Have fun, everyone.
N&W Y6b Mallet is being readied for road service by its crew. Fall colours here and there.
Selector,
Nice photo! I like the hint of fall in the trees. Here’s a photo of the newly completed ceiling over my layout. it would have been much easier to do before the layout was started…[banghead]
Don Z.
Thanks, Don. Your handiwork is impressive. The ceiling and lighting are going to be a big help to you, I am sure. Looks good.
-Crandell
Crandall–
That is one HUNKER of a loco! Really looks good. Question–who produces that neat water tower in the background? Great photo!
Don–nice ceiling, GREAT lighting. And don’t worry about putting it up after the layout got in–I still have to somehow fit in BACKDROPS! That’s going to be nice and wicked, LOL! Get out the ‘Creeper’ again.
Question for both of you. I notice that the photos are taking up the full bandwidth on my computer. Is this something that happens with everyone on this new format, or is it just my computer being its weird usual self?
Nice work, both of you.
Tom [bow]
Selector, The hint of fall is just right.
Don Z. Nice work on the train room. I envy you all of that room.
Not much new on the BRVRR. It has been a busy summer and very little has been done on the layout. Things will pick up as the weather gets colder.
Here is a picture from my updated website of my grandson watching my version of the NYC Lakeshore Limited going by on the layout. Nathan is not quite three, but he is big fan of Thomas The Tank Engine and loves to watch the trains run on the BRVRR.
Keep the photos coming guys. This thread is a highlight of my week.
Hi guys,
I’m posting an old photo just to test out the software and see how things shake out.
Nice photo Crandell.
Chip
Thanks, everyone, for you generous compliments.
Tom, I don’t know what to say. I use photobucket because it provides a nice full image size. The images so far all display a nice full size for me. I still have problems with the images with the bar saying it has been resized. Takes multiple clicks on different spots to get it to enlarge. Just as I type this, I am pleased that I get a wrap-around effect with the words. Had there been no image that enlarges during a reply, and I was just responding to an imageless post, I would have all my words running off the left side of the text box. Hopefully it can be fixed.
Chip, I may have seen that image before, but my recollection is very poor if that is the case. I like it a lot…well done. The grave is nicely rendered.
I haven’t heard much from you. I hope you are well and doing well.
-Crandell
New power here on the WRS…
Here are a couple of hoppers I picked up a while back. They were both in the same package and were supposed to be different numbers, but somebody didn’t get the message.
Looks like we’re off and running again this weekend… Crandall, nice, very, very nice!
I have spent a bit of time detailing the yard track with the rusty Rails paint tool. Here is a before:
And an after:
Tomorrow is the Lakeshores Division Meet so I should have some great photos to share on Sunday (I hope).
Heres what I have done on the layout, I have redone. The upper part of the layout runs good. Ran out of track for the lower part. So I decided to start on my small scrap yard. I need to add some more scrap parts, and some people to make it look better. I know near the backdrop needs some trees. I hope to do that tomorrow. I have to go get the stuff for them.
Sorry about the pictures. Not the best lighting yet over the layout.
Jeff… With a dab of black paint, just turn an “8” into a “3”.
Robby P., I like what you are doing. I’ll bet you are having fun, as well.
If your camera has manual settings, I can perhaps talk to you off line about how to get your images to brighten up a bit.
Your call.
-Crandell
Hmmm.
must the pictures on this page be so H U G E??
(LARGER than my computer screen?)
Can’t the MR server automatically resize any picture so it at least fits wholey on the screen?
All right folks, way to hit the ground running w/ some AWESOME work!!!
On another forum, they’re having a photo contest. My entries were:
For prototype:
Caption: Norfolk southern F9A #4270 used to pull their business train along with another A unit and 2 B units parked inside their compound in Augusta during Master’s week.
For HO and smaller:
Caption: Norfolk Western GP35 #1306 rounds Lone Pine Curve on my desktop layout. The loco is an Atlas Classic model, the boxcar is by Atlas, and the scenery products are woodland scenics. the backdrop is blue construction paper w/ white, black, and grey crayon drawn on it.
For everyone who is complaining about the pics taking up the page, the website is resizing them for me.
Well Crandell, I just have bad lighting. Where I take my photos for eBay, and my work bench I have floresent ( I know, its spelled wrong). Those are much better shots!! I just have some junk lights up right now. I have some features on the computer, and on the camera I normally mess with.
I will have to shoot you a email next time.
Robby
Well, this is interesting. Some of the images appear full sized by default. While others appear as smaller images with a notice bar that they have been reduced in size and instructions on how to view the full sized image. There does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. For future refrence I am posting an older image from my Photobucket account, as I am curious to see how it displays. I also must say I am not too fond of the grey sillouette that appears in place of an avatar for those of us who have not posted one. I like the old way of just having the space blank, better.
OK, I get the “supersized” image…
My contribution for the weekend
Selector, that’s your best shot yet!
I don’t have much this weekend, but here’s a photo of one of my favorite pieces of ‘machinery’ on my layout…, I bought it at a trainshow back in the spring.
JaRRell
Ray, I really like the weathering on the engine in the second photo. Good job!
JaRRell