Gidday All, Last Monday night, my time, I had intended to individually acknowledge the contributors to WPF. It’s always interesting to see what offerings the “regulars” are going to come up with, (though GP-9 Mans mention of algebra test sent cold shivers down my spine,[+o(] besides isn’t bad language banned on the forum?), but, and I’m not sure if I’m imagining things, it’s great to see more contributions from familiar “faces”, not so familiar faces and relative newcomers. I certainly appreciate viewing all of them.[bow]
The reason I didn’t reply was that at 2205 I got a call requiring my presence at wk at 0800 next morning, nothing really unusual except the wk was four hours drive down country!
The North Island Main Truck Line ran about 100 yards behind the hanger I was working in, heard plenty of rumbling but didn’t really get to see anything.[sigh]
On my way home I did manage to get this rather poor shot of X442, the sole survivor of the first class of 4-8-2 Mountain locomotives in the world.
I don’t know if I’m allowed to post this yet as it’s still Thurs night here in Texas. In any event, hope all have an enjoyable weekend (our first freeze comes in the morning).
I’ll post some shots on structure lighting and detailing, duplicate to another thread on structure interiors.
This one shows some addition of goodies to the crane & shovel shop (my diesel shop).
The following ones are lighting and interior to a 2-story structure. It gets more complicated, especially hard to add the features and make everything accessible in the future in case someone indoors falls over, etc.
It’s definitely the weekend here Paul so you may as well make the most of it.[swg] Keep warm![ip]
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
When the Bear posts, it’s WPF time. I was still working, then had to tend to images, and here we are. It’s late and I’ve been busy…I’ll post a few and maybe come back when I’m really awake…[zzz]
I’ve been experimenting with depth of field.
Tonight, this took six hours, or about an hour an inch.
A view from the dome car coming into Durango.
Sheridan
This week’s big project, Hotel Mears, coming in the next post.
Good morning Bear, Paul and Mike, great pictures again as ususal.
This was covered hopper week again, and I got some more cars done that have been in the pipeline for a while.
I have done a number of the Ann Arbor covered hoppers that were dedicated to the Yuma Sand Service, but the original batch of covered hoppers were painted like this one and were for the first part of their careers in dedicated service for the Dundee Cement Plant in Dundee, MI. Eastern Car Works kit with added brake airlines and A-line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Champ Decals.
The M&StL ordered some larger PS2 Covered Hoppers which are represented better by the old AHM/Concor car than the current Athearn/Walthers 2893CF cars. While most of the covered hoppers of this size were in soda ash or phospate service these cars were ordered for grain service and were stenciled as thus. I added airlines for the brake system, a Plano Roofwalk and A-line Sill Steps to the car, then painted it with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered the car with Mark Vaughn Decals.
Last is an ExactRail 4427CF PS2 Covered Hopper kit, painted with Floquil Rust Paint and lettered with Oddballs Decals.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
Bear, I love the vintage steam engine. I do appologize for the “bad language” but I will say this, polynomials are evil!
Paul, great night photography.
Mike, As always, your narrow-guage scenes are just spectactular.
Rick, those hoppers look just awesome.
I’ve been plugging away at Horseshoe Curve. I installed the tunnel that carries Glenwhite Road under the curve, a stretch of the road and a parking lot for the cuvre visitor’s ceneter.
I have also been making trees out of goldenrod. I’ve been spraypainting the trees Krylon “Hunter Green,” Krylon “Jade,” and cheap Wal Mart green. I probably will stop using the Jade, it just doesn’t look right.
Here’s N&W 611 pulling an excursion past the trees.
GP9, nice work on your curve. A shot of COLA tower at the West end of the yard.
Paul,
I love the interior work. Though everytime I looked through the windows of the DPM kit I kept thinking I would see a scene from a hard boiled detective book.
Nice work everyone and thanks for the comments.
GP-9_Man,
Here’s three more colors worth trying for trees. Krylon is good stuff, in part because it dries so fast, although finding the whole line available can take some effort. I’ve found the Krylon Italian Olive is a good color, if you have it available. Rustoleum has Spruce Green that is nicely different than the Krylon Hunter Green, plus a Mossy Green that is good, too.
OK, now that I’m more articulate with morning coffee… The track pick in Durango Yard represented lengthened tracks in Yard 1 and Yard 2 behind the station. When I squeezed an extra track in a couple of years ago, I left a space that was just wasted at one end for some dumb reason. Passenger trains with 4 cars fit, but not 5 cars. The track geometry is less than ideal, because I worked with what I had on hand, but it runs just fine. Here’s an over head shot that better illustrates; the shirt section with the weathering still on it and the track to the left were the ones lengthened.
Here’s a closer look at the Hotel Mears. Travelers need a place to stay, so the story is that one of the Mears kids moved back to Colorado after Otto Mears, the “Pathfinder of the San Juans,” passed away. With the railroads thriving after WWII, the Mears family decided to open a hotel in Red Mountain. Steeped in the Old World traditions that was behind the menu on the parlor car Animas Forks, the hotel provides fine accomodations at reaonsable prices. Conveniently sited next to the depot in Red Mountain, management hopes to install lighting soon for those pleasant summer evenings when people like to sit outside Reds Place, the downstairs bar and grill, on the brick patio to eat and drink.
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I don’t know if I’m allowed to post this yet as it’s still Thurs night here in Texas. In any event, hope all have an enjoyable weekend (our first freeze comes in the morning).
I’ll post some shots on structure lighting and detailing, duplicate to another thread on structure interiors.
This one shows some addition of goodies to the crane & shovel shop (my diesel shop).
Great work posted thus far all! Those building interiors are awesome.
It was a busy week around the house, but I managed to get an hour or so of work done on corner scenery this week for my N scale layout. Here is a shot of my Norfolk Southern SD80MAC hauling intermodal containers through the curve:
This weekend I want to continue to fill in my hilltop, more dry brushing of the rocks, more trees, more shrubs and tall grass:
I am really enjoying adding scenery. It really brings life to the layout.
Have a great weekend everyone and happy modeling!
Regards
Don.
Good stuff.
GP9, I can’t tell if you already do this from the pic. But when you paint the goldenrod, immediately pour some WS green blend fine turf on the wet paint.I also use Krylon hunter green. It really will make a difference. Let them dry and shake the excess off back into a cookie sheet for your next batch.
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Bob, thanks for this tip. I couldn’t quite figure out how to get things in place on a multi-story and handle the lights and wiring. I like the buliding block idea to make things removeable / maintainable.
That’s very impressive work , everybody !
Here is my Sleeper / Lounge car, Happy Hollow Club. It is a kit made by NKP Car Company, I assembled.
Here is the prototype:
Bear, Thanks for stoking up another WPF.
Regards, Peter
Well, Bear started us off with a prototype photo SO I thought I’d throw my hat in the ring with these recent family treasures!
Let’s start off with Miss Flying Yankee 1936 (I gave her the award, weather she earned it or not!)
I would like to introduce Miss Lila Goodwin (she’s the one on the left [:-^] and B&M No. 6000 (that’s her on the right)
What seems to be transpiring here is a ski train extra to Warren, New Hampshire, for the Dartmouth Outing Club. My grandmother’s brother, Stanley “Mac” Mackenzie, is the agent at Warren and he was on hand to take these photos.
The DOC really got around. They are still active and one of their activities is maintaining a portion of the Appalachain Trail. I found these photos in an envelope that my mother had stashed away. Oh, how I wish my dad were still alive to give me some history on this outing!
Here she is again (NO not Lila—the other lady!) She’s running extra and only about a year old in this photo. Must have been some big deal to charter a ski train like THIS! Keep in mind, this is two-and-a-half years before the streamlined Century debuted!
Here’s Mac in a more mundane (and balmier) setting…
Unloading the LCL for Warren, N. H.
Oh, how I’d give anything to time-warp back to August of '36 and chat with my dad’s uncle!
The depot at Warren, New Hampshire still exists (almost recognizable) there&
Where did you get the little turnout numbered signs? I am looking for that exact thing and can’t find them anywhere!
That was directed towards HO-velo, sorry.
Ed,
Wonderful pics you have there. What a legacy they left you[~]!
Ed … I like those photos especially seeing the Flying Yankee (The Pioneer Zephyr of New England).
You can Google “CB&Q Happy Hollow Club” and an identical car, CB&Q Lancaster Club" for more information.
CB&Q also operated Diner Parlor Cars with windows in the rear bulkheads of vestibules. They were used on secondary trains through the early 1960’s. The front end had a kitchen and diner seating, and the rear end had parlor seating. Below is my model of a diner parlor car.
