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What's your best layout pic?

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Saturday, June 2, 2007 8:10 PM
 pcarrell wrote:

Mr. B.,

You mean you used actual "film" for that!?!

Oh my!

What IS this world coming to?

(Great shot BTW)

Wink [;)]

True story:  A fellow former New Yorker (and I hope now a fellow Red Sox fan) came into my office at work where that picture was my screen saver.  He looked puzzled, and asked where on the system "Saint Anne Street" was.  I told him it was in my train room, and his eyes widened way up.  Man, when somebody, even a non-MR-type, can't tell the difference between reality and your model, you've got to be doing something right.

I'm happy to say that my own jaw drops on occasion when I see what my friends here are doing.  Keep up the good work, ladies and gentlemen.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by WCfan on Saturday, June 2, 2007 2:05 PM
jktrains, Nice Job. Your Dorima Scenery really matches the surrounding area.
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Posted by jktrains on Saturday, June 2, 2007 12:46 PM

A few pics to add to the collection

 

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Posted by loathar on Saturday, June 2, 2007 9:39 AM

 fifedog wrote:
Check out the Aussies kickin' it up a notch!  Great stuff SouthCoastRail!Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]No doubt!!! Outstanding pics!!! Let's see some more!

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Posted by pcarrell on Saturday, June 2, 2007 8:51 AM

Mr. B.,

You mean you used actual "film" for that!?!

Oh my!

What IS this world coming to?

(Great shot BTW)

Wink [;)]

Philip
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Saturday, June 2, 2007 8:48 AM

This was taken with a film camera.  It shows my first subway station, at Saint Anne Street on the Moose Bay Transit Authority.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 2, 2007 8:19 AM
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Posted by fifedog on Saturday, June 2, 2007 7:23 AM
Check out the Aussies kickin' it up a notch!  Great stuff SouthCoastRail!Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 2, 2007 12:15 AM

Those just plain ROCK!

please send dollars so I can do something similar! Smile [:)]

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Posted by gear-jammer on Friday, June 1, 2007 10:37 PM

Yeah!! [yeah], Philip, it has a life of it's own.  There is some great talent lurking in this post.

Sue

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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, June 1, 2007 8:42 PM

Man!  This thead just keeps on delivering time and time again!

Great stuff everyone!  Just great!

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Posted by SouthCoastRail on Friday, June 1, 2007 7:36 PM

 Heres a few more shots from down under:

These garratts were still operating on the New South Wales rail system until the early 70's. I have recently obtained a sound model.

Bega is the main station on the layout. Two GM powered trains are getting ready to depart.

Batemans Bay is a fictional station located on the far south coast of NSW

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Posted by der5997 on Friday, June 1, 2007 6:08 PM

AltoonaRR: It came in this time (and Don Z, the only way a url works on this browser is to hit Enter, but thanks for the consideration.Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]) Nice going with that tunnel. First time eh? Thumbs Up [tup] And your wife helps? Bow [bow]  (Actually my Kris is great for scenery suggestions as well, but hasn't expressed an interest in doing the scenery....yet)

Looks like you model in Normal Scale too, Great! 

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Posted by AltoonaRailroader on Friday, June 1, 2007 10:25 AM

Cool thanks, I'll try that.

 

Crud!! Looks like it's time to find some photo bucket space.

 http://imaginationink.freewebspace.com/IMG_0765.JPG

Here's the link anyhow if you're still interested. ;)

 

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Posted by Don Z on Friday, June 1, 2007 9:54 AM

Altoona,

I'm assuming this is what you were trying to do...

Insert [ IMG] before your link and [/IMG ] after your link without the spaces you see between the bracket and the text.

Don Z.

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Posted by AltoonaRailroader on Friday, June 1, 2007 9:51 AM
 Don Z wrote:
 der5997 wrote:

AltoonaRR: Sorry, but it looks like "freewebspace" isn't quite as "free" as it seems. Here's what clicking on your link produced fro me http://imaginationink.freewebspace.com/IMG_0765.JPG

Hope to see your layout sometime.Thumbs Up [tup] 

The link works perfectly when I click on it. Altoona, nice plaster work on the tunnel!

der5997,

When I copy the non-working link you posted into a new browser window, it produces the same photo as in Altoona's original post. Remember to hit Enter after you insert a link to activate it. You can then backspace to continue your text after your link.

Don Z.

 

 Thanks Don, my wife helped with that, it's just card board strips and plaster cloth, and you know, that was our first attempt at it and it was almost as exciting as building the track. :)

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Posted by AltoonaRailroader on Friday, June 1, 2007 9:47 AM

Yeah, it's quirky, I was really trying to get it to post the picture but I had to settle for the link. Keep trying. :)

 

 

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Posted by Don Z on Friday, June 1, 2007 9:31 AM
 der5997 wrote:

AltoonaRR: Sorry, but it looks like "freewebspace" isn't quite as "free" as it seems. Here's what clicking on your link produced fro me http://imaginationink.freewebspace.com/IMG_0765.JPG

Hope to see your layout sometime.Thumbs Up [tup] 

The link works perfectly when I click on it. Altoona, nice plaster work on the tunnel!

der5997,

When I copy the non-working link you posted into a new browser window, it produces the same photo as in Altoona's original post. Remember to hit Enter after you insert a link to activate it. You can then backspace to continue your text after your link.

Don Z.

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Posted by der5997 on Friday, June 1, 2007 9:26 AM

AltoonaRR: Sorry, but it looks like "freewebspace" isn't quite as "free" as it seems. Here's what clicking on your link produced fro me http://imaginationink.freewebspace.com/IMG_0765.JPG

Hope to see your layout sometime.Thumbs Up [tup] 

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Posted by Don Z on Friday, June 1, 2007 9:22 AM

Here's another photo from a friend's layout that I visit and partake in operating sessions.

Don Z.

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Posted by AltoonaRailroader on Friday, June 1, 2007 9:12 AM

Here's my little setup. I hope the link works.

 http://imaginationink.freewebspace.com/IMG_0765.JPG

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 31, 2007 6:40 PM

Here's my layout as of July '05.

http://www.freewebs.com/csxlowellcountydivision/csx%20photos/020_7A.JPG

It's only the 1st phase benchwork, which is probably going to end up being redone.  Sorry for the horrible photo quality (it's a disposable camera, I took this before I got my digital one).  Note the unfinished walls and pile of table legs sitting on the table to the right of the picture.  I still have to put up drywall and paint the stuff.  About a week after I took this picture, I built the rest of the benchwork.  Sadly, I think I will have to redo it.

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Posted by wedudler on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:03 PM

There're a few "best" pictures. Smile [:)]

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:51 PM
 pike-62 wrote:

 pcarrell wrote:
Hey Dan, love the out-of-focus on that pic.  It really conveys the feeling of a hot, sticky summer day.

 

Thanks, It was a mistake that I liked better than the "good" picture I  wanted.

 

Dan

Some of my best pics are "mistakes".  (I suppose that doesn't say much for my camera skills, huh?)  I meant to say........Sometimes a "mistake" is a good thing!  (Yeah, that sounds better!)

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Posted by jpmorrison on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 11:57 AM

how did i miss this thread

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Posted by pike-62 on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:50 AM

 pcarrell wrote:
Hey Dan, love the out-of-focus on that pic.  It really conveys the feeling of a hot, sticky summer day.

 

Thanks, It was a mistake that I liked better than the "good" picture I  wanted.

 

Dan

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:48 AM

Can I request that people don't keep duplicating the photos when makeing comments. It really dilutes this wonderful thread.

Thanks.

Chip

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:45 AM
Hey Dan, love the out-of-focus on that pic.  It really conveys the feeling of a hot, sticky summer day.
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Posted by pike-62 on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:42 AM

Here is one I took a while back. WAG local fighting gravity on a hot summer afternoon.

 

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Posted by Bylong on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:30 AM
 jon grant wrote:
 Bylong wrote:
der5997

 

 

Really nice touch with the dead tree (far left of pic). The colour is spot on.

Did you model it or did it come with the landscape background.

 

Jon 

Jon

 The dead tree is a real twig that I found in the bush on the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.

There were on bushes that had been through a bushfire but hadn't died, these twigs were sticking out of the new growth and are a light weathered grey, just like real wood... Smile [:)] with small black bits from the fire. This is exactly what dead trees out here can look like.

I grabbed an armful and I must have a dozen or so scattered around the layout. 

The background behind the tree is perhaps about 3 feet away and receding to the far left corner of the room (see the first pic showing the low backscene).

Ray

 

Ray P

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