Fun with Plasticville. I was inspired by the "doo wop" motels of Wildwood, NJ.
Tomkat-- did you paint and decal that gaggle of reefers? Or are they a stock set?
Darth Santa Fe--that Pacific is aching for some Dullcote!
"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"
EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION
http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588
loathar wrote: Some shots of my Mantua Mike that I have to remotor and detail yet. Can't decide on a road name yet.
Some shots of my Mantua Mike that I have to remotor and detail yet. Can't decide on a road name yet.
Can't go wrong with Southern Pacific!
Just been fiddling with my industrial area. Track in lower left of pix, on white board is a new crossover I'm installing. Industries were accessed from other side only before.
Jerry SP FOREVER http://photobucket.com/albums/f317/GAPPLEG/
AggroJones wrote: Tomkat-- did you paint and decal that gaggle of reefers? Or are they a stock set?Darth Santa Fe--that Pacific is aching for some Dullcote!
The reefers are Walthers set #932-950 all steel BREX-CB&Q set. All I did was to add #5's and some quickie weathering so I would have something new to run for our club show & swap meet on saturday.
perry1060 wrote:
Perry, are those dinosaur eggs in the second pic? Or are they eggs!
Just saw your post on UFO thread - they ARE alien eggs!!!
Dave Vollmer wrote: My new staging yard (last Saturday's project):
My new staging yard (last Saturday's project):
Dave,
OMG... that is almost exactly like the staging yard I was just about to start building... VERY nice! I am doing the same thing of the edge of my layout, in front of my workbench!
Brian
Thanks Loather!
Yes, I made it myself, Mostly styrene with some bits of wood and brass. Fluorescent paint and a blacklight are what make it come alive! (I have to be careful, though. Lots of things glow under a blacklight, including the clear window glazing)
That concept really isn't anything new, but it certainly opens up operation possiblities for smaller type layouts that I think many don't think about. That's what I call... thinking outside the box ! Great job as always & thanks for sharing !!
Not that anyone cares, but would you please not keep quoting photos !! Man on dialup(I'm stuck no access to faster here yet) loading photos over and over takes forever.
Anyway great work everyone, love that Bronx trackwork !
Lou,
The eggs are not alien. Everyone knows that aliens are not real. These shots are for you, because I know you're not crazy about my third rail.
Without the beast....
GAPPLEG wrote: Not that anyone cares, but would you please not keep quoting photos !! Man on dialup(I'm stuck no access to faster here yet) loading photos over and over takes forever.Anyway great work everyone, love that Bronx trackwork !
The good news: Once you download the picture once, if someone quotes it, it doesn't need to be downloaded again, the quote just refers to it.
The bad news: If the quote is of a post on another page, you may have to download it again.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
I always look for angles that make my layout look bigger than it really is. I just tried this one, and I am happy with it...considering it was hand-held. I'll have to devise a more sturdy support. No way to use a tripod on this one.
Nice photos, everyone. It's only Saturday, so lots of time and bandwidth left in the thread.
selector wrote: I always look for angles that make my layout look bigger than it really is. I just tried this one, and I am happy with it...considering it was hand-held. I'll have to devise a more sturdy support. No way to use a tripod on this one.
Another nice shot. My camera doesn't have a tripod mount. I use the timer a lot, even if I'm doing a hand-held shot. That takes out the jiggle from my finger hitting the shutter button. Helps a bunch on my layout photos.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
selector wrote: I always look for angles that make my layout look bigger than it really is. I just tried this one, and I am happy with it...considering it was hand-held. I'll have to devise a more sturdy support. No way to use a tripod on this one.Nice photos, everyone. It's only Saturday, so lots of time and bandwidth left in the thread.
Great Pic!!! Love those bridge piers... you make them yourself? Love the branch in the water...
Just got my DSL working on the new laptop, plug in the cable and accessed Internet Explorer - Voila... just in time for a selection of great shots. Mouse thank you for the repost of Selectors picture, and that Motel ROCKS!! Great pictures of the new steam power by Darth and Loathar.
Now I have to master the camera connection!
Will
top level of the new layout - the farm was one of the first scenes done J.R.
perry1060 wrote: Lou,The eggs are not alien. Everyone knows that aliens are not real. These shots are for you, because I know you're not crazy about my third rail. Without the beast....
Perry - If they aren't alien eggs, and aliens aren't real, what's this
Sure looks like your aliens - er layout!!
Don't really hate your 3 rails - just makes me jealous that it looks better than a lot of HO layouts!
Mr. B. I hear you. I'll get into the manual and figure out how to use that feature. Thanks for the tip.
Brian, thanks, again, for your encouragement. The bridge piers, the cement, are left over from my previous layout and were part of a German bridge kit. They are styrene, and stackable. I think the kit had 6 pieces included.
The Micro-Engineering 160' combination bridge kit was not what I would call a breeze, but that is due to my level of experience. Persistence and patience paid off. It gives you the option of the curved top plate ends on the girders that you see, but the kit has square ends. You must cut the square corners at a 45 deg angle, round the girder web with a file, and then glue thin connector plates that they provide in the kit. Keeping them curved and in position while the glue dried took some ingenuity, but it worked.
-Crandell
Thank you Lou.
That was very kind of you to say so, and I'm very glad that you enjoy my art. Ok Ok OK...maybe just one of the eggs is =====>>>> <<<<=====
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Thanks Mr. B. The fence is from Bar Mills - I like their stuff a lot.
Perry - whatever it is you're doing - keep it up. I like the sense of humor as well as the eye you have for scenery.
For those of you using digitals, what if anything are you using for auxiliary lighting? I finally figured out how to turn off the flash on my camera but could use some pointers on filling in dark areas with lighting. What kind of bulbs, etc. Thanks, J.R.
GMTRacing wrote: ...For those of you using digitals, what if anything are you using for auxiliary lighting? I finally figured out how to turn off the flash on my camera but could use some pointers on filling in dark areas with lighting. What kind of bulbs, etc. Thanks, J.R.
...For those of you using digitals, what if anything are you using for auxiliary lighting? I finally figured out how to turn off the flash on my camera but could use some pointers on filling in dark areas with lighting. What kind of bulbs, etc. Thanks, J.R.
I use the AV setting on the Canon Powershot A710is which automatically adjusts shutter speed for the light entering the ires. There is no flash in this setting, at least, not without some other input from me. So, I am using a mixture of window light from one window higher and at the end of the layout, and 10 overhead GUA 10 halogen bulbs on twin tracks spaced nearly 4' apart. I also have a portable "sunlight" lamp for those suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder that we purchased at Costco a year or so back. If the halogen shots are too yellow, add more daylight. You can also adjust colour balance in the camera, but I haven't learned how to do it yet.
Bob Boudreau's online tutorial at his website is very good. http://www.geocities.com/fundynorthern/ I think it is.
Well, this isn't as exciting as some of the submitted photos.....but here's a picture of some benchwork I built on Saturday. I'm building this for a customer I met at the LHS. This is one third of the layout - basically a figue "E" with a blob at the ends of the E in an 11'x13' space. The layout will sit in a room that is about 17'x30' overall.
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.
selector wrote: Mr. B. I hear you. I'll get into the manual and figure out how to use that feature. Thanks for the tip.Brian, thanks, again, for your encouragement. The bridge piers, the cement, are left over from my previous layout and were part of a German bridge kit. They are styrene, and stackable. I think the kit had 6 pieces included.The Micro-Engineering 160' combination bridge kit was not what I would call a breeze, but that is due to my level of experience. Persistence and patience paid off. It gives you the option of the curved top plate ends on the girders that you see, but the kit has square ends. You must cut the square corners at a 45 deg angle, round the girder web with a file, and then glue thin connector plates that they provide in the kit. Keeping them curved and in position while the glue dried took some ingenuity, but it worked.-Crandell
I am currently building TWO of the 150' ME spans for a project... trust me, I know your pain... I get about one girder done per night (3 more to go!!), that is after I clean, sand and get the 600 pieces ready (which took 2 nights per span!!)... Darn, I was hoping your piers were poured/made, cuz I would love to see how you made that form!