Great photos this week include Graffen's "Nighthawk' inspired cafe scene, DJ's trout fishing scene and UncBob's pasture scene. Actually, I like all the pictures. Great stuff!
GARRY
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i will throw in a little proto-photo fun. A few from the Folkston Funnel, which is not too far from my home town where I grew up in Georgia
and one BNSF that looks like it was cooked from Vancouver Wa and one of my Dash 9 waiting for a signal.
Great work all, I can finally chime in again with some of my own pics:U23B #6330 rounding the curve:Up Close and Personal:The crossing in the small townMy big project car. Still need to add the CSRY and numberFuzzy downtown overview (sorry guys)Main street storesThe left hill
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
jwhitten What is the story with this backdrop? Is it a commercial backdrop? If so, where does it come from? John
What is the story with this backdrop? Is it a commercial backdrop? If so, where does it come from?
John
John,
It's a commercial backdrop from Backdrop Warehouse.
Chris
Graffen CNJ831: Nice rendition of Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks', Gaffen. I love seeing well known scenes reproduced in miniature on layouts and always wanted to do that one, but have never quite gotten around to it. Do you perhaps have any further, 'daytime', photos so that we can see what the building's exterior and its surroundings are like in their entirety? From what can be seen in your 'night' photo, the restaurant appears to be set on a bluff, or above a cut of some sort, making me wonder if you've executed the scene in the very same manner John Armstrong did on his layout years ago? CNJ831 Thanks for seeing the resemblence I put it on a "overpass" so it came up a bit and also on the front of the layout. I took this one today: As you see, there is some work to be done yet.
CNJ831: Nice rendition of Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks', Gaffen. I love seeing well known scenes reproduced in miniature on layouts and always wanted to do that one, but have never quite gotten around to it. Do you perhaps have any further, 'daytime', photos so that we can see what the building's exterior and its surroundings are like in their entirety? From what can be seen in your 'night' photo, the restaurant appears to be set on a bluff, or above a cut of some sort, making me wonder if you've executed the scene in the very same manner John Armstrong did on his layout years ago? CNJ831
Nice rendition of Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks', Gaffen. I love seeing well known scenes reproduced in miniature on layouts and always wanted to do that one, but have never quite gotten around to it. Do you perhaps have any further, 'daytime', photos so that we can see what the building's exterior and its surroundings are like in their entirety?
From what can be seen in your 'night' photo, the restaurant appears to be set on a bluff, or above a cut of some sort, making me wonder if you've executed the scene in the very same manner John Armstrong did on his layout years ago?
CNJ831
Thanks for seeing the resemblence
I put it on a "overpass" so it came up a bit and also on the front of the layout.
I took this one today:
As you see, there is some work to be done yet.
Very nicely done. And...I'd bet that with a little adjustment and addition via Photoshop that you could clip out and add a roofline cornice to the top of the brick building on the left side of "Nighthawks" and, attach it right to your wall, giving the correct exterior background to the restaurant. Although, you've probably thought of that already and are in the process of working it out!
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I almost completed my Bachmann gondola kitbash. I like to call them "Gondorella" since they started as ugly ducklings. About 60 hours spent in this project, and at least another 10 to come.
Just need to receive the airbrake parts to finish the underframe.
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Graffen!
Very nice! By the way wan't that scene (your last night scene) also modelled by the late John Armstrong also? I believe I remember a picture of that scene also in an old Model Railroder?
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csmincemoyer Railfanned another modeler's Olean, Bradford and Western today. Caught B & P 202 working the Olean Yard while a Pennsy Trainmaster awaits to enter the yard.
Railfanned another modeler's Olean, Bradford and Western today.
Caught B & P 202 working the Olean Yard while a Pennsy Trainmaster awaits to enter the yard.
Great work everyone!
Crandell, another great steam locomotive photo.
MAbruce, thats a great trestle bridge.
Grampy, a wonderful scene. I need some water on my layout!
Here are a couple of shots from the BRVRR:
NYC GP40 Passing through Berea Station at the head of a short freight.
NYC S-3 874 draws a crowd as the crew prepares to move a box car.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. You always make this the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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Chad,
Thanks for the compliment, as I built it it was hard not to grab the red paint, the additional detailing & my mind made it a CP unit. Also, when I started getting the decals on it, it really 'did' work, IMO.
Yes, I did send it to CP, one of the two people auto responded 'Out of the Office' so we'll see.
I think it could be 'Plausible'
Thanks again!
I like that scheme Chad!...that could work. maybe you should submit it to the brass and see what they think!
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Graffen
This is too cool! Great work executing a great idea.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Some of my equipment in the display case
That's one of your better pics Jeffrey
Springfield PA
Just east of Warren, Caught a manifest freight enroute to Albany from Cleveland.
You need the URL for the full-sized image bracketed closely by the img tags. They have the square brackets [ ] around them.
Crandell
Decided to try posting a pic to the forum, we'll see if this works.
It's an undec atlas hopper that I painted and weathered... haven't done much weathering and it looks more like it was used as an outhouse for a flock of crows than I intended.
I didn't get it to post right, got a link to it instead... it was a flickr page and I don't remember the rules on posting links so I edited that out. I'll have to re-read the instructions and try again. Sorry everyone.
several edits later: Thank you selector, I finally figured out how to copy the link to the photo!
UncBob Pasture area on the right side of the around the walls is done Need to add the house- barns -silo and other structures
Pasture area on the right side of the around the walls is done
Need to add the house- barns -silo and other structures
Nice work on this pasture. However, I would advise you to flock together you animals. In real life, cows, horses and sheeps tend to stay together and often near a water spot. For sheeps pasture, it is a common sight to see animal trail along the fences. It would give more dynamic appeal to this scenery without extra work. Anyway, a train running through countryside is a never dying classic.
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ME&O
It's been too long since I posted anything so here goes.
Jaeger Kit of Weyerhaeuser Load
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Another Jeager Kit of Hampton Lumber Load this one was done a lot better than the first pic because it was the first one I did.
And finally, two plate steel loads scratchbuilt out of styrene. They aren't done, but I will try to get them done sometime next week. They are placed on two Athearn 60' flat cars decorated for BNSF. I weathered the decks with paint and powders.
Will
Thanks, guys. Rob, tomorrow in SE, 2 weeks, for rest of the state.
Jarrell, that is Silfor, Summer collection, I think, from Scenic Express. DJ.
P&SlocalThere are some excellent modeling pics this week.~Rob S.
Agreed. I really like those period correct night shots.
San Dimas Southern slideshow
Beautiful scene, Grampy. I like the lush grass on the right bank of the river, what is it?
Jarrell
Grampys Trains Good work, everyone. Opening day of trout season at Hammer Creek. DJ.
Good work, everyone.
Opening day of trout season at Hammer Creek. DJ.
Right DJ, because having an Alco going VRMMBAB VMBABVMBA overhead is a good way to at
-Morgan