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WPF 28-30 May 2010
Posted by james saunders on Friday, May 28, 2010 4:06 AM
Gday all, Since we are ahead of time down under I'll kick WPF off early. Went to the LHS after work yesterday (thursday.) Got a few things. Big Smile When the original Fox Valley ES44AC's came out a couple of months ago, I missed out on getting one. Well the LHS had one (a couple actually.) And after watching run on the test track, I couldn't resist buying one! The orange is a little darker on the Fox Valley model compared to the Kato or Athearn BNSF locos, but it's not a big issue. Also found a couple of Roundhouse well cars there cheap so snapped them up. The containers are new too. And finally Bought three structure kits to go on my layout. Micro Engineerings Murphy Manufacturing, Doyle Distribution and Walthers ADM Grain elevator kit. The Doyle building will become a produce packing shed, Murphys kit will become a hardware distributor and the ADM kit is self explanatory. Have a good weekend!

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Posted by mikelhh on Friday, May 28, 2010 4:34 AM

 Great gear, James!

 

I'm downunder too, so here's mine - Atlas Guilford C424 on the run-down line to the Newlywed Bakery

 

Mike

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Posted by tbdanny on Friday, May 28, 2010 5:22 AM

I'll weigh in from downunder as well.  Small world, given that the first two posters are in Brissie and I'm in South-East QLD.  I've been at home all week, working on my new HOn3 scale layout:

 

 

 The track is code 70 Micro-Engineering, and the turnouts are Shinohara.

Mike, your trackwork and scenery look awesome.  Have you been published at all?

 

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Posted by james saunders on Friday, May 28, 2010 5:32 AM
Where abouts are you in SEQ tbdanny?

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Posted by Driline on Friday, May 28, 2010 6:00 AM

james saunders
Where abouts are you in SEQ tbdanny?

 

Reading your previous three "Aussie" post's using an Australian accent makes it much more interesting  Smile

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Posted by Driline on Friday, May 28, 2010 6:14 AM

 BLI Paragon 2 NYC J1e Hudson excursion train chugging through Bettendorf, Iowa.


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Posted by Guilford Guy on Friday, May 28, 2010 6:22 AM

mikelhh

I'm downunder too, so here's mine - Atlas Guilford C424 on the run-down line to the Newlywed Bakery

Mike

 

How I do love the Watertown Industrial Track!

I live about 2 or 3 miles away from there and remember Guilford running there in the early 2000s back when they still used the B&M transfer cabooses!

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Posted by mikelhh on Friday, May 28, 2010 6:32 AM

 Hi tbdanny - to answer your question: nothing major.

Alex - I'm having a ball modelling that line - and the mud pit is under construction.

 

Mike

 

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Posted by MAbruce on Friday, May 28, 2010 7:04 AM

mikelhh

 I'm downunder too, so here's mine - Atlas Guilford C424 on the run-down line to the Newlywed Bakery

 

Mike

 

 

Mike - I'm familiar with the area and you nailed the look of the track work.  Question is do your loco's get stuck there too?  Laugh

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Posted by SouthCoastRail on Friday, May 28, 2010 7:38 AM

 Mike,

another great shot from down under. Can you advise what camera you are using and what lighting you used? Turned out sharp and clear.

Bob

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Posted by mikelhh on Friday, May 28, 2010 8:01 AM

Smile  Bruce  amazingly the locos go through very easily. The line has a couple of serious dips near the mud pit, and some couplings lose contact when they go out of alignment vertically, but nothing derails at all I'll post more pics as it gets done.

 

Bob my camera is a 4MP Olympus C750UZ . The camera has on-board sharpening which works a treat. I light the layout with several short overhead fluoros, but the best lighting comes from twin portable 500watt halogen floodlights, although only one flood was on for that shot.

 

Mike

 

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Friday, May 28, 2010 8:55 AM

Great early start this week.

K4s heading the local, crossing Hammer Creek.DJ.

 

 

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, May 28, 2010 9:01 AM

Glad to see things are underway on this popular weekly thread!

Southern's RS-3 2131 moves a train down grade behind the roundhouse and car shop.

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Posted by howmus on Friday, May 28, 2010 9:04 AM

Wow!  Great start to the weekend already.

I have been putting together a Erie B3 Steam Shovel kit by Jordan.  It will be used in the limestone quarry at the top of Bare Mountain on the SLOW when I get around to building it...  For now it is sitting near the team track at Hopewell junction.


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We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by Driline on Friday, May 28, 2010 9:22 AM

howmus

Wow!  Great start to the weekend already.

I have been putting together a Erie B3 Steam Shovel kit by Jordan.  It will be used in the limestone quarry at the top of Bare Mountain on the SLOW when I get around to building it...  For now it is sitting near the team track at Hopewell junction.





 

Very nice weathering job on the steam shovel. I was wondering is that Silflor grass tufts? And did you buy a couple of different colors or just one color and then dye the other's?

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, May 28, 2010 9:24 AM

What a great way to start the Weekend Photo Fun with all of that down under modeling! ... Aussies, y'all come back ... yah hear!

Driline .. Hudson looks great.

DJ ... K4 looks good even it has been bumped to secondary freight service.

Jarrell .... RS3's never look better than when they were in Southern green.

Ray ... The steam shovel looks real. Great modeling joib!

Everybody. Please honor our vets and our troops over Memorial Day Weekend. (I bet you already are doingt that without my reminding youi.)

 

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Posted by O_Kamoto on Friday, May 28, 2010 9:44 AM

Here's a few more pics

CSX meet at Bridgeport.

 

Don't rember if this one was posted, so here it is.

CSX #789 "Spirit of Nashville"  takes a spin

 

Enjoy,

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Posted by howmus on Friday, May 28, 2010 9:54 AM

Driline
Very nice weathering job on the steam shovel. I was wondering is that Silflor grass tufts? And did you buy a couple of different colors or just one color and then dye the other's?

 

Thank you sir!

It was a "fun" kit to put together.  Got to use a whole lot of words I used to tell my 8th. Grade classes they shouldn't use in "polite" conversation...Whistling

Yep, it is Silflor. I used about 10 different varieties of it.  Long, short, Prarie tufts, etc.  Since I model mid August, 1925, I used the Summer, Late Summer, and Fall colored ones.

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Friday, May 28, 2010 10:09 AM

 Great shots, so far. Heartland, here's the rest of the local. DJ.

 

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Posted by Motley on Friday, May 28, 2010 10:17 AM

Wow some incredible shots so far.

I got some more trees done on the mountain...

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, May 28, 2010 11:00 AM

DJ ... Oh I get it. That was an express boxcar, and it is followed by other types of headend cars. .. Great scene!

Dave and Motly ... Nice pix!

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Posted by scubaterry on Friday, May 28, 2010 11:40 AM

 My first contribution to WPF.  This is my third scratch build.  I got the design from some pics online of a LaserArt kit.  I shorten it up a bit for my SW-7 and I think it turned out quite well.  I used SMT LED's for interior lighting.  I soldered the SMT's to a PC tie glued to the rafters.  This engine house will go on the Swift Soybean Processing Plant yard for the dedicated switcher.  The Soybean plant is patterned after an article in MRR a couple of years ago.

 

 

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, May 28, 2010 12:00 PM

Great start to the weekend, on page 2 already making up for that slow one last week. Big Smile

I completed a couple of factory paints with some light weathering and fading, weight to NMRA std, matal wheels and Kadee couplers

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Posted by Geared Steam on Friday, May 28, 2010 1:26 PM

scubaterry

 

 

 

 

Very NIce Work Scubaterry

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Posted by dti406 on Friday, May 28, 2010 2:49 PM

These are some cars I just finished prior to having hip replacement surgery last week.

Stewart 14 Panel Coal Hopper, painted black and lettered with Herald King Decals.

Athearn Gondola, painted black and lettered with Herald King Decals, Chooch Load.

Front Range 40' Boxcar Kit.  The DT&I rebuilt a number of ACF and Greenville XM Boxcars, into Insulated XLI Boxcars with Plug Doors for Campbell Soup Service. Car is painted Yellow and Black with a Galvanized Roof. Herald King Decals,

Atlas 6 Bay 3510 ACF Covered Hopper, painted Gray and lettered with Mark Vaughn Decals.

 

Thanks for looking.

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Posted by wedudler on Friday, May 28, 2010 2:56 PM

 flagmen parade by night

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Friday, May 28, 2010 3:04 PM

Some great stuff and soo early in the weekend.  This is going to be a great one. Smile

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Posted by CNJ831 on Friday, May 28, 2010 4:25 PM

The Hudson Highlands RR was in need of a transfer caboose recently. Rumaging through my scrap box I came up with the materials to do a "quick & dirty" (i.e. rush job) version over the course of Saturday afternoon/Sunday morning last weekend. The car still needs marker light lenses, a toolbox and maybe a small fuel tank added, but is otherwise complete enough to start handling the transfer jobs between my carfloat dock and Jacksboro, NY.

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Posted by mountaingoatgreg on Friday, May 28, 2010 5:46 PM

Here is my progress to date....

 

Here is the new staging yard or at least the shelf. I pan on having two tracks the lenght of the shelf and a third track the runs down about half of the shelf before tying back in.

 You can follow my progress on my blog:

SP&S Oregon Trunk

Have a great weekend everyone!!!! 

 

 

Be Wise Beware Be Safe

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Posted by SD60M on Friday, May 28, 2010 6:14 PM

Hello everyone. The only thing i have is a video of my layout, here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsmAebMZCUA

-Kade

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