Nice shots, guys!
Built a bunch more trees today. Can you spot the real one?
Terry
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Still Sunday..... So I guess I'll show you what I have been doing yesterday and today.
I made a lantern complete with working light to put on a crate by the freight house. Seems that the night watchman forgot about it and left it going... Man is he going to get a chewing out!
Here is what it looks like at night:
A view from a different angle:
I also assembled and painted another Jordan Models Ford Model T Van. This one is new though, 1925 model. The proud owner, Mr Thompson, brought his wife and kids down to the park for the concert in it:
Close up of it:
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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!
Karl,
Greta trestle. Kit or scratch?
Amazing, Karl, as always. I hope to see more images as you move along with this fine effort.
I am still in awe over your achievement replicating the Kinsol Trestle shown in your signature images. Wow!
-Crandell
Well I aint posted here for a while, so, here are some progress pics after 4-5 weeks "workin' on the railroad"
Karl.A
A little progress this week on my projects...
Intermodal/team track site. Sub base in place all around, just need to place the sheet styrene for the concrete surface (still working on the paint/finish for that)
GP30 project - to be D&RGW #3016. This weekend I painted the yellow/gold trim around the side sill, pilots, and numberboards. Next phase will be to mask off the trim areas and paint the rest of the shell engine black.
Dan Stokes
My other car is a tunnel motor
Just thought I would contribute a picture of my "road power" - two Athearn MP15ACs. I wanted one to look like a "new" acquistion from the 2nd hand locomotive market (the UP unit) and the other to look like it had been repainted, but has been working so hard it hasn't had time for a "bath". I still need to do some weathering on the running gear on both engines and I need to remember where I hid the hand rails and radiator screens from #32!
Enjoy!
-Kosmo
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
Jim, I thought the video was great! I really enjoyed the perspective of riding behind the engine and the sound of the whistle was absolutely beautiful! Was that a recording or a sound chip?
Tom
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mononguy63 Snip Though, trust me, the more obstructed the view, the better the layout looks!
Snip
Though, trust me, the more obstructed the view, the better the layout looks!
Oh i thought you were showing us your collection of mason jars,paint cans and used light bulbs
Just kidding looks like a nice layout just needs some housekeeping
TerryinTexas
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C&O FanHave you ever thought of putting the camera car first and pushing it around so we could get an unobstructed view ?
That could be arranged later today
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Cool video Jim, made me feel like I was really on the train.
Larry
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mononguy63 Good stuff here again this weekend. I pushed the construction debris and stray rolling stock off of the main line and took a little joyride yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvHSVCHdY4 Jim
Good stuff here again this weekend.
I pushed the construction debris and stray rolling stock off of the main line and took a little joyride yesterday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvHSVCHdY4
Jim
Jim that was a fun trip
Have you ever thought of putting the camera car first and pushing it around so we could get an unobstructed view ?
Beautiful work.It makes me want to give up modeling.Have you submitted photos to MRR trackside photos?
Some nice wrok here guys!
Selector: Love that T1!
Here is some progress and a shot of my T1 with a recently finished Bethleham RPO in tow.
Nige.
Margaritaman
Your modeling rocks, I've been saving your pics to use a reference when I scenic mine, it is exaclty what I'm shootng for AND looks exactly like the area I model. Big Blackfoot River area NE of Missoula MT and the Wolf Praire area on the BNSF mainline in the Flathead tunnel area.in Montana. Nice work.
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I have a few questions.... but first here's why:
I have the JV Models Boyd Logging kit, it will be my first Craftsman kit.... So I admit I'm a tad intimidated to open the box and find what I would call raw materials...LOL. I mean I've built a lot of plastic models, but this isn't something to put together while watching football...
Questions:
1. what did you use to stain the wood?
2. what is the best way to proceed when doing one's first Craftsman kit? it seems to me that I could just lay a copy of the pattern on the laser cut balsa and cut through both...
3. Obviously there's more than just building it, how do you know when and how much scenic and super detail is too much?
Your work looks great...
As Terry has said, it looks like darned good work. It fairly begs to be drooled over.
selector Peter, I would like very much to see your diorama with the camera low and imaging a couple of sideshots...if that is possible? Also, if you wouldn't mind my mentioning it, it looks to me like the camera might need to be adjusted for the lights or colour balance. I would love to see your weatherred wood in the proper tone. -Crandell
Peter, I would like very much to see your diorama with the camera low and imaging a couple of sideshots...if that is possible? Also, if you wouldn't mind my mentioning it, it looks to me like the camera might need to be adjusted for the lights or colour balance. I would love to see your weatherred wood in the proper tone.
Ditto !
Looks like nice work !
Peter, I would like very much to see your diorama with the camera low and imaging a couple of sideshots...if that is possible? Also, if you wouldn't mind my mentioning it, it looks to me like the camera might need to be adjusted for the lights or colour balance. I would love to see your weathered wood in the proper tone.
Wow, some of the work this week is just unbelievable.... Very inspiring... I've been sanding and contouring scenery and putzing with my city and industrial district...
Well,
It's that time of year again. I'm starting preparations for train show season, specify the local show September 12th and 13th. That means 30+ locomotives, 100+ cars, and various transformers and track (our club uses EZ-track on our display, most of which I own or maintain) need to be cleaned or inspected prior to the show. This week the locomotive fleet started rolling into the service terminal for their wheel cleaning/ dusting/ oiling, too fast. Causing this backup of idling U33's on the mainline, which are waiting for their turn to get into the yard:
It's the most wonderful time of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
Jamie
Cape Vincent Southern Railroad
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Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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Not much for posting here as I've been busy with the room, but I managed some loads... or at least some attempts!
A few logs (not secured yet) and a very first attempt at some small weathering on a flat... it was just powders and still needs some dulcote. Then we have a few shredded scrap metal loads that can be removed, two auto scrap loads and some ship propellers from the factory.
Some really nice layout work there guys... and sweet photos to boot. Is it just me or are folks really starting to take up a notch?!?!!!
Ray, Thanks for getting that Tichy water column in there. I just built four and have/had no idea how to paint them. I'm done building Jordans, I only have so much eyesight to spare!
As always some fantastic work and photography here! So many of you are a constant source of inspiration.
I didn't get a lot accomplished on the layout this week as there have been a wealth of other deadlines that had to be met. I did get another Jordan kit finished tonight after several days of a bit at a time. This is a 1911 Model T Delivery Van. She is painted and decaled for Howard's Dairy.
Uncle Eli has parked one of his delivery vans near the Station at Hopewell Junction. He is likely waiting for his "Lady" Bessie to arrive on the afternoon train from the "Big City". Eli can well afford to get another car for personal use, but figures that would be wasteful as the van is only 14 years old and runs well. He believes that, "A penny saved is a penny earned!" He also subscribes to "neither a lender nor a borrower be." He will pay cash for his next vehicle as he did for this one........
Eli is a bit of a miser, he still has all the hand tools that he inherited from his father and will someday pass on to others. And... They had best subscribe to, "A place for everything and everything in its place" or else! He will retire before the age of 40 as a very wealthy man. Here is another shot from a different angle. This kit has to be one of the older Jordan kits as the directions were vague and the drawings not the clearest. Therefore I made a few errors in assembling the model. It will sit towards the back of the layout and the 3 foot rule will be in effect......
One of the real fun things about these old car kits is putting the crank in place. It measures about 1/16th of an inch....
(BTW, Uncle Eli was my father's uncle and I have inherited some of his hand tools. Some well over 100 years old and still in usable condition....... He was the owner of Howard's Dairy in Canandaigua, NY and was the first dairy to use Electric Pastuization in upstate, NY The logo on the truck was taken from a milk bottle I have from his dairy. )
Geared Steam C&O FanShot a video of my Shay Terry Your Shay runs nice and smooth, what brand is it? I have my eyes open for a brass model, I wonder what the best runners are.
C&O FanShot a video of my Shay
Your Shay runs nice and smooth, what brand is it? I have my eyes open for a brass model, I wonder what the best runners are.
Thank You
It's an old United Circa 1970 that I re powered with a Sagami
I paid $50 used for it in 1985