I guess I will start off this week. Here are some photos of my coal yard business.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Looks good, Curt.I like the scene with the people and vehicles under the trestle.
I finally got a shelf & lighting up for my daughter & my "Summer Shelf Shunting Project":
The LEDs are two 4-packs of Inredia pucks from Ikea, and work pretty well:
Works well for running the layout.For photography, I can add some CFL spots or just pick up the layout and take it outside ;)
Looking forward to seeing all the great photos and work this weekend!Cheers!
M.C. Fujiwara
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Silicon Valley Free-moN
Really good start to WPF already, guys.
Haven't had anything to post here in quite a while, but did just complete this version of Shultz's Garage
I love DPM kits. They're so forgiving. This one went through multiple coats of paint before I found something I liked. It also had three different failed roofs - I eventually just settled on ol' reliable masking tape rolled roofing.
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
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This is a shot of my turn table section I have been working on in the last 2 weeks. as you can see there is much more work to do. Sam
Spent part of the day working on this truck.
I'm trying to model 1956, not live in it.
My goodness! The weekend already? At least the best thread of the week is here. Great start I might add!
I have made some progress with the wall mold for the Octagon Blacksmith's shop. Have actually started painting the latex rubber on the wall to form the mold. Have a long way to go......
I was at a night photo shoot at the Rochester and Genesee Valley RR Museum last night. The subject was our newly rebuilt 45 Tonner, RG&E Beebee Station #1941 (after the year it was built). She spent many years switching coal hoppers at Beebee Power Station outside of Rochester, NY. Very appropriate we have her back in operation this year as the coal came across the Hojack Bridge in Charlotte, NY. The bridge is now being scrapped! I think O. Winston Link would approve.... Maybe?
Here is how we shot the photo... Notice the man standing at the left of the photo with the flash equipment in his hand. He got caught in another flash from directly in front of the loco.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I see a lot of good work so far. Keep it up.
Non-runners I rebuilt this week. Don't be thrown by the Bachmann GP40 bodies. The frames are Atlas.Atlas GP40 (1 of 2)Atlas GP40 (2 of 2)Atlas FP7It was a busy week.
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Who says model railroading coems to a halt in the summer? Not this thread.
I finally dropped a Tsunami in my Sunset K-36. It hasn't run since DC days on the layout, so great to get it back in service. It pulls 9 cars up my 4%, 24" radius grade on the Silverton Branch, with maybe tractive effort for another 1 or 2 more.
Some scenes I've worked on over the summer... Looks like a Food Co-op customer is getting a proposal... At the grade crossing in Animas Forks, with the snow-shed covered turntable behind it and #4 coming out of the snowshed. The Union Trust Mine and Tramway. Thanks for looking!
Some scenes I've worked on over the summer...
Looks like a Food Co-op customer is getting a proposal...
At the grade crossing in Animas Forks, with the snow-shed covered turntable behind it and #4 coming out of the snowshed. The Union Trust Mine and Tramway. Thanks for looking!
At the grade crossing in Animas Forks, with the snow-shed covered turntable behind it and #4 coming out of the snowshed.
The Union Trust Mine and Tramway. Thanks for looking!
The Union Trust Mine and Tramway.
Thanks for looking!
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Happy Weekend! Lot's of great stuff so far - and the weekend is just starting. This week I've been putting some dwarf signals at the west end of the yard - 4 down,5 to go. They're wired in series through the electric contacts on the Blue Point turnout controllers,so that only one track can show "green" at any time,and in order to show "green",all the switches for that track out to the main have to be lined correctly. They don't look as bright to the naked eye as they do in the picture,but I'm still thinking I may try something to dim them down a bit.
Mike
Scarpia,
What did you do to get the look of the wooden bed? I have a couple of those, but at the moment I am working on a hay wagon and load.
Nice work everyone.
Have fun,
Richard
Beautiful work everyone.
Mike- Maybe brush something like Dullcote on the lenses to dull the brightness.
Yeah,Curt.I was thinking of that,possibly with a very small amount of black or dark gray mixed in.Those yard lights could get pretty dirty. I'll try the dullcote alone on one I haven't installed yet,and if that doesn't quite get it I'll try darkening the mix.
Thanks,Mike
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Action at Bullard's Bar. The Yellowstone's easing an eastbound down the grade while the Daylight is heading westbound up the grade. Left-handed running is due to an overpass below the bottom of the photo.
Tom
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Richard, for this truck, the entire model got a wash of india ink and isopropyl alcohol, and then the bed was heavily drybrushed with Poly Scale lt gray undercoat.
I did try using colored pencils first as they show on Model Train Factory, but I had the wrong kind/brand.
Did some scenery near my lumber yard.
Mark, I had to do a double take there. Great work!
Just messing around with the camera this evening with my "new" old toys.
I don't have any photos to post, but I'll give to:
Curt - Nice scene under the coal dump
M.C. Fuji - Your stuff is always good
Jim - Shult'z Garage looks so good, I've been looking at DPM stuff all day.
Mike - Great looking dwarf signals
Mark - Agreed, your lumber yard looks superb
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Are they Bachmann? Or could they be something else?
jeffrey-wimberly Are they Bachmann? Or could they be something else?
Are they Bachmann or something else? Hmmm. The lead unit looks like a Bachmann FT riding on a Bachmann frame. The second unit looks like another Bachmann FT riding on Alco trucks. What's inside is anybody's guess as you are well known for your diesel rebuilds Dr Frankendiesel.
John R
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John R.
Suprising small number of posts this week
could it be because of the changes ?
Still looking for the email notification link
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EmpireStateJR Are they Bachmann or something else? Hmmm. The lead unit looks like a Bachmann FT riding on a Bachmann frame. The second unit looks like another Bachmann FT riding on Alco trucks. What's inside is anybody's guess as you are well known for your diesel rebuilds Dr Frankendiesel.
Well......I`ve got nothing to post this weekend.........took the layout extension frame outside yesterday and gave it a good coat of golden oak stain.........maybe during the week I can get a layer or three of foam onto it and by the weekend get track laid.
Would do it today but I`m leaving my house in a few minutes to do a little railfanning and to visit a club in Bethlehem PA then back down to Hooters for dinner and see WWE`s Summerslam.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Nice work again,folks! I pick up a lot of ideas from this thread - Mononguy63: I like the "cinder block" look on the back of those walls,The buildings behind it look good,too.I'd like to see more of that area.
This is an overview lookin east from the yard.I've still got a good bit of scenery work to do...
Mike (Still in Denver,CO)
Like your work Scarpia, and your yard scenes, too Middleman. Part of a group of cars I weathered for my LHS.
jeffrey-wimberly EmpireStateJR Are they Bachmann or something else? Hmmm. The lead unit looks like a Bachmann FT riding on a Bachmann frame. The second unit looks like another Bachmann FT riding on Alco trucks. What's inside is anybody's guess as you are well known for your diesel rebuilds Dr Frankendiesel. The only parts that are Bachmann are the shells and decoders. Perhaps these will provide a clue:
Doctor F.,
From the expanded view the A unit looks like an Athearn underframe. The B unit underfame looks to be an Athearn as well, especially the rear truck (viewer's left), however the front truck assembly does not show the same electrical pickups. Having seen your work for quite awhile now I would not be surprised to find out that you have managed to shoehorn a small block chevy motor into these units .
I await the test results.
EmpireStateJR Doctor F., From the expanded view the A unit looks like an Athearn underframe. The B unit underfame looks to be an Athearn as well, especially the rear truck (viewer's left), however the front truck assembly does not show the same electrical pickups. Having seen your work for quite awhile now I would not be surprised to find out that you have managed to shoehorn a small block chevy motor into these units . I await the test results. John R
"I would not be surprised to find out that you have managed to shoehorn a small block chevy motor into these units "
How'd you guess!! Just kidding.
You're pretty close on the A unit. Not an Athearn frame but an Athearn clone from Stewart I believe. It was made to accept several truck and motor types. The motor is a PPW can motor, Proto trucks with Athearn side frames and Athearn nickel-silver wheels. The flywheels are Proto, shafts and shaft couplings are Proto/Athearn. The B unit has an Athearn blue box F7 frame, Mashima can motor, Proto 1000 trucks with Athearn nickel-silver wheels. The flywheels, shafts and shaft couplings are Kato/Stewart.