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Posted by selector on Friday, February 23, 2007 11:43 PM
 tstage wrote:

Crandell,

I love that shot of the servicing track in the background, the field and town in the foreground, and the elevated track up above.  The part of your layout has some very nice sweeping and graceful lines to it.  Almost Iain Rice"ish", if I can coin a phrase.  Good work, Crandell.

Tom

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Thank-you, Tom.  I'll keep trying.

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Posted by loathar on Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:06 AM
Simon-You built that barn as fast as the Amish do. Looks GREAT!  So guys, Where ya getting this sagebrush at? Inquiring tree builders want to know.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:17 AM
By responding to this topic without providing any pictures I am also apart of what I do not like about this particular weekly topic.  Unlike at the Atlas forum this topic is full of responses and very little pictures from members.  I hope by the end of the weekend there will be more pictures than responses.  And with that said I will try and get a picture hosting website up so I can share some pictures as well.   
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Posted by selector on Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:30 AM

 Derosierman wrote:
By responding to this topic without providing any pictures I am also apart of what I do not like about this particular weekly topic.  Unlike at the Atlas forum this topic is full of responses and very little pictures from members.  I hope by the end of the weekend there will be more pictures than responses.  And with that said I will try and get a picture hosting website up so I can share some pictures as well.   

Hi.  I suppose the culture is a bit different here.  We tend to exchange compliments, or to offer insight, or even to ask for procedures so that we can duplicate what another modeller does if we like the idea.  Just posting pictures, without any dialogue, seems a bit sterile.

Would love to see your offering when you are up and running, Derosierman.

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Posted by tstage on Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:46 AM

Agreed.  We don't just post a picture to show off our work.  We post pictures to encourage one another onto bigger and better things, and to share products and techniques that we've tried or discovered.

I like to think of this forum and thread as a give and take.  Some weeks you have something to give; other weeks you are on the receiving end.  This week I'm more on the receiving end of things.  However, I can still give an encouraging and well-deserved "Atta boy!" to someone who's spent some considerable time and effort in creating a scene or vista on their layout.

Derosierman, we'll look forward to your contributions here as well...

Tom 

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Posted by Pruitt on Saturday, February 24, 2007 5:54 AM

Crandell, Simon, thanks for the comments. I'm afraid there's only two turnout leads, though, Crandell. The left-most centerline is actually the service area service track, and does not quite reach the turntable. A gondola for collecting ash from the ashpuit will sit at the end most of the time, and the coal and sand are also delivered along that track.

I wish I worked as fast as some of you guys!!

Hey, how about some "How I did it threads" from some of you guys? "Trees" would be a good one from Art (as would any number of other topics), "Structures with character" from Simon and maybe "how to work at warp 9 and get a great layout" from Crandell? Just a suggestion.

Here's a grader's-eye (almost) view of the Glenrock roadbed:

What a strange looking sky! Clown [:o)]

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:33 AM
 Brunton wrote:

 "how to work at warp 9 and get a great layout" from Crandell? Just a suggestion.

"Captain, I can't change the laws of physics."

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Posted by simon1966 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:35 AM

For those asking about the sagebrush tree armatures.

A while back I had found a Yahoo group on model tree making http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TreeMaking/ there was a chap on the list who sold sagebrush, so I purchased a large pack of different sized armatures.  Unfortunately his web link no-longer works so I don't know if he still has this business.  I sent a message to the tree group to find out.

There are a lot of talented tree makers on the list, not all model RR's either.  One chap just made a DVD on tree making.  I have ordered it but have not seen it yet.  It has been getting rave reviews from the list membership.  Here is a link to it.

http://www.darrylhuffman.50megs.com/index.html

 

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Posted by Tom Bryant_MR on Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:15 AM

This seems to be the weekend for trees.  Sagebrush armatures appear to be a really great medium.  I've seen these being sold at trainshows.  I have a daughter who lives in west Texas.  I keep asking her to stop alongside the rode and "pik up some o' dem bushes".

Last weekend my friend, Don Z, brought over a Great Northern GP7 and 24 taconite cars.  We figured this would be a good test of my track work.

 

PS.  That fuzzy left of the electrical tower was a 3 x 5 card I had inadvertantly left when I snapped this.  Photoshop'd it out ... somewhat.  And, it's 1-3/4" on that edge.  It will have a berm, fence and/or plexi one day. 

Regards,

Tom

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Posted by DonaldAgne on Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:59 AM

You guys and gals are some really great modelers.  I've been admiring all of your work but haven't posted any photos of my own layout for quite a while.  My little world is based on rural Japan in the transition era.

The afternoon run pulls out of the resort station on its way back down the mountain...

...and through the stand of birches on the way to town.

A view of the engine facility on the edge of town.

 

 

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Posted by simon1966 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 9:05 AM

Donald, I really like your "little world".  There are several aspects that really strike me, not least the superb attention to detail.  The way you use photo back drops is excellent.  They really feel like part of the scene.  Your telephone and electricity wires are very good, they have a very realistic sag to them that I have struggled to reproduce.  What are you using for them?

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Posted by fiatfan on Saturday, February 24, 2007 9:10 AM

Wow, Donald!  Those birch trees are gorgeous!

 

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Posted by Railfan1 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 9:14 AM
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Posted by Canondale61 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 10:46 AM
Simon stop fooling us you just foto shopped out the back ground. To all that have posted great work I see really impressive work and artistry.
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Posted by perry1060 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:06 AM
Enjoy the hobby Perry
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Posted by ukguy on Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:23 AM

Finally Stained

 

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Posted by selector on Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:35 AM

What more can one say about that unique and astounding opus, Karl?  Hasn't it all been said?

DonaldAgne , I really like your depiction of rural Japan.  Superb rendering, wonder full colour in the greens...and the photography ain't too shabby, neither.

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Posted by Milwhiawatha on Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:42 AM
Great work everyone love the photos you guys are inspirational. I wish I had the material I need to work on the layout, but I do not so I'm making soda machines, can never have too much refreshing drinks.
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Posted by soumodeler on Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:44 AM
 ukguy wrote:

Finally Stained

 

Wow!! [wow] 

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Posted by ukguy on Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:04 PM

Crandell, your railroad is looking fantastic, sorry I havent kept up on your progress but WOW, you have come along in leaps and bounds, great work.

Simon, amazing little structure full of character, that tree is great, you did an outstanding job on this one Thumbs Up [tup]

Art great looking trees, variety really does make realism, I also am in the midst of forrestation, hopefully some pics next week.

Great work everyone, Chip I love your old world feel, have you visited Musket miniatures railroad division, they have tons of era appropriate stuff for you.

Karl.

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:18 PM

 ukguy wrote:
Chip I love your old world feel, have you visited Musket miniatures railroad division, they have tons of era appropriate stuff for you. Karl.

Thanks Karl. All the Lilliputians in today's photos are Musket Miniatures--They are by far my favorite old West figure makers. I have a few others, but none really compare.

BTW: Every once in a while I start to think how spectacular my bridge is going to look on my layout. Invariably, that day or right after, you post a pic of the progress on your bridge and I am humbled.

 

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Posted by GAPPLEG on Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:53 PM

I see alot of fantastic work out there guys,  nothing fancy here, just the first shot of a new project. This a stock Atlas trainman RS32  , I will have to totally disassemble it and add all the SP specific items that are needed, add horiz. headlights on nose , remove verticle headlight on cab and add horiz. headlights and a Mars light above. etc etc. I will be a challange for my old eyes and hands.  All the parts are coming from Detail West in the mail as I write.

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Posted by P & LE RR on Saturday, February 24, 2007 3:35 PM
 ukguy wrote:

Finally Stained

 

crazy!

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Saturday, February 24, 2007 5:01 PM

Hi - wow, grand progress everywhere.  I'm actually away for the weekend, but I stashed a couple for photo fun.  These are just a couple of shots of some guardrails from PikeStuff.  I spray-painted them with cheap silver, both sides.  I cut the support posts in half so I had twice as many of them, but not as high.  Still have to ballast the tracks, but this scene is getting pretty close now.

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Posted by DonaldAgne on Saturday, February 24, 2007 5:52 PM
Simon, you asked what I used for the telephone/electric lines.  They are fine, black nylon sewing thread fastened to the crossbars with super glue (CA).  It doesn't seem to expand and contract with changes in the humidity. 

Don Agne

 

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Posted by 45T-2 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:08 PM

Hope this works. First time photo- post. Not from THIS weekend, but hope they suffice.http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w285/45T-2/100_0057.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w285/45T-2/100_0034.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w285/45T-2/100_0300.jpg

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Posted by 45T-2 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:10 PM
Angry [:(!]re:above, i guess the obligatory help is in order.I thought I had it right.
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Posted by selector on Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:10 PM
 45T-2 wrote:

Hope this works. First time photo- post. Not from THIS weekend, but hope they suffice.http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w285/45T-2/100_0057.jpg

If you hit quote, in the upper right corner, as if you were wanting to quote me, you can see what I did to get your photos to appear.  Use the prefix and suffix that I placed at the front and end of each image URL.

Nice photos!

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Posted by 45T-2 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:22 PM

Thank you Selector, here goes again. Here are better shots of my layout.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:33 PM

Here's another Plasticville building and a kitbash from a Lifellike church

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