QUOTE: Originally posted by ukguy Well guys unfortunately I dont have an engine house to show but heres some things till tomorrow. Some castings I made a couple months ago, along with their originals. I made the mould with WS latex as I couldnt find a local alternative. And finally some of the details and figures I just painted ready to go into a scene tomorrow. Then I can take some pics of the new stuff I've been working on for a day and half. Have fun & be safe, Karl.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ukguy Hey Aggro, great looking shots as usual of your stuff, heres a thought for you, I notice on your F3A that the windows look mighty dirty, would it be posible to clean off the areas where the wipers would wipe, that I think would look pretty cool or is there something in there we shouldnt see.
QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Here's one more, shot today. It's the South Yuba Canyon where the fishing is good and the trains are frequent:
QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones Darth--that thing should be quite the hauler when finished. How does it run?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy Space Mouse- Nice kit! Who makes it? It looks like it'd fit perfext on my layout.
Chip
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QUOTE: Originally posted by grande man QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Here's one more, shot today. It's the South Yuba Canyon where the fishing is good and the trains are frequent: That's another great shot Tom. I love the trees. Any tips from the master on those???[:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Originally posted by grande man Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p] Thanks Tom. I've got their site bookmarked. Wow, they aren't cheap. [V] They do look great though. Reply dragenrider Member sinceMay 2003 From: Ozark Mountains 1,167 posts Posted by dragenrider on Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:33 PM Well, all of my weekend projects have been on rolling stock. I've decaled a crane and kitbashed a crane tender. I've also put the Cedar Branch & Western decals on the GP 20 I've been laboring over. While digging in my box of decals for the crane tender, I found some left over MR Turtle Creek Central stuff. So, I decorated a hopper, too! Maybe next weekend the engine will be complete and I can watch it go 'round and 'round. Great pictures, everyone. This repeating topic is a great reason to visit here at least once a week. [tup] The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line! Reply AggroJones Member sinceJuly 2002 From: California 3,722 posts Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p] I've got those flowers growing in the empty field across the steet from my house! (i think it is called "candy turf") I've made trees from them before, but not as good as those store bought ones. But that was a few years ago. NOW I can probably match them if I TRY. [(-D] "Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses" EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588 Reply twhite Member sinceJuly 2004 From: Carmichael, CA 8,055 posts Posted by twhite on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:38 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p] I've got those flowers growing in the empty field across the steet from my house! (i think it is called "candy turf") I've made trees from them before, but not as good as those store bought ones. But that was a few years ago. NOW I can probably match them if I TRY. [(-D] [bow][bow][bow] back at'cha, Aggro. After your evergreens, you could probably do Aspen to have us going into Terminal Drool, LOL! Tom[:p] Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds! Reply Supermicha Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Germany 357 posts Posted by Supermicha on Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:38 AM Hi Guys, i built a service crane for my railroad shop. The truck was a three axle Mack tractor, i added a fourth axle and a Bilstein crane assembly from Kibri: Michael Kreiser www.modelrailroadworks.de Reply ukguy Member sinceOctober 2004 From: Mississippi 819 posts Posted by ukguy on Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:34 AM Tom would it be possible for you to upload a larger image of those excellent trees, I think I've got the plant to try and make some but your pic, and the one on the web site are a bit small for me to see the exact detail, would be great if you could, thanks. Cheese that looks as though its coming on great, looking forward to the next instalment Matt : that wagon looks great, just seeing the name 'airfix' takes me back to 7yrs old building model planes on the kitchen table. [:)] happy days Art : looking good, trees make all the difference, but you'd be surprised how many you need, I already doubled my estimate and I'm only a third planted. It's been a busy two days, and one night here, but I'm pleased with the progress I've made. The scene isn't finished yet, still a few more things to add, such as some weeds around the dock piles and mailbox, a few more details on the pier, and of course some signage are the main things. But, heres how it started for me late Thursday afternoon....... By early evening 3 hours later I had built the new trestle and put a dirt road in From there it was just details and figuring out the tale to tell..... Overview of Gator Creek Bait Shop and Fishing Pier. The Short family are on a day trip to Gator Creek for some fishing and family time.Dad leaves Mom and the kids watching the swans while he goes into the bait shop to hire a boat. At the front of the shop, worker Dave is replacing a couple of boards on an old row boat. Dave has to stop and look up at the bosses son who's complaining Daves taking too long and Dave needs to clear up the trash from the walkway. Daves mumbles something about not nailing the other board on and hoping young Mr West is the next one to use the boat. Around the back of the store Joe gets himself and Anne a soda while Anne chats casually with Old Mr West while she waits. The trash cans around the back are full too, Dave better get moving! While Dad heads off into the store a 2-8-0 passes disturbing the ducks on its way to the Pine Ridge yard. 5 minutes later and theres another rumble, this time as the 3:15 crosses the tressle overhead pulling in to Pineridge Central right on time(almost) More views and bigger pics on the last two pages of my Railimages account below. Have fun & be safe Karl. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:19 AM Some scenery work this A.M. Can be a tuff neighborhood !!!!! Reply Edit oleirish Member sinceOctober 2003 From: oregon 885 posts Posted by oleirish on Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:43 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Train 284 Hey everyone, great pictures! Here some pics of my Shasta Central Railroad. These were taken at about 8:30 this morning and it was already getting close to 100 degrees in my garage. It has been about 100-113 here this past week. The Central Valley Express stopped by a lazy cow. Luckily, the train was 2 minutes ahead of schedule so the passengers were not late to there destinations. The new locomotive display at the Juniata depot. It is UP #3179, an 0-4-0 Here is the Athrean Southern Pacific SW1500 #2638 I bought last weekend at Railroad Days 2005 in Dunsmuir, CA. The best $26 I ever spent! It runs great and has a lot of power. As you can see, many of the detail parts have not been added and it does need to be weathered. #2638 shunting cars at the Stevenson Coal Mine. Great engine,I wish I had known about the train show in Dunsmuir,I would have jumped down there,It is not that far from here in Central Point,Ore.In the middle of this picture you will my two Athrean switchers an SW-7 cow(gray} and an SW-1500 in kodacrome.I have three more now All S.P. an emd/nw-2's(KATO)I love them. JIM Reply oleirish Member sinceOctober 2003 From: oregon 885 posts Posted by oleirish on Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:48 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe My Bowser Challenger with the boiler on the mechanism The Challenger's Tender One of the Challenger's modified valve gears What a buitetiful(sorry about the spelling)Engine,you realy run that??Somday I will have one,NICE JIM Reply Darth Santa Fe Member sinceJune 2005 4,359 posts Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:26 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by oleirish What a buitetiful(sorry about the spelling)Engine,you realy run that??Somday I will have one,NICE JIM Don't worry, I can hardly spell it too. Yes, I really run it. Believe it or not, it makes it around 18" curves without a problem. If you do get one someday, just remember to take your time, don't rush and make sure you're doing it right. But it is ok to make a personal modification once in a while, like I did on the valve gear.[:)] _________________________________________________________________ Reply UP Deano Member sinceJuly 2008 234 posts Posted by UP Deano on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:37 PM aggro, NICE trainmaster!(cant let a pic. of an FM go by without commenting). this is the first chance i"ve had to get on the forums this weekend as my PC died thursday night[V], so i"m useing my sons pc to get my forum fix[:D]. AWSOME pics. and work done by all!! keep em coming! Reply fiatfan Member sinceMay 2003 From: US 1,400 posts Posted by fiatfan on Sunday, July 17, 2005 2:56 PM A little bit different take on SPF or WPF: I've seen many comments about how there should be a few wide shots to see the overall layout so I thought I would post pictures of all four walls of my train room. The photo of the south wall is stitched together from two phots because I couldn't back up far enough. [:I] North: East South West Tom Life is simple - eat, drink, play with trains! Go Big Red! PA&ERR "If you think you are doing something stupid, you're probably right!" Reply 123 Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! 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Originally posted by grande man Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p] Thanks Tom. I've got their site bookmarked. Wow, they aren't cheap. [V] They do look great though. Reply dragenrider Member sinceMay 2003 From: Ozark Mountains 1,167 posts Posted by dragenrider on Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:33 PM Well, all of my weekend projects have been on rolling stock. I've decaled a crane and kitbashed a crane tender. I've also put the Cedar Branch & Western decals on the GP 20 I've been laboring over. While digging in my box of decals for the crane tender, I found some left over MR Turtle Creek Central stuff. So, I decorated a hopper, too! Maybe next weekend the engine will be complete and I can watch it go 'round and 'round. Great pictures, everyone. This repeating topic is a great reason to visit here at least once a week. [tup] The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line! Reply AggroJones Member sinceJuly 2002 From: California 3,722 posts Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p] I've got those flowers growing in the empty field across the steet from my house! (i think it is called "candy turf") I've made trees from them before, but not as good as those store bought ones. But that was a few years ago. NOW I can probably match them if I TRY. [(-D] "Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses" EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588 Reply twhite Member sinceJuly 2004 From: Carmichael, CA 8,055 posts Posted by twhite on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:38 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p] I've got those flowers growing in the empty field across the steet from my house! (i think it is called "candy turf") I've made trees from them before, but not as good as those store bought ones. But that was a few years ago. NOW I can probably match them if I TRY. [(-D] [bow][bow][bow] back at'cha, Aggro. After your evergreens, you could probably do Aspen to have us going into Terminal Drool, LOL! Tom[:p] Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds! Reply Supermicha Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Germany 357 posts Posted by Supermicha on Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:38 AM Hi Guys, i built a service crane for my railroad shop. The truck was a three axle Mack tractor, i added a fourth axle and a Bilstein crane assembly from Kibri: Michael Kreiser www.modelrailroadworks.de Reply ukguy Member sinceOctober 2004 From: Mississippi 819 posts Posted by ukguy on Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:34 AM Tom would it be possible for you to upload a larger image of those excellent trees, I think I've got the plant to try and make some but your pic, and the one on the web site are a bit small for me to see the exact detail, would be great if you could, thanks. Cheese that looks as though its coming on great, looking forward to the next instalment Matt : that wagon looks great, just seeing the name 'airfix' takes me back to 7yrs old building model planes on the kitchen table. [:)] happy days Art : looking good, trees make all the difference, but you'd be surprised how many you need, I already doubled my estimate and I'm only a third planted. It's been a busy two days, and one night here, but I'm pleased with the progress I've made. The scene isn't finished yet, still a few more things to add, such as some weeds around the dock piles and mailbox, a few more details on the pier, and of course some signage are the main things. But, heres how it started for me late Thursday afternoon....... By early evening 3 hours later I had built the new trestle and put a dirt road in From there it was just details and figuring out the tale to tell..... Overview of Gator Creek Bait Shop and Fishing Pier. The Short family are on a day trip to Gator Creek for some fishing and family time.Dad leaves Mom and the kids watching the swans while he goes into the bait shop to hire a boat. At the front of the shop, worker Dave is replacing a couple of boards on an old row boat. Dave has to stop and look up at the bosses son who's complaining Daves taking too long and Dave needs to clear up the trash from the walkway. Daves mumbles something about not nailing the other board on and hoping young Mr West is the next one to use the boat. Around the back of the store Joe gets himself and Anne a soda while Anne chats casually with Old Mr West while she waits. The trash cans around the back are full too, Dave better get moving! While Dad heads off into the store a 2-8-0 passes disturbing the ducks on its way to the Pine Ridge yard. 5 minutes later and theres another rumble, this time as the 3:15 crosses the tressle overhead pulling in to Pineridge Central right on time(almost) More views and bigger pics on the last two pages of my Railimages account below. Have fun & be safe Karl. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:19 AM Some scenery work this A.M. Can be a tuff neighborhood !!!!! Reply Edit oleirish Member sinceOctober 2003 From: oregon 885 posts Posted by oleirish on Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:43 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Train 284 Hey everyone, great pictures! Here some pics of my Shasta Central Railroad. These were taken at about 8:30 this morning and it was already getting close to 100 degrees in my garage. It has been about 100-113 here this past week. The Central Valley Express stopped by a lazy cow. Luckily, the train was 2 minutes ahead of schedule so the passengers were not late to there destinations. The new locomotive display at the Juniata depot. It is UP #3179, an 0-4-0 Here is the Athrean Southern Pacific SW1500 #2638 I bought last weekend at Railroad Days 2005 in Dunsmuir, CA. The best $26 I ever spent! It runs great and has a lot of power. As you can see, many of the detail parts have not been added and it does need to be weathered. #2638 shunting cars at the Stevenson Coal Mine. Great engine,I wish I had known about the train show in Dunsmuir,I would have jumped down there,It is not that far from here in Central Point,Ore.In the middle of this picture you will my two Athrean switchers an SW-7 cow(gray} and an SW-1500 in kodacrome.I have three more now All S.P. an emd/nw-2's(KATO)I love them. JIM Reply oleirish Member sinceOctober 2003 From: oregon 885 posts Posted by oleirish on Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:48 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe My Bowser Challenger with the boiler on the mechanism The Challenger's Tender One of the Challenger's modified valve gears What a buitetiful(sorry about the spelling)Engine,you realy run that??Somday I will have one,NICE JIM Reply Darth Santa Fe Member sinceJune 2005 4,359 posts Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:26 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by oleirish What a buitetiful(sorry about the spelling)Engine,you realy run that??Somday I will have one,NICE JIM Don't worry, I can hardly spell it too. Yes, I really run it. Believe it or not, it makes it around 18" curves without a problem. If you do get one someday, just remember to take your time, don't rush and make sure you're doing it right. But it is ok to make a personal modification once in a while, like I did on the valve gear.[:)] _________________________________________________________________ Reply UP Deano Member sinceJuly 2008 234 posts Posted by UP Deano on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:37 PM aggro, NICE trainmaster!(cant let a pic. of an FM go by without commenting). this is the first chance i"ve had to get on the forums this weekend as my PC died thursday night[V], so i"m useing my sons pc to get my forum fix[:D]. AWSOME pics. and work done by all!! keep em coming! Reply fiatfan Member sinceMay 2003 From: US 1,400 posts Posted by fiatfan on Sunday, July 17, 2005 2:56 PM A little bit different take on SPF or WPF: I've seen many comments about how there should be a few wide shots to see the overall layout so I thought I would post pictures of all four walls of my train room. The photo of the south wall is stitched together from two phots because I couldn't back up far enough. [:I] North: East South West Tom Life is simple - eat, drink, play with trains! Go Big Red! PA&ERR "If you think you are doing something stupid, you're probably right!" Reply 123 Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! 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Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p]
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p]
QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Grande man: the trees are made by M-Tec here in Sacramento. I get them through Bruce's Trains in Sacto, or Railroad Hobbies in Roseville. You could probably order them directly from their website: www.mtec1.com The Aspen/poplar are lot #MT-14 and retail at $6.95 for either two or three of them in a pack, depending on the size. I should own stock in the company, for all the ones I have dotting my streambeds, LOL! But they're cool trees, aren't they? Natural, too. I have no idea what they're made out of, but those leaves look REAL! Tom[:p][:p] I've got those flowers growing in the empty field across the steet from my house! (i think it is called "candy turf") I've made trees from them before, but not as good as those store bought ones. But that was a few years ago. NOW I can probably match them if I TRY. [(-D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Train 284 Hey everyone, great pictures! Here some pics of my Shasta Central Railroad. These were taken at about 8:30 this morning and it was already getting close to 100 degrees in my garage. It has been about 100-113 here this past week. The Central Valley Express stopped by a lazy cow. Luckily, the train was 2 minutes ahead of schedule so the passengers were not late to there destinations. The new locomotive display at the Juniata depot. It is UP #3179, an 0-4-0 Here is the Athrean Southern Pacific SW1500 #2638 I bought last weekend at Railroad Days 2005 in Dunsmuir, CA. The best $26 I ever spent! It runs great and has a lot of power. As you can see, many of the detail parts have not been added and it does need to be weathered. #2638 shunting cars at the Stevenson Coal Mine.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe My Bowser Challenger with the boiler on the mechanism The Challenger's Tender One of the Challenger's modified valve gears
QUOTE: Originally posted by oleirish What a buitetiful(sorry about the spelling)Engine,you realy run that??Somday I will have one,NICE JIM
Life is simple - eat, drink, play with trains!
Go Big Red!
PA&ERR "If you think you are doing something stupid, you're probably right!"