Great work everyone
Today’s results from my labor
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Allan: The tank cars are looking good. I have lettered some of the STRATTON AND GILLETTE tank cars SGRR, SGRT, and SGRX. Never sure which would be best.
Jimmy: Again, thank you for the update on your layout. I am enjoying all the progress.
Renegade: That is a whole bunch of tank cars. I only have two types of freight cars that I have ten or more of, they are both SGRR 40 foot boxcars.
Harrison (again): You modeling on the fencing is quite good. Chain link is always hard, and yours looks as good as any I have seen. I avoid chain link because it is one of my weak spots. I am glad you have learned a lesson early that it took me a while to start… never be afraid to rip something out and replace it.
J.R.: For some reason I cannot see your pictures. [:(] I am sad Sebring was cancelled, I was going to go up and check out your cars. [:(]
Toad: I love the caboose. I thought you used to have your private raodname herald as your avatar.
Peter: That is a nice calm relaxing scene. I think we can all use some of that right now.
Michael: Steel buildings can be hard to make look real and not like plastic. Yours are looking good. I do like the sign.
Paul: Thank you for the kind comment on my scenery. I have built scenery for many, many layouts, and I still cannot describe my method. I can tell you this, if you don’t like it, either rip it out or cover it up. Scenery is very easy to do over again. Eventually it will look pretty good. I have almost the entire line of Woodland Scenics products on hand along with a lot of Scenic Express. I like to experiment with different things, and most of them seem to work out.
Jimmy (again): You posted another update while I was writing this… your highway modeling in convincing… I am quite impressed. Modeling roads is another weak spo
Ouch, razor wire! That oughta scratch that itchy back that’s hard to reach [:O]
Hoping the Bear daughter stays safe in her travels! It’s one of those rough times to be adventuring, which makes the experience all that more satisfying. Beautiful pics of real life RRing as a suitable backdrop for a sweet little layout. Someone oughta talk to Amtrak about an improvement like that in every station.
And lots of fine work by the usual crowd and some new faces, always good to see. It’s late, so I won’t sing the many praises possible except to note the fine work seen here is probably only the start of some real progress on many layouts when we don’t have the opportunity do much anything else productive.
Just finished cancelling our local train show here in Urbana (was going to be the 28 & 29th), so a little frustrating but we managed to put a halt to things without needing to sell the farm. See you next year (most likely) on that. So spent this week finishing up a build of a 4x8 in HOn3 flavor and restoring one of the many switching layouts the Robert Miller estate gifted us with that, combined, give us sitching action along with the roundy round that keeps the public interested. My thread on the 4x8 is here:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/281001.aspx
Bob’s most finished module was a little rough when we received it. I attahced it’s legs, then added a shelf underneath for use during exhibitions.
I built a short “bridge” section to connect the two layouts, that might lead to an actual bridge model someday. The other end of the module offered a place to add a “dock” for Bob’s cassette system, which I think may become a ferry.
Some of the structures near the end with the “dock” are permanent
That’s been a problem for me and that’s a great suggestion. Thank you.
I was going to redo mine anyway and I will follow your advice.
Great work, everyone. Another full thread of photos that show so much talent.
The first building on my N layout was a RIX locomotive shop. It has been sitting there with the area around it unfinished for too long. I’m starting on that today.
This thread is amazing this week ! … Thank you to all who contributed.
Everybody: … Keep on posting more good stuff !
Harrison, Kevin, Paul, and anybody I missed: … Thank you for commenting on my photo.
Here is a hopper kit I have assembled this week during my spare time. Up next for it will come some weathering.
I’ve been spending more time in my workshop for the reasons you all know. I decided to tackle a few projects that were on the backburner. The first was two Tichy hoppers for my ore mining section. I still need to add some decals on them.
The second is a replica of the only armoured military train in Canada (to my knowledge anyway). The real thing patrolled out West in WW2. Rivet counters will see limitations to my model, but it’s close enough for me.
Stay safe everyone and enjoy your trains! Simon
OK, I fixed my avatar.[C):-)] I had to change my “handle” a short time back due to login difficulty with my older screen name.
Sooo, whilst I am at it, one more picture for this weekend’s subject:[%-)]
Harrison: I can’t figure out how to add a picture to a PM, so I will reply in here.
I never paint straight from the bottle. For Tamiya paints I would mix them with a bamboo skewer and then use the skewer to transfer a drop or two to the pallette.
I use a Masterson Stay-Wet Handy Pallette. It has a thin sponge underneath a semi-porous pieces of thick paper. This lets moisture come through the pallette into the paint and keeps the paint workable for a bit longer.
I also mix in a drop or two of Vallejo #72-524 Thinner Medium into the paint. This product also includes an “extender” as well a as thinner, so it improves working time. Tamiya’s thinner does not have extender in it.
Never leave Tamiya paint pots open. They will skin over in just a few minutes.
I hope this helps.
Ah, that is much better now! You, me, and Sheldon all have our private roadname heralds as our avatars. It did not seem right with it missing.
-Kevin
Gidday all, another WPF chock full of really Good Stuff.
Firstly, my daughter has managed to get home and as a consequence, we’re both in self isolation for at least two weeks, so just might have time to get some modelling done!!!
tbdanny, your kit bashed locomotives certainly entitle you to have “proud train dad moments.[:D]
Good to see the airbrush put to good use**, Ed.**
Rick, it’s a good thing you don’t live in New Zealand, because I reckon, you’d have run out of prototype cars to model by now![swg]
Harrison,
This was the best Weekend Photo Fun in a while. Thank you to everyone that helped out.
If this was a result of all the isolation because of the virus, I guess that shows there is a silver lining to everything.
Stay safe… we are in our second week of being hermits.
-Kevin
Now that’s a silver lining in a very gray cloud! Glad to hear everyone’s safe at home, even if home is the place for the next couple of weeks.