I would ask that we please consider following these continuing guidelines when participating:
Remember to mention what scale is featured in your picture(s).
Consider keeping the number of photos in your post to a minimum. Remember that this is a weekly event, meaning there are 52 opportunities per year to post pictures, so don’t feel the need to post them all at once. Spread them out over time so we can enjoy them longer.
Please, if you feel the urge to make a criticism, keep it constructive and civil. In fact I’d suggest using the PM (Private Messaging) tool for this purpose so this topic doesn’t stray.
Nice picture Bruce. I like the trees. Here are a couple of progress pics of my layout. Sorry about the bad lighting, table cloth backdrop, out of focus pictures. Obviously, I have a few things to work on.[:)]
The beginnings of a town and my rollar coaster decline.
The forestation project continues. Al Gore would be proud.
Hear, hear, Bruce not-of-the-Peg. [:D] I just hope we won’t have to read these aloud to “someone” this weekend, someone with a truck bumpin’ over ties, if you know what I mean.
SOU Fan, thanks for your encouragement. The Challenger is #3984 from Lionel. It is a metal body and tender, and a very good puller. I recall that this particular road number was relegated to passenger service, so she had the smoke lifter elephant ears to keep the rather substantial volumes of smoke higher over the roofs of the trailing passenger consists. One of these days I will get around to making it look used. [:)]
I spent the week in the motorhome looking at the fall colors. Did build a small building in the evenings. It was my first attempt at a B.T.S. (Slade’s Office). I enjoyed it, though cast metal will never be my favorite. The scale is HO but the fishermen are N for perspective,
Also got home to discover that though the scene is not even done, the fly fishermen had already arrived.
You people are going to have to brouhaha without me again this weekend!!
I will make a modeling comment on The Bruce that lives in MA’s scenery: he does do good trees and he does do good grass - I believe that I made a comment to this effect some time back.
Well after many weeks of procrastinating I finally got the time to post some of my locomotive pictures. I have done more work but that’s for another day.
First up is a Front and rear shot of my new WC P2K SD45. As you may tell the Front details looks weird. That was because the locomotive was improperly packed. (It did have the original box) So I had to Fix the coupler box and re-apply some details. IT also isn’t totally proto-typical, but that won’t take long to fix. [:)]
Next up is my SW1500. I’ve applied the bell, and painted the air tanks black. (One side.)
Last is my WC GP40. On the proto-type it had a 3 window Bay Window. So I had two, 2 window bay windows lying around. (Say that 10 times fast. [:P]) So I cut both and made one. I haven’t gotten clear styrene in yet.
A little bit later in the weekend I’ll take some pictures of my new staging yard and my station scene.
I’ve been working on my HO scale scratch build of a basic oxygen furnace or BOF. Yes its ugly and an eye sore but it will look very cool after I’m done with it.
I still have to add…the charger crane bay,BOF vents ,down comer pipe,awnings over the door ways,safety bumpers on the sides of door ways and a bunch of HO sheet metal siding.
Heres pictures of the rough structure as it stands now.
I have just been working on some power lines, using parts from the Walthers kit, to finish off the West End of my HO layout Sweethome Chicago.
I have rigged up the power lines in the knowledge that the wires will probably have to be removed to avoid damage at exhibitions. I know this from experience.
Now to fit the power lines from the transformer to the customers.
