one scene done about a zillion more to go…here’s some pics of my latest project running some vintage diesels, black widow sd-9, gp-9, and an alco rs-11 return to the yard after spotting cars all day…chuck
Nice. Tomorrow I’m going to the LHS. I ain’t spending much at all. Either an old Atlas FP7 or maybe a P2K SD7 (but I doubt I’m spending that much $$). amd hopefully by next week my other FP7 will be painted for CGW.
Tomorrow I can post a pic of the start of my new yard.
CWclark That looks great! heres one from me ill post more tomorrow or today lol
Carl…
cwclark, nice lookin’ scene! Great job! Work has finally started on the new room for the Railroad. The room is aproximately 11’ x 17’ and will increase the space for the layout by about 40%.
Studding going up.
Sheetrock in progress.
Very cool everybody!!
Here’s an old Milwaukee A-B-A pulling a string of passenger cars by the Swift plant.
And just to prove it’s not all pink foam:
My latest tram build. It’s a Corgi diecast Blackpool single-decker on the usual BEC power trucks. Posed here with the double decker I converted a while ago.
CW-Those are the best looking roads I’ve ever seen! MR did an article last year on weathering roads but they painted the wheel tracks a darker color. You got it right!. If you look at a real road, it’s the center part of the lane that gets dark.
you are right…a road is dark down the middle of the lane from oil, grease, and transmission drippings…I saw that article on painting roads in the July '05 issue using the 5/16" styrene pipe…the only problem is it doesn’t work unless the road is absolutely flat and trying to line up the pipe on the road is really hard to do…chuck
didn’t get to the LHS. Not going to get pics of the new yard in time. maybe next week my FP7 will be painted for CGW.
Well I just rapped up part one of my 2 part weekend project the clouds are next I am going to follow the process shown on the Dream Plan Build DVD episode 1. Warning the wall looks better but junkie digital camera wont allow for excellent photos. This wall looks great to me in person.
here is a before shot.
Polizi That Looks great my friendcant wait till its done …i miss the building bench part
Really looks good
Carl…
Polizi, looking good!
Here’s a shot of my wye complete with tracks & trains on it
Gordon
Hi gang,
I couldn’t find this topic last night at midnite and I was too tired to hunt for i beyond the 3rd page.
CW your roads do look really good, I still haven’t figured out how to weather mine.
Matt - I especially like the light-blue trolley on the right! You’re amassing quite a collection of those now, eh?
Carl - I really like those signals in your photo, I’ll have to add that to my ToDo list (behind a gazillon other things) for my own pike!
Ray - that new trainroom looks like it’s off to a great start!
polzi - that wall looks great to me, especially compared with your ‘before’ shot at the bottom. My garage walls are covered with shelving [and the CFO insists on keeping them] so I had to stick 2" blue MDF sheets vertically in the center of my ‘island’ layout. Which brings me to my topic:
Over the past week I’ve been painting-on ‘trees’ - or should I say, splotches of green paint that resemble the edge of a forest. I remember seeing cheese3 do this on his layout, he said he got the idea from watching a TV artist named Bob Ross. As for me, I did landscape oil paintings this way during my college days. Anyhow, this was a cheaper solution than buying several hundred dollar$ worth of Woodland Scenics foilage clumps - especially since I had a leftover $60 coupon for my local Home Depot, might as well put that to good use!
Here are some of the materials and tools I used: Medium and light shades of green latex paint (also black which isn’t pictured), a round 1" brush, a natural sea sponge to apply paint for the ‘foliage’ effect, and a disposable paint roller tray for pre-squeezing excess paint from the sponge.
The next three photos illustrate my forest-painting technique on a sample chunk of MDF.
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WOW Ken!
Matt, you took a Corgi Tram & powered it?
MB, it doesn’t , matter if there’s pink everywhere. I have pink & plywood everywhere still.
Ray, drywall’s looking good!
Carl, nice trackwork & scenery
CW, nice roads!
Gordon
Great pictures guys!!!
ken that came out great!!!
I’ll have some pictures up later today
Well Hello Adam, thanx and it’s great to see ya - been awhile huh? I suppose the combination of school and VFD are keeping you mighty busy these days. Looking forward to your pix!
looks good cwclark.
as promised here are some pictures from me…
B&O FTA
Abandoned ATSF 0-6-0
Polizi Are those metal corner leg supports? Did you find them at Home Depot?