Gidday All, well its only 1647 hours Friday afternoon, but as I have spent most of the day w**king on not only my 2 monthly "Goods and Service Tax"but my end of year taxes, (will have to stop using this bad language), I have had enough, so need to relax and will kick off a bit early.
As threatened a week or so ago my first attempt at a Video....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRJoAfIeObM
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."
Great video! Loved the layouts, very nicely done. Also the camera work was great, it must have a good stablizer on it, no shaking at all.
Love the accent too.
Gooday Mate
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Looks like we are of to a great WPF!! Nice video.
Here's a few cars I did for a train show last week.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Robby,
You are honestly going to have to stop photoshopping these pictures of real railcars onto fake backgrounds. We have you figured out!
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
Hahaha. I just wish I could get better pictures. My picture taking doesn't do any justice!! Thanks for the comment!!
I have started on building another Rail Yard Models PC X79 Boxcar. These were financed by Kellogs for use in transporting cereal out of Battle Creek, MI. I had built one previously, but thought I would show the in progress shots of the second one I am building.
This is all the kit parts laid out on the workbench. Many of the parts are resin with some plastic details to be applied. Trucks and decals are also included.
First the coupler pockets are glued to the underframe, the easiest way to accomplish this task is to put a small dot of ACC on the underframe, spray the coupler pocket with accelerator and then put together. The thin ACC does give you some time to position the part before the accelerator kicks in. The reason the pockets are put on first is they give you something to help align the ends of the car as they are glued on next.
Here is the car after the ends were glued on then the one side was glued on. I used thick ACC and then sprayed on the accelerator to set the ACC in place. Stiffeners were then glued in place in the car using the same glueing method. Not shown I have also glued in place the final side. Next up will be cutting the strip styrene for the underframe detailing.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
No Rust on my Railroad!
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
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"JaBear" Cheers, the Bear.
A couple from me this week, the first is a shay on the ice house spur..
and my only scrap metal dealer Snake Eye Bennett's place..
Jarrell
Great work already this week.
Bear- Awesome modeling and good video quality.
Robbie- Your weathering is incredible.
Today I have 2 BF-16's deadheading it back to the yard.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Good Day Folks!
I finally get to participate in the WPF! I just started my first 4x8 layout.
-Steven
I have been working on the drop down bridge. The bridge is completed, and now I just test fitting the crossover thats going to be mounted on the bridge.
Bear: Thanks for starting the WPF thread and for the great video. ...... Robby: Wow! Freight cars look real!. .... Rick J. Looks like a fun boxcar project. ..... Jarell: Your photos are great. Sort of like Norman Rockwell paintings.... Curt: I like your sharks! ..... Wisc Railfan (Steven)... Looks great! .... Motley (Michael). Good luck with your construction. The bridge should work well on your layout.
Here is a pair of Great Northern GP7's (Atlas). GN operated its first generation road switchers long end forward.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Garry- Very nice.
Nice looking stuff folks - the weathering job on the box cars is very real. After 3+ months of scratch building the Mill Creek Colliery is complete. This model is based upon photos and ground-truth measurements from the ruins that can be found today.
As part of this project 0.3 mm surface mounted LEDs were used for exterior lights - the little buggers suprised me and worked the first time they were wired & powered up.
Thanks for looking.
Charles
Here's my dad's latest surpise, got a good deal from local hobby shop. Cheapest online $220 plus shipping and he got less than $200, awesome sound and the low speed control is out of this world. Creeps along on our NCE at speed setting 1. Only thing dad doesn't like is it has traction tires.
Shanny10
B&O, C&O, PRR
Just lovin trains
Looking good everyone....
A shot of cars along the highway.
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
WOW, great stuff everybody. Wisconsin, congrats on your first WPF.
Log Car remains in central Louisiana
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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Got on a weathering kick the other night. Thought I'd post a couple of pieces of rolling stock I just got done weathering. I don't like to too carried away on weathering, just enough to make the piece look like it's been around a while. I'm pleased with the results on these & the second one gave me a surprise.
Take a close look at the ice reefer. I bought this car at an indoor flea market a couple weeks back for $4.00. It's an older one, but not sure of maker. No markings on it. It had horn-hook couplers which I promptly swapped out for a pair of Kadee #5's. But it wasn't until I started the weathering that I did the double-take. HUH??? This car has two different road numbers on it! Under the BAR shield on the left is #7564 & on the right is #7560. This car has not been re-marked or decaled by anyone. It's factory paint & markings. Someone was asleep at the wheel.
Carl
"I could never belong to any club that would have me as a member."
PSAP #424 a custom paint, that I was working on today. I still think I could've done better, but alas issues had ruined some of my work. like the line decals they wouldn't work so I tried paint it sorta smeared so I'm gonna have to touch it up later. I had a youtube video lined up showing how I do things and 5 hours worth of work deleted itself, what did I ever do to you Mr. Murphy.
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
Looking Good Everyone, although I too believe that Robby is trying to pass the real thing off as his modeling.
I'm starting scenery on my layout so no more pics with plain plywood.
Happy Modeling
your ballasting looks amazing UPinCT.
Thanks Gary,
I totally followed Cody G's tips for ballasting. The secret is to apply full strength while glue to the shoulders of the track then sprinkle the ballast on. When the glue dries vac off the excess. Then ballast normally, the ballast already on the shoulder gives the "second coat" something to grab onto.
Derek
Sweet video, Bear.
Cottonwoods are coming out under the trestles, and it's getting a little wooly. Better get a clearing crew down there to help the ranger.
DC
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UPinCT Thanks Gary, I totally followed Cody G's tips for ballasting. The secret is to apply full strength while glue to the shoulders of the track then sprinkle the ballast on. When the glue dries vac off the excess. Then ballast normally, the ballast already on the shoulder gives the "second coat" something to grab onto. Derek
It's been a few weeks where I've been very busy, with little new to share. The good thing is I finally got the first draft of my diss finished, some 1,166 pages. Right now, I'm trying to get that down to about 800 pages. So I hope to have more time for the layout as things progress at this stage.
I am hosting our divisional meet and ops session Saturday. Here are a few action pics.
A meet at Rockwood, with the eastbound local passenger behind #454 meeting the westbound San Juan Zephyr behind #82.
An overview of Tefft:
A pic of the New Mexico Express sitting in front of Silverton station:
Up at Red Mountain Town on the Silverton Union RR, #3 and #4 are taking water as they prepare to doublehead mixed train #2 up to Sheridan Summit.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
I run live loads on my layout between the mine and the coaling tower using Tyco operating dump cars
that are loaded at the mine by a working coal loader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHTcJye5jTY
then the cars are taken to the coaling tower where they dump the coal into a container under the layout
here's a video showing the process
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdgZjJpfzZ4
TerryinTexas
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John R.
A great beginning to my favorite thread. There is some serious modeling taking place out there.
Bear - good video and some great modeling.
Jerrell - your photos look like post cards.
Terry - very interesting videos.
Curt - nice sharks.
DC - great bridge and river scene(s).
Here are a couple photos taken while my grandsons were running the trains yesterday:
Our vesion of the Broadway Limited passes Berea Tower on the BRVRR. The locos are P2Ks. The A-unit has sound and the B-unit is powered. The cars are a mixture of Riverossi and Walthers.
Rival named trains meet near Berea Station. The NYC Mercury is powered by an ABA set of ALCO PAs. The locos are Athearn BB kits. Both A-units are powered and the B-unit has a Soundtraxx DSX decoder and dual 1-inch speakers. The cars are Athearn BB heavyweights.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. You always make this the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Birds eye view of Norfolk Portsmouth Belt Line small industrial yard
Bob
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