Well I couldnt find it so darn it I am gonna start it, even if I am the only one posting , WPF was always something I looked forward to through the week, for inspiration, motivation and to admire others 'work'... heck we even ended up with midweek photo madness at one point last year.. Hopefully now that the weather is cooling, grass is stopping growing and summer is fading ........ people will return to the hobby/computer and post their progress, acheivements and/or just plain old stuff they did that they would like to share with the rest of us. I know I for one would like to see your modeling achievements/progress, whether it was done this week or in one week of 1969.
Card board and plaster cloth land forms completed, adhering STRICTLY to the proto pics (as shown) .... well OK not really, but I did need a rough guid to follow.
(My version of) Ground goop is spread on the land form on the main areas, cling film is placed where the trestle will sit while the 'ground goop' is wet and pushed down in an attempt to achieve a snug fit. (this wrked well but a few areas needed extra filling)
A few of the several hundred trees are placed so I can get a feel of how things are progressing, how the trees look and which direction to follow next.
Yall have fun & be safe, (and share those modeling pics pls)Karl.
This is a building interior, before I put the other two walls on the building. It's "Baldy's Barbershop" from Model Power. Everything you see is included with the kit, with the exception of the barber. He's a Preiser, and he sacrificed a beautiful head of dark hair to take on the part of Baldy.
The shop is a 4-story building, and I'll be adding Walthers fire escapes to the back wall once it's all together. It's a lot of work. They designed the doors and even the over-under double-hung windows to open and close, so there were a lot of window frames to assemble. I've been painting bits and pieces of this kit for a week, too. On the other hand, isn't this what the hobby is about.
So, Karl, how many decades did it take you to make that trestle? Amazing, simply amazing...
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Terrific bridge there. It will be nice to see the landscaped scene.
I am playing with my new 4-4-0 instead of working on the layout.
Here's my MStL GP9
My CSPMO heavy Mike
Great interior shot MisterB !!!
Another(olderone) from me....
A 2-8-0 rumbles past as Mom keeps an eye on the kids feeding the swans.
Karl.
(oh, and only 52 hrs on the bridge, now I can move onto the fun part, scenery)
My contribution for this week is a photo of an old Kato SD40 that I painted in Conrail livery. I dug out the ol' airbrush and dirtied her up a bit; didn't want to overdo it so I'm keeping it 'light' for now (the "less-is-more" philosophy I think it's called...?) since I'm still new to the art of weathering.
BTW Conrail did use white sill stripes on some of their pre-CQ units, here's a link to a photo of the prototype 6997: http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/emd/sd402r/cr6997cf.jpg
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
All you guys are great, and I am happy to say it sounds like you are having fun. Very good!
I have managed to get into overdrive after a necessary summer off, and installed my own modest trestle just last week. I have no pictures yet, but hope to post some in the next couple of weeks. Hardshell is coming along nicely, too.
It is so nice to be having fun again. It was a long summer.
Just for old time's sake, here is one of my (cough) archival pictures.
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
Wow, a whole lotta tapin' goin' on, there.
Here's a update on the Barbershop. I got the building together, and glued on the Walters fire escapes to the back. Somebody a while back said that the backs of buildings could be more interesting than the fronts, particularly since they face the railroads, in general. This is right in the front of my layout, so I hope it gets some attention.
1. I s that Mike or mom mowing the grass in the dark?!
2. NOBODY'S garage is that neat & clean inside!!
3.GREAT WORK!
Wow! Great photos everyone.
Succeeding my previous contributions from last week, here are a few photos of the nearly completed mountain and trench on my clubs layout. A fellow modeler got the idea to represent "drill and blast" on the rock faces, so if you are wondering, that's what all those vertical lines are... Still to come is a radio antenna atop the mountain, a farmhouse at the base of the mountain, and perhaps a hobo campfire; above the rock shelf. Don't mind the shiny rocks, the glue was still wet when I shot the photos.
Jeremy
Lookin' good everyone!
I finished up a CGW GP7 this week, pics in the next WPF.
selector wrote:I have managed to get into overdrive after a necessary summer off, and installed my own modest trestle just last week. I have no pictures yet, but hope to post some in the next couple of weeks. Hardshell is coming along nicely, too.
Mark P.
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I was on vacation the last two weeks so i took pictures of real locomotives..chuck
Here is the Durbin & Greenbriar RR's climax locomotive at Durbin West Virginia
Here is me posing in front of the shay at Whitaker station on the Cass State Park RR located at Cass West Virginia