Weekend Photo Fun

[AggroJones]

Here's somthing I got done this week. 6 Athearn Heavyweights painted with Scalecoat II GN Empire Green. I'm awaiting the aquesition of masking tape so I can paint the roof black. Later I shall decal the sides, detail underneath, and whatever.
Then I will have my 6 car Santa Fe passenger train to match my BLI 3751. [^]


Three.


And the other three.

[ac4400fan]

Looks Great !!! cant wait to see em done ,,what a start! at least you have acool place to work on them,,,,lol

carl.....

[ac4400fan]

BTW AGGRO are we going to have a memorial day PHOTO SHOOT ???

[twhite]

Okay, some photos of the new kid on the block (as of noon today). It's a 1961 Akane AC-8 Cab-forward that came in its original box and had all of its original papers. Runs very nice, whoever put it on consignment actually USED the little puppy. BTW, the original hobby stamp is for a then-local dealer here in Sacto called PARAGON, inc. Anyone out in this area remember them? (oh yah, the 1961 purchase price was $79.50. Big bucks for back then!). Anyway, here she is, pulling a train of PFE's over Yuba Summit.
Tom[:P][:P][:P]

[ac4400fan]

Tom Thats Great Photo,,boy your lucky !!! nice keep em posted

carl,,,,,

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to get some ideas for industrial scenes on my layout, and I know alot of people post loco or runby shots of their layouts... could somebody post some pics of their 'big' industries? Steel mills, concrete plants, plastic industries, lumber mills, mining operations, etc? I'd love to see how people incorporate these big industries into their layouts. I've got at least four 'major' industrial scenes planned for my layout, including concrete processing, railroad rebuilding and yard operations, coal mining, and a rock quarry operation and I'm trying to picture how each will fit into the different areas of my layout. Thanks!

[grandeman]

Here's one of my latest pics...

[grandeman]

Tom, that's a great shot!

[grandeman]

One more of the Geep.

[electrolove]

grande man:

Nice picture man...

What ballast are you using? Woodland Scenics fine gray?

QUOTE: Originally posted by grande man

Here's one of my latest pics...

[electrolove]

AggroJones:

Nice cars, looking forward to see the finished result.

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

Here's somthing I got done this week. 6 Athearn Heavyweights painted with Scalecoat II GN Empire Green. I'm awaiting the aquesition of masking tape so I can paint the roof black. Later I shall decal the sides, detail underneath, and whatever.
Then I will have my 6 car Santa Fe passenger train to match my BLI 3751. [^]


Three.


And the other three.

[grandeman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by electrolove

grande man:

Nice picture man...

What ballast are you using? Woodland Scenics fine gray?

electro, that is WS fine gray. I also use fine cinder and, many times, mix them a little.

Here's a shot of one of my favs (bet ya'll have guessed that by now [:D]). One of these days we'll get a couple of RS3's and I'll have a new love... [:D]

[Anonymous]

Whoohoo... it's a Western Roads Extravaganza this weekend! Gotta love what I'm seeing so far! Here's my contribution, an HO undec McKean kit that I painted and decaled.... and then painted some more.... etc...

[steveblackledge]

MIKE, that's a great job you did there,
This is one of my SSW hoppers, it's a blue box athearn model thats going to get some more weathering

[ac4400fan]

Hi Guys!! Everyones Photos Look Great!

Here's a section im working on now,Still have alot to go with it,but,it's off to a start








My New Fleet Of Passenger Cars


Have A Great Holiday Guys,,,,,,,,Carl.......

[Anonymous]

This engine has just been completed! It is a Bachmann DCC GP-40-2. I added sun shades, firecracker, 5 chime horn, a bell, and grabs are next to be added Custom CSX-YG paint scheme, and Microscale decals. This was modeled (like all my engines) from a pic @ http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/
Before.....

Horn, shades , and firecracker added

Before Decals



After......





Prototype PIC

[cheese3]

Great pictures every one. Mine is off topic but at least I am posting one of my hobbies...woodworking that is! (click for a clear image)



This is a clock (duh) that i built for my sister in law's birthday

[Anonymous]

Wow[bow]
Gorgeous work everyone!

[Anonymous]

Yep, Its a picture of a door cut in half... Why you may ask? well, it signifies the beggining of benchwork construction on the last wall in the layout room. Thats right, my benchwork is 3/4 done[:D] I expect it to be done by wednesday, then the real fun begins. I had to run a beam all along the wall where the door is, it bridges the door and the closet. Consequently, the one door has become two and only the bottom opens. A little inconvenient to duck under, but not bad being that it is 5 feet high.

[ereimer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cheese3

Great pictures every one. Mine is off topic but at least I am posting one of my hobbies...woodworking that is! (click for a clear image)


This is a clock (duh) that i built for my sister in law's birthday

is it a fast clock ? [:D]

[SpaceMouse]

Nice Work people. CSXmu, like the conversion. Except if I did it it would look a lot different.

[SpaceMouse]

This station came out perfect. Then I weathered it. I don't know if I like it now. It looks dirty. I know that's how it supposed to look, but dang it looked good before.

[cheese3]

Looks fine to me chip[^]

[Anonymous]

Great pics everyone
Aggrojones, I'm looking forward to seeing those passenger cars completed.

Chip, the station looks good from here, what exactly don't you like about it?

[sledgehammer]

Hi Everyone
I spent last weekend building this.


well I had to put a door on it because my wife is looking after some other kids. I went to put the door on and I did not leave enought room for the door jamb. And I had hung the door the wrong way. Which turned out better anyway I like the dor the way it swing now. I hade to do some modification which took me all day friday to do. but its bone and kids be safe now.

The funniest part was that when i was all done in the room i could not shut the light off in the room because it was behind the one of the flipup section that is behind the door.

Hopefully next week goes better I 'm going to try and lay some more road bed

everyone has some very awsome pic in here keep up the good work. I do enjoy the weekend photo fun.

[SpaceMouse]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Glen Haasdyk

Chip, the station looks good from here, what exactly don't you like about it?

It just looked good all spanky clean and it took a lot of work to get it that way. I know the weathering had to be done or it would have looked all out of place. I'm getting used to it. I'll just have to start another model.

[ukguy]

You sound a little like me Chip, a somewhat perfectionist. I'll spend hours painting a structure, making sure theres a good even covering, making sure theres no windowframe colour on the adjacent brickwork and getting everything else 'just so'. Then when I have everything perfect(ish) and looking absolutely flawless, I realise that I'm going to have to drybrush some white/grey over the 'woodwork' to make it look faded and cover the too pristine structure in grimy washes and simulated dirt <sigh> I know my base colours dont need to be perfect as they will be covered by weathering on the whole, but I just cant bear to look at an unstraight paint line or see the primer coat showing through.

Have fun & be safe.
Karl.

[grandeman]

Rio Grande coal drag with Split Rock Mine in the rear veiw mirror heads east toward the Joint Line.



Unweathered IHC Consolidation. I just bought this one on ebay for $35. It's basically new and had a brass pilot, bell and other
details. It runs and pulls great but needs a decoder. I'm spoiled with plug and play now and don't really look forward to a hardwiring job. It will be a nice addition when wired and weathered though.

[AggroJones]

Great work everyone!

GrandeMan-- I love them hoppers.

Mellow-Mike-- You're too much! [:D]

Joe-- Now thats TOTAL control of your bedroom!

[grandeman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones


GrandeMan-- I love them hoppers.

I'm learning from the master... You're weathering is an inspiration.

Eastbound Coal drag waits for a clear main south of Sadalia, Colo.