Nothing new, the weather has been too nice to work on the layout.
Please ignore the bottle of Hob-E-Tac [:D]
As always, so many fantastic photos. I am impressed as usual.
I have almost finished work on the Coaling Tower. Need to do a bit more weathering in a few places. This is a Holmen Bucket type loader that handled both Coal and Sand (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it) I added a sand pipe to the tower between the two coal chutes on the outside track. there should be one on the service track as well (It’s just hidden so you can’t see it - see comment above…) Some quick flash photos…
A couple of close ups as well. One thing I have to figure out is how to get the string that is supposed to be the cabling to look like cabling holding up weight… I think I am going to glue the chutes in place and then glue the weights to the building and put tension on the string. Good idea… or not…
Ray–
That’s one beautiful coaling tower. As I mentioned before, Walthers released it just after I’d built their concrete kit, and I’ve always thought that a wooden tower would fit much better on my layout. Oh well–[:I].
Nice job. I like your weathering.
Tom [:D]
Geared Steam–
Beautiful! And don’t worry about the Hob-e-Tac, I can’t live without that stuff, either, LOL!
Tom [:D]
Hey, I was just thinking Tom, which is usually dangerous, if all you wanted it for was to turn locos around, you could put a turntable on a folding ledge and attach it to the staging yard. This eliminates having engine sheds, but it would save you the risk of some of the oops of picking up an engine.
Love the shays. And to all the others, Sorry I never commented, but I agree, this WPF is awesome. I’ll get my ugly posts out of the way soon.
Flashwave:
STOP THAT! Actually, I’ve been thinking about it–but I have these nightmares about whacking into a dangling 120-footer, since the aisle is so narrow. But it’s an idea worth looking into.
BTW–let’s see some of those supposedly ‘ugly’ photos, okay?[8D]
Tom [:)]
Hinge it. That’s what I meant to say. when it folds down vertical to the layout, it woul;d only stick out the thickness of a piece of plywood. The guts would fit (probably) under the edge of the rest of the layout. Now, you CAN’T park anything on it long term, and you might need a pivoting piece of 2 by 4 to swing under it to support it in operating mode, but it may work out.
And What I mjean is that my posts aren’t doing anything in a photogallery. And I;m trying to get Movemaker loadfed so I can clear off my camera memory and show you the tener and the vids from Naptown
Flashwave–
You’re right, it’s a really good idea on the turntable. Oboy, there goes that check I’m supposed to get from the Government in late June. And it would pivot under the benchwork. And I know EXACTLY where it would go–
Dang, here I go AGAIN!! [:O]
Tom
You guys are all wet!!! Librace’s brother George used to play the violin on the old B&W TV show in the '50’s!! You’re all youngsters!![:D]
I been a bawd boy… hee hee
Video question: What;s free and easy to use to convert video from MOV to something useable?
EDIT: Here’s a pic. Something like this Tom? 
…Casey Jones ya better watch yer speed…![:P]
Well, while you guys talk about turntables… hmmmm. Is this something like a round table discussion… Anyhow, I’ll mention some recent photos I see, I like Ray’s coaling tower which looks like it has outstanding detail. A real prize winner… And I like Gear Steam pix of the weathered ore cars, enat looking locos, and that cute glue bottle… Next to mention is Tom’s overview photos of a really amazing layout. …The earlier posts were great also…
For the steam fans…
Lots of good stuff again, this thread never disappoints!
Ray, I see you’ve solved the problem of the too-short chute, that coaling tower is lookin’ good![tup]
Jeff [Rolleman] - That shot of the Pennsy E-unit looks great in B&W
Garry - I really like that backdrop of early-20th-Century factory buildings, I sure miss seeing those in today’s world.
The train in this pic is barely visible in the background, but the scene is like a sequel to my previous submission of 5-23 (‘dust’ and background haze were digitally superimposed):
Cough I need a respirator just looking at it. [tup]
Ken l (CSX Road Slug) said… " Garry - I really like that backdrop of early-20th-Century factory buildings, I sure miss seeing those in today’s world." Thanks much … and … WOW! …Your heavy equipment photo looks very real!
Flash/Garry - thanks for the kind words!
BTW - I forgot to mention, the dust and the background haze were added digitally, but the models and other objects in the photo are ‘real’
Garry–
Burlington steam always looks so darned HANDSOME! Neat photo. So how about an overview of YOUR layout?[:P]
CSX: Wow–incredibly realistic slag one week, incredibly realistic dust the next–that’s really a great photo. You’re a master at digital effects and one terrific modeler to boot![8D]
Tom
Ken, Thank you. Glad somebody noticed it, but, it’s an F unit. I guess from that angle they look the same.
Yours, What can I say. WOW! Some of the work from the folks here never ceases to amaze me. [bow]
Just a little fun, yet to be painted and finished!
Nige.
Station on the British half - typical English weather
Mike