Weekend Photo Fun 18-20 July 2014

["JaBear"]

Gidday All, well when you see my offering this week you may wonder if the Bears honey has fermented and he’s imbibed too much. Not really, but it is something that the Bears Honey did.

Went to a hobby show last Sunday, my only wish that I might find some Micro Set to purchase, (there was and I did). Walking around the various exhibits and trade stands, Her-in-doors stops by a set of second hand passenger cars and asks why I have none? Being incredibly stupid I said I had none because the ones she was looking at were British OO, and besides the LACHLAN RIVER RR is a freight hauler. Well she says “those must be American, are they a good price?” “Yes” and “yes” were my answers, so I am then informed that I am Going To Have a Passenger Service, and that she was going to buy them!! Ignoring my protestations that I would be lacking an RPO, sleeper and at least one express box car, I was told to purchase them if I found them at a later date.

Fan me with a plate of soup!!

Looking forward to the really good stuff,

Have a Great One ffolkes,

Cheers, the Bear.

[mlehman]

Those are some good-looking heavyweights, Bear. It's always good to hear the Finance Dept. approves of such a great deal!

I started work on my second PSC DL-535E kit this week. Much easier the second time around to have a built example for reference. I'm not hurrying, but it's falling together quite well -- except for a U-joint I managed to mangled in a fit of stupidity. Gotta get the frame straight and true, so I started with the walkway/subframe, which will be sandwiched between the main frame that holds the motor and trucks and the shell that goes on top.

The next evening I got the trucks assembled -- can you spot my error? -- along with the pilots and plow.

Next I briefly contemplated the potential for a narrowgauge SDL39...pretty darn close, I'd say.

Next, I got the trucks and motor assembled on the lower sub-frame. This is when I mangled the U-joint, but NWSL will soon arrive with that vital part.

Last night, I built the basic components of the shell, nose, cab, and hood. This was much easier the second time around. Most of this work was done with a 40W soldering iron.

Obviously, needs some cleanup, but much better than the first.

[jacon12]

Georgia GP 50 (Atlas product) pulls a freight past Anderson Iron Works on my HO scale layout.

One thing that may be of interest to some modelers is the 'asphalt' road is made of Durhan's Water Putty.  It's been striped and weathered a bit more since this photo.

Jarrell

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Bear .... That is a nice looking passenger train, 

Mike L ... I'm impressed with your work on the diesels.

Jarrell .... That is a realistice scene. Road looks good.

 

This okder photo is nearly the same as one I had published in MR Trackside Photos a few years ago. 

 

 

[Grampys Trains]

Times 2 what Garry said and nice rock work, Garry. Just a yard shot from me this week.

[Anonymous]

Work on the wharf buildings continued this week. I was aiming at having them completed by today, but it is too hot in my neck of the woods to spend more than a couple of hours early in the morning at the workbench.

[GP-9_Man11786]

Great stuff so far everybody. The weekend is off to a promising start. 

Here's some rock formations near Kittanning Point that I finally got around to staining:

I also felt that I needed my own private car for inspection trips and some such. So I picked up this old Atlas/Rivarosi observation car and christened it "Stars Hollow." In case you're wonder, yes, it is indeed named for the fictional Connecticut town that provided the setting for Gilmore Girls. It's my wife's favorite show so hence the name. The story will be is that it was aquired from the New Haven during the Penn Central merger and then it passed to Conrail and then NS. That doesn't explain how it got into Pennsy colors though.

[Jimmy_Braum]

GP9, you can always say the president of the railroad is a Pennsy fan. 

[G Paine]

The real world gave me a bit of a break this week, and I finaly finished the 3 Sylvan Scale car kits

1951 Studebaker Convertible     

1947 Chevrolet Aero Sedan  

1951 Dodge Windsor 4 Door Sedan (which is the Canadian version of the Medowbrook)

[C&O Fan]

I completed adding some Wow Sound Decoders to a couple small locos

 

I still have to adjust the chuff on all of them

 

Here's the 0-6-0 with Vandy tender

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV8pgf2NeMY&feature=youtu.be

 

Here's the 0-4-0 cab forward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vHUBriEetk&feature=youtu.be

And The 0-6-0 Tank Cab forward

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-UBpkkQvo4&feature=em-upload_owner

 

 

Terry

 

[gmpullman]

Nice photos, everybody! I especially like your low angle shot, Grampy!

I finally got around to doing some pesky ballasting this week...

No teaspoon and eyedropper here! I bought ten tons of No.4 limestone (no crushed oyster shells, thank you!)

My employer was kind enough to let me have this handsome Hayes WG bumper from the Nickel Plate siding into our plant (which hasn't seen a railroad car since 1985) The coupler is a nice touch but I don't know the reason it was added.

Here's another view. My dear wife surprised me with a few handfuls of pink granite ballast that she picked up during a visit with her sister in Syracuse, Nebraska (CB&Q ?) you can see it by the 5th tie from left. How did that dear woman ever guess I would cherish such a gift

Another view showing the relation of the bumper to the caboose. After a few hours of driving spikes and shoveling 1:1 ballast I'll be glad to get back to the basement layout...

This week I'll be shopping for a 55 gallon drum of white glue

Happy modeling! Ed

[B&O1952]

Hey everyone!

   Just a few images this week.

Have a great weekend!

-Stan

[NP01]

My son (4 yo) and I have been working on painting this Walthers kit. Finally it feels like I have cracked the code on painting, although this is as good as it gets brush painting with a littke boy. I was very pleased with the result. As seen from the steps of Knapford Station (street side):

also, the Knapford scene is coming together with the road and steps (balsa with Woodland scenics concrete color) completed and the parking lot coming together. The triangular park will be a "meeting point" and will soon get a flag pole and benches. I need to work on lighting this better!

NP. 

 

 

 

[howmus]

Ah...  My favorite thread of the week!  Fine work being done out there I might say!  Yes, fine work!

I have been getting to work on a small RR I beam RR Overpass.  This is a small overpass with just one set of tracks and about 16' length.  It will be completely scratch built except for commercial Bridge Shoes.  Last week it looked about like this:

This week I got the inside braces installed.  They now await placing rivets in the proper places.....  You can count them when I get done!  I cut the 8" x 10" x 10' bridge ties from stock I had and also cut the 4" x 4" tie spacers used on this bridge.  You can see some of the spacers glued to a few ties and several of the ties glued together by tonight. 

Closer view of the project as it is right now:

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[PennCentral99]

Good weekend to everyone! I don't usually post, but I always checkout everyone's great work. I upgraded one of my HO Scale, Athearn R-T-R locos. This is a C44-9W with DC, incandescent front/rear directional lights and no ditch lights.......

I installed a DCC/Soundtraxx Tsunami GN-1000 (which you can't hear in this still photo), LED front/rear directional and operating ditch lights.....

[Geared Steam]

gmpullman

Nice photos, everybody! I especially like your low angle shot, Grampy!

I finally got around to doing some pesky ballasting this week...

 

No teaspoon and eyedropper here! I bought ten tons of No.4 limestone (no crushed oyster shells, thank you!)

My employer was kind enough to let me have this handsome Hayes WG bumper from the Nickel Plate siding into our plant (which hasn't seen a railroad car since 1985) The coupler is a nice touch but I don't know the reason it was added.

 

Here's another view. My dear wife surprised me with a few handfuls of pink granite ballast that she picked up during a visit with her sister in Syracuse, Nebraska (CB&Q ?) you can see it by the 5th tie from left. How did that dear woman ever guess I would cherish such a gift

 

Another view showing the relation of the bumper to the caboose. After a few hours of driving spikes and shoveling 1:1 ballast I'll be glad to get back to the basement layout...

This week I'll be shopping for a 55 gallon drum of white glue

Happy modeling! Ed

 

 

Pretty cool Ed!

[HO-Velo]

Bear,  Fortunate you are.  I would venture that many a model railroad would never have been built if not for the support of a patient wife.

I'm of course enjoying this week's superb compilation of modeling photos.  Thanks to all.

Stan, I adore that old pick-up truck and the run down building it's parked next too.

George, Great 50's automobiles, especially the Studey'.

NP, You're right, doesn't get any better, sharing the modeling experience with a child and making those fond memories.

Well, the Tour turns uphill this weekend.

Regards, Peter

[Catt]

Heading for the interchange.

 

[Burlington Northern #24]

A couple cars from the John Moore fleet purchase

GN heater car #5, it would eventually become SP&S HC #1 tied to the vancouver shops

A Jordan SPreader

Q generator car "Silver Power" 

[-E-C-Mills]

HO-Velo

Well, the Tour turns uphill this weekend.

 

 

The pitchfork guy!  The guy running with the riders!  The team car!

 

Well done!

[Doug from Michigan]

A couple weeks ago I showed some scratch built chain link fence I was working on.  Here it is again, temporarily installed after a coat of light gray auto primer.

[howmus]

Looks very good, Doug!  Thought it was real at first... 

I got some time tonight to get more done on the Overpass bridge I am building.  Assembled the Bridge Ties and the spacers that last night and "creosoted".  Checked them next to "steel" I beams and braces:

Then did a bit of early test fitting on the layout where it will eventually reside:

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[hon30critter]

Really excellent work everyone!

Bear - Nice start to your fleet. I'm sure the other neccessary bits will show up. Kudos to your lovely wife!

Mike - I am too naive to spot your error. Neat project!

Ed - We are all envious!

NP - I should do so well with a paint brush! Congrats on getting your son involved.

Howmus - Great detail on the bridge!

Doug - Nice job on the fence. Very straight and accurate.

This is an old photo of my scratch built HOn30 engine shed. I am showing it because I have just replaced the exterior lights. I had managed to burn them out (he who preaches ALWAYS install the resistors when you put in the lamps didn't install the bloody resistors when he should have!!!!)

Anyhow, the lights are back on and I can stop kicking myself in the butt.

Dave

["JaBear"]

It may be a somewhat simplistic view but for quite some time I’ve considered I’d be very happy if my modelling could achieve the standard that a photo of it would be acceptable as a Trackside Photo.

In light of some of the recent forum threads and that Heartland Garry has recently had a published photo, looking at this WPF I would suggest that in my humble opinion that a least six contributors offerings contain a photo that would be well worthy of consideration for a Trackside Photo, and on top of that we have got a good variety of other really good stuff! Thanks all.

Yes, I’m lucky that Her-in-doors has put up with me for nearly 25 years and is supportive of my hobby and while I’d only ever considered that a combine attached to a “Mixed local” or at the most a Doodlebug would take care an passengers, her Athearn heavyweights have created another set of problems/challenges that I’d be really churlish to complain about. At least there are threads here on the forum that I know will help me.

Cheers, the Bear.

[fmilhaupt]

A last little bit of scenery work I completed before we took the layout to the Convention:

 

We had four solid days of great operating sessions with Conventioneers, and are now home and exhausted.

The 2016 Indianapolis Convention looks like our next outing away from home base.

[mlehman]

Garry and Dave,

Thanks for the comments. I guess I'll blurt out the answer to what was wrong on the one picture of the DL-535E build. It's hard to see directly in that pic, but it's more obvious when compared to the later pics where this feature is in obvious view correctly oriented...

This loco was built to fight snow getting over the treacherous White Pass & Yukon. The front truck has a pair of built in flangers at its FRONT, in addition to that robust plow. I managed to get the sideframes on 180 degrees wrong, with them pointing to the rear. You can see the point of one looking through the frame. The whole assembly is obvious in the pics with the corrected truck that follow.

Fritz,

Looking forward to Indy in 2016 myself

[middleman]

Very nice work all around,looks like a good time for me to lower the standard a bit!

When it gets too hot to work outside,I've been working on these On3 kits from San Juan Car Co.

I'm replacing some nice,but fragile,plastic grabs,stantions,and cut levers with some I've made from .015 wire.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend!

Mike

 

[Hobbez]

Heres a shot of BL2 #54 pulling an business excursion over Alder stream.  The loco is brass that I painted and installed DCC, sound, and a keep alive circuit in.  The passenger car is Rapido.  The stream is a mix of natural materials with Enviro-tex water.

 

 

 

[mlehman]

Mike,

Those are shaping up nicely. I've heard good things about SJCC.

[BRVRR]

Some great stuff this week guys. I think I'm out of my league here.

Here is one from the new BRVRR website:

NYC RS-32 #8038 at the head of a short freight train passes under the Route 32 bridge as a NYC heavyweight passenger train rushed by to the delight of the rail fans in Red Wing Park.

Keep the photos and ideas coming everyone. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.

Please note the new address for my website in my signature.