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Posted by C&O Fan on Friday, September 11, 2009 10:42 AM

Nothing new here this week

Been working on my 2 truck shay installing a  headlight and tender light

Here's an old photo of one of my favorite views of my layout

I've also added more photos to the slide show of the layout

The link is in my Sig line

TerryinTexas

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http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/

 

 

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Posted by selector on Friday, September 11, 2009 10:26 AM

Robby, I like what you have done.  If you recall mikelhh's wonderful minimalist backdrops and his uncanny ability with lighting, it is very effective.  Before you go on to ground foam and trees, it might be a thought to actually take some images and try for winter scenes....just a few for an eventual library.  Well done, by the way. 

Woflgang, you are developing a really nice model area there.  I look forward to more!

Nice clay and sand bluffs with the early diesel running along it up there, duckdog....very nice.

Lee, your skill is exemplary.  It all seems to line up very nicely.

-Crandell

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Posted by wm3798 on Friday, September 11, 2009 10:21 AM

 Working on my hopper fleet...

Oops!  Wrong picture!

Renumbering... thank God for ALPS printers.  I'd go nuts doing those end numbers one by one, especially on 100+ cars!

Lee

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Posted by Robby P. on Friday, September 11, 2009 10:14 AM

 Its plaster cloth over newspaper.  I put the newspaper down, and then cover it with the plaster.  After that dries, I go over it with plaster paris.  It fills in all of the holes.  After that I paint them rock colors (grays, blacks, etc), or use a green paint for the grass (woodland's foliage grass). 

 "Rust, whats not to love?"      

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Posted by duckdogger on Friday, September 11, 2009 10:03 AM

 Loving that box car weathering.  On your layout, is that all plaster cloth? Hydrocal?   Combination?

Almost finished with several E8s and an FP7 set.  Glad I'm unemployed or I would not have the time to do this and unfinished tasks are too stressing.

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I still have ice breaker bars to add for the SP and weathering for the CSX and (heavier) for the SP units,

Trains. Cooking. Cycling. So many choices but so little time.
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Posted by wedudler on Friday, September 11, 2009 8:51 AM

 I've glued down the last turnout. Now I'm busy with rails.

More at Hon3.

Wolfgang

Pueblo & Salt Lake RR

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WPF 9/11 - 9/13
Posted by Robby P. on Friday, September 11, 2009 8:20 AM

 I guess I will start it off.................

 Here's a few shots of my backdrop to the new part of my layout, and also a double door boxcar.

 Backdrop:

 

 

 

 

 Boxcar before:

 

 After:

 

 

 

 "Rust, whats not to love?"      

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