Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Bear, they look great. Beautiful backdrop, too.
Looking forward to hearing about your decal printing plans. Been thinking of doing that myself. Like Rule 17 lighting, was thinking about it for years and finally got 'round to it. Kinda neat to dim the lighting. But this is a pic thread, not some boring DCCism...
This was the week of scraps. First I built a coal shed for the North Star, as the snows of winter make this a necessity in the high country. Just leftovers I bashed together. Also did some foundation work and tidied up.
I reloacted Silverton station to clear enough space on the house track to hold the Red Mountain passenger. This required that I cut the platform to move it closer to the track in front of the station.
I took the piece of the Silverton platform and shipped it to Chattanooga. There, it became part of a new extended platform in the first shot, then I extended in the other direction, too, in the next. It'll get a canopy in front of the freight shed.
Next on the line is Sheridan. I've always wanted one of those stations that's perched on a rock, so now was my chance. Again with the scrap box, I built a passenger shelter like the one at Tacoma on the Silverton line. Sheridan's shelter is perched on a rock, with stairs leading to a multilevel platform required to clear rolling stock. After a couple of test runs and adjustments, it works and scratches that particular itch.
Eureka, Tefft, Rockwood, Sheridan, Chattanooga, and Silverton all received improvements to their platforms to help keep passengers out of the mud.
When I got to Silverton, I ran out of leftovers and had to go buy more wood The results were worth it around the relocated station.
Since the station was looking good, why not the enginehouse?
What project did you start this week? Got a pic, even if it's in progres? Please, we'd be pleased to see it.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Great looking cars Bear, great layout Mike; I finally completed some cars this past week while working on a bunch of others. (No Pictures)
This is the first of three cars I will be doing in this paint scheme. Car is an ex-Erie 1944 AAR design from Front Range Products, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Champ Decals. Car is a IMRC 60' PS SD (Fisher Body) Car, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Floquil Platinum Mist and lettered with Oddballs Decals, car assigned to the Grand Trunk for Auto Parts service. Car is Walthers 60' PS DD Boxcar (Fisher Body Car), Painted with Scalecoat II Zito Yellow and Black and Floquil Platinum Mist, then lettered with Oddballs Decals. These Pullman Standard 60' Boxcars were called Fisher Body cars as they mostly carried Auto Parts for GM. GM called for Single Door cars for certain car parts and Double Door cars for other car parts. These cars were used for the heavier parts than the 86' cars such as engines, axles, bumpers, transmissions, glass etc. Thanks for looking! Rick J.
This is the first of three cars I will be doing in this paint scheme. Car is an ex-Erie 1944 AAR design from Front Range Products, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Champ Decals.
Car is a IMRC 60' PS SD (Fisher Body) Car, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Floquil Platinum Mist and lettered with Oddballs Decals, car assigned to the Grand Trunk for Auto Parts service. Car is Walthers 60' PS DD Boxcar (Fisher Body Car), Painted with Scalecoat II Zito Yellow and Black and Floquil Platinum Mist, then lettered with Oddballs Decals. These Pullman Standard 60' Boxcars were called Fisher Body cars as they mostly carried Auto Parts for GM. GM called for Single Door cars for certain car parts and Double Door cars for other car parts. These cars were used for the heavier parts than the 86' cars such as engines, axles, bumpers, transmissions, glass etc. Thanks for looking! Rick J.
Car is a IMRC 60' PS SD (Fisher Body) Car, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Floquil Platinum Mist and lettered with Oddballs Decals, car assigned to the Grand Trunk for Auto Parts service.
Car is Walthers 60' PS DD Boxcar (Fisher Body Car), Painted with Scalecoat II Zito Yellow and Black and Floquil Platinum Mist, then lettered with Oddballs Decals. These Pullman Standard 60' Boxcars were called Fisher Body cars as they mostly carried Auto Parts for GM. GM called for Single Door cars for certain car parts and Double Door cars for other car parts. These cars were used for the heavier parts than the 86' cars such as engines, axles, bumpers, transmissions, glass etc. Thanks for looking! Rick J.
Car is Walthers 60' PS DD Boxcar (Fisher Body Car), Painted with Scalecoat II Zito Yellow and Black and Floquil Platinum Mist, then lettered with Oddballs Decals.
These Pullman Standard 60' Boxcars were called Fisher Body cars as they mostly carried Auto Parts for GM. GM called for Single Door cars for certain car parts and Double Door cars for other car parts. These cars were used for the heavier parts than the 86' cars such as engines, axles, bumpers, transmissions, glass etc.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J.
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I've got a few more to do but,
I finished it up
Here's the tender
I've got more projects to post btw.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Bear .... Your covered hoppers look great.
Mike L .... Each station is beautiful and so is the engine house.
Rick J .... Your freght cars look very good.
Jimmy ... That is an interesting flat car load.
Below is a Zephyr which has depart from Union Station.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I finaly got a few things finished this week.
Lacy's Variety is a small store at the bottom of the hill on Central st near the tracks. It has an angled rear wall to accomodate the maineline curve (does not show well in the photo). It is a DPM modular.
This is what Central St looks like now with the addition of Lacy's on the right, and a mockup of another DPM building next to the hotel
I also completed and installed 4 bridge sides that I scatchbuilt for a stream through Greenvale Village. They represent a highway bridge at the rear and railraod bridge at the front. Still a lot of scenery and details to be done on the stream.
Finaly, I finished an A-frame chain hoist that will go with Phil's Power Equipment in the Greenvale industrial area. It's an alloy Forms kit.
Note: As I posted this, 2 of my portrait oriented photos are showing sideways. This has happened before, and the forum software put them back the way they should be some time later.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Great work so far as always! Jimmy, I really like the rust-bucket steamer on flatbed.
I haven't contributed anything here in some time, although I've done quite a few projects over the past several months. Most recently, I was able to take a few photos on one of the scenicked sections of the Dartmouth Model Railway Club layout (Dartmouth, NS). Unfortunately the club layout was built with tight curves so it could be compact (it's a portable layout), so normally I can't run my full-length passenger equipment there. However, I was able to take over one yard briefly!
Here we see VIA 202, one of the pair of SW1000s still rostered in Montreal, switching cars. The loco is an Athearn that I detailed to better match the prototype (interestingly, that actually involved removing some details like the MU hoses, because the prototype lacks them. Not often that it works that way around! :-P)
The passenger cars in those shots are mostly Rapido - the LRC coaches and Park are Rapidos to which I added the modern Canada graphics, and the Glen Fraser lounge is a Rapido to which I've done some end detailing (marker lights, modified diaphragm, HEP cables....still need to add the other HEP and MU run-through receptacles). The other car there, single-level dome "Panorama" #1720 is one that I built using a Rapido coach as a base, scrtachbuilt sides and roof, and a dome section from a Bachmann ultradome. As you can imagine, painting it was one of the toughest masking jobs I've ever done!
Here's a good shot of it in action, from the side:
Have a great weekend everyone!
-Tim
Springtime chores have brought a halt to my layout construction and modeling, but there's always time to tune into WPF. Nice work this week, as always. Hey George, I sure like that chain fall set up.
I know my photo is a re-run, but couldn't resist as the Giro d'Italia began today, Vai, Vai, Vai!
regards, Peter
Mike, I love the narrow gauge photos- I've said before if I ever started again in Model railroading I would love to do narrow gauge. But I am invested too much into standard gauge Pennsy stuff-monetary and memorywise. Keep up the good work
Thanks for the comments about the scrap loco load, I finished that up with the Doc weathering powders that Micromark sells, and a coat of Dullcoate. I think it turned out okay. I'm going to try to do the powder on my coal mine-mostly the grungy black on the silver walls (New River coal company kit).
Velo, where did you get all those bikes? lol. Did you buy them invididually, or does/did prielser (spelling?) make a set?
Well, no more work from me for tonight, I don't feel like getting the object set up and taking a shot of it. Night all., and keep up the good work.
Completed my RS-1............more pics in the Diesel Modeling thread.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
F7's leading a freight across Roaring Creek bridge.
Lots of great work and it's only Friday!
Here's my contribution:
A couple of months ago I bought four LaBelle passenger car kits at a train show. The cars would have been way too long for my curves and grades, so I abbreviated them to 30 feet. The whole train is ready for the paint shop (I'm thinking maroon and gray). I'll post pictures when they are done.
For what it's worth, the kits were easier than I expected; they are VERY precisely made, good instructions, very good material. They took about 8 hours each to get them to this point.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Jimmy,
The majority of the cyclists and bikes are from undecorated Preiser sets, about a half dozen are from three rider pre-painted sets. The handpainting helped keep me sane as I recovered from a cycling injury in 2002. I don't know if the undecorated cyclists and bikes are available any longer, but the three rider pre-painted sets are.
Thanks and regards, Peter
Rick,
I really like those big auto parts boxes, but I still like plain ol' 40 footers, too.
A great looking load. Don't worry, the Dark Side (narrowgauge) will still be here when you're ready.
Garry,
Who doesn't love a Zephyr?
George,
I really like that tall, skinny building. I bashed a 2-story one woth a similar footprint recently just to use up some spare parts. I'll try and work a pic into WPF.
Tim,
Those are beautiful cars. Rapido impresses.
Dennis,
Nice RS!
Grampy,
Hard to imagine a scene of wilderness on the PRR, but you've captured it nicely.
Phil,
I just love what you're doing with those short cars.
Peter,
HO-VeloThe majority of the cyclists and bikes are from undecorated Preiser sets
Hey, that means you could have World Naked Bike Ride! But not the pics here. Oh well, there have to be some mysteries in life...
It´s been quite some time ago, since I posted a picture in the WPF thread. Work on my new On30 layout is progressing and I am now in a position to show something presentable.
I need to do something about that backdrop - this is one of my next projects.
I really like those big auto parts box cars, but they just don't fit my era
An interesting looking load.
The Zephyr is always cool
nice work on the building
love the RS!
Great scene as always
Mad Dog
Love the wood burner
Still waiting fo parts for my old Varney 10 wheeler Project
Ordered some from Bowser But they didn't have a motor as their Old lady used a different motor
one of my friends in Austin may have one Meantime i got some Supermagnets
Wow what a difference for an open frame motor
They make a big improvement in slow speed performance
Also found the hand rail posts but no hand rails
I tried stripping a singel strand wire but its too soft and bends too easy so it doesn't stay straight
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Terry,
Looks like a project emerging from a basket case.
Try PSC for wire for handrails. The PSC 585-4869 wire works well.
mlehman Terry, Looks like a project emerging from a basket case. Try PSC for wire for handrails. The PSC 585-4869 wire works well.
Thanks I'll Give PSC a try
And yes this is a true labor of love
a gift from a friend who didn't have time for it
and it was/is a basket case
But in the 50s this was a pretty good loco
HO gauge owes alot to Varney as one of the true Pioneers of the gauge
Once completed i intend to give it back complete with a Wow Steam Decoder
A great start to WPF again, guys.
Mike L. - Some great work there. I love the little stations.
Grampy - Great photo as always.
Here is a recent one from the BRVRR:
A NYC Mail and Express rounds the General Industries curve at track speed.
Keep the photos and ideas coming everyone. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Occupied with some scenery right now, so nothin new from me, but just had to chime in on some of the great work and photography here:
I enjoy your cycling scenes, Peter.
Great scenery work there, and nice shot, Gramps.
DC
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Here are a few pics from my third session on Harold Werthwein's Erie. Pretty complicated railroad and I have a lot to learn.
We're working the Honesdale Lackawaxen turn at Lackawaxen waiting for the Main to cear:
Still waiting while the NYO&W detour clears:
Pizza has arrived so action is paused in Port Jervis Yard:
Port Jervis Station and Erie Hotel/Restaurant to the right:
Messed things up on the other post about my session on Harold Werthwein's Erie so here they are:
Still waiting on an NYO&W detour to clear the mai:
Pizza has arrived so there's a pause in the action at Port Jervis Yard:
Port Jervis Station and the Erie Hotel/Restaurant to the right:
Does that port Jervis station still exist?
Joe Staten Island West
mlehman Beautiful backdrop, too.
joe323 Does that port Jervis station still exist?
Yes.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
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Hi, everyone. Lots of good work, and here is some of mine. (I have a lot of photos so bare with me). Also, please ignore the clutter there has been a lot of work on the layout. Here is my Walthers/Life-Like FA-1 NYC waiting for a decoder. I'll work on that next weekend or two. Remember that I am very inexpirenced in model railroading and I am in my teens so the quality of my work isn't quite the same as some of you vets. The next few are works of my own. The B&O hopper was a Stewart M&StL. The boxcars were undecorated Accurail. The next one was a Life-Like ATSF in green and yellow, and I painted and decaled it for the B&O. (I went a little B&O crazy beacause I just got back from Baltimore and the B&O RR Museum). I also decaled a Bachmann crane and boom car to represent a NYC crane, and I also reworked another Life-Like car to higher standards. I also have been deciding to upgrade, repaint, and decal the old B&O switcher, but for now I have removed its engine and made it a dummy unit. I am also in the process of making the PRR gondola more realistic with a little Dullcote. (Also going to happen next weekend.) Here are my last two pictures. This weekend I will finish my farm field, and next weekend I will shorten the smokestack to a better height.
My Layout Photos- http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/ajwarshal/library/
Yes - The Port Jervis Station does still exist as does the hotel/restaurant. The station has been re-purposed as offices etc. My wife and I occassionally have dinner at the restaurant that includes a lot of old pictures of the Erie in the area.
Alex,
I see nothing wrong with your work, it looks very nice. We all started somewhere. My first layout came one step above plywood central, with dyed sawdust sprinkled onto green paint, brown paint for roadbed and roads. Additions were plywood central. Even now the "backside" of my little layout is still mostly pink.
Certainly from the view of your rolling stock it appears you are doing fine assembling and upgrading them.
One critism I would make is that your plowed field is a little close to the edges. There needs to be turning space at the edges of the field for the tractor, but that is a relatively minor adjustment. Also, be sure the weeds between your rails don't interfear with the rolling stock. What I see looks like clump foliage, which could derail a car if it stickes up too much.
Keep up the good work.
Have fun,
Richard
Thanks Richard. Thank you for the praise on the cars. I will be sure to trim the field, and the clump foilage was just left there until I break it up for the field. I hope everyone has a great Mother's Day Weekend.
-Alex
A pair of eager young hands tipped over the display case at the railroad this week and dumped our HO scale model. The horn and bell were broken off. I took the case and model home for repairs. The bell was a simple fix. The Leslie five chime was a little harder. There wasn't one in my parts box, so I took parts and pieces to fashion the appropriate five trumpets.
The horn-hook couplers were swapped for knuckle couplers. I also ran a screw through the bottom of the display case and up through the fuel tank into the frame. Now the engine will stay put if the case gets knocked over again.
Engine 4742 is a 1942 EMD SW-1. It has almost all of the original parts and is still going strong! You can see more pictures by searching under Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad.
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!