Weekend Photo Fun

[steveblackledge]

Aggro, GREAT WORK, Ebay by any chance,

just got in from watching Steam fan tips, there have been two through today and a third is due in 1 hr, this should have run tommorow but it was brought forward to today.
This is 4-6-2 No6201 Princess Elizabeth at speed at Coppull


the second running 30 mins behind 6201 was 4-6-0 No 5690 Leander here at Coppull half a mile further down the line from the above picture

[NZRMac]

Aggro, I thought they were real with the sun beating down, then I spotted that huge green pushpin!!

Nice work.

Ken.

[Anonymous]

AggroJones

Excellent Centerbeam!!! I am grabbing that picture as a sample to study. Wow! All 3 are great but I really like #1 Great work.

[AggroJones]

Click to enlarge.




Ruuuuuuuuuuusty.................



Some projects I've finished recently. Guess where these are going...[:0]

[oleirish]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SpaceMouse

QUOTE: Originally posted by oleirish

Chip;
I could use a little help here,I'am trying to get this image sized right,this is my new Mike 2-8-2 from E-BAY[^][:D][8D]the top is clear,the smaller image is not,is the larger image within tolerance for the forum??[8D][:)]
JIM

I don't know how to aswer the question. There is no limit set by the forum. I usually set mine to approx 800x600.

IT may have been how you reduced your photo. IF you just dragged it, that might be what caused the lack of resolution. In my image program, I right click and there is an option for changing image size. IT does so by pixel elimination. The program I use is a shareware program called Polyview. It is not a Photoshop type program, it more of a viewer that has some image manipulation capabilities.

http://www.polybytes.com/ Thanks Chip,I just did'nt want to take up to much space.
Jim

[steveblackledge]

You all deserve medals for the work you have done, i wont mention anyone in particular as i don't want to miss anyone
Tom the best thing to do is gently put the camera down and forget about it for a week other wise it will push you over the edge, the M1A look's great at dusk
Andre Lizzie is out again tommorow and should pass by 5.15pm, hope to be finished at work so i can get some shots of it but if i don't there is another steamer 3/4 hour later.

[Darth Santa Fe]

Challenger progress:




A hole lot o' pipes!![:D] (took 5 hours to put them on)

[SpaceMouse]

QUOTE: Originally posted by oleirish

Chip;
I could use a little help here,I'am trying to get this image sized right,this is my new Mike 2-8-2 from E-BAY[^][:D][8D]the top is clear,the smaller image is not,is the larger image within tolerance for the forum??[8D][:)]
JIM

I don't know how to aswer the question. There is no limit set by the forum. I usually set mine to approx 800x600.

IT may have been how you reduced your photo. IF you just dragged it, that might be what caused the lack of resolution. In my image program, I right click and there is an option for changing image size. IT does so by pixel elimination. The program I use is a shareware program called Polyview. It is not a Photoshop type program, it more of a viewer that has some image manipulation capabilities.

http://www.polybytes.com/

[oleirish]

Chip;
I could use a little help here,I'am trying to get this image sized right,this is my new Mike 2-8-2 from E-BAY[^][:D][8D]the top is clear,the smaller image is not,is the larger image within tolerance for the forum??[8D][:)]
JIM

[grandeman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite


Grande Man: Been having some family problems--91 year old mother just out of a care facility, which means spending a lot of time in my home town during the week. Also, an ex-choral director friend of mine just applied for a job at another school and wants me to be her accompanist--after I've learned to really enjoy RETIREMENT!! And it's been so hot in the garage this summer that some of my trackage decided to take off for the Hinterlands, which means doing some serious re-laying on my reverse loop extension.

Wow, sorry to hear all the troubles, Tom. If you're enjoying retirement, stick with it. We need more pics...[;)] Anyway, hang in there with the new camera, you pics are looking GREAT. Hope you have a great week!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TBat55

Great pictures everybody!

My first real test at ballasting & Silflor/Prairie Tufts.

HO Code 83, Walthers turnouts, Atlas flex & sectional track, fine gray ballast, 50% ModPodge Matt Medium & 50% alcohol/water/a drop of soap:

3-track horshoes curve (18"+22"+24" radii):


side view at rail joiner; used too much ballast, need to scrap off some for flange clearance


Turnouts: made tie foundations for switch stands


Here I tried to make a path across the turnouts for the switchman using medium ballast


I really like the WS Prairie Tufts, but I had to Goo them down






Here I cut in a curved #8 where there wasn't one (#7 didn't work even though it said 24"R)


Last, the ballasted curve showing an electrical hinged panel underneath:

Terry (TBat55),
Love your ballasting job. Very aythentic looking. Inspiring! Keep up the great work.

Trevor[:)]

[TBat55]

Great pictures everybody!

My first real test at ballasting & Silflor/Prairie Tufts.

HO Code 83, Walthers turnouts, Atlas flex & sectional track, fine gray ballast, 50% ModPodge Matt Medium & 50% alcohol/water/a drop of soap:

3-track horshoes curve (18"+22"+24" radii):


side view at rail joiner; used too much ballast, need to scrap off some for flange clearance


Turnouts: made tie foundations for switch stands


Here I tried to make a path across the turnouts for the switchman using medium ballast


I really like the WS Prairie Tufts, but I had to Goo them down






Here I cut in a curved #8 where there wasn't one (#7 didn't work even though it said 24"R)


Last, the ballasted curve showing an electrical hinged panel underneath:

[ac4400fan]

Just another update ive got going today,,,



The intersection going into Haddenfeild.



And the ground veiw

Carl...

[ac4400fan]

tom that looks great ,we need more ,lol [bow]
Carl

[twhite]

QUOTE: Originally posted by grande man

Speaking of cool photos, has anyone heard from twhite lately?

Grande Man: Been having some family problems--91 year old mother just out of a care facility, which means spending a lot of time in my home town during the week. Also, an ex-choral director friend of mine just applied for a job at another school and wants me to be her accompanist--after I've learned to really enjoy RETIREMENT!! And it's been so hot in the garage this summer that some of my trackage decided to take off for the Hinterlands, which means doing some serious re-laying on my reverse loop extension. DO NOT LAUGH, GUYS, but I'm having to relay part of a reverse curve with 34" radius Bachmann EZ track. Which means LOTS of block connections. NIGHTMARE CITY!
Anyway, I tried my first night-shot. This new digital camera is driving me nuts, I'm seriously thinking of going back to 35mm and a photo copier! Give me numbers and percentages instead of these stupid little icons.
Does the above hint at my attitude right now, LOL?
BTW, great work, guys. Kevin, Grande Man, Medic--really NEAT photos. Chip--that Climax is just a KNOCKOUT!
Anyway, the night shot. The "Panoramic" on Bullard's Bar Bridge, running about four hours late. Loco is a 'borrowed' Pennsy M-1A.

Not that great, but like I said, this new camera is driving me NUTS!!
Tom

[NZRMac]

Cool photo's guys, Chip really like the Climax!! outstanding.

Ken.

[UP Deano]

i"m sorry i"ve got a crap digital camera, but i"ve done quite alot on the new HO switching layout in the past two weeks(TONS MORE TO DO!), and i just wanted to post what i have done so far. i"ve put down the first layer of ground cover, put in a road, a gravel parking lot, three cement parking lots, put my industries about where they should be, and put in a hill/mountain. FINALLY ran some this afternoon also, and had a BLAST doing it!(man i LOVE sound[:D].)

[SpaceMouse]

Thanks guys, you do me honor.

[TrainFreak409]

My picture for the weekend. I got home from work to day, and found a package for me! My first purchase from eBay.



It will either become a nuclear reactor for a power plant, or a Nuclear Research and Testing Facility, one of the two.[:D]

[DrummingTrainfan]

My donations for the week!
The veiw of my Kato SD70MAC from a crossing. My FRA executive train led by Alaska 4001 meets the GN Empire Builder.

[cheese3]

QUOTE: Originally posted by lesterperry

Space mouse that is impressive. I like it.
AC4400 Nice I/C comeing out of alley.
Everyone else also.

Whats wrong with this pic?

your leading wheels are off the track.!

[lesterperry]

Space mouse that is impressive. I like it.
AC4400 Nice I/C comeing out of alley.
Everyone else also.

Whats wrong with this pic?

[Anonymous]

Chip that climax is the bee's knees!

[Anonymous]

Looking good, Midnite!

[Anonymous]

Here is todays attempt to do some modeling.

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by steveblackledge

This is a couple of pictures i took a couple of hours ago, it's 71000 on a steam fan trip
this is at Brock in Lancashire and the "DUKE" at 75 mph

and here it is seen being turned on the Lostock Hall triangle at Preston


i thought there were two steam fan trips this weekend but i was wrong, there are THREE[:D][:P][bow][:P][:D] and then on Tuesday there is a move by another Steam loco and 9 coaches to watch, oh well, lifes a bitc h, FOUR main line Steam Trips in four days

I'll say one thing for the British. They really know how to run a mainline steam excursion!!! I rode an excursion behind ex LMS #6201 "Princess Elizabeth" http://www.creweopendays.co.uk/images/6201_ch_1.jpg in the fall of 2002. We were diesel hauled (class 47) out of Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads, where we lost the diesel and "Liz" coupled up. Then it was off to Plymouth at speeds that I estimate were in the neighborhood of 70+ mph trailing a train of about a dozen coaches.

I was lucky enough to be in one of the forward coaches. Although the windows themselves didn't open, there were "toplight" ventilators that did. These are essentially the "top" of the window and they have 2 pieces that slide in opposite directions to allow ventilation.. This allows you to get air and some good sound from the locomotive.

"Princess Elizabeth" is a four cylinder engine with two outside and two inside cylinders. I have to admit to being surprised that she sounded a normal two cylinder engine until I realized that the each crank is set at 90 degrees to the other so that you get a "normal" exhaust beat. It's just that two cylinders are exhausting at the same time.

At high speed, the loco actually sounds a bit like diesel as the exhaust is softened by the short cutoff and exhaust beat is quite rapid. However, all it takes is a good grade to make you aware that you're not listening to a diesel.

IIRC we left Paddington at around 0730 in the morning and arrived quite late in the evening after a spectacular trip.

Andre

[MisterBeasley]

SPACEMOUSE! (And yes, I meant to shout!) That is awesome! You have truly found your era. Are you sure you aren't some re-incarnated '49er from the Gold Rush days? Or perhaps your real name is Lazarus?

Seriously, very, very nice work. That goes for everyone else, too, but today the gold star goes to Spacemouse.

Somehow, I don't think people want to see photos of the wiring under my layout. Switch machines and signal relays aren't glorious, but sometimes that's what you get done twixt Sunday and Saturday.

[steveblackledge]

This is a couple of pictures i took a couple of hours ago, it's 71000 on a steam fan trip
this is at Brock in Lancashire and the "DUKE" at 75 mph

and here it is seen being turned on the Lostock Hall triangle at Preston


i thought there were two steam fan trips this weekend but i was wrong, there are THREE[:D][:P][bow][:P][:D] and then on Tuesday there is a move by another Steam loco and 9 coaches to watch, oh well, lifes a bitc h, FOUR main line Steam Trips in four days

[ac4400fan]

Heres a couple more i took



And im starting some seenery on the new section



This will be a abandoned siding by Miranda's Bannanna's



Great Pics Guys Catch ya later

Carl.