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Hi Matt, Where did You find the Pot Toppers? I have looked at Michaels, Jo Ann Fabric’s ans My local Wall Mart, And found Zero…
Here in Davenport Michaels has plenty of Pot toppers. I bought two. Only 3 dollars a piece.
Crandell, OUCH!! That hurts looking at it. Good job. Looks like Murphy was in good form.
Luckily I didn’t have any such trouble making this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY3L_ghK5uE
My layout is in Australia but uses US Locos etc. Most Australian railroads (Called railways here) were government owned. My model is of a ficticious privately owned railway that bought it’s rollingstock of US railroads. That way I can run all my favourite US locos. In future they will get their own paint scheme, Steamers will stay black and diesels a blue, grey and silver scheme similar to theQueensland railways.
cheers from down under
It was turn back the clock day at North Junction… this could be a shot from the early 1950’s. (My layout is set in the early 70’s). Actually, these are all engines that did decoder installs on for their owners… it just happens that they all fit my WM/Hagerstown theme.
Happy Weekend, everyone!
Lee
Shouldn’t that smoke be coming out of an Alco diesel? [:-,]
I checked out the Michaels near me and they had two sizes. They had a bigger “top”, and I believe it was $3.99, and a smaller “top” for $2.99. They had plenty in stock.
Maybe the stores were out of them, and soon will be in stock.
Old Roundhouse gondola kit purchased at a recent show. I put in a balsa wood floor and added lots of crud and rust.
As others said above, Michael’s is where I found mine. I think they were in the floral section. Check with a store manager if your store doesn’t have them. As you can see in my pic, I have to do some work on blending the edges of the pot topper into the ground. I found that the grass part was very “green” and had to be toned down. I sprayed a little india ink/alcohol wash and mixed in fine ground foam and real dirt to help with the “green-ness”.
Matt
Detailed and weathered an Atlas Penn Central GP38 to represent an early Conrail paint-out.
The prototype CR #7797:
Very nice-- the sound was good, and convincing! The only thing I missed was the dipping of the rails (as the cars go by).
John
I see the coyotes finally dragged that corpse away… [(-D]
I have always liked this photo-- a very nice job!
John
Judging by his heading and apparent velocity,
and projecting out the inevitable flight plan,
I’d say the situation’s just about to take care of itself…
John
Here’s my fantasy South Penn 2-8-8-8-8-8-2 quintplex, affectionately known as the Whoo Boy, beginning its downhill run along Martha’s Sister’s Vineyard (and Souvenir shop) known as the Devil’s Run, which got its name in part due to the chilling 7.5 miles of steep 2-3 percent grades and sharp hair-pin curves, but also as a result of the long standing bacteria problem back at the resturaunt where everybody eats lunch… Apparently the photographer ate there too. Oh well. Better luck next time.
[:P]
John
Grampy,
There have been a lot of realist water scenes posted but to my tired old eyes this in unique. When I look at it there is not only turbulent water but I see spray in the air as welI.
Another “is it real or is it modeling” scene.
Bob
John that’s in the other picture. [:D]
I think its time to make a new “up to date” shot of that area. With no “body” [:-,]
This old Athearn SD9, its my oldest engine. This model was given to me back in the early 1970s by John Munson who was the mechanical engineer for Athearn at the time. John had specially souped-up the motor by adding miniature ball bearings and the new flywheel design being developed at the time. John also did his special work by shimming the gears in the trucks making it the smoothest running model that I’ve ever seen at the time. A milling machine was used to remove the front tank for making an SP, SD7. A friend in Australia detailed and painted the shell. Even today it is still my favorite engine.
Where you think I copied it from??? But, ah, no. No diseasally thingies on the SLOW way back in 1925 at least…[:-^]
Nice model work! Just a constructive criticism… the smoke looke out of proportion… it looks like it is further away than the locomotive. Try enlarging the smoke.
Ok guys here are my offerings for the early photo weekend. Easter holidays have given me too much time on my hands, along with excess paint!
First up is a weathered caboose from the Bachmann range.
Secondly a weathered flatcar - the original black plastic just didn’t cut it!
Ian