Weekend Photo Fun March 26/28

[rclanger]

BRVRR:

What the road and crossing is made of?

[BRVRR]

rclanger, Bob,

My road is made out of heavy poster board glued to the table top with white glue. Once dry I painted it with a cheap flat black acrylic paint I bought at Big Lots.

The crossing center is of the same poster board glued to the ties with super glue.

The crossing signals are from Berkshire Junction as is the IR control system. There is a short 'how to' on my updated website on how I installed the signals. Go to the How'd You Do That page and scroll down to the picture of the crossing.

[NS AS-416]

 Been forever since I've posted progress pics, but projects are progressing again.

First up is an AS-16m kitbash. I purchased this partially done to an AS-616m prototype. Here is where it stands with some extraneous styrene removed and with the correct B-B chassis for the CNW prototype. Waiting for the parts I need to finish it to come in.

Here are a couple rudimentary night shots. First is Pennsy RS-12 8975 picking up a boxcar at the freighthouse

... and NS GP-38 2006 (yes I know it still needs to be numbered) dropping some cars off at the brewery.

 

Ouch, I really need to read the manual for my camera to fix the focus problems. 

[MPRR]

Great work everyone!!   Hey RS AS, do you ever make it up to the Eau Claire Area?? Thats gonna be a nice looking engine.

[willjayna]

I know this is a little bit late for this thread but I wanted to share with everyone my first completed weathering project. It is a Walters 86' Union Pacific Box Car. In some of the pictures you will see the before and after pictures. All in all I think it turned out real well for my first attempt.

Here is a picture of the roof which turned out awesome.

Here are a couple of photos from the other side of the box car.

 

I am very happy with the project [edited by selector] just have to add some grafitti.

Will

[IVRW]

Well, I am a little late, but I blew spring break sitting on the couch coughing my lungs inside out. Miraculously, yesterday, I managed to salvage just a little bit of time working on the Railroad. Recently, I had a few locomotive problems. One had a short in the tender, and the other would just plane not run. Miraculously, I managed to reprogram the last with my new cool locomotive problems. To celebrate, I had my first, and rather informal, operating session.

In the early morning light, we find IVRW No. 950 switching for the first train of the day.

A few minutes later, we are under way.

The first stop on their list is to check paperwork at St. John Station.

After everything is done, we sneak away from the station master though the freight house and the Co-Op.

A few (Z scale) miles later, we cross the "Bottomless Bridge"

Pulling into Stockton, Utah, we pull into the station downtown for further instructions.

Our job today is to drop off log cars at "Mill's Lumber"

and to spot a refer for the team track farmers and a boxcar of metal for "Clyde and Dale's Barrel Factory."

Finally, after a good day's work, we stop to refuel for the way home. As we do so, the team track agent leaves for lunch with friends.

[cudaken]

 IVRW, I must say am quit taken by your layout and your photos. Don't care for the track you use, but still looks very good.

               Ken

[IVRW]

I dont care for my track either. You could say the snaptrack is a childhood mistake I made when I was 9 (when I started the layout), but so far, a little bit of ballast work makes things look a little better.

[last mountain & eastern hogger]

Hi IVRD,

I just want to say that your sense of time and place work really great together.

As you go forward, unless you change the era, keep a close eye on that aspect of you layout. Right now you are bang on from what I see.

Johnboy out.................