"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Tell ya what Bear, when you get brave enough to start weathering your rolling stock then so will I.
Here are a couple of shots of my McKeen motor car cab interior as it sits so far. I sent an e-mail to the McKeen Motor Car Company Historical Society asking for any pictures they might have of the cab interior. The President of the society, Madison Kirkman, sent me several very informative pictures, some of which I had not seen before. I had most of the details installed before I got Madison's reply. Much of the bits I installed are reasonably close enough to the real thing but there are some details that I can improve upon.
The prototype cab details are way more complicated than what I have modeled but I'm going to invoke the 'good enough' caveat. After all, it it HO scale and the details will be viewed through the windows and the cab door.
Looking forward to everyone's contributions!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
JaBear, Dave,
I managed to finish the things I was building for others this month....but now model/layout building is on hold..doing all kinds of work to the outside of the house before the weather changes and I have the energy.
But I thought I would comment on DAVE'S fantastic job on His project......Looking real great Dave... I went through a similar event about detail....seem's like I do it a lot. Trying to remember to use the ''good enough'' rule. When I built, detailed and painted some of My Son's Wargame vehicles...the two in the pic... I highly detailed the interiors, controls, gauges, etc. only to find out once everthing was built, figures added and so forth...YOU COULD NOT SEE WHAT I DID....I'm not yelling.....I'm laughing .
Have A Good One!
Frank
I didn't get to post these last weekend (friend passed away at only 19), so here's a couple photos from the Mid Mon Valley Model Railroad club's module layout on August 9th.
The first photo is my freelanced road Austinville and Dynamite City railroad SW1500 custom painted
The second is my Wheeling and Lake Erie train. The loco,boxcar, and last three hoppers were custom painted, decaled and weathered myself
The third photo isan overhead photo of my prototype Wheeling units. Plus my T1. Good work everyone
(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).
Good morning everyone from Northeast Ohio.
Bear, thanks for starting, glad you even attemped weathering, I have not yet except for some mistakes that looked like weathering.
Dave, more exceptional modeling on the McKeen Car!!
Frank, those are a little out of scale, don't you think!
Jimmy, some nice pictures.
Managed to finish painting and decaling the PC X79 Boxcar that I showed the in progress pictures of.
Rail Yard Models kit, painted with Floquil PC Green and Platinum Mist Paints and lettered with kit supplied decals. This car was financed by Kelloggs and leased to the PC for use in hauling cereal from Battle Creek Michigan accross the country. Can put a lot of cereal boxes in a 60' Hi-Cube Boxcar.
In the 70's the Rock Island did what a number of financially strapped railroads did. They sold a large part of their 40' Boxcar fleet to Evans, who refurbished the cars and leased them back to the railroad. In this case Evans strengthened the side sills and installed 8' doors in the refurbished cars. I took a Branchline kit, removed the side sill and lower door track, then glued a new side sill in place using Evergreen Plastic with a piece of Evergreen angle stock as reinforcing. Painted the model with a mixture of Floquil PC Green with a few drops of Dark Green, these rapidly faded into the standard PC Green color. Lettered the car with Mask Island decals for this car.
Another view of my Bowser C-430's with a Flexivan train at the Strongsville Society of Model Railroad Engineers layout.
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!
Good stuff, guys!
How about a caboose ride around the scenic portion of my layout? It's in 2 parts because the Polaroid Cube will only shoot 5 minute videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-sdm06bptA
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS7CFONZjtM
Keep the fun coming!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Wow Terry that's a huge layout
you must have spent the last 5 years just making trees
Thanks for the Tour~!
I'll return the favor with a video of my small layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Sy1clUUqU
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
Bear .... Nice locomotive. I know what you mean about hestitating to weather a loco..... Covered hopper looks good.
Dave HOn3 .... Your work on the McKeen motos car is outstanding..... Better than close enough.
Frank ... Super detailed war games vehicles.? ... Nice !
Jimmy ... Very sad to hear bout your young friend passing away. ... Nice photos !
Rick ... Pass the corn flakes, please . ... Your PC cereal car is very nice. ... The Rock Island car looks great too. Nice club layout photo.
Terry in Wisonsin ... I like your video... Your trees look very good.
Terry in Texas .... Thanks for the video too. I will watch very shortly.
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Below are photos of my latest model...... A Plumbing Supply House.... I made this from a very old kit (about 50 years old) ... The kit maker was called Dyna Models. It is mostly wood construction, and small pieces of wood needed to be cut. ... I used 3M transfer tape in a couple of places following a recent MR article.
Next to the Plumbing Supply House is the common Atlas Lumber Yard which I modified and detailed.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Nice work guys. Well, I finished my CN 4-8-4 last weekend. Might still do a bit more weathering but that's about it. It's a Bowser model, with a few modifications, including new pilot and added details on the boiler. I changed the motor and added DCC sound. The tender also received a new set of wheels. She runs very smoothly and pulls great. Now I really need to work on that scenery!
Simon
Really good stuff from everyone, esp. Rick, outstanding models, and great scenes from Garry. A Geep being refueled at night.
Wow! Spectacular stuff from both WPF regulars and newer folks drifting in to join the fun
Not one of my best pics, but the best model pic I have this week.RGS 40 and Rio Grande 375 doublehead, easing a train of Gramps tank cars loaded with crude oil downgrade from the Snowden pipeline terminal, cross the Lime Creek Gulch bridge as they enter Purgatory on the Cascade Branch.
Spent much time preparing for a new weeknight ops session I've started. It was sparsely attended, but it's August There will be several more opportunities to join in coming up in September if you're near Urbana and would like to participate. Send me a private message and we can figure out what dates/times work best for you. I may settle down to a more regualr schedule after that.
Helping keep things safe, I painted some tiger stripes on my risers used for helping operate some of the heightier parts of the line. Not exactly railroad, but definitely part of having a layout.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Yeah well I’ve been brave enough to attempt weathering rolling stock..... ....and you can see why I’m not brave enough to weather a locomotive!!!
Bear,
I would be proud to do so well. Practice may not make perfect, but you're at least halfway there already.
My work bench is set back up so, I spent some time away from my On30 project to work on HO equipment. Did some decals, details and weathering on a few F units. The lighting isnt very good for photos, I need to set up something else I guess. 42 is about done, 46 still needs glazing and a few details.
A meet on the Lehigh Valley.
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60361449@N02/
Anthracite Modeler - YouTube
Great pictures - and videos! - everyone.
No modeling for me lately,but I did manage to win this On3 K-36(Built for Precision Scale by Samhongsa) on e-bay,for what I think is a great price.I'm not on a "brass" budget,so this will probably be my one and only.
I want to do paint,new motor,sound decoder,and LEDs(the tender is NOT drilled out for a speaker),but I've got to admit this beauty's got me a little intimidated.
Have a good weekend,
Mike
Great stuff this week as always. These past couple of weeks I've been busy with the DCC transition, which is exciting but not very photogenic. But I have also been working on a few Model Power structure kits.
Here's the brewery:
Due to the building's resembalence to a Fitch Barrier, I think I'll call it Fitch Brewing.
Here's The Sulivans:
And the "Moving In" Kit:
The "Grabitski's":
I kitbashed the under-consrtuction addition into a carport and back deck.
I've also done some work at Horseshoe Curve:
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
Terry!
That is a spectacularly long run! What I wouldn't give to have that sort of space available! Very nice modeling.
Bear, Frank, Rick J, Garry and others - thanks for your kind comments!
Mike - nice hunk of brass!
Jimmy - Truly sorry for your loss. Tuesday is the 10th anniversary of the death of our 18 year old son. Sometimes life isn't fair.
Bear, thanks for starting off WPF again. Thats a nice looking steamer you have there. I think your weathered hopper looks good.
Dave, looks like you have a good start on your McKeen Motor Car. I don't think I've ever heard of them before. Interesting subject.
Rick J, love the PC cars and the Jade Green.
Terry in NW Wisconsin, thanks for the great ride! Great layout. I envy your space.
Terry in Texas. Nice layout and great animation.
Garry, good looking scene with the plumbing supply house and the lumber yard.
Grampy, great photo as always.
Mike L, love your mountain scenery.
Hobbez, a pair of good looking F-units.
Middleman, Mike, very interesting brass model you have there.
GP9Man, Love the Horseshoe curve photos.
I've been working on close coupling some of my F-unit A/B and A/A pairs. Here is an A/B set of Santa Fe Fs approaching the tightest radius (18") on the the BRVRR layout which happens to be in the reversing loop.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Bear, Thanks for the WPF start, hope your computer and camera make-up and begin talking to each other again.
Jimmy, Condolences on the passing of your friend.
This week the facia and control panel were the icing on the cake.
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
Allan(I like that warbonnet shot),Dave - Thanks for the comments on the K-36. Dave,you're right...it is a "Hunk". If I totally screw up the paint and decoder work,I can always sell it for scrap! I've been following your McKeen threads with interest/envy.
saronaterry: 'Good to see you in WPF again.I enjoyed the videos - would love to see a schematic or trackplan of your layout if you have one handy to post.
RDG Casey: Neat pic,and I've really enjoyed your build threads,you make it look easy.
Hobbez: Very nice job on the F's. That paint scheme's a new one to me.When I think of the B and A,I picture the solid blue with white lettering - was that the 1960's?
Frank: I hope you find time for the layout soon. I'm looking forward to more of your detail work on the truck terminal.
Simon: That 4-8-4's a beaut!
All the regulars(Bear,Allan,Gary,C&O Terry,Mike,Grampy,Jimmy(sorry to hear about your friend),Rick J,GP9_Man,Peter...) Forgive me not recognizing your talents individually,but I type like I play guitar - slowly and badly. Your posts are what keep this thread the best of the week.
Dave - Words can't say... I hope you and your loved one's have found peace with the "new normal".
Here's an old pic with a doctored up sky:
Wow everything is outstanding this week. Thought I would add this here too. Just finished some 32 foot flat cars. My latest locomotive aquisition (fictitious as it is) and a new caboose. Some fooling around with photoshop. The background is the Wilson Range in Colorado.
Pushing Flat Cars over the Granite Peak by Eric Miller, on Flickr
Thanks for the nice comments, guys.
I don't have a track plan, but where the train comes out and passes the yard is about 30' long. Then around the wall to the first of three 24' peninsulas. Then back into staging. The room is 30' wide x 42' long and uses the entire basement.The entrance/exit for staging runs around the perimeter of the basement under the scenicked portion.It's one BIG circle. LOL!
When I run ops speeds, it takes around 12-14 minutes to run the scenicked part of the layout.I can run "display" with the mainline through staging, but I normally run point to point.
Here's a video that shows the layout a little better as to how it fits in the room.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD_9JxW_rqY
Those are not my wife's scissors. No matter what she said.
-E-C-Mills Wow everything is outstanding this week. Thought I would add this here too. Just finished some 32 foot flat cars. My latest locomotive aquisition (fictitious as it is) and a new caboose. Some fooling around with photoshop. The background is the Wilson Range in Colorado. Pushing Flat Cars over the Granite Peak by Eric Miller, on Flickr
Beautiful work, Eric. I like your bridge, also.
I'll offer my condolences to Jimmy, too, on the loss of his friend. I was just looking at pics the first time through, then found that on reading more closely. It does leave a hole in your life. I'm getting to the age where such things are more expected, but no easier. You see an obit for a guy you used to work with a couple of decades back and think, "Sure wished we could have had another chance to talk." Don'r miss those chances to talk. You never know about tomorrow.
Thanks for the kind comments. Mike's big brass Mike is pretty awesome. I've been laying track this weekend. Here's a view of the finished track, although still needs spiking, controls, and wiring to operate.
I'll post a few more pics tonight over in the build thread I started on this project, then add more detailed views and narrative when I get a chance.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/249387.aspx
Just thought I would stop in and say....A lot of great works going on Guy's!
I have about another two weeks work going on outside...then back to My stuff's.....that is...after I repair a paint job on a 1/14th scale R/C truck, that I built and painted for My Younger Son 7yrs. ago, that just happened to show up at My house yesterday. All in all though, it with stood 7yrs of playing, so I guess that's not too bad.
I put a HO-scale truck next to it in the pic', so You can see the size of this thing...it is a kit, by Tamiya...90's era.
Take Care, Guy's!
Before:
After:
Well I was finally able to give the SD-50 weathered. I just gave it a light weathing to knock down the sheen.
I have also been doing quite a bit of lighting projects in locomotives. A friend of mine asked me to replace the bulbs with LED's in his Athearn turbine. I also made the red nose light function.
Lastly I installed a loksound decoder in a GP40. Hopefully I can get a video of it posted next week. Initial programming took a little work but I got it functioning
Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
Terry: Thanks for the video tour of the layout. What a great space,and it looks like you've made the most of it.
Mike:That's a nice addition,I really like the trackwork in that area.
Renegade1c: Good looking weathering job. Years ago,I would take the 8th Ave. Viaduct over Rio Grande's Burnham Shops on my way to work. Most of the engines were so dirty it was hard to tell who owned them.