This is my first ever rock casting.
Keep on with the firsts...
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
PruittThis is my first ever rock casting.
PruittKeep on with the firsts...
This is my very first rock casting... made with crumpled alluminum foil.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Show me another first.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 Show me another first. -Kevin
This now much-modified Mogul was my first brass locomotive...
Wayne
Show me another of your "firsts" please.
doctorwayne Show me another of your "firsts" please.
John-NYBWMy first (and only) attempt at forced perspective.
It looks great. I am assuming the structures are a smaller scale.
John-NYBWMore firsts please.
This was my first attempt at forced perspective. The locomotive is HO, and the Soviet KV-1e tank is 1/48 scale. The entire scene is only ten inches deep.
I have since done quite a bit with forced perspective.
Show me another "First" please. This has brought out a lot of creativity.
Kevin. Another 'First'.
First attempt at making puddles 'after the rain'.
IMG_4230 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr
Another 'First' please
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
SeeYou190 John-NYBW My first (and only) attempt at forced perspective. It looks great. I am assuming the structures are a smaller scale. John-NYBW More firsts please. This was my first attempt at forced perspective. The locomotive is HO, and the Soviet KV-1e tank is 1/48 scale. The entire scene is only ten inches deep. -Photograph by Kevin Parson I have since done quite a bit with forced perspective. Show me another "First" please. This has brought out a lot of creativity. -Kevin
John-NYBW My first (and only) attempt at forced perspective.
John-NYBW More firsts please.
Yes, the houses on the hill are N scale with the rest of the layout HO. They don't show very well in the photo but there are N scale telephone poles along the road which doesn't actually exist but is suggested by the gap in the trees. I also cheated by Photoshopping out a vent pipe that runs through the top of the back drop.
I think corners are the best place for forced perspective because of the extra depth. The track tunnels under the scene.
I've thought of putting the larger scale items in the foreground but I wondered if it would be convincing. It looks good in your photo.
John-NYBWI think corners are the best place for forced perspective because of the extra depth. The track tunnels under the scene. I've thought of putting the larger scale items in the foreground but I wondered if it would be convincing. It looks good in your photo.
I have never built a scene on a layout using forced perspective. All my experiments have been simply for staged photographs.
I have only visited one layout with a forced perspective scene. Garry's home layout in Kentucky had a scene near the backdrop populated withg structures smaller than N scale. It was very well executed.
NorthBritAnother 'First' please
The first freight car I built from a wooden kit.
Please show me another of your firsts.
Kevin - Another first.
First time Panoramic View.
IMG_1969 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Another First please
SeeYou190 John-NYBW I think corners are the best place for forced perspective because of the extra depth. The track tunnels under the scene. I've thought of putting the larger scale items in the foreground but I wondered if it would be convincing. It looks good in your photo. I have never built a scene on a layout using forced perspective. All my experiments have been simply for staged photographs. I have only visited one layout with a forced perspective scene. Garry's home layout in Kentucky had a scene near the backdrop populated withg structures smaller than N scale. It was very well executed.
John-NYBW I think corners are the best place for forced perspective because of the extra depth. The track tunnels under the scene. I've thought of putting the larger scale items in the foreground but I wondered if it would be convincing. It looks good in your photo.
The best example I've seen of forced perspective was at the railroad museum in North Creek, NY which is the northern terminus of the tourist Saratoga and North Creek Railroad. I'm going from memory but I think the layout represents the town of North Creek which was built on a hillside. About halfway up, the structures transition from HO to N but it is so well executed, it's almost not noticeable. I mentioned it to one of the guys running the layout and he told me most people don't even recognize it. If I wasn't a model railroader, I doubt I would have but having used the technique myself, I was able to spot it.
I was looking up information for this post and discovered the tourist railroad ceased operations in 2018, which was shortly after I rode it. The train had a loco on each end and on the return trip, I was allowed to ride in the cab of this loco which pulled the train back to Saratoga Springs.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Saratoga_and_North_Creek_train.jpg
On our trip, the loco was facing forward.
I guess we ran out of "firsts" to share. Here is a caboose in tall trees.
Show me more tall trees.
The trees here aren't all that tall, but they are tall enough that the bridge is at least partly hidden by them...
More tree pictures, please.
Wayne - More trees
Looking over Charlie Marston's Yard.
IMG_5825 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More trees please
NorthBritMore trees please.
A train in front of trees.
Show me more of the trees.
Kevin - More trees.
Canal Corner.
IMG_5870 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Next - Another corner of a layout please
NorthBritNext - Another corner of a layout please
This was a corner hill and the first part of the layout I built:
Please post another photo of a corner of your layout.
York1 John
SeeYou190 Show me more of the trees. -Kevin
A passenger train passes a hobo camp under the trees lining right-of-way.
I see that during the time I was getting this photo, a couple requests for corner shots have come in so I will leave those in place.
Show me a corner shot.
John-NYBWShow me a corner shot.
A work-in-progress corner. This farmhouse will be part of the scene:
BurgerCrossing_xm by Edmund, on Flickr
Farmhouse by Edmund, on Flickr
More corners, please.
The corner just before Hudson, Wyoming.
I call it "Cornfield Corner."
How about a scratchbuilt station?
PruittHow about a scratchbuilt station?
You're killing me!
I built a beautiful "from scratch station" for the Scale Rails Of Southwest Florida N scale boxcar layout, and I cannot find a picture of it.
Back to our regular schedule...
Please show Mark a scratchbuilt station.
SeeYou190Please show Mark a scratchbuilt station.
I'd like to say it was mine — but it is scratchbuilt.
Union Depot by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr
Zephyr at Union Terminal by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr
No shortcuts on the interior, either:
The Great Hall by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr
Take a look at the marble work on the wall above and the limestone structure outside —
Depot and Train Shed by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr
Can you believe this thing was built mainly of LEGO® blocks! Just amazing.
More depots or stations, scratch, bash or otherwise, please.
Mark/Ed - A Scratchbuilt Station.
One built many years ago. Been on several layouts. Now rather 'battered and seen better days as it resides at Clarence Dock Goods Yard for the workpeople.
IMG_5300 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Next - Your choice
NorthBritNext - Your choice
Here is a boxcar on a siding.
Show me another boxcar on a siding.
Kevin - A boxcar in a siding.
A boxcar belonging to Hudson Ward Flour Millers outside Hudson Ward building about to be unloaded.
IMG_5157 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Another boxcar in a siding please.
NorthBrit Another boxcar in a siding please. David
doctorwayneShow us a hopper car at a coal dealership, please.
Here is one:
The above scene is on the HO scale layout at the Kentucky Trainpark museum.
Show me a tank car spotted at an industry.
SeeYou190 Show me a tank car spotted at an industry. -Kevin
How about several tank cars.
Show me a freight car spotted at a lumber yard.
John-NYBWShow me a freight car spotted at a lumber yard.
I get to use the same picture twice in a row for two different requests!
Show me another freight car at a lumber yard.
I guess there were no more lumberyards with freight cars.
Here is a scene with a windmill:
Show me another scene with anything wind powered.
More wind powered please. Regards, Peter