weekend photo fun

[medic_149]

since no one has started one this week, thought I would. Guess everyone else is on vacation....lol. This week I started working on a diorama since I dont have a layout yet. It is giving me a chance to practice some scenery. Still got a lot to do, but here's whats done so far.





ok guys you turn...medic

[cheese3]

looks good i will have some pics up later.

[Anonymous]

I like doing the rock work with tiles Medic. they look real nice when painted up. Should be a great Diarama !
Here is a pic of the canyon between my refinery area and the Coal Mine area. Some smoke and mirrors added.... well at least some mirrors.......hehehe

[twhite]

Medic and Midnite: Are those ceiling tiles? If so, I've got to run out and get me some!! I've got to put in some hydraulic mining 'diggings' on the Rio Grande Sub, and that looks like just the material to do it with. Great shots, guys--please keep the rest of us supplied with progress photos, OK?
Tom [:D]

Here's Colorado & Southern 2-10-2 #900 with a caboose hop on Yuba Pass. The locomotive has been 'borrowed' by the Rio Grande due to a motive power shortage.

[grandeman]

They're looking great everyone!

Here's a couple for the cause. [:D]

GP30's waiting for go orders.


Wait'in on the train...

[Train 284]

Great pics so far guys, I'll put some up tomorrow!

[ARTHILL]

Started Kimm's Kanyon modeled after Yellowstone Canyon. Will all that foam ever be anything??





Still working on White Pine



Tried first cactus.Lots of work left here. I need 100 but not quite like this.



Keep the good pics coming. They do inspire me.

[Anonymous]

Those ceiling tile rocks look outstanding guys!! [tup] Excellent work! Can't wait to see more! Here's what I've been working on. It's a plaster "mountain" where the trains enter a tunnel.

Here is a shot of the basic wood frame with newspaper added to form the shape of the hill. It is now ready for plaster.



Here is the result after the plaster was applied



In this shot I have added some rock faces. A pair of UP locos. is going by with my newest rolling stock - one of Walthers 6 car packs of coal hoppers. I just got them today! (Hobbytown had them on clearance for 50% off, so I couldn't pass it up!) Now I just need loads for them.



Eventually, this hill will be covered with foliage just like the one to the left in these shots.

[twhite]

Neat, NEAT photos, everyone.
OMYGAW, Art--how high above the canyon is the Beichstahl going to BE when you get the canyon put in? That's absolutely STUNNING! I've got Acrophobia just looking at the photo, LOL!

Nothing much this week, it's been about 105 in the garage and the fan's been on almost 24/7 out there. But here's a couple of shots of my Rio Grande Mikado pulling a cattle train through Sierra City Junction. The loco's a Key K-59, and like most Key locos, it's a little Swiss watch.
Tom [:P][:P]





I tried a couple of Steve Blackledge's 'sunset' shots.

[Anonymous]

Kevin, which company made your UP engine and which model is it?

[chateauricher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ARTHILL
Started Kimm's Kanyon modeled after Yellowstone Canyon. Will all that foam ever be anything??

I am going to have to echo twhite's comments ...
OH MY GODS ! ! !
[bow] [bow] [bow] [bow] [bow]
I hope your railroad crews are issued oxygen tanks. [swg] If not, they'll black out from the lack of oxygen at those heights. [xx(]

By the way, that plaster cloth looks like lace curtains.

[AggroJones]

A lot of vertical surfaces featured this week.

[ukguy]

Excellent pics as usual guys.

Art that bridge is breathtaking!! I cant wait to see it over the completed canyon, that white pine also looks awesome, I can see theres alot of work in that one tree alone!

As ceiling tiles seem to be the order of the day here is a shot of some of mine.



Engineers viewpoint - http://www.railimages.com/albums/karlallison/agk.mpg

Another effect you can achieve with these tiles is a more weathered rockface,

just paint the 'cliff' with some LATEX Kilz prior to colouring, use an old stiff 2-3" brush for the Kilz, this will smooth off some of the raggedness, the kilz will also fill in the cracks between the layers, the harder you paint the more weathered the rocks.

Use a softer bru***o just prime the tiles, I found once primed they took the colour MUCH better.

Keep 'em coming.
Karl.

[Anonymous]

Shaggy, the trailing unit (which is the only one that can be seen in the shot) is an EMD SD90/43MAC made by Kato.

[ac4400fan]

Hi guys ,the photos look Great! ,im going to do ceiling ties,in the new section also
but for now heres a few







I will post more later ,,,

Carl...

[ARTHILL]

Gkids came over and wanted to make rocks, so a little headway on Kimm's Kanyon







We are having fun

[Darth Santa Fe]

Here's more of my stuff:


The super detailed Athearn U30C. It was originally an Athearn made Cox C&O U30C, but I gave it a better shell and added the details.

The Bowser A-5 0-4-0 Shifter with the super detail kit. I got this one for christmas, and had it all built by February. Took 'till March or April before it was warm enough outside to paint it.

My IHC 2-8-2 Mikado. I took the original bell off and used one of the bells from the Bowser A-5. Then I replaced the front dummy coupler with a more realistic dummy and painted the railings.

[cheese3]

I guess cieling tiles are the theme for this weekend so here are some old pics of my N scale.

[twhite]

karl--those rock-strata shots are BEAUTIFUL! Makes me wish we had the same kind of geology out here in the Sierra.
Great shots, everyone. I've just ordered the Con-Cor Pioneer Zephyr from my LHS (my FIRST diseasel, Yeah!) and it should be in this week. Maybe I'll be able to post some shots of its debut run on the Yuba Sub next week.
For now, here's another shot of my Mike at Sierra City Junction.

[Anonymous]

Great work everybody!

What I did is not exactly photogenic, but it will make my life a lot easier once the track has been laid and trains are running: a lift-out section to connect two peninsulas, with two tracks going in and three coming out. It's a 1ft x 2ft x 1/2-inch piece of reconstituted wood, with brass strips and C-bar attached at the ends. These serve a dual purpose: (1) to maintain correct alignment, and (2) to provide electrical connections for the track.

It took many hours to drill all the holes, cut the brass to the correct shapes/sizes and solder the C-bar sections to the strip brass. But in the end, nobody will have to duck under to reach the 'inside' of my layout, and they won't have to be Arnold Schwartznegger to lift it and realign it.

Here it is by itself, on my driveway:


A view of the benchwork with the liftout ON...


...and OFF:


Here's a closeup of the connections:

[ukguy]

Fun is what its all about Art, 6 hands should make short work of the canyon, looking forward to seeing the completely finished, scenicked area in this weeks mid-week madness thread [:D][:D]

Thanks Tom, after trying to give you some advice earlier in the week on the camera, I went ahead and screwed up the depth of field and ended up with a 50% 'fuzzy photo'. In my own defence I was rushing to work, ....... and only took the two shots so I didnt have a selection to choose from...... and ...... and....

It might not be photogenic to some Ken but to others it will be a beauty to behold as it lights the way to their own lift out section, looks great BTW, Well made and time definately well spent.

Hopefully some new shots by tomorrow.

Have fun & be safe,
Karl.

[Anonymous]

Nice!! [:D]

[NZRMac]

A special weekend for me!! 37!!!



Birthday cake candles.

Ken.

P.S Had to tell the world!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ukguy
It might not be photogenic to some Ken but to others it will be a beauty to behold as it lights the way to their own lift out section, looks great BTW, Well made and time definately well spent.

Thanks Karl, for the encouraging words![:)] BTW did you have to dismantle your layout about 2 months ago - or do I have you confused with somebody else?

[tstage]

Ken,

Are those "DCC-ready"candles? If you put a QSI sound decoder in them, could you sing yourself "Happy Birthday"?

Tom

[NZRMac]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage

Ken,

Are those "DCC-ready"candles? If you put a QSI sound decoder in them, could you sing yourself "Happy Birthday"?

Tom

Not quite DCC ready, I'll have to get a low temp soldering iron first!! What decoder would you recommend?[:D][:D]

Ken.

[ukguy]

[bday]NZR Best Wishes.

Candle Sound Decoder = WaxMaster2k by IHC (International Humalong Candles) ......... Plays the old clasics == Happy birthday, When the Saints & Grand Ole Flag

No you dont have me confused Ken, but the situation wasnt quite that, however its resolved (kinda). Nuff Said, as my buddy Crandell would say. [:D]

Have fun & be safe,
Karl.

[Anonymous]

Been working on some modules for our Club Layout...

Here a dock worker can be seen going about his work thru the space between a pair of passing boxcars from the Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw and Minneapolis & St. Louis.



RL

[chateauricher]

Karl (ukguy): What is "kilz" ?

Ken (kenlarsen): Great work on the lift-out ! Gives me some ideas to solve the electrical connections for the swing-away that I'm planning.

[twhite]

Ken--[bday][bow]. I remember 37--vaguely, LOL! Have a great day and many more. Build another bridge or two. Celebrate!!
Paugust: That is one NEAT shot between the boxcars!

Here's a meet at Wagon Wheel Gap crossing between an SP 4-8-8-2 and a Rio Grande 2-8-8-4. Both locos are 1964 Akanes. Both prototypes were built by Baldwin.
Oh, yah, there's a little Alco 2-8-0 lost in the crowd, there.
Tom