The BLMA brand fence is finally in. Many details yet to go.
Fantastic looking modeling and pictures, definetely "magazine" quality, and your weathering in dead on target as well, really a suburb job!!!!!
I do have one question and it in NO way reflects on your modeling skills, what happened to the outside rear view mirrors on the vehicles? It would never show except everythig else is 'soooooo" realistic. Actually the pick up is the one I noticed, it looks sort of naked without them.
But on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give you a 9.99999
Mark
Man you guys beat me to it, I was looking forward to starting this thread. Nonetheless, I recently purchased my 3rd Tower 55 ES44DC in the Northern Pacific Livery. I intend this one to be a Norfolk Southern in the gray ghost or primer paint scheme. Here is what I had to start with.
The next four pictures are the previous two Tower 55's that have been painted. Both were in the Northern Pacific livery and the challenging part was moving the headlights to the correct positions and getting the paint to stick to the trucks.
These last two pictures are from the most recent one I did. Now I just need to go back and lightly weather both of them.
Really great start to the weekend so far. Keep them coming.
Will
Nice work everyone!
Driline -I like the fence, but the boxcar weathering steals the show. It's fantastic!
I know it's a bit sappy, but I reworked a recent photo to fit an independence day theme. Happy 4th of July to our American members!
4th of July Weekend
A parade on Main Street and a picnic in the county park.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Dang you guys are good. Awesome pics from everyone, love the 4th of July theme going on.
I just completed the Rix highway overpass for my railyard scene. Next I'll be working on the intermodal yard.
Happy 4th everyone!!!!
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
A few things I've been working on:
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This is a recently completed truck at Sheepscot Transfer and Storage. The Dysarts truck is a Sylvan Scale Mack COE and the trailer is Classic Metals Works. Both are painted with home made decals. Dysarts is a real company located in Hermon, ME
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Narrow gauge: H0n3 code 55 and code 40
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Driline
Frank, your weathering (and everything else) is outstanding.
Happy 4th of July everyone !!
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As time permits, I've been working on a corner of my layout. This area has a section of cork over part of it and I decided it would be a good spot for a small lake or pond. I drew out a rough shape and then cut out the cork revealing the extruded foam base..
I then covered the bottom with plaster cloth, smoothing over holes as much as possible. I used Woodland Scenics Flex Paste to cover all holes after the cloth had dried and painted it..
I then poured a couple of 1/8th inch deep layers of WS Realistic Water and after that had dried good I installed some tall grasses at the edge using WS Water Effects as an adhesive and then did some sceniking work around the area using ground goop for a base.
Today I've poured the final layer of 'water', working it around the grass with a tooth pick. and after that dries I'll work on lilly pads.
Here's a shot showing the area overall..
Jarrell
Jarrell, great job on the pond, very realistic.
K4s crossing Hammer Creek. DJ.
good work to all ,Jerrel nice sene ,I like it...Jerry
Thanks Grampy, I appreciate it.
I like your Hammer Creek shot also. Looks like somebody's getting in some late afternoon fishin'!
Grampys Trains Jarrell, great job on the pond, very realistic. K4s crossing Hammer Creek. DJ.
Driline, you have set a very high standard for this WPF! Nice photos!
Bruce, your photo with the fireworks is excellent. It's a keeper. Could be on a postcard.
Jarrell, I am happy to see your new water at last. I'd say you have done it very well. I wouldn't mind a close to macro shot.
This weekend I show a Class J braking as it descends the shallow grade across the interchange bridge over the Seneca River. The woman in the trailing canoe looks up in appreciation for the immense and hissing locomotive as it looms above their canoe.
-Crandell
Excellent start of a long weekend. . Looking forward to seeing much more.
Springfield PA
Nice everybody!
"Saturday in the Park, I think it was the 4th. of July..."
4th of July in Hopewell Junction and the Papec Band has started their annual John Phillip Sousa concert. I think I hear their opening number now. The "Stars and Stripes Forever!"
Not many trains running on the Holiday, just the local Milk Run on it's late afternoon run. Gotta get that milk to the dairy!
Ah the closing number.... The Washington Post March! One of my favorites!
A happy Fourth to all of you out there South of the Border. I already wished our friends to the North a Happy Canada Day a couple days ago!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
selector Driline, you have set a very high standard for this WPF! Nice photos! Bruce, your photo with the fireworks is excellent. It's a keeper. Could be on a postcard. Jarrell, I am happy to see your new water at last. I'd say you have done it very well. I wouldn't mind a close to macro shot. This weekend I show a Class J braking as it descends the shallow grade across the interchange bridge over the Seneca River. The woman in the trailing canoe looks up in appreciation for the immense and hissing locomotive as it looms above their canoe. -Crandell
Hey the Steam is back WHOO HOO !!!!
TerryinTexas
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Here's a shot of my town I'm still working on. Gotta add some more detail work.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
What a great little scene, Ray...., lighting effects and all! And, how did the Papec Band get their name?
howmus Nice everybody! "Saturday in the Park, I think it was the 4th. of July..." 4th of July in Hopewell Junction and the Papec Band has started their annual John Phillip Sousa concert. I think I hear their opening number now. The "Stars and Stripes Forever!" Not many trains running on the Holiday, just the local Milk Run on it's late afternoon run. Gotta get that milk to the dairy! Ah the closing number.... The Washington Post March! One of my favorites! A happy Fourth to all of you out there South of the Border. I already wished our friends to the North a Happy Canada Day a couple days ago! 73
Nice work guys. I really love the fence Drillline.
I was hoping to get a picture up this weekend, but alas. Dang those craftsman kits. (Can't wait to start the next one.)
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Made the connections to send the first train from Maryland Jct. to Elkins... Still more work to do, but at least now we can generate some revenue on this line!
Here's a link to a slide show of the whole run... just scroll down past the cover photo...
And don't worry... the bridge girders are on their way!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
jacon12What a great little scene, Ray...., lighting effects and all! And, how did the Papec Band get their name? Jarrell
Ask and thou shalt receive...... The Papec Machine Co. aka: Pneumatic and Propeller Ensilage Company was a farm machinery company in Shorstville, NY (Not far from where I grew up) that made silo chopper filler machines... Well, one of these:
Put together, they looked more like this (scratchbuilt for the farm on Bare Mountain). You can see it at the bottom right of the photo with the pipe going up the silo.
We had a couple of them on the farm when I was a kid. more about Papec here: http://wellssouth.com/blog/?p=46
Anyway the Papec Company was very community minded and formed a band which used to play concerts in the nearby communities which all had the park gazebos for the purpose as well as marching in parades. My Father played for several years in the Papec Band before he went to Ithaca College as a music major. He was the first oboist to ever graduate from Ithaca College. This whole section of the SLOW has a bunch of family puns and jokes. It also has the names of a lot of the family on it as business owners. If you look close you will see "Rose's Dinner (the wife of Don Howard, my dad's cousin and the owner of Don Howard's Farm Machinery Dealership). Next door is Nina's Beauty Salon. The sign is a copy of the sign which I still have of my mother's hairdressing shop. Miller's bed and Breakfast is a tribute to my sister Rev. Janice Miller who runs a boarding house for foreign high school students. And many more down the street.....
Good shot here! You managed to get the entire train in a nice curve plus the canoer..er..er.. errrrs (is that a word?) all in one shot.
Well done!
jeffrey-wimberly A few things I've been working on:
As this picture scrolled into view my first thought was "now why is Jeff posting a pic of an old tender here?" Then I realized that it was a model and not a corroded derelict you found in Louisiana!
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
Great pictures, friends.
Here's a first picture from my module Salina with all four segments.
dragenriderAs this picture scrolled into view my first thought was "now why is Jeff posting a pic of an old tender here?" Then I realized that it was a model and not a corroded derelict you found in Louisiana!
ECI 1301 passes a steamer on it's way through Westport.
Roger Hensley= ECI Railroad - http://madisonrails.railfan.net/eci/eci_new.html == Railroads of Madison County - http://madisonrails.railfan.net/ =
Driline The BLMA brand fence is finally in. Many details yet to go.
Driline, Love the scene, weathering and well everything looks great!
willjayna Man you guys beat me to it, I was looking forward to starting this thread. Nonetheless, I recently purchased my 3rd Tower 55 ES44DC in the Northern Pacific Livery. I intend this one to be a Norfolk Southern in the gray ghost or primer paint scheme. Here is what I had to start with. Really great start to the weekend so far. Keep them coming. Will
Will, I don't think you and I could be friends anymore. You just killed my Northern Pacific Dreams............
Grampys Trains K4s crossing Hammer Creek. DJ.
Love the shot! To me it looks like the early morning with the sun starting to shine over the hills. All you need is smoke from the engine and the shot is priceless.
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