Let's get Weekend Photo Fun rolling! Here, a Southern 0-8-0 switch engine pulls into the feed and seed business siding to pull out a Central of Georgia covered hopper. I have much more work to do in this area including weathering sturctures and rolling stock as well as adding much needed 'stuff' to the business such as lighting, pallets, people etc.
Jarrell
Looking good so far Jarrell. I like the smoke effect you added and your track work looks great!
I planted a 'Supertree' by the pond which gave my N&W SD7 a photo-op:
Thank you sir! BTW, love the super tree but I can't seem to get mine as thickly leafed as yours, so they don't look nearly as good.
What's your secret? What leaf material do you like?
jacon12Thank you sir! BTW, love the super tree but I can't seem to get mine as thickly leafed as yours, so they don't look nearly as good. What's your secret? What leaf material do you like? Jarrell
And thank you.
I used the Supertree directions and flocked them with their 'Flock & Turf' product. For N-scale, I found it small enough to give a nice leafy appearance, but not so fine so that it wouldn't fill out the tree. I also used several layers to build it up, and accented the final layer with a little fine WS ground foam (using varying shades of green).
It also helps to pick out the Supertree's armatures with extensive branch detail so the flocking material has a lot to stick to. Not all my armatures filled out as nicely as this one did.
Hey, hey, hey! It's the weekend again! Thanks for getting us started with an excellent photo of your work Jarrell! MAbruce, I like both the tree and the whole scene.
While inputting data into SOFTRACK Inventory, I found one of my PRR Coal Cars came without any car numbers. All the data was there for the Pennsy, but the car wasn't numbered. So I ordered some car renumbering decals for it from Accurail.
After:
Had to add the numbers to the ends as well:
While I was at it, I removed the "rebuild" date from the sides of the 2 PRR Coal cars I have since I have the exact color with the decal package. Now the 2 cars just show the build dates (1918 & 1919). Hit them both with dullcoat and did some weathering while they were on the bench. Here is the after:
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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!
I just planted some JTT Scenery product tree's on the layout. At about $4 a tree I think they look fantastic. I'll be buying more......
I see we are off to a good start!!!
Here's a boxcar, a hopper, and a engine I've been working on.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good start to the best thread of the week guys.
I've been working on some new background and a back ground building.
The skyline buildings came from Realistic Backgrounds. I cut them out and mounted them on black foam board to give them some depth. The red brick building at the left is part of the Will Hall Building from Illinois Main Street. Again, mounted on foam board. The foreground brick building is Walther's Fireproof Storage and Transfer, one of their background buildings narrowed a little and mounted on a diagonal. I named it General Industries, INC. after a local business the burned down a couple of years ago.
The sides and rear of the building are made of foam board. The interior is lighted. The roof sign is home made. The water tank came out of the junk box, I'm not sure who made it.
Still a good deal to do. Fences, ballast on the siding, more signs and other details. But I'm pleased with it so far. Better than the painted plywood it replaces.
Keep up the good work guys. I love this thread.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Jarrell ... Thanks for starting Weekend Photo Fun. I like the 0-8-0 and the building.
MAbruce ... I like the N&W SD7 and the scene. Water and trees look good.
Ray .... PRR hoppers look great.
jdobo ... nice work on the "new" freight car.
driline ... Nice SOO Geep and the rees look good.
Robby .... Great weathering for the GP30, the boxcar, and the hopper.
Allen ... I like the city scene.
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My contribution is the rear end of a secondary passenger train with modernized heavyweight cars. The rear car is CBQ 308 which is a diner/parlor car.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Thanks for the answer, Bruce. I have about 20 of them waiting to be flocked.
MAbruce jacon12 Thank you sir! BTW, love the super tree but I can't seem to get mine as thickly leafed as yours, so they don't look nearly as good. What's your secret? What leaf material do you like? Jarrell And thank you. I used the Supertree directions and flocked them with their 'Flock & Turf' product. For N-scale, I found it small enough to give a nice leafy appearance, but not so fine so that it wouldn't fill out the tree. I also used several layers to build it up, and accented the final layer with a little fine WS ground foam (using varying shades of green). It also helps to pick out the Supertree's armatures with extensive branch detail so the flocking material has a lot to stick to. Not all my armatures filled out as nicely as this one did.
jacon12 Thank you sir! BTW, love the super tree but I can't seem to get mine as thickly leafed as yours, so they don't look nearly as good. What's your secret? What leaf material do you like? Jarrell
Here's what makes WPF really fun -- I'm enjoying, away from home, the best public wifi ever: clocked downloads at 14M on speedtest! The WPF page loads just like that, so I can enjoy those great pic and work right away!
Very nice work, everyone.
Just a yard shot. DJ.
well not just any yard shot! Very nice indeed.
Here's one of a Guilford SD26 etc outdoors on the diorama
Mike
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
Mike, congrats on your entry in the MR photo contest, by the way!
I'll have photos later this weekend or next...depends on how long it takes for my new scenery work to be finished.
Thanks, Tyler. It was a nice surprise!
I Shot some video of my friend Art's H-5 running on my
layout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFPAvVfM2jg
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
Not a new picture, but one of my layout lost between a fire and subsequent leaks during the remnants of a hurricane. Just trying to get my enthusiasm back as the house gets close enough to completion to contemplate another layout. This is a New Haven PA pulling upgrade past a farm near the top of the nolix that connected the two levels of the layout. The square corner immediately above the coach covered the furnace - a necessary evil and too big to curve the surround around without losing too much space.
It's about 8 p.m. in August of 1975. The only train left running on the old Western Maryland is the rip train, sent out by the Chessie System to scrap the finest right of way across the Allegheny front. The F-7 carries out its grim task of bringing back the rail and ties that once carried millions of tons of freight for the WM, so it can be stacked in a scrap yard somewhere and forgotten.
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Here's a WIP shot, my scratchbuilt water station, on its approximate location on the new layout module. I haven't attached the spout mechanism yet, as I am trying to figure out a way to make it moveable.
But that's for later, today I'm headed north to Lena, IL to check out a MRR swap meet I've not been to before.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
I'm busy with my narrow gauge diesel, I've bought last autumn.
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
Come to us http://www.westportterminal.de my videos my blog
Here are some more Covered Hoppers I have recently finished.
This is an IMRC NSC 4550 Cylindrical Hopper painted and decaled with Herald King Decals.
This is an Atlas ACF Cylindrical Hopper painted and decaled with Champ Decals.
This is an Athearn 5250 ACF Covered Hopper, Painted and decaled with Herald King Decals. (Noticed the warped running board after posting the picture, will have to fix!)
Thanks for looking
Rick
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
The Adopt a Highway sale is on! Do I hear 25, 25, ah, yes, 25. Do I hear a 30, going once, going twice, Sold!
We have often wondered the question "How to stop a train at the end of a track." Well, I have an out of the box answer, don't let the train stop.
Okay, enough of the funny stuff. Anyway, I was trying to think of a way to stop the train at the end of the track, but I still needed an inch or so, so I took some spare track, I cut off the ties, and bent. However, whenever one is bending rails, one will inevitably have a learning curve:
Hope You all enjoyed.
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
Rick, I have never painted a Model Train car with a air brush, but I have painted over 200 real cars. You have a lot of peal in the paint. That means you need to thin the paint down some more. With out spraying what you are using I cannot say for sure but I would reduces about 15% more and see what happens.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Ken,
My air compressor was not delivering enough air pressure, I recently got a new one and the pealing should go away. Thanks for the comments, I have not been happy with my latest painting projects anyway, which was why I needed a change, I will see how they come out this weekend, as I have some new stuff to paint.
TrainManTy Mike, congrats on your entry in the MR photo contest, by the way!
Once again, congrats Mike.
As always, nice job everyone. The pic's are wonderful as usual. This weekend I have a video featuring, once again, my sound equipped F45. This time however, it's not on my layout. It's on my "main line" which is a loop of E-Z track on the floor. Also featured are my coal hoppers, which I talked about on the "Modeling Coal Drags" thread, and my Walthers 75th Ann. Boxcar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXadrjBjJw
Enjoy,
Jamie
Cape Vincent Southern Railroad
HO scale Horseshoe Curve in 5’x10’
My YouTube
Link to some great billboards & signs for your layout & buildings!
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/162879.aspx?PageIndex=1
Hawk Point Missouri on the Missouri & Arkansas Railway.
Jamie- Very nice. Did my old eyes see an FEC reefer in a new color scheme? If so, please, H O or N and whose make.
Flip
stebby.. I tried to send you an email about making a movable water spout, if it doesn't get to you, write to me here, and I'll explain how I did it.
nick