put your own hood on it or can you find them like that?
Unloading the Bobcat for another long work day. The Bobcat is a GHQ model as well as the trailer. The blue trucks in the background are Trident models. Everything was painted and weathered using a combination of floquil and Polly scale paints along with some A.I.M. chalk weathering.
The "Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern" locos' in the background were painted by yours truly.
C'mon, now... Altoona isn't that far from WM country... Surely you're familiar with their fleet of Chopnose GP-7's and 9's... Here's a better view:
In the mid-1960's the WM wanted improve the forward vision for crews, so they went into the back shops at Hagerstown and went nuts with the cutting torch... Made for a very distinctive locomotive!
I have something a little different this week for WPF. I have a home layout but I'm also a member of a modular model rr club and we meet at different members homes. Below is a photo of one of our group who brought along is pet parrot to my house and another picture of the 'business" meeting in progress.
WM, love the first shot of the inside of the terminal. What is that funky looking monster on the left hand side. Looks like an RS cab on a GP body. Oh, great work on the rest too, really dug the caboose shed.
Try throwing some light onto the scene from off-camera, like this one of an impending meet between two trains.
Or using a long exposure on your camera (we've already determined that it has a manual mode, so you could use that on a tripod) to pick up the ambient light. (The streak of light is the headlight on the moving train)
Just some things to think about...
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selector Nice work, Gentlemen. It has been a while since I posted an image to WPF. In an unlikely meet, a UP TTT-6 keeps to the main while a futuristic SD-75M from the Santa Fe is in the hole. Each engineer thinks to himself, "One of us is dreamin"!"
Nice work, Gentlemen.
It has been a while since I posted an image to WPF. In an unlikely meet, a UP TTT-6 keeps to the main while a futuristic SD-75M from the Santa Fe is in the hole. Each engineer thinks to himself, "One of us is dreamin"!"
Nice shot Crandell. At first I thought that it was a nightmare for the UP engineer, but I know better. Engineers adapted easily to diesels and they liked the comfort and less physically demanding operation. When I ride excursion trains I think about the juxtaposition of engines like UP's 844 next to all of the contemporary scenery and railroad equipment - it has sort of a time-warpish feel.
I passed by my layout and waved this week. Lawn care and home improvements have my miniature world on hold until about October.
My mother asked if she could build trees and paint people for me. I was thrilled to have her help. I'm visiting her this weekend, so I may have something to post next weekend. In the meantime, you guys keep on posting your great photos - I'll catch up with you this fall.
That SDP is a BEAST! Great job!
Not much new from me in the model railroading area... I biked the rail trail that I model as never-abandoned, went railfanning, commuted to work on the train, that's about it... Showed a friend around the layout, showing him in person the changes and improvements he helped plan out (and convince me to actually do it). That's all I've done recently!
Nice work, everyone.
EMDs at work. A GP30 on the point of a freight and an SW7 spotting a boxcar.