Great stuff as usual guys. There is some really great modeling here again this week.
Crandell, outstanding as usual. Actually your coal train inspired mine. Not the same quality, but the idea is the same.
Here are a few from the BRVRR:
A NYC freight waits for the track to clear ahead.
Passing at the crossing.
A Santa Fe passenger train passes by as the NYC freight starts out. Keep up the good work everyone. I always look forward to this thread.
A Santa Fe passenger train passes by as the NYC freight starts out.
Keep up the good work everyone. I always look forward to this thread.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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Odie, that market is just beautiful. I love the outdoor fruit bins.
I've been working on the station plaza area and the buildings on Beaver Street. This is the City Classics "Grant Street Building" kit.
Jim at City Classics has thoughtfully provided us with a lot of big windows, so it took a while to build interiors and provide lighting. This was also the structure I put above the basement shoe shop. Last night I got everyone seated for dinner at Weinstein's Restaurant, added one more light bulb so they could see what they were eating, and put the building in place.
Terrible service. Nobody's even been served yet.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Decided to "deal" with another Michigan loss by taking some pictures in the basement.
Hope everyone has some Turkey left!
Don
A little bit of nasty weather.
Is it too early for the CHRISTMAS TREE CENTRAL?
Living in a New York City sized apartment calls for a small little N-scale railroad for the old tree. The board is 1/4" plywood measuring 34" x 29" and is covered in white clear contact paper to simulate snow on the ground. All tracks (and most of the equipment) is made by Kato. The track is held on to the board by 3M double-sided foam tape which suprisingly is the exact width of the Kato roadbed. Work is continuing on the tree and some additional props but at least the trains are up running... which is the most important part.
Odie,Good work, both modeling and photography.
HO scale?
Bob
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feel a bit outclassed here for my first shots.
An ex LNER B12 waiting to depart.
Everything is still a work in progress. Track's gonna get weathered hopefully next week
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If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Great pics all! Jdobo, I see you have a London Wasps avatar. Did you used to play rugby as well? Well, after benchwork, foam, wiring, and tacky glue, here's what I have... Also, here's some pics of my bday gifts. Don, I think you'll like the U23B haha Here's the C420. The basic black of the Central Michigan loco looks good b/c it has the stripes on the nose and the little labels. The NW loco is black and NW letters. Planning on repainting it.
also, here's my latest update video
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Heartland Division CB&Q Nice work and great photography, everybody! Here is an industry I just built. It is a large bakery (bread factory). It is consturcted primarily of Walthers modular pieces. The silos are for flour storage, and they are constructed mostly with 1 1/2" plastic drain pipe. I'll be adding more scenery and some signs eventually.
Nice work and great photography, everybody!
Here is an industry I just built. It is a large bakery (bread factory). It is consturcted primarily of Walthers modular pieces. The silos are for flour storage, and they are constructed mostly with 1 1/2" plastic drain pipe. I'll be adding more scenery and some signs eventually.
I still can't get over the difference between these two photos. I opened both of them just to get a better look side by side. One of them looks like a model, the other one could be real. What different lighting are you using for the 'warmer' photos?
secondhandmodeler Heartland Division CB&Q: Nice work and great photography, everybody! Here is an industry I just built. It is a large bakery (bread factory). It is consturcted primarily of Walthers modular pieces. The silos are for flour storage, and they are constructed mostly with 1 1/2" plastic drain pipe. I'll be adding more scenery and some signs eventually. I still can't get over the difference between these two photos. I opened both of them just to get a better look side by side. One of them looks like a model, the other one could be real. What different lighting are you using for the 'warmer' photos?
Heartland Division CB&Q: Nice work and great photography, everybody! Here is an industry I just built. It is a large bakery (bread factory). It is consturcted primarily of Walthers modular pieces. The silos are for flour storage, and they are constructed mostly with 1 1/2" plastic drain pipe. I'll be adding more scenery and some signs eventually.
Hunch: Is the top phot maybe with flash?
-Morgan
Hmm let me think,I do model the KCS
Flashwave secondhandmodeler: Heartland Division CB&Q: Nice work and great photography, everybody! Here is an industry I just built. It is a large bakery (bread factory). It is consturcted primarily of Walthers modular pieces. The silos are for flour storage, and they are constructed mostly with 1 1/2" plastic drain pipe. I'll be adding more scenery and some signs eventually. I still can't get over the difference between these two photos. I opened both of them just to get a better look side by side. One of them looks like a model, the other one could be real. What different lighting are you using for the 'warmer' photos? Hunch: Is the top phot maybe with flash?
secondhandmodeler: Heartland Division CB&Q: Nice work and great photography, everybody! Here is an industry I just built. It is a large bakery (bread factory). It is consturcted primarily of Walthers modular pieces. The silos are for flour storage, and they are constructed mostly with 1 1/2" plastic drain pipe. I'll be adding more scenery and some signs eventually. I still can't get over the difference between these two photos. I opened both of them just to get a better look side by side. One of them looks like a model, the other one could be real. What different lighting are you using for the 'warmer' photos?
Correct. Top photo has flash, and second does not.
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
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Sawyer I played rugby at School some 40 odd years ago, now I only watch. I was at Twickenham yesterday to see the match between England and South Africa.
Enjoy playing while you can!
rclanger Odie,Good work, both modeling and photography. HO scale?
Thank you for the comments everyone!
These are Bar Mills HO scale kits....The Market/Butcher shop is called "Four Fingered Tony's" and the bar is called "Saulena's Tavern". I just recently started messing around with the laser cut wood kits, and I am really enjoying them. I am currently working on a Bikini car wash from FOS Limited...hopefully i'll have some pictures next weekend.
Some Video of one of the layouts from yesterdays Houston layout tour
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TerryinTexas
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I had the week off, so I finally got to using up some Walthers Modulars that have been gathering dust for some time. They have been bargain basement priced for quite some time now. Not quite finished yet, but getting there.
Black Label Brewing Warehouse:
Started working on a company house duplex last night... might have some pictures later. In the meantime, we'll feature a couple of decoder installs that have been done for awhile, I just now got around to photographing them...MDC Mogul... This is a cool little engine. I just wish the headlight wasn't blue...Walther's 0-8-0. Easy peasy plug and play. Very smooth runner.and last but not least, an old Rivarossi heavy Pacific. Replaced the old bub with a directional thermonuclear LED. I was excited to get this one to work on. When I was a kid, I pined for this engine as it was displayed in the case at Lloyd's Hobby Shop in Towson. I still have a little work to do on this one... I think I glued the gears together by accident!LeePS: Did I mention how glad I am to have a proper camera again? :D
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Crandell and Grampy. Thanks for the on my rock work. It is my first effort "using foam".
Crandell I think we need to start a thread on how to add smoke. It makes a huge difference to a photo and you've nailed it. I wouldn't mind having a crack at it myself.
Grampy, believe it or not it is the platform in your photo that really does it for me. The chunks of concrete broken off around he edges take me back to places I've been. It makes your shot look like it has a real history.
It is go home weekend for our nine puppies so the place has been a madhouse. Trips to the Airport and such. Hopefully back to more rock building now the dust is settling.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
As promised...
Finished the first company house (well, two really... it's a duplex!) for Thomas, West Virginia.Obviously there's still plenty of landscaping to do, but I'm going to build 3 or 4 more of these, plus some flats for against the back drop, then I'll whip up some fresh sculptamold to sink the post foundations into...Lee
Lee, your structures look very good, and especially so perched as if they were on a rocky shoreline.
BATMAN ... Crandell I think we need to start a thread on how to add smoke. It makes a huge difference to a photo and you've nailed it. I wouldn't mind having a crack at it myself. ... Brent
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Brent, it is probably a lot easier in Photo Shop than it is for me in Sagelight. I have no experience in PS, but in Sagelight there is a clone brush. You can place a reference circle over a reference colour on the photo and use that to dab and create effects. There is more to it, but it takes a lot of time dabbing that darned circle. If anyone is interested, and wants to get Sagelight, then sure I'll help all I can.
Crandell
An abandon building.
Tom
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Nice photo Wolfgang. Very realistic.
Jon
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Back to working on scenery. I like taking photos when I work on the layout, easy to see mistakes.
Larry
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Jamie,
Your layout continues to inspire!
Lee
Odie I had the week off, so I finally got to using up some Walthers Modulars that have been gathering dust for some time. They have been bargain basement priced for quite some time now. Not quite finished yet, but getting there. Black Label Brewing Warehouse:
Could you, would you post a parts list? I have used DPM but not the Walthers. Easy to use?
rclanger Could you, would you post a parts list? I have used DPM but not the Walthers. Easy to use?
I used parts from #3721, 3722, 3723, 3725, 3729, 3730 and 3731. You could probably get away with less, as I had a ton of leftover parts. The parts listing on the packaging is kind of confusing, so I just bought a couple of each item number since they were so cheap.
The parts fit pretty well, but I found that it was helpful to sand some negative relief (bevel) to the backs of the horizontal mating surfaces of each wall section to make the joints fit a little tighter.
I feel these modulars are pretty underrated, and I am not sure why Walthers is having so much trouble selling them. A modeler could easily make a wide variety of full size buildings and backdrop buildings for a moderately sized layout for peanuts compared to purchasing separate kits.
Jody
Tom, the building looks great. Just as an aside, I put 140,000 on a "73" 1600 Sport Coupe. What a great car, and I always liked checking the "olio", topping off the "aqua", and filling the tank with "Benzina". Gerry S.
Tom, the plywood in your abandoned store is great.
Sean
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