WPF Jan 29-31

[wedudler]

 I've built two H0n3 car kits.

 

Wolfgang

[dtommy]

It has been several months since I have posted to WPF.  The following photo is of a northbound Rock Island U-Boat running light back to Owensville, Missouri after completing a transfer run:

 

Tom

[zgardner18]

spidge

Here is a short tank train on a couple of freemo N scale modules I re-sceniced. These will be at the Long Beach show in the Nland Pacific group.

John,

Nice work on those modules!

[Blue Flamer]

 HEdward.

I spotted the number on the left front fender above the headlight and thought that it was just a yard truck. As such, it probably wouldn't need plates. As for seeing the windshield wipers, these 70 year old eyes were happy to see the truck. Even with my tri-focal glasses I still had to get close to the 19" monitor to see that great pic.

Here's to another great WPF weekend.

All the best to everyone.

Blue Flamer.

[PASMITH]

The good news is that it did not go through the roof of my layout room above the garage. The bad news is that it is not safe to go under these trees to clear them until the ice has melted which may not be until early next week. Peter Smith, Memphis

[selector]

Scary times, Peter, and I am happy to see that you are largely unscathed.  We went through a massive and damaging freezing rain incident in Ontario in 1998 which required the military to mobilize.  It brought out the best and the worst in humanity, as you would imagine.

Nice home you have.

Wolfgang, you have done well on those cars.  Would you consider a closer view, maybe of the sides? 

John, nobody does fall scenes like you...nobody.

-Crandell

[wedudler]

selector

Wolfgang, you have done well on those cars.  Would you consider a closer view, maybe of the sides? 

-Crandell

 

Here's my HowTo with more pictures.

Wolfgang

[Driline]

PASMITH

 

That is a GREAT house to have a train room right above the garage. Can you post a wide shot of the layout and how you get your materials up and down from the garage?

Here's a picture of my house. The great thing about it is the "portability". If its too sunny on one side, I simply crawl into the pickup truck and move it 90 degrees.Of course i have to re-align the satellite TV everytime, so I've installed a crank inside so we can just turn it manually.

[rs2mike]

This is what I accoplished this week in between a couple flying gigs(yea!!!!)

Atlas Rs-11 waiting for a decoder and led lights to come in

Atlas mp15.  Has decoder.  Runs sweet now looks better than what I bought it in with a crappy airbrush weathering job 

Atlas rs-1 with decoder and led lights

Atlas rs-4 or 5 with decoder and led lights

Great work on everyones postings.  This has been a talented year. 

By the way what ever happened to spacemouse and redhorse?

[PASMITH]

Driline

PASMITH

 

That is a GREAT house to have a train room right above the garage. Can you post a wide shot of the layout and how you get your materials up and down from the garage?

Here's a picture of my house. The great thing about it is the "portability". If its too sunny on one side, I simply crawl into the pickup truck and move it 90 degrees.Of course i have to re-align the satellite TV everytime, so I've installed a crank inside so we can just turn it manually.

The window in front of me is the window you see in the other picture. The door in the back leads to an attic where I have my table saw. Behind the bookcase is a stairs leading down to a door in the garage where I can bring up lumber and other materials. Peter Smith, Memphis

[Grampys Trains]

 Nice work, everyone who posted. Peter, sorry about your close call. Thanks for the kind replies.

This might clear up one of HEdward's nits. DJ.

 

 

[crfan]

DJ, all I can say is wow, to both your modeling skills and to your lighting and photography skills. Simply amazing.  I know it has been said before, but I will say it again, the photos posted on this thread every weekend are simply awesome-I mean that as a compliment to everyone who posts, I'm not singling any one person.  The photos truly do provide an inspiration to those of us not as accomplished at detailing and weathering. I wish to say thank you to all who post on this thread, no matter the scale, you all do a tremendous job. I also want to thank all of the other modellers who have provided tips and tricks through this thread to those of us who are still learning. Thank you again.

[howmus]

Hey!  What's this doing on page 2?  Bump!

Oh well, I guess this gives me a chance to post an update of a photo I posted earlier.  A gentleman over on another forum insisted that I needed to repaint some, ah, hoses.  Yup!  That's what they were, hoses, to make it a better image.......

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[mononguy63]

Peter, looks like a very close call with that tree limb there. Could've been a lot worse.

Driline, good thinking with that satellite dish hand crank. Gotta keep those priorities straight....

Here's a shot of The Gals, including the line's latest acquisition and a couple of workhorses freshly renumbered

 

[Packers#1]

 Excellent work this weekend everyone, and it's only halfway through! I've been busy playing rugby and doing school work and in between I've been tired as ehck, so the alyout really hasn't changed at all.

However, I'm not sure if I ever posted this photo, but I cropped it and here it is. ANRR GP35 #5 pulls a cut of cars off of the interchange track at the end of the Aiken yard.

 

[duckdogger]

 Grampy,

 

Always look forward to your photos.

[HEdward]

pennsy-gg1

HEdward

Blue!  You missed the tells.  The truck is missing it's licsense plate.  The wipers look odd close up and the windows aren't dirty.  I bet there's someone out there willing and able to fix these tiny details.  Meanwhile, what do realistic looking HO scale yardmen do when they're not posing for WPF pictures?

Blue Flamer

Grampys Trains

 Great shots, Jarrell and Driline!

The TOFC/Truc Train ramp at Stoney Creek.

 

DJ.

 

Hedward:

Please note: In PA I don't believe they have license plates on the front of vehicles. Plus, Look very closely at the windshields -- you'll see some smears in the front and back windshields. Guess the driver did a real fast wipe so he could see backing up and pulling the trailing off !  Just my

Front plates are not on cars, BUT trucks and busses and if I'm not mistaken, all commercial vehicles have front and rear plates in PA.  I love not having to mess with a bug encrusted front plate when cleaning the Daddymobile.  Still, that yard worker looks like he's ready to ask the foreman for tomorrow off.

[jacon12]

This is mighty fine.  Good exposure, good composition, great modeling = mighty fine.

Jarrell 

CNJ831

Overall view of the small switching facility at Putney, NY, on the HHRR.

CNJ831

[Dave Vollmer]

I picked up a Conrail B23-7 at the Great Train Expo in Council Bluffs, IA this weekend. The 1980 was delivered in 1979, and was the only Conrail locomotive painted with the "Keep it Moving with Conrail" logo.

I also picked up a Digitrax decoder. I installed the decoder, painted the walkways black, and gave her a little weathering. She still needs a cab signal box. She looks good in this all-GE consist (U23B - U25B - B23-7) at the head end of a merchandise, meeting a coal drag led by a pair of Kato SD40s.

[ukguy]

Karl.A

[ProtoWeathering]

 Just got pre production shots of a new PRR H30a Covered Hopper. It will be available in pre-painted kit form in PRR, PC, N&W, CR and NYC.It will also be available undecorated, of course.

 

 

[quietstorm454]

 

Awesome pick up Dave! That engine looks great!!

[jecorbett]

jacon12

This is mighty fine.  Good exposure, good composition, great modeling = mighty fine.

Jarrell 

CNJ831

Overall view of the small switching facility at Putney, NY, on the HHRR.

CNJ831

To me, the difference between good and great modeling is how well it stands up to close up photography. Grampy and CNJ831 are two who consisently measure up to that standard. There are others as well. I hope one day to join them.

[jon grant]

I've been weathering a few boxcars for the new layout, as yet unsceniced.

 

 

 

Jon

 

[spidge]

Nice Weathering and photography Mr. Grant.

Heres a shot with better lighting from a module mentioned earlier in this thread.

 

This guy seems to be enjoying his day railfanning late in the day.

[fec153]

Ditto what crfan said.

Fumble fingers FLIP.

 

[ProtoWeathering]

 Just moved to the Phoenix area and haven't had time to do a proper photo diorama, but the rocks here make a somewhat okay back-up. This customer wanted a non revenue "mill rat". The interior sides of the gon were done with Sophisticated Finishes and colors added with artist oils. The floor represents a steel floor that has acumulated lots of dirt, sand, etc. The customer will be moving scrap with it, so the interior has no load.

Old Roundhouse convertible trucks have trucks have had InterMountain .088 semi-scale wheels added. High-Tech real rubber air hoses round out some of the details. This truck/wheel combination makes this car one of the better rollers out there.

 

[wedudler]

 Flagman at work.

 

I think, a real flagman would stand next to the track. But this one needs some power at his place.    

Wolfgang

[twhite]

Haven't posted for a while.   Here's my latest project, stripping a recently acquired Key Rio Grande 3400 'baby' 2-8-8-2--the Rio Grande's first loco of this wheel arrangement from 1913.  Arrived with the paint so thick that a buddy of mine joked that it might be an actual N-scale model underneath all of the paint. 

Got most of it off, still have a bit to do.  Thinner didn't even touch it, had to use Jasco paint stripper.  Even THAT has to be done in about three or four applications.  But I'm getting there.  Hopefully by the end of the week. 

But she's a cute lil' ol' thang, and a nice, smooth runner.

Tom

[ns3010]

Wow. Every weekend, this is the thread I look forward to. No wonder why.

Since I don't have a layout, I'll share an older shot: