I guess it's time to bring the average down a bit!
After a several-years-long hiatus, construction finally began in earnest yesterday on my new version of the CB&Q in Wyoming.
This is what my construction crew accomplished yesterday - the benchwork for the Laurel, MT layout peninsula.
Doesn't look like much right now, I know, but it's a start. Trains will be rolling (back and forth, but rolling!) in the near future.
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
I don't know Mark, I wouldn't say your stuff brings down the average.
That looks like some nice looking benchwork and a great beginning. And look it's even level.
I saw your saga about getting the layout going in another thread. But, from the looks of this it will not be long till you have some trains running now.
Keep posting photos of your progress
Derek
selectorI get the distinct impression that the quality of modelling has gone up a great deal since I joined the forum eight years ago. Wow!!
I'd have to agree.
Looking back over my pictures, I realized that I've been working on Mooseport, the carfloat terminal area of my layout, for over a year. It started as a group of cardstock mock-ups in November, 2011.
By July of 2012, the structures were pretty much done, but I still hadn't begun work on the apron and carfloat themselves.
Last month, I was here:
Now, with some careful camera placement...
There's still much to be done. The parts don't quite line up yet, and the float is perched on pink foam and will need some dirty "water" around it. But, it's almost there.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Mark, I dunno what happened, but your helix was a thing of beauty. Did you shoot the bolt over a few months and then "lose your mojo?" It seems like five or six years ago that you did that technical wonder, and then you dropped out of sight.
No matter any more. If you keep up like you are doing, you'll be posting nice completed works in no time. When you do post images of your work, it is top class.
Crandell
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
Working on two stores for the HO layout:
Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, COClick Here for my model train photo website
This weekend I have been designing another building using Even Designs Model Builder. The Bell Telephone building is based on the telephone building on Park St hill in Bangor, Maine where I grew up. I have mostly completed the front, and printed it out on plain paper to see how it fit. It is correct size and fits onto the hill, but the upper floor windows are about 25% too large. This is easily corrected in the program.
I started research on the building using the Street View in Google Earth. I saved a few views for reference. I found a stone wall in Model Builder that was close to the prototype, but no windows or doors were close. I used Photoshop Elements to extract windows, doors and other details from the reference photos, and imported them into Model Builder.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Layout of LION:
The first shot is five frames stitched together, the second is three frames. See the red train on the helix: It moved between the second and third frame.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Thanks for the kind words, Derek and Crandell!
Crandell, what happened was a bout of temporary insanity! I got hornswaggled into local politics! I ran for, and unfortunately won, a seat on our town council. Three years of essentially no layout progress. The darned council ate up ALL my spare time! Even our home renovations ground to a near halt.
Then, as my term on council was winding down, came the KO punch for the layout - my company transferred me from Philadelphia to Charleston, South Carolina!
In late 2010, down came the layout, and the helix is no more. I've got quite a pile of threaded rods, and about a thousand 1/4" nuts and hundreds of washers to boot! I also managed to salvage most of the track, which, given the current track prices, was a very worthwhile thing to do.
That's it in a nutshell. We'll see what the future brings!
Brunton ...In late 2010, down came the layout, and the helix is no more. ...
...In late 2010, down came the layout, and the helix is no more. ...
..nnnnooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo...!!!
Not the helix. Not THAT helix.
I'm a little late to the weekend fun, but I just finished my first attempt at weathering a boxcar. I was inspired by Robby P.'s entries into previous WPFs. His rolling stock always looks so realistic. Even though my work is no where near the caliber of his, I have to thank him for all the advice he gave me on how to get started.
I chose an old, cheap Model Power model for my first try. It probably wasn't the best choice because the brown ends proved to be very hard to get any type of visible rust color/wear to show. The model had horn hook couplers and I didn't have any Kadees that fit so I just weathered what was on there.
I weathered one side heavier than the other because I wasn't sure how much would fade after I applied the Dullcoat. Looking back on it I think I overdid it on the grimy black on the heavily weathered side. Too much black covers the rusty color. Here's a few before and after pics:
Before:
The less-weathered side:
The heavily-weathered side:
A better view of the top:
I'll definitely be practicing on more cars in the future. I'm excited to see how the weathering looks on more colorful cars. Thanks Robby for all the advice.
edit: stupid me posted twice