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WPF March 11/13

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Posted by howmus on Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:51 PM

Early weekend? Being retired i have 6 saturdays and one Sunday in every week so today is great for starting the WPF Thread....

DJ!  Wow....  Love it!

I've been painting tools for the workbench.  Why?  Well they look better when painted properly.  Wanna see?  Well  Here's the Workbench:



You can get a better Idea of how big it is in this photo.  Yes I know I have to do some sanding on the rough edges before I put it in the Engine house....



So what was I painting?  Well a pipe wrench for one thing...



Oh and a hammer....Confused



No THAT is a hammer, not a little sliver in my finger.....

"They're coming to take me away, Ha,Ha......."

73

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:05 PM

Congrats on acquiring that fine looking Mountain, John.

Love the sunset, MAbruce.

That's an excellent photo, Crandell.

An I1sa leads a West Bound coal drag. DJ.

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Posted by Packers#1 on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:23 PM

Great, EARLY (:D) start! 

John, that brass is GORGEOUS! The cell phone pic still conveys all the detail!

Sweet shots as well guys!

I don't have much, did a bit of work today, namely painted a bit of foam, smoothed out some road, and added a couple of "fill trees." nothing pic worthy

Sawyer Berry

Clemson University c/o 2018

Building a protolanced industrial park layout

 

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Posted by selector on Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:50 PM

I am seriously envious of that fine brass M1!!  Nice locomotive.   Love Bruce's sunset image with the long low trestle, too.

Mine shows a shot angle never shown on my layout.  I have a Santa Fe 4-8-4 pulling freight that needs to get where it is going quickly.

Crandell

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Posted by jwhitten on Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:17 PM

PRR_in_AZ

Yeah, I have an H-6SB and an H-9.  Both brass and very cool.  I want to have multiples too.  For some reason I'm leaning more toward L-1 (2-8-2) Mikados.  They always seem to get overlooked by Pennsy guys.  I have one I'm finishing up painting and will post pics soon.

Chris

 

I have been laying in a supply of K4's to kitbash into L1's. I'll keep a few as K4's of course :-) There are a lot of similarities between the two, by design.

 

John

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Posted by PRR_in_AZ on Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:13 PM

Yeah, I have an H-6SB and an H-9.  Both brass and very cool.  I want to have multiples too.  For some reason I'm leaning more toward L-1 (2-8-2) Mikados.  They always seem to get overlooked by Pennsy guys.  I have one I'm finishing up painting and will post pics soon.

Chris

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Posted by jwhitten on Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:08 PM

PRR_in_AZ

Nice loco, John.  Brass is a slippery slope, at least for me.  You can never be satisfied with just one!

Enjoy!

Chris

 

Yeah, you're probably right about that. Laugh My goal is to acquire about 4 or 5 more of the M1a's (or M1b's, either one) and a few H9's or H10's, which as far as I know, the H9/10's are only made in brass.

John

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Posted by jwhitten on Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:05 PM

MAbruce

Wow, off to an early start this week.  But that's okay - it makes up for some late starts.  Big Smile

Nice acquisition John.  Hopefully it will run...

I recently had some fun with my photo software to make this sunset scene:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/Belmar2043b.jpg

And for those of you who frown upon such photo manipulation, here's a shot of my layout without any digital trickery:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/Belmar2045.jpg

 

Wow! Those are great photos-- not sure which one I like better.... your layout really looks nice!

 

John

Modeling the South Pennsylvania Railroad ("The Hilltop Route") in the late 50's
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Posted by MAbruce on Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:57 PM

Wow, off to an early start this week.  But that's okay - it makes up for some late starts.  Big Smile

Nice acquisition John.  Hopefully it will run...

I recently had some fun with my photo software to make this sunset scene:

And for those of you who frown upon such photo manipulation, here's a shot of my layout without any digital trickery:

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Posted by PRR_in_AZ on Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:53 PM

Nice loco, John.  Brass is a slippery slope, at least for me.  You can never be satisfied with just one!

Enjoy!

Chris

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WPF March 11/13
Posted by jwhitten on Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:48 PM

 

I get to start WPF this week...

With my new (to me) brass Pennsy M1a -- my *very first* brass locomotive !!!

(I wish the picture was better, but I had to take it with my cell-phone camera.)

 

Brass PRR M1a Locomotive

 

Brass PRR M1a Locomotive

Brass PRR M1a Locomotive

 

I'm looking forward to seeing how well it runs (or, um... *if* it runs :-) I reckon I'm probably going to re-motor it in any case and put a sound decoder in it.

John

Modeling the South Pennsylvania Railroad ("The Hilltop Route") in the late 50's

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