This is so much fun, I can't wait to see what you people have for this coming weekend. Thank you all.
Jeff: Nice job finishing that old enginehouse kit. It definitely looks a lot better in the "after" picture.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Here is a before and after. I rehabbed the Walthers two bay engine house for a friend's layout. It was assembled about 25 years ago straight from the box. It was subsequently in storage for a while. It needed some attention.
Before:
31D0D3D9-0EDF-48D2-9D7A-651B0CE0BC02 by Jeffrey Cooper, on Flickr
After:
F3C6074C-D7A4-4B4F-AB9E-424D29B832F2 by Jeffrey Cooper, on Flickr
Jeff
This has been a great weekend of photographic fun. Thank you to everyone that had contirbutions this week.
Ed: The Flexi-Flo hopper car is a great model.
John: I think the hotel looks fine. Finishing a project that I cannot get enthused about is something I have problems with as well.
Robert: Thank you for the additional information on the bridge support.
Peter: As usual, another great scene. Your NP covered hopper looks perfect.
PC101: That MDC climax is the best example I have seen of that model. It looks very hard working.
Shane: I think the LEHIGH VALLEY locomotive repaint looks great.
Sorry if I missed anyone. See you all next week.
PC101, opening that box after 30 years must have been like Christmas morning. What a great thing to see after all those years.
Peter, as always, your work is great. Your pictures always make it difficult to tell the difference between a real scene and a model. I'm 69 years old -- I won't live long enough to ever approach your level of modeling.
Shane, nice work on the elevator. I hope you show us some more photos as you finish it.
York1 John
Also finished this unit. LV had 5 NW2's. This one is the result of a project to make money. I bought the NW2 (624). This postwar had been painted a grey blue at some point. It didnt run either. I figured If I could get it cleaned stripped and redone back to the 624 I could make money selling it. The plastic didnt take to even a mild remover. it bleached. oh well, I tried. but couldnt leave it that wat. With all the LV coal hoppers Lionel did in postwar period, I had an excuse to paint it to this beauty. Once I redid the e unit and completely rewired it, runs very quiet and just like new. Shame I couldnt restore it, but this works.
Shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Working on a building for fabrication on a steel mill sight. Only this mill had a specialty of ordinance. Midvale steel was one of many mills in Philly that made orcinance. Only this company created a bunch of allows that improved stuuf such as train wheels and axles. Even though it is what will call a micro mill today, I still cannt fit it. so A representation of two buildings. This is the ordinance building. or the very end rather. Got the corrigated on it, but long from complete. needs doors and windows and finishing. Lots to do yet
SHane
Some of my first (DC) ''projects'', of 40 years ago just taken out of their box's after maybe 30 years in the dark and put on today's layout (DCC) for a photo no-run-by shoot.
MDC "Climax"
MDC Caboose and Business Car.
dti406Bear, I have to follow a Bear-Toon, I think you should get back to modeling.
Aaauugh Gee, Rick and Garry, please give the Bear a break!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Kevin, Thanks for starting the WPF with an interesting kit, appears your project locker is filling up.
Robert, I like how you turned plastic to weathered concrete.
Being served up lots of indoor time makes for extra helpings of fun at the hobby bench.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good and safe weekend, regards, Peter
SeeYou190 ROBERT PETRICK I'm kinda flattered that y'all scrutinized my post a little and added some good-natured ribbing about it. Robert... the paint work you did on this bridge support is amazing. I have tried to duplicate the coloring that happens at pour-lines in concrete piers, and never had any success. Remarkable. -Kevin
ROBERT PETRICK I'm kinda flattered that y'all scrutinized my post a little and added some good-natured ribbing about it.
Robert... the paint work you did on this bridge support is amazing. I have tried to duplicate the coloring that happens at pour-lines in concrete piers, and never had any success.
Remarkable.
Hey Kevin-
First, giving credit where it is due . . .
I did not do the final painting and weathering on that bridge. When I delivered the bridge to the layout owner, the piers and superstructure were just as clean and smooth as the other bridge. That particular layout owner is one of the best modelers I know.
Second . . . Those lines and gradations of murky brown paint represent many many years of water stain on the concrete piers. The bridge was built in 1910, and the Ohio River was not 'tamed' until the mid-50s when the dams-and-locks system was finally completed. Before then, the seasonal water level in the river would fluctuate as much as 50 or 60 feet. When the Native Americans refer to 'Father of Waters', I think they mean the river that starts in upstate New York (not Minnesota) and flows to New Orleans.
Robert
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Jimmy_Braum Great work all,here's what I have to offer 3D printed car specific loads. The base rust color is airburshed, now to highlight the individual pieces
Great work all,here's what I have to offer
3D printed car specific loads. The base rust color is airburshed, now to highlight the individual pieces
These look great. At first I thought it was Milk Chocolate. Then I had to go find a candy bar.
Kevin, thanks again for starting this week's column. Your new building from David is something I've never attempted, a cardstock kit. On David's layout, it looks pretty neat.
Ed, you really filled in that area to give a finished look to it. I have several areas like that on my layout, and I keep putting off doing something with them. Congratulations on getting a "Bear Toon"! I'm not familiar with Flexi-FLo cars.
Rick, as always, your work on the cars is great. I really like the covered hopper. I have a grain elevator, but no covered hoppers yet. I think those will be my next purchases.
Jimmy, I have been very interested in 3D printing, although at my age I probably won't be doing something like that. Keep us up-to-date with your progress. Nice work.
Garry, I think TF's love of bridges is wearing off on me. I love your bridgework. If I ever do another layout, I will have to attempt some bridge structures.
Mark, I think you've done a great job on blending the layout with the backdrop. It's very realistic.
Robert, as I told Jimmy, I am interested in seeing 3D projects. My son-in-law has several printers, and whenever we visit, he is always working on something. I fear the computer work is not something I would be able to learn. I hope you can continue to show us your projects. Your bridge looks great.
Allan, that night scene is well done. I love lights on the layouts.
David, I continue to be amazed at your ability to make scenes look realistic, with weathering and perspective just right.
Tankertoad, those are neat-looking gondolas. "Junx" cars to carry junk!
I hope I haven't missed anyone -- all excellent work.
This week I haven't done much, but I continue to work on a modern day hotel for a spot on the layout that was blank for a long time.
I got the idea for this from a kit I saw. The kit was priced out of my range, so I decided to just make it myself.
I have to add a parking lot, some cars, and some people, and then I will say it's finished. For some reason, this has not been a project I've enjoyed. Some buildings I love building -- not this one.
Alan and Kevin ..... Thanks for commenting on my photo.
Alan ... Nice photo at dusk.
David NorthBrit ..... Your models of wagons from over 100 years ago are excellent.
Ed ..... The Rapido FlexiFlow car looks great.
Robert ... The bridge piers look great with your creative way of making them.
Tankerload...... JUNX
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
SeeYou190 gmpullman Robert, your pile caps sure look like guitar pickups to me There are so many things around us that just look like bigger examples of little things. -Kevin
gmpullman Robert, your pile caps sure look like guitar pickups to me
There are so many things around us that just look like bigger examples of little things.
gmpullmanRobert, your pile caps sure look like guitar pickups to me
Thats it! I was trying to figure out what they reminded me of.
Nice car Ed! I didn't know Rapido had those. I just looked at their site!
There is a Canadian modeler, Sean Steele, who took an AHM model of a Flexiflo, used Plano parts, and created a master piece!
The link to Sean's work. You can click on each photo to enlarge it.
http://www.planomodelproducts.com/steele/s-steele.html
Plano now has a kit you can buy if you want do your own.
Whe he did this build, he did a series of photos of his progress on the Diesel Detailer site.
So, I have a box full of flexiflos and Plano parts, and that's as far as I have gotten.
Mike.
My You Tube
Thanks for all the positive feedback, and a Bear Comic to boot!
The USPS finally decided I was worthy to recieve my new Rapido Flexi-Flo car after taking one month to travel about 300 miles from Indiana (Not India, but Indiana, the next state west).
NYC_PD_Flexiflo by Edmund, on Flickr
I remember seeing lots of these cars being loaded at the site of the old Colinwood roundhouse. For a while these were the "next big thing" in railroading.
NYC_PD_Flexiflo-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Robert, your pile caps sure look like guitar pickups to me There's even six cavities for each coil! Nice work on your 3D parts, too, Jimmy. Great contributions, folks!
Lots of weekend left — plenty of time for more photos
Cheers, Ed
Thanks Kevin for your comments. Our 10 or 12 ton wagons are tiny compared to over the pond.
Excellent work and pictures by everyone. I really am in awe at the work and models.
Two more wagons from me.
A Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway Wagon I made from a 1909 design.
I acquired a number of wagons from a colleague. In the package he added this one. The Great Western Railway was a long way from Leeds. To see a G W R vehicle so far north would be very unusual, but I am loathe to discard anything. Perhaps I may repaint it. The couplings will certainly have to be changed.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Ed: The progress to your scene is looking good! I really like the dirt road with the red truck.
Bear: Thank you for the laugh with the red truck scene!
Rick: It is great to hear you are getting ready to retire. Those are some good looking freight cars this week. The NKP covered hopper is a beast, and the small lettering makes it look even larger.
Jimmy: The 3D printed loads look like you are getting more use from the new machine. Neat stuff.
MLC: Thank you for stopping by.
Garry: I am beginning to feel like I am losing time that should be spent playing with trains. I had no idea I would work this hard when I stopped going to work. That point of view of the GP7 on the bridge is a very dramatic shot.
Mark: The grass looks good to me, in fact that picture of the scene looks great. You really got the maximum impact from a narrow scene.
Robert: The renderings of the pile caps look good to me. It seems 3D printing is becoming more accessable.
Allan: Your low light shot looks great. Well done.
David: Those are some great looking wagons you shared. Dare I say that they are charming?
Toad: I am going to be copying those reporting marks on some scrap gondolas. Very good.
Jimmy_Braum Ender pro 3 and pla material. The Ironing feature was turned on. The plan is to just paint the pieces, and blend the bottom to look like metal shavings.
Ender pro 3 and pla material. The Ironing feature was turned on.
The plan is to just paint the pieces, and blend the bottom to look like metal shavings.
Thanks!
I'm beginning to realize that Windows 10 and sound decoders have a lot in common. There are so many things you have to change in order to get them to work the way you want.
(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).
Dunno if'n I may have posted this puppy afore, but here it is: a pair of ore gondolas, one MDC and the other by Bowser. I needed something to haul scrap, and here they are!
Don; Prez, CEO or whatever of the Wishram, Oregon and Western RR
Just some wagons I have.
In 1914 at the start of the Great War, The Railway executive took over the running of the railways in the UK. They ordered a number of wagons to be built to carry munitions.
Here is one such wagon.
Two wagons of 1913 design built for Companies both in Burmantofts, Leeds
ROBERT PETRICK I never seem to have any photos ready to post on WPF. So under the category of simply posting photos of what I'm working on without any hoopla, here are a couple of 3D rendering views showing a pile cap for a bridge project. I machined a pair of these from a block of fine-grain basswood a few years ago for another project, but I have recently decided to go into the 3D resin printing business (not really an actual business, just a figure of speech). So, I pulled out an old .STL file and modified it a little for my new printer. The first issue was Systeme Internationale d'Unites. That's right . . . the metric system. You know, millimeters and grams and whatnot. No problem. It's not like I'm sending a multi-billion dollar spaceship to Mars or anything . . . Robert
I never seem to have any photos ready to post on WPF. So under the category of simply posting photos of what I'm working on without any hoopla, here are a couple of 3D rendering views showing a pile cap for a bridge project.
I machined a pair of these from a block of fine-grain basswood a few years ago for another project, but I have recently decided to go into the 3D resin printing business (not really an actual business, just a figure of speech). So, I pulled out an old .STL file and modified it a little for my new printer. The first issue was Systeme Internationale d'Unites. That's right . . . the metric system. You know, millimeters and grams and whatnot. No problem. It's not like I'm sending a multi-billion dollar spaceship to Mars or anything . . .
On the subject of dimension conversion for 3d printing.
I have run into the same problem. Sketchup and I believe freecad (both of which I use for this purpose) can export your model to MM even if you imported them in imperial units. Very useful, because you don't have to actually convert the orgional model to MM.
Just curious, what printer and material did you use for that? It looks like FDM printer work, in which case, your results are quite good.
Kevin - Thanks for starting WPF. The card stock structure looks like a good project.
Ed - You are making progress! Good work.
Bear - Good one! Yogi would be proud.
Rich - Good looking cars as usual. I really like the Wabash locos.
Jimmy - Are you going to cut the items out of the base or just highlight them and blend in the base?
Garry - Great looking photo. Nice bridge(s).
Mark - The grass looks good to me..
Robert - The pile caps look to be serviceable.
Not much new on the BRVRR. Still working on the new lighting buss. Waiting on an new power supply.
New York Central #8038 passing Shocker's Electric at dusk on the BRVRR.
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/