Hello out there! Time to get this thread under way, I have places to go and trains to run...
and with a mug like this I HAVE to run!
Below is Southern's ol' 721 spotting a box car at Bubba's. The 'sun' in this photo is a small flashlight held to a yard stick with a rubber band and the stick is clamped to an ancient tripod that's nearly as old as me!
I digitally removed the yard stick.
Jarrell
Jarrell that's a nice looking scene. I like the flashlight idea!!
Here's one from me. Its been awhile since I weathered some cars, but I'm getting back into the swing of things.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Jarrell, that's an excellent scene and photo.
K4s hands off the local to an E8. DJ.
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Jody, very fine modeling you have going on there. I like the pavement and brickwork especially.
I call my image:
Grandpa and Grandson on the Santa Fe
Crandell
Nuthin' sweaty about this Betty. This is too cool. Very good work Jody.
Odie Hi again everyone! I built some Proto:87 switches last week, and now its back to some structure work again. This week I finished Bar Mills "Sweaty Betty's". Great kit for someone who would want to get their feet wet with laser cut kits. This will probably be the last one for a bit...the kits I have left on the shelf are very involved, and nice weather is just around the corner. My cabin fever days will soon come to an end for another year. Jody
Hi again everyone! I built some Proto:87 switches last week, and now its back to some structure work again. This week I finished Bar Mills "Sweaty Betty's". Great kit for someone who would want to get their feet wet with laser cut kits. This will probably be the last one for a bit...the kits I have left on the shelf are very involved, and nice weather is just around the corner. My cabin fever days will soon come to an end for another year.
Jody
Very nice work so far. Makes me hesitant to try to follow up on what's been posted.
A run down the grade:
MAbruceVery nice work so far. Makes me hesitant to try to follow up on what's been posted. A run down the grade:
That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains?
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Checked out some of the models in the contest at last Sat show
in Houston
TerryinTexas
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At the Club
Springfield PA
Oh how I love Fridays and all the great photos. Great work everyone!!!
Bruce - That is a ridiculously great looking background, blends nicely with your scenery.
Blue - Very well done engine faciltiy, I like the transfer table. (I'm planning to build one soon).
Here is the 20th Century Lmtd. just pulling into the station.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Hello to all. Just a few random shots from around Quincy Yard.
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Very high bar set from the beginning this week.... Wow! Some great work being shown!
I installed lights in the workshop attached to the Engine house I am building. That room is basically finished. I still have to fabricate a detachable roof, but that isn't a huge project.
Started work on the main part of the engine house by adding the belt drives coming from the other room. Amazing what you see in a photo that you miss just looking at it..... There needs to be some correcting of the assembly... Big time! The drill press and the Lathe are not glued in place yet... Just sitting in there to see how it will fit and where they can be placed.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
A WW2 Krupp K5E railway gun has escaped from the United States Army Ordnance Museum and is now on the team track in Springsteen (or it's my layout so anything is possible)
Regards Jon
G Paine That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains?
Thanks. It's an abandoned siding (non-operational) that leads to this old place:
MAbruce G Paine: That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains? Thanks. It's an abandoned siding (non-operational) that leads to this old place:
G Paine: That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains?
Really nicely done!
Chris
Great work everyone. Here's a short video clip to share:
http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g300/engineerbob/?action=view¤t=MVI_1281.mp4
Have Fun.... Bob.
I'm not sure why the above link did not work. let me try a different link, and if not successful, can I get someone to give me a quick "how-to" on downloading video clips. Thanks...
It seems third time's the charm for you. Excellent photos, everyone. As for me, I have nothing to contribute on account I have been ill most of the week.
Will
It's been a long time since I've posted anything on the WPF threads (or the forum in general, for that matter). Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Anyway, love the photos so far. Here's what I've been working on lately. A superdetailing project that started life as a 1980's era Athearn BB U33B. I'm turning it into an SCL U36B using the excellent article from the Aug '88 MR by John Edwards (not the former vice-presidential candidate, mind you) as a guide.
Here's the front end
And the other end.
I airbrushed it with a light coat of white Rustoleum primer last weekend after these photos were taken. Tomorrow I'm planning to airbrush the yellow side sills... if the weather will cooperate, that is. Doesn't look too promising right now
Dan Stokes
My other car is a tunnel motor
Wow Guys, excellent work!!!
(Jarrell, Flashlights used in photography are cool, no?)
Here is an Out-of-the-Box Intermountain ES44AC in BNSF colors, illuminated by moonlight. Well, more like an LED flashlight, actually. This is really a test shot for practice to shoot a custom lit passenger car I have been feverishly working on. I wanted to learn how far & creative I could be pushing my Nikon! As said, this is an un-altered IM ES44, no weathering, alterations or detail paint, as of yet, just some new fingerprints. I powered up my base with an old MRC TechII DC pack, & let the Tsunami equipped machine growl at me as I set the scene. There are two light sources, one hallway light; a very low watt CFL about 20+ feed away shining on the nose. The other light was a blueish LED pocket flashlight that I used in direct shine & performed a figure eight motion with while the exposure was collecting. I actually like the blue tint as it looks cold, as it is here right now. This shot was the second brightest, the more vivid one looked like I just PhotoShopped a blue filter on it. In that shot I did not change the camera settings, but I held the flashlight closer to the model, while sweeping the beam around the scene. I also now see I have an unintentional walkway light, (perhaps on both sides) from the ditchlight light pipes. However, to me the picture still looks pretty nice though. It was a successful practice photo session.
Please open the 'full size' version for best viewing!
DanS: Really nice work, thanks for sharing it. I can tell, you put a lot of time & planning into making it 'right'! Great work!!
Great start to WPF guys. Keep the photos and ideas coming.
Here's one from the BRVRR:
A jammed break shoe gathers a crowd in front of the locomotive shop on the BRVRR. The model is an Atlas Trainline RS-32. The figures are from Woodland Scenics.
This is always the best thread of the week and always an inspiration.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
I shot some new photos this morning for the Operations Road Show blurb on the web site for the 2012 NMRA National Convention in Grand Rapids (www.gr2012.org). Here are two of them.
Extra 714 West approaching Main Street in Buck Creek.
The eastbound Wabash local, east of Logansport.
The full set is up on their site, now.
And a photo from when we had the Operations Road Show set up at Hartford in 2009. This gives a pretty good idea of just how large this layout is, even though most of the last leg (to the right, a good 30% of the layout) is not shown.
-Fritz Milhaupt, Publications Editor, Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc.http://www.pmhistsoc.org
Stokesda,
Always a pleasure to see another SCL modeler here! I plan on doing something similar to my Athearn BB SCL U-Boat. Your unit is looking really good! What number will it be?
stokesda It's been a long time since I've posted anything on the WPF threads (or the forum in general, for that matter). Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time Anyway, love the photos so far. Here's what I've been working on lately. A superdetailing project that started life as a 1980's era Athearn BB U33B. I'm turning it into an SCL U36B using the excellent article from the Aug '88 MR by John Edwards (not the former vice-presidential candidate, mind you) as a guide. Here's the front end And the other end. I airbrushed it with a light coat of white Rustoleum primer last weekend after these photos were taken. Tomorrow I'm planning to airbrush the yellow side sills... if the weather will cooperate, that is. Doesn't look too promising right now
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
Hey fellas, great work and in-progress shots shown by all! Both of these shots fall under the later. I also have a progress vid
Got the roads going:
And here's the industrial corner:
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
G Paine MAbruce: Very nice work so far. Makes me hesitant to try to follow up on what's been posted. A run down the grade: That is an interesting foreground. Do those tracks go somewhere or are they abandoned? If they do run, do you have any problems with foliage getting caught up in trains?
MAbruce: Very nice work so far. Makes me hesitant to try to follow up on what's been posted. A run down the grade:
Forget about the foreground, I want to know about the background. Is it photo etched, painted, or just out doors? The trees to the back left look great as well!
--Zak Gardner
My Layout Blog: http://mrl369dude.blogspot.com
http://zgardner18.rrpicturearchives.net
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Hi all, it finally got dark tonight to try shooting pictures of this one now. (it got light out yesterday morning before the car was re-assembled!)
Well, here is a shot of the Walthers model of the Milwaukee Road 'Hiawatha' Skytop Lounge car. It is also inscribed with 'Cedar Rapids' which is a city in my home state of IA. I scratch built the lighting for this unit & added all the figures. I finally got everything installed & working, after a couple of repairs of broken wiring & final fitting. One thing I did not consider was the bleeding of the red light in the tail cone. Although I put an enormous amount of paint coats on it to provide a paint light block, being a cast-in-clear piece, it really almost works like a fiber optic & transmits light inside itself. Next time I will actually bore out the headlight bucket & install an escutcheon tube to limit the light bleed through the clear part. The pictures themselves were shot with a long exposure & I was able to dim the interior lighting with the variable voltage from the power pack I had connected to the tracks. The 'moonlight' was provided by a blueish LED flashlight wiggled over the scene while the long exposure was collecting. This provided a balanced picture where the cars windows were not just bright spots of light, but you can actually see the interior & the happy people on the excursion. One other surprise was how bright the silver camera of the 'photographer guy' figure in the rear of the car looks, perhaps it should have been a black camera & not a white shirt for that figure. I also chose slightly lighter/brighter pictures than the locomotive practice shots, although the darker Locomotive shot looks more realistic to me. Please enjoy!
Another thread discussed fantasy BN schemes. Here are some photos of the fantasy CSX passenger scheme I completed this week. To gain a sense of progression, I have 2 more cars in the dark future version in progress, and 3 more in the latest version that incorporates the colors of the historic C&O scheme.
The locomotives, E8 A and Bs as well as 2 F40PH units will receive a silver bnd to separate the yellow and blue to match the latest version.