Thanks for initializing the Holiday WPF, Jimmy! Good to see you back! Last day of the month — how fast the time flies...
Yes, some weathering will make that truck look just right. Nice!
Good looking mill you have there, George
Your "little people" are outstanding, MEl! I'm still in awe over the ones you showed in the lounge car a few weeks ago. I have boxes of unpainted Preiser figures waiting for a snowy day... Yours look many times better than anything commercial
There was a thread about some Life-Like kits this week and I dug one out to scan the instruction sheet. That lit the fire for me to assemble a few.
I always liked the Burlington's Chinese Red. Not too bright but enough to get noticed. Really classy.
CBQ_LL by Edmund, on Flickr
Another "mini project" I did was to install a CNR style number board to this Grand Trunk Western Mike:
GTW_3734 by Edmund, on Flickr
I drilled through the smokebox and ran two pieces of fiber-optic filament to the headlight LED. I'd prefer it to operate independent of the headlight but I wasn't about to try to run more wire through the boiler.
Last run of the day — take the cabin to the service track then head for the barn.
Cabin_x2_sm by Edmund, on Flickr
On to more great stuff!
Cheers! Ed
This week I completed another of the buildings for the right side of the Boothbay Railway Vilage layout. It is a Wirthmore Feeds plant
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Hey Jimmy, thanks for starting WPF! One thing could we expand the date to include Labor Day - Sept 3rd??
Thanks!!
Pennsy
A Model Railroader's Credo: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Well, I've been away but I'm glad to be back and starting another Weekend photo Fun Thread. For new posters, Weekend Photo Fun is where we show off what we are/have been working on during the week/end. Generally it is one of the best threads on the board in my opinion. All scales and gauges are welcome. To start, here's my project- a Wiseman Models Mack B logging truck. I took the metal Kit, and instead of it becoming a perfect model, it's been aged heavily to simulate a breakdown and abandonment along side the railroad tracks. I still need to weather it with powder though, but it's a start.
So let's see what everyone has been working on/.
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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).