Great shots guys! Mike, that's one massive mill! Here is my contribution for the weekend. The Pennsy has a crew out preparing to drop rail from an old C&EI gon, but everyone is in the clear for a westbound hotshot freight behind a classic set of Tuscan red FP7's:
I upgraded this Walthers brownhoist with an NCE decoder. she runs nice!
-Stan
Great modeling everyone. This is always a favorite thread every week.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
got dirt down on the other side, but I ran out of glue so I need to buy some more trees, grass, and glue.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Some really excellent work and photos so far.....
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
wsdimenna nice build out on mine. Need to dirty it up a bit :)
nice build out on mine. Need to dirty it up a bit :)
Heh, one of these days. I've kind of been putting off a lot of weathering. I need some consistent practice before I tackle that and I just haven't felt the spirit move me. I have to get that inspired feeling to do arty things, versus architectural, crafty type things which I can whip out like a production line. One of these days, though, it'll happen.
I'm a firm believer in light, subtle weathering and that's the hardest kind to do, so don't want too many sacrificial lambs. I'll also get my pick of "disfavored" models when the time comes, so won't feel too much of a sense of loss if I send a couple deep into the rough before I get things under control.
Thanks to everyone for their comments. The next big building on the layout will likely be the smelter where all these mills ship their concentrates to in Durango. It'll include the uranium plant added after WWII, which strangely enough is hard to get pics for, although I've dug up a few...wonder why that is?
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Great photos, everyone!
This week was an act of destruction rather than creation: after much internal debate, I decided to stop working on my N scale Mt. Coffin & Columbia River layout (MR Sept. 2012).It had started out as my "learning layout" chainsaw, and there were just too many issues with my early trackwork to make it fun to run.So I hauled it outside for a final photo shoot:
And, of course, a video of "The Last Local To Mt. Coffin" (in 1080p! Looks great full screen!):
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Don't worry: I saved the scratchbuilt structures and all the trees (about 400+) before chopping the layout up, so they'll be making an appearance on the next 1900's Pacific Northwest layout.
Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend
M.C. Fujiwara
My YouTube Channel (How-to's, Layout progress videos)
Silicon Valley Free-moN
closeup of the Cider mill area late summer afternoon
unballasted track section. find it easier to do last
model in O. the Western NY and Ontario Railroad
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
Great work Chad, Mike and JaBear,
Here are the two cars that I finished this week.
This is a Robbins Rails/A-Line Greenville 60' Boxcar. The car originally came with plug doors, I carved those off and then glued a pair of Atlas doors from their 60' ACF cars that fit perfectly. I also purchased the door tracks and glued those in place also. I changed the wheelbase from 41' to 46' and attached a Details West Cushion Coupler Pocket along with a walkover platform from the junk box. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Mark Vaughn's decals.
This was one of two cars the Clinchfield used to service a paper mill in Kingsport, TN.
Athearn Chemical Tank car with no modifications, painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Herald King decals.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Thanks for starting this week Chad, will have to bestow honorary "Kiwi" status upon you.
Heck Mike, great job on your brass Alco last week and now the mine this week.
No completed freight car kit from me this week, I have been given my summer time project list from "Her-in-doors".
However managed to get down to the local club where there was some track cleaning going on.
Have a Great One Folks,
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Mike!
That is a really excellent mill! Cudos!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Too modern for me, but I like it, Chad.
This week was devoted mostly to building my version of the Sunnyside Mill in Eureka, Colorado and served by the Silverton Northern RR. Mine is considerably compressed and impressionistic, rather than a model of something that just wouldn't fit. The mill has a tramway that connects it to the mine above treeline.
The model is constructed on an armature of foamboard, covered with scribed wood siding for the old part of the mill, with the now unavailable Paper Creek corrugated siding for the new part of the mill and the roofs. The doors and windows are all Grandt. There something like ~75 of them.
Happy Weekend Photo Fun!!!
What is a Car Topper? Although an oldie, I still really like these... Cool MofW equipment! With inspiration shot!
For more fun, Google: Herzog Car Topper-enjoy