I am up bright and early today, so I thought that I would start the fun before I go to work.
The clouds are outside.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Sue, that log bridge is so cool. I will be copying that one for these days.
I have been putting in a doggy fence and cleaning the train room for Easter dinner, so no pics for a while. I will have to settle for enjoying the progress you people make.
Art, Your pictures are so great. I will be looking forward to them.
If you are having company for Easter Dinner, you want that train room in tip top shape.
You might start looking for the logs for the bridge. I cut many and let them dry for a couple of years. I cut young trees to find them straight enough. Lots of them curve as they dry. Have fun.
Sue, that's some great work! I love the animal pack in the back as well. :-)
I haven't posted on WPF in quite a while.
This hill has been the subject of my work for the past while.
NEW Lines TF1, powered by leased SP SW8 1153, passes over Route 9 in Northampton as it returns after the day's work in Turners Falls.
Business is looking good in Turners Falls, as TF1 returns through the valley with a solid train.
railroadyoshi wrote: This hill has been the subject of my work for the past while. NEW Lines TF1, powered by leased SP SW8 1153, passes over Route 9 in Northampton as it returns after the days work in Turners Falls.
NEW Lines TF1, powered by leased SP SW8 1153, passes over Route 9 in Northampton as it returns after the days work in Turners Falls.
The shape of that hill looks great! Very natural! Will you be adding any shrubs or trees?
Mark P.
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railroadyoshi wrote:Sue, that's some great work! I love the animal pack in the back as well. :-) I haven't posted on WPF in quite a while.This hill has been the subject of my work for the past while.NEW Lines TF1, powered by leased SP SW8 1153, passes over Route 9 in Northampton as it returns after the days work in Turners Falls. Business is looking good in Turners Falls, as TF1 returns through the valley with a solid train.
WOW that has changed a lot since I last came over to play trains~!
Alex
Too cold for doggy fence work (20 Degrees), so I went down to the train room just in time to catch the Sublime Sports Car Club arrive at Betty's Gifts for a little shopping. Had to take a couple pics. Yes a big truck went by and splashed the blue house. Hoping for rain soon to wash it off, other wise Al will have to get the hose out.
Still in preliminary detail stage here.
Passenger train being turned at Arock for the trip back down to Hardspot.
I made this Barmills Billboard last night. It was my first laser cut kit and I like the results.
You can't tell in the photo but the letters are coated in yellow Hi-lighter on top of the yellow paint. The Hi-lighter makes them glow under a black-lite. I would have had a pic of that but the camera wouldn't focus under a black-lite.
I promised pics of my new GP9, but it will have to wait until around 6 pm. I forgot to load my WPF pics onto the flash drive this morning, so that will have to be done painstakenly on dial-up. (grrr), but I will attempt to do it. Some comments on the above pictures:
Sue-beautiful work! Your scenery is great and the bridge adds so much to it!
Yoshi-Nice shot of the SP switcher, and the surrounding hill is coming along great!
Art-great little scene you have there. Nice work!
Alan-great work for preliminary details. Keep at it!
Chadw-well assembled kit, glad you like the results. As far as camera's focus, it can be touchy at certain points, my Kodak's auto focus cuts out at only a certain zoom point, a little past half way on optical zoom it just can't focus, so I know how frustrating that is sometimes.
Great work everyone!!
-beegle55
Great work so far everyone! Since I have Thursday to Monday off for break, I have been working a lot in the basement. I've gotten three con-cor kits done, and I've practiced my weathering on some cheap life-like cars. I've also drawn up a plan I think I'll go with for the layout. Check out the link below! If I get anything else significant done, I'll post later.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1085534/ShowPost.aspx
ARTHILL wrote:
I just checked my box of figures that I haven't put on the layout yet. It's all sets like "Drunken Sailors" or "Full-Figured Folks." What are you doing to attract such a nice crowd? Is it the cars? (Or is there a set of WS or Preiser figures called "Sports Car Club Ladies" that I've somehow missed?)
Railroadyoshi - good to see such nice progress. Looks like local New England railroads have another champion modeller.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Yoshi, Wow, those hills blend nicely between the tunnel and bridge. It is great to see it before the trees. That will be the next step.
Art, Fun scene. Are there only ladies at that sports car club? That sounds like my kind of friends. How are your trees coming?
Alan, Great shot. I love the name of your RR.
Chad, Thanks for sharing the laser cut kit. They are sure fun to assemble.
beegle, Does that mean that you might be sharing your photos with us?
Derrick, What size is your design?
MrB, I assume that you will be off skiing so we won't see your photos this weekend.
A little something from the fearless scratch building department...
Elkins Roundhouse
Cumberland Station
Shaw train order office
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Lee,
Great shots. You have been busy. I can almost see the glare off the metal roof.
Sorry for taking up so much space in this posting, but I will be out of the country on a project for 5 months and will probably be unable to log in at all during that time. Soooo, figured I'd post my 5-month quota now. Here's a bit of a tour of the layout following a GO commuter train out of town and heading for the 'burbs. Skies are photoshopped - still haven't gotten around to painting my walls anything other than monotone blue. Cheers.
Thanks for hosting this week, Sue. I add my compliments on your bridge. That tunnel and hill ain't too shabby, neither.
Nice work, everyone. Some of us have done good things over the winter.
RRCanuck, nice photos. That fourth is quite dramatic with the dark skies...could use maybe a bit of lightning? I really like how you got the signals to shine so clearly. Nice retaining wall and passenger station, too.
-Crandell
Lee (wm3798)
That Cumberland Station in particular is going to be very impressive when it's done. I'm curious to know if you are using modular pieces to make it (and whose)?
Cheers.
enjoyed the GO train pix, RRCANUCK. Reminds me of numerous biz trips I made to Toronto before retiring. Nice city.
Other neat pix on this thread too.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Great work everyone, RRCanuck, I love your sky! I just wanted to get involved in the fun this weekend, although I haven't got anything new to post, but I have taken a few pics from different angles that I thought you all might enjoy.
I hope you enjoy these as much as I did in making them. Mike
The scenic'd photo shots really make it for me. It's getting impossible at times to tell if the shot is real or of a model. Good work!
It's been a productive week for me. I can see in a month or so I will be driving the silver spike. Meaning, at least all the trackwork will be down. I cannot wait to start on scenry etc.
It also helps when you have the ingredents on hand .
Decided to start working on Taylor yard. I've been doing a bit of solo operating and I find it really adds as they say to the enjoyment.
Wanted to drop the yard area from the arrival, departure and main lines. Decided to try the masking tape method over a two foot length. Really like the control one has with this method to build really gradual grades.
Overall layout of yard tracks.
Tracks are in and operational. Still need feeders and lots of ... details ... details ... details. I feel those "not so straight yard tracks" add character once it's ballasted and scenic'd.
Last, super elevation. Almost looks like those cars are going to fall over. It's more than likely the camera angle. This is a really easy process using styrene stips. This one is done with .020, .030 and .040 high by .080 wide 14" long strips.
Regards,
Tom
RRCanuck wrote:Lee (wm3798)That Cumberland Station in particular is going to be very impressive when it's done. I'm curious to know if you are using modular pieces to make it (and whose)?Cheers.
All from scratch. I'm using Plastruct brick sheet and Evergreen sheet and strip stock. Thanks. My next challenge is building the 9 million windows. I've tinkered with having them cast, but they're a little to fine for my skill level.
We are working on an old fashioned barn raising this morning. What do you thing
Sue and Larry
Sue and Larry, very credible scenery and barn raising you have depicted. The backdrop is first class, too.
Mike, please accept my compliments. Your scenery is excellent. What an eye!
Here is a shot I took recently in an attempt to improve an earlier version. It is of a J1 rumbling down Horsehoe Curve at a location that should be familiar to PRR fans. It is the only spot where I have attempted to duplicate an actual site. At some point, I will finish with the forestation and improvement, but I have other things on my plate.
selector wrote: Sue and Larry, very credible scenery and barn raising you have depicted. The backdrop is first class, too.Mike, please accept my compliments. Your scenery is excellent. What an eye!Here is a shot I took recently in an attempt to improve an earlier version. It is of a J1 rumbling down Horsehoe Curve at a location that should be familiar to PRR fans. It is the only spot where I have attempted to duplicate an actual site. At some point, I will finish with the forestation and improvement, but I have other things on my plate.
Crandell, I love the rock detail, and the dead snags sure pull it together.
Thanks for the input on the barn. That is a picture in N scale to give the appearance of a great distance. Now the goal will be to fade it back into HO. Our plan is to adhere the picture to card stock and pin it in place. If we put enough trees back there, hopefully the sunlight won't fade it to white.
Well, back to my wooden tunnel project.
Afternoon all -
Shortly, as like in about a hour or so, I'm going to start workign on a Woodland Scenics Learing kit. As I progress, I'll take photos and post them for all to see.
TTFN!
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017