With racing season starting, both NHRA and NASCAR, here are some pics
TOM cool pics of nice muscle cars. I have the sling shot dragsters but where did you find all those muscle cars? I’ve been looking but only found a few. I have the Judge, GTO, and roadster. Where can I get those funnycars? and the 39 coupe with scoop?
laz57
Lisa- Here’s a couple more shots of my lil town
It’s special and Protected!!!
Sorry I went overboard but this is too much fun!!
Go fast Tom. Wow, look at “brain’s” flowers and shrubs. Great detail. I’ll get to that one day. [?]
Just enjoy running them.
Rather be here than at this place.
Chief-me too.
There’s a turkey in the oven begining to smell mighty good, I told the wife the furnace is going to be running every five minutes all day, might as well turn the oven on. aahh.
The Batman!
Zock! Spliff! Pow!
well in the past week I’ve been experimenting with weathering on a couple buildings using just a set of my sons watercolors. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to win any scale competitions or anything, nor am I trying, but this does add some nice dimension to our simple operators layout. Last night I gave it a try on our mill switcher. Here are the results:
Before
After
The prairietype railroad: Union Station-Kansas City
Kansas City Union Station in place and in progress. Sometimes it is as much fun to see it under construction as to have it actually done. I have months to go on this project and there are other structures that I am working on at present.
Union Station and friends…
Union Station North Waiting Room extension
West side of north waiting room looking south.
The station is being built with an intentional toylike element, so as not to compete too much with the Lionel spirit of the mid-1950’s
This facade station fits nicely into a corner area, with the stairwell corridor behind. This area beneath the stairs allows for several very long sidings to garage trains, and spot them for departure out from underneath the station and future stub sheds. The north side of the west end of Union station will be fabricated where you see the wall studs, and then there will be a backdrop of city buildings and sky that I would like to do in chalk.
And to Dave Farquhar: Thanks for the nice compliments last Sunday photo fuun.
Great pictures everyone!
Love the scenic details, hope to make mine look as good.
ENESS76 I also have used water colors for weathering and I like the subtle effect, tho I haven’t done any
weathering since my Nscale days.
Hope my pictures post this time!
Spankybird ,can I make a pass?
A paper water tower from an old book I built recently
Wait a sec - did you weather the train or the camera lens?!?! [:D] [:D]
Sorry, I couldn’t resist! [;)] [}:)]
the lighting is pretty poor in my train room for photo purposes. I guess I’m not going to win any awards for my photography skills either. Hopefully the photos are good enough to convey the idea though, as the technique is pretty simple for the effect it adds.
The B&O or as it is more affectionately known “The Best & Only” . [tup]
Aw, I was just teasing! The before photo came out great. On my monitor the “after” photos looked as though they were shrouded in fog, like there was some condensension on the lens. Thanks for the post, I need to try this myself, though I think Ill start with a boxcar. I’m not talented at all (yet)! [:)]
Great pics everyone! Trainbrain, I LOVE your town!
The entrance to the train room area. Half wall and fascia are installed, the scenery is mocked up:
Looking from the sun room toward the layout entrance:
Looking across the layout:
A slightly different view:
I have been working on a MTH Christmas Ten Wheeler and making it into a C&O. Here is what it looked like:
Here is the repaint of the coaches:
Now here is the set redone. I have had some problems trying to convert the old Lionel tender I matched the engine up with. Tim at the Train Depot in Manassas, VA is trying to find out what I did wrong. Thanks for the help Train Depot.
Scott Smith
I’ve been silent long enough, drooling in privacy at the Sunday photos. No response necessary, but you all posted some fabulous stuff for the rest of us wannabees. Thank you.
spanky: how did the Hurst Olds pass the Superbird? There has to be some 60’s slot cars in your genes.
trainbrain: I really enjoy the all-50’s vehicles and how the whole layout makes one realize the possibilities of carefully blending trains, buildings, landscaping, people, and cars in such a way that no one aspect dominates, all working together. Just how do you reach derailments?
chief: you don’t need Batman when your gun closet is just inches away. Did you have to put a/c and heat into that walk in attic? My attic is totally empty, partially floored with electric, but only the center is high enough to stand up…but the room is there. Maybe dormering one side. Makes the basement seem a lot easier and cheaper for me.
eness: the weathering before and after gets some of us with “runners versus pristine examples” the sound idea that real trains look weathered, not perfect, that there is a place in the hobby for us.
prarietype: what a structure, the KC Union Station! Did you do that from freehand from photos or did you buy a schematic? If it’s the former, there may be an untapped market for your creation.
crip: when you build from paper, how do you seal the end result from becoming deformed by humidity?
pete: looking at the substructure of your layout,
Great pictures everyone! Thank you for sharing.
To Pete in Williamsburg:
I love your train room. There was a topic on the forums recently regarding the merits of windows (or no windows) in a train room. Your pictures make the strong case to have natural light into the train room. Nicely done!
Regards,
John