WPF 7/1 - 7/4

[ChadLRyan]

Ray,

I have been watching your build for quite some time now..

There is only one word I can think of to describe it;  INCRECIBLE!!!!!

Great work, we all wish we could have something of that caliber in our layouts, Great job Ray!! 

[howmus]

Thank You Chad!

I have had a lot of fun with this, and am quite pleased at how it is developing.  It will most likely be the only building on my layout to ever have this much detail.

73

[Truck]

twhite

Chad:

What a GREAT looking 'kit-bash' you did on the Centerline.  Question, though.  You said it was a 'friction' type cleaner--does that mean that it can be used 'dry'?  Reason I ask is that I've got a garage layout out here in California, and if I use 'wet' track-cleaning, all I do is gunk up the rails with pollen.   So any kind of 'dry' track-cleaner that's out there, I'm interested in. 

But that gondola of yours looks GREAT!

Tom

My layout is also in a garage. Stockton, Ca. Pollin & Dust are my worst enemys. And I use the Centerline also. I use an eye dropper and soak the cloth on the brass wheel with laquer thinner, And a few cars behind it I have the Aztek car with a dry wheel. I have had the least trouble with flickering lights and dead spots using this system.

                    Truck.

 I'd better add a picture. This is the 4-8-4 comming through Stockton a cou;le years ago.   

[pj1775]

Happy 4th of July Weekend Everyone!   This week I'm sharing some status updates of my newest layout module.   Everyones work this week looks great as usual! 

[Scarpia]

Quick shot from the first "module" of my sectional, apartment layout.  It's nice to be working on scenery for a change.

From those of us overseas, Happy Fourth of July!

 

[Packers#1]

ChadLRyan

Ray,

I have been watching your build for quite some time now..

There is only one word I can think of to describe it;  INCRECIBLE!!!!!

Great work, we all wish we could have something of that caliber in our layouts, Great job Ray!! 

What can I say but ditto? Ray, that engine house is just insanely detailed! Hopefully I can pack at least a quarter of that detail into the town on my layout.

[Sailormatlac]

Wow! Incredible work everyone... The long week-end is paying off! Happy Canada Day and Independance Day!

 

I've just finished to redetail and weather a crappy Bachmann GP40 as a dummy unit. Not top notch, but should look OK for a model destined to play a background role.

BEFORE

AFTER

Matt

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Ezra needs to clean up under his trees!

 

[ChadLRyan]

This is on my workbench right now..

Here is an HO interlocking tower I am building as a switchyard communication Dispatch tower.
It is a Walthers HO kit, that I accessorized with Faller grass mat & sat dish, the TV antenna is from Gold Medal Models, with added cut PE material for the boosters. The base is hardboard with a cereal box cardboard layer for the parking lot, & a 1/32" x 3/32" basswood shoulder for the curbing detail. 
I will eventually wire the roof accessories, & hopefully add an interior & glass sometime soon. I have really become to like the color of 'Depot Buff' I think it really makes this structure look nice, it's working for me.
A couple of custom Kato's, some Busch & Wiking auto's complete the scene. Yes, that is the 'Possum Van' perhaps Red is fixing the lawn mower..?..?.?? 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[ChadLRyan]

Jeffrey,

OK, ah?  What is that???  I am not at all familiar with that type of locomotive, please enlighten me, & tell me some specs & what not. That looks like it could be a serious rail pounder! A three fan Dynamic? -That will stop it..  That's cool man!

Thanks

[jeffrey-wimberly]

ChadLRyan

Jeffrey,

OK, ah?  What is that???  I am not at all familiar with that type of locomotive, please enlighten me, & tell me some specs & what not. That looks like it could be a serious rail pounder! A three fan Dynamic? -That will stop it..  That's cool man!

Thanks

That's my idea of a GEU30C rebuilt by EMD ( U30M-R-EM-645). The three fans you referred to are the radiators. The dynamic brake is located at the rear to keep the extra heat away from the prime mover. A friend of mine thought the EMD blower housing would be a nice touch. All the EMD parts came from an Athearn blue box SD40-2 I had lying around with the exception of the DB fans which started life as the radiator fans on a Proto 2000 GP30. The air tanks mounted on top back of the radiators SD24 style were made from wood dowel using a Dremel, a pair of tweezers and a drill as a poor mans lathe.

[ChadLRyan]

Hey, I use the 'poor mans lathe'  more than you know, because it is there, & handy! 

I think it is an excellent model! Do another with a 'Q' cab that is extended to encompass the pilot... Everyone would fill their pants!   I also like the repositioning of the dynamics, like an ACe, well thought out! I think it is a neat model, two thumbs up!!!!

[twhite]

My Rio Grande Yuba River Sub has contracted out a couple of 'loaners' from the Great Northern to take care of a motive power shortage (this is WWII).  Thought I'd show them.  Actually, I found these used brass PFM's at my LHS at a bargain-basement price and couldn't pass them up they were so 'cute'. 

GN 2-6-8-0:

GN 2-8-0:

Don't want to brag,but together, they cost me about as much as a new BLI 4-8-8-2.  And they run GREAT!

Tom

[secondhandmodeler]

I took this for the "show me " thread.  Tom was faster with his post and his bridges are bigger.  I'll post it here instead.  Nice pictures Tom.

[twhite]

secondhandmodeler

I took this for the "show me " thread.  Tom was faster with his post and his bridges are bigger.  I'll post it here instead.  Nice pictures Tom.

Corey:

I've been following those bridges of yours since they were in the 'planning' stage.  It's really a treat to see the finished product.  BEAUTIFUL work!

Tom

[jacon12]

 

 

Great modeling on the broken glass, Grampy!  Is it... er.. huh...real broken glass?    

Jarrell

Grampys Trains

Wow, this week's starting off with a BANG! Excellent photos from all. Happy birthday, America.

Switching the scrap yard. DJ.

[Grampys Trains]

Corey, outstanding modeling. Thanks, Jarrell, actually it's light reflected off some puddles. DJ.

[Motley]

I just shot a new video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkE53l7PdkI

[jon grant]

I managed to get my CSX GP30 almost complete, just in time to take part in the weekend's photo fun. I also managed to pick up an Overland CSX caboose at the swapmeet today.

Jon

[secondhandmodeler]

Tom and Jay, thank you for the compliments.  It's the one area of my layout where I feel like I'm playing with the big boys ( you guys)!   I think the uniqueness of the original bridges that I'm modeling helps the overall effect.  I've just tried to copy it as close as possible.

[jacon12]

 

Corey, this is a great scene!  Good depth to it, like the trees in the background, did you paint those?

Jarrell

secondhandmodeler

I took this for the "show me " thread.  Tom was faster with his post and his bridges are bigger.  I'll post it here instead.  Nice pictures Tom.

[secondhandmodeler]

Jarrell, the painted trees behind the buildings are around six feet away across the middle aisle.  I needed a cheap backdrop scene that represented a river bluff.  $7 for some craft paint is cheap enough.  Since the trestle section runs down the middle of the room, there can be no backdrop in the middle.  Some day I'll figure out how to block off the back of the layout so I can take pictures of the trestle without all of the background interference.  All of trees around the trestle and to the right  of the trestle are super trees by the way. 

Thanks for the compliment.

[wm3798]

Advancements on several fronts:

Follow up project from last weeks running group... added a couple of creature comforts around the layout.


Significantly improved the functionality of the work bench thanks to the ReStore...  A lady bought this desk, but didn't want the top.  I was amazed at how well my parts bins snugged right in there!  I've got a ton of decoder jobs to work on, and this will help keep the flow going.


Job One in the new Personal Productivity Center was prepping the shell of Laurel Valley 1803 for road service.  Still need to add a couple of details and do the brain transplant.  Here's what she looked like before she headed over to the Baltimore and York Skunkwerks:



And of course, the ongoing saga of sorting, tagging and classifying cars continues ad nauseum...




More fun later, I suppose, but for now, it's time to get the back yard ready for barbecue, bottle rockets and beers!

Lee

[MisterBeasley]

Wow, great stuff everywhere.  Who says we stop modeling in the summer?

I've been busy wiring a signal bridge, which isn't a terribly photogenic project until it's done and placed on the layout, but the Tour de France got me back up into the family room where my layout is.  I've done a bit of ballasting while watching 198 bikers cruise through the French countryside.  I also completed this 3-track grade crossing.

The wood crossings are from Blair Line.  The station in the background is an adaptation of the Walthers YMCA.

[G Paine]

I just completed a rebuild of the South Greenvale Curve.

What to do with it had been a problem for me since I built it, as described in this post
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/193946.aspx

[wsdimenna]

Jon Grant

last two shots look particularly great to me. the one with backdrop nails it and the last one with the tree mix is excellent