Weekend Photo Fun - 9-11 March 2007

[ARTHILL]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY  " border="0" width="81" height="26" /> MrB  and MANY more to come.

Great pics guys. Nice scenes Jeff. Aggro, you are the master. Thanks.

I have put the finishing touches on the coke machine right after youth group is over at the church. The boys are discussing the reletive merits of blonds and brunettes.  The big news is that the basic foam work is done for the Kanyon. There will be a month of carving before paint, but I am done with the glue gun for a while.

 

[Jason-Train]

got my car fixed

its my birthday

fixed my bumper

new taillights.....

Nice lookin townhouses. Are those in the high rent district

I know the older guys may not even know who 50-cent is (37 myself), but I couldn't help but think of the song in my head

"Its your birthday, were gonna party like it's your birthday, gonna drink bicardi like it's your birthday .. . . you can find me in the club . . ."

Anyway, Happy Birthday MisterBeasley, enjoy your day!!

 

[jbinkley60]

 

First a couple of pictures of the updated landscaping from Donner Ridge.

And after almost four years, I bolted the two halves of my layout together and have a complete layout.  Five tracks connect the two halves.  All 5 connecting tracks are complete and a couple of Dash 8s can be seen cleaning the track in preparation for tomorrow's official Golden Spike ceremony.

Jeff I like the hills you have and how big is your layout? Great work. 

It's 12'x13' .  It is all on wheels so I can roll it away from the wall. 

 

[jblackwelljr]

OK, it's my 60th birthday today, so I'll blow out the candles and start the celebration. 

Happy birthday indeed, Mr B.....now, I seem to remember something about a Hudson.....?? 

 

[SilverSpike]

Mr. B!

Here is another present for you!

I completed the major portion of my swing gate yesterday!

Still need to attach the roadbed and track then it will be fully completed!

[SpaceMouse]

Mr. B!

Here is another present for you!

I completed the major portion of my swing gate yesterday!

Still need to attach the roadbed and track then it will be fully completed!

Hey Ryan, Could you slam that about 150 times and let me know how it holds up. I need a field test for my son.

Looks good. Remarkably like the plan you posted.

[selector]

Nice gate, Ryan!  It looks simple and effective...I'll bet you had a good time planning it and then making and installing it.  Good job.

-Crandell

[MisterBeasley]

OK, it's my 60th birthday today, so I'll blow out the candles and start the celebration. 

Happy birthday indeed, Mr B.....now, I seem to remember something about a Hudson.....?? 

 

OK, OK.  I get the message.  The Hudson has been patiently sitting in its box for two months, waiting for it to be "given" to me.  So, last night I got to open up the packaging.  I'd already tested the engine and programmed the address, so after I installed the front boiler hatch, all I had to do was put the engine down on the tracks and power it up.

Now, though, it's back to the shop for me for some trackwork.  As always, a big steamer has found the imperfections in my tracklaying, so I've got some work to do before this one can run down the tracks without derailing.

[beegle55]

Everything looks great as always! My MRR days are numbered because I just went through the second clutch in a month on my Audi, a $500 rebuild needed each time, so I might be in the marked for a different car, and when I though model railroading couldn't be further from me to work on, its just taken a new unexpected turn for the worse...

 -beegle55

[tomkat-13]

Great Work everyone!......Here is the T.R.R.A. picking up some tank cars from the team track to return to the main yard.

[Milwhiawatha]

It's 12'x13' .  It is all on wheels so I can roll it away from the wall. 

Jeff smart idea with the wheels i wish I could do that but the layout is so pressed fit.

 

[gear-jammer]

OK, it's my 60th birthday today, so I'll blow out the candles and start the celebration.  These are the stoops I finally built and added to a pair of DPM townhouses.  It all started with the Preiser figures.  I ordered them a couple of years ago, and when I saw them I knew they needed some steps to sit on.  It was a long time coming, but finally these folks are home:

 

MrB,   I thought that you would be at the diner.  I wondered if you would keep that Hudson in the box or if you would exercise it once and a while.

 No photos for me this weekend.  All my efforts are not photo worthy.  Maybe next weekend.

,  Sue

[jbinkley60]

It's 12'x13' .  It is all on wheels so I can roll it away from the wall. 

Jeff smart idea with the wheels i wish I could do that but the layout is so pressed fit.

I have walls on three sides.  That's why I built it in two halves.  I could roll each half in and out to work on the stuff out of reach by the walls.  Now that all of the long reach stuff is done on the side walls sections, I can bolt it together and just roll it in an out until the back wall section is completely landscaped.  It is on carpet but it still rolls somewhat easily.  It takes two people to roll it mainly due to the size.

 

[AggroJones]

 

Selector --that back drop is awesome! must have took forever to paint it.

loathar--Thanks. what locale is all the foam going to be model after?

simon1966--Thanks I do concider it to be one of my best!

fifedog --oddly enough, I'm not even in the NMRA.  Thanks though.

Fasttracks-- thats some serious track. I wonder how it'd be electrified.

Arthill--Thanks. dang thats rock work reminds me of George Sellios....all the way to the floor?

[perry1060]

 

 

Web page...

http://home.mchsi.com/~ironmaster1960/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Conrail5]

Nice work everyone!

Selector is that a BLI Niagra?

 

Here is my Birthday present to you Beasly.

WOW !  

Aggro that is some awesome detail, at first I thought that was the real deal !!!   

Please, P L E A S E  share your technique.

 

[BRVRR]

Mr. B - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!  I know the feeling. Great townhouses. I think I saw some of them in Boston!

Selector - Nice machine shop and a great scene! The Niagara is my favorite steamer.

loathar - Looks like it is going to be a nice layout. Keep us updated.

jbinkley60 - Be sure to take pictures of the 'Golden Spike Ceremony" - they'll be historic!

perry1060 - Great scenery! My grandson will love the T-Rex.

I think I'm out of my league here again, but here are a couple of pictures of my latest project:

P1K RDC originally in B&O livery, now in NYC. I gussied up the interior and added some passengers and basic lighting.

NYC RDC #53 Meets the 'Michigan' on its maiden voyage on the BRVRR.

Keep up the good work guys. You are always inspiring!

[TrainFreak409]

got my car fixed

its my birthday

fixed my bumper

new taillights.....

That's funny...

That's almost exactly what my car is in the shop for...

[electrolove]

This is what I have been doing the latest two weeks. Building more benchwork.

More about my work at:

http://www.thrutherockies.com 

[RRCanuck]

Happy Birthday Mister Beasley.  I haven't reached your age yet, but am certainly old enough to have a killer back ache this weekend.  Since simply standing up straight is a real pain (literally) the only pics I can contribute are left-overs from last weekend.

Aggro, the weathering on that boxcar is fantastic.

Cheers.

[gear-jammer]

Nice work everyone!

Selector is that a BLI Niagra?

 

Here is my Birthday present to you Beasly.

Aggro, 

 I always enjoy the detail on your rolling stock.  I am curious, what are you using for your trees.

Sue

[ezielinski]

AggroJones, your weathering never ceases to amaze me - they always look so real.

Happy Birthday MisterBeasley!

I haven't had that much time over the last 7 weeks, but I did find time to detail a generic Bachmann PRR 0-6-0 steamer by painting the smokebox "charcoal" (it's alot darker than it looks), added a scratch built condenser coil (made with brass rod) to the left side, added grab irons and a number board to the front of the smokebox and grab irons to the rear cab of the locomotive, window "glass" in the cab, and added grab irons and a reverse light lense to the tender.  I also glued the a layer of ground foam around my speeder shed and the remaining yard areas so that you can't see the base coat of brown.  12 sq ft. more to go!  Now I just have to plant ALOT of trees...

 

 

And of course, I can't forget the reason I haven't had time over the last 7 weeks...

 

[Tom Bryant_MR]

Nice work everyone!

Selector is that a BLI Niagra?

 

Here is my Birthday present to you Beasly.

Aggro, these just blow me away everytime !

Regards,

[Tom Bryant_MR]

First things first - I overlooked - Happy Birthday Mr B. 

And, Art, how wide is that space in there where you still have some carving to do ?

Regards,

[ARTHILL]

The river bed is about 8 inches wide, but all the canyon walls on that side are removable so I will carve them on the work bench. That is also how I will have access to the back drop and other maintainance.

[jblackwelljr]

OK, it's my 60th birthday today, so I'll blow out the candles and start the celebration. 

Happy birthday indeed, Mr B.....now, I seem to remember something about a Hudson.....?? 

 

OK, OK.  I get the message.  The Hudson has been patiently sitting in its box for two months, waiting for it to be "given" to me.  So, last night I got to open up the packaging.  I'd already tested the engine and programmed the address, so after I installed the front boiler hatch, all I had to do was put the engine down on the tracks and power it up.

Now, though, it's back to the shop for me for some trackwork.  As always, a big steamer has found the imperfections in my tracklaying, so I've got some work to do before this one can run down the tracks without derailing.

I sure admire your will power - I don't know how you kept your hands off that beauty for so long.  The day my RDG T1 arrived, I rushed home from work, kissed the dog, patted my wife on the head and headed down to the basement.  She understands.

[selector]

...  The day my RDG T1 arrived, I rushed home from work, kissed the dog, patted my wife on the head and headed down to the basement.  She understands.

I wonder what the dog wuz thinkin'.

[dano99a]

Nice work everyone!

Selector is that a BLI Niagra?

 

Here is my Birthday present to you Beasly.

WOW !  

Aggro that is some awesome detail, at first I thought that was the real deal !!!   

Please, P L E A S E  share your technique.

 

Well, here is an article he wrote on his "Steam" technique, I'm sure it still applies to steam and probably close to rolling stock, but maybe he'll share the full technique with us for rolling stock as I'm equally interested. SOOOO, comon Aggro!


Oh and Aggro, I have recieved several emails about this article since it's posting, so you have a following across the states including this forum!

Happy modeling!

http://www.crtraincrew.com/modeling/steam1.html

[jbinkley60]

Mr. B - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!  I know the feeling. Great townhouses. I think I saw some of them in Boston!

Selector - Nice machine shop and a great scene! The Niagara is my favorite steamer.

loathar - Looks like it is going to be a nice layout. Keep us updated.

jbinkley60 - Be sure to take pictures of the 'Golden Spike Ceremony" - they'll be historic!

perry1060 - Great scenery! My grandson will love the T-Rex.

I think I'm out of my league here again, but here are a couple of pictures of my latest project:

P1K RDC originally in B&O livery, now in NYC. I gussied up the interior and added some passengers and basic lighting.

NYC RDC #53 Meets the 'Michigan' on its maiden voyage on the BRVRR.

Keep up the good work guys. You are always inspiring!

Here's a couple of pictures from today's Golden Spike ceremony.  Three Dash 8s, led by the 9/11 memorial unit, met a pair of Dash 9s at the track junction.  A golden spike was driven.

 

 

[dano99a]

ok, I'll do more than just comment, below is what I did this weekend, with commentary:


worked on signals


and more signals


and yet more signals


then move on to retaining walls


from there I witnessed a crime scene


then learned how to defend myself against raging miniture bears


I went camping...


learned of creative places to bury the dead...


then worked on the trackage on the coal tipple...

cya next weekend! Happy modeling!