It’s that time again. Let’s see what you did this weekend.
I got some grass and trees “planted”. (click images for larger view)
Here’s a before photo:
And after:
Dave
Dave9999,
Firat I have to complement your work. Three things actually: 1) I like the shape of the trees. The Leaves are full and the trunks realistic. 2) I like the way they are grouped. They are clumped and abundant. Very realistic. 3) The downed timber in the riverbed was a good touch.
I’m going to have o rethink things a bit.
What I did this weekend was a bit more pragmatic: The control panel. The lights all work–I wish someone would have mentioned that the LEDs are sensitive to the direction of the current. I burnt out three switches doing the wiring. I only had two spares. I had to learn a lot about soldering. The track is wired, but the turnouts and “parking blocks” are not. Shouldn’t take too long, but I’ve said that before.
A semi-recent pic of the layout (the most recent I have, but it’s a couple months old):
I, uh, just went out and took a new pic [;)]
It’s a bad one, but the flourescent light isn’t pic friendly…
polizi,
Try this alternate method. Instead of copying the URL, right click on the photos go to properties, the copy and paste the URL from there.
Thanks spacemouse thats where I was getting the URL from it didnt work I am going to get a Railimages account might work better in the long run.
Here’s a small diorama that my daughter and me have been working on. We are using my old her new HO stuff, she likes it because they are her trains and yet I get to practice my scenery skills. We will be building her a small layout and originally planned no scenery but she has helped out on almost every stage of this so far so plans may change. She really likes to make the trees. Thank you AggroJones they work out perfect and these are only the first three we have made. Oh and by the way that SD40-2 is actually undergoing a deweathering phase right now, the boss (child) says that it’s too dirty. The clean side is unseen and is only done back to the F lettering. I weathered it about 10 years ago with spray bombs bounced off of cardboard (an old MR article) and I am removing it with 70% alcohol. Working out real well so far. I’ll post pics of this later if anyone’s interested.
Chris
http://community.webshots.com/album/273857749nHxWLX
Well here is a link, couldn’t get the images to show with the webshots account.
Here are a couple of pics of an engine that I recently scratch built from the ground up. I did the final assembly on it over the weekend.
Dan Pikulski
www.DansResinCasting.com
Here’s a new one I took this weekend:
Here ya’ll go, my first controbution to SPF.
Adios
Hey Dan is that loco in any way related to a 65DE19a?
Just wondering
Thanks Chip,
The trees are Woodland Scenics, although I can take credit for the foliage. I had to put it on.[:)] This is not
the cheapest route for trees, but I like the realistic look of their products. The “trees” on the very top of the mountain
are not actually trees. It is a Woodland Scenics product call “Foliage Clusters” and it makes fine back ground trees.
In this picture, the trees directly behind the forground trees are Foliage Clusters stuck to those long wood stir sticks
that you get at the liquor store.
As far as the downed timber in the creek, they are oak twigs from the yard sealed with Dull Coat. Can’t get more realistic
than the real thing. Dave
Im thinking of scratchbuilding a 44tonner. I sent my spectrum to bachman for repairs 5 months ago and they havent sent it back and wont respond to my emails or letters or calls. Go figure…
Nice work everyone!
Good work guys. I like the SOO Line locos. Reminds me of home.[:I]
I painted the train room this weekend. Finally got a back drop. I still have to make a movable panel to cover the windows, but the rest of the room is done.
Here’s the East side of the BRVRR:[:D]
Here’s the West side:[:D]
The trains are a little blurred because they were in motion. The new paint job is a great improvement, believe me.
Keep up the good work everyone. This thread is always inspiring.[:)][:)]
Not that I know of. This is a GE built 132 ton engine that was built in 1937 for ford motor company to switch their River Rouge plant. Henry ford mandated to them that the engine was to have a “classy” look to them instead of the plain looking bodywork that the standard GE engines of that time had. The GE engineers made the grill areas look like the grills on the new fords that were produced that year. The engines were sold some time later to the Wellsville Addison & Galeton RR. I believe there were originaly 8 of these built, WAG bought 7 of them and only one exsists today.
Dan Pikulski
www.DansResinCasting.com
If you do build one, please post pics for us to follow along with. It should be possible to build one in HO, in fact it should be pretty easy. Here are a couple links to a 44 ton engine that a friend built in N scale. This was built from scratch and does run.
http://gustafson.home.westpa.net/GE44ton7.jpg
http://gustafson.home.westpa.net/GE44ton23.jpg
This is insanity at its best.
Dan Pikulski
www.DansResinCasting.com
Great work guys! I admire all the dedication to the hobby you have all put in a lot of good work this past weekend!
Dave,
Again you have inspired me with your landscape detail!
BTW, Goooooooooo Southern!
Ryan
Ryan
While I didn’t get much actual work done on the layout this weekend, I did spend most of Friday afternoon going from LHS to LHS looking for the last locomotive I needed for my Port Comission switching line I’m going to work into my next module of the layout I’m starting this summer. I had to go to three places but I finally found a Baldwin VO 660, and it was on sale 50% off too!
~METRO
Maybe a little late, but this is what I am working on at the moment:
hope you like it, see you next sunday 