Some bits of work I’ve done.
I guess I will add a few [:-,]. Sorry about the bad picture of the Ann Arbor. Its been raining here for a few days, and that cars picture was taken inside.
Nice work, Gentlemen.
It has been a while since I posted an image to WPF. In an unlikely meet, a UP TTT-6 keeps to the main while a futuristic SD-75M from the Santa Fe is in the hole. Each engineer thinks to himself, “One of us is dreamin”!"
First off how about a couple of early morning pictures. I took these earlier in the week at sawn, so the theme is catching a local way freight down at the grade crossing:
You can almsot here that throaty rumble of an EMD prime mover!
I also decaled these two locomotives (pics of them later in the week, they’ve got a coat of weathering)
Here’s my tribute to my friend Shayne:
Also got the H-15-44 decaled:
Heres my contribution for the week, if you read TO’s board you’ve seen them already [:-^]
SDP45 its a proto sd60 frame, two spliced sd60 fuel tanks, proto sd45 trucks, proto shell, the steam gen is made from cannon roof stock for the top and end, cannon doors, and the old proto gp18 grill for the steam gen grill. And of course I had to repair the walkway extension as they both broke during demasking one after I fixed the other but they are now secured with brass rod.
Nice work, everyone.
EMDs at work. A GP30 on the point of a freight and an SW7 spotting a boxcar.
That SDP is a BEAST! Great job!
Not much new from me in the model railroading area… I biked the rail trail that I model as never-abandoned, went railfanning, commuted to work on the train, that’s about it… Showed a friend around the layout, showing him in person the changes and improvements he helped plan out (and convince me to actually do it). That’s all I’ve done recently!
Packers#1, how about either using a flash. Orrrrrr maybe looking at the picture before you post it. You may know what those two black photos are but I have know idea.
Nice shot Crandell. At first I thought that it was a nightmare for the UP engineer, but I know better. Engineers adapted easily to diesels and they liked the comfort and less physically demanding operation. When I ride excursion trains I think about the juxtaposition of engines like UP’s 844 next to all of the contemporary scenery and railroad equipment - it has sort of a time-warpish feel.
I passed by my layout and waved this week. Lawn care and home improvements have my miniature world on hold until about October.
My mother asked if she could build trees and paint people for me. I was thrilled to have her help. I’m visiting her this weekend, so I may have something to post next weekend. In the meantime, you guys keep on posting your great photos - I’ll catch up with you this fall.
DITTO!! Isn’t this the second time that he’s posted pics that have completely blacked out subjects that you can’t make out? Don’t mean to sound so negative. but he received a suggestion for improvement last time.
Ditto on Silver Pilot’s ditto. You need a light source there to put light on the subject, even if it’s just a desk lamp or an electric lantern.
Ditto to all those above. Even at dawn there’s some sort of light, whether it’s man made, the sun, light pollution, or just ambient light from stars, the moon, or the sun halfway around the planet.
Try throwing some light onto the scene from off-camera, like this one of an impending meet between two trains.
Or using a long exposure on your camera (we’ve already determined that it has a manual mode, so you could use that on a tripod) to pick up the ambient light. (The streak of light is the headlight on the moving train)
Just some things to think about…
Just hanging around the engine terminal today…
Lee
WM, love the first shot of the inside of the terminal. What is that funky looking monster on the left hand side. Looks like an RS cab on a GP body. Oh, great work on the rest too, really dug the caboose shed.
I have something a little different this week for WPF. I have a home layout but I’m also a member of a modular model rr club and we meet at different members homes. Below is a photo of one of our group who brought along is pet parrot to my house and another picture of the 'business" meeting in progress.
Jarrell
C’mon, now… Altoona isn’t that far from WM country… Surely you’re familiar with their fleet of Chopnose GP-7’s and 9’s… Here’s a better view:
In the mid-1960’s the WM wanted improve the forward vision for crews, so they went into the back shops at Hagerstown and went nuts with the cutting torch… Made for a very distinctive locomotive!
Lee
Unloading the Bobcat for another long work day. The Bobcat is a GHQ model as well as the trailer. The blue trucks in the background are Trident models. Everything was painted and weathered using a combination of floquil and Polly scale paints along with some A.I.M. chalk weathering.
The “Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern” locos’ in the background were painted by yours truly.
Ahhhh haaaa, that makes sense. Great model man. Now the question is, did you “take the torch” to highnose and put your own hood on it or can you find them like that?
Let’s just say I have the inside skinny on the necessary supplies…[:D]
Lee
Well, here’s my modelling work for the weekend. As the website was out of the ATSF lettered models (and I already had the factory-lettered ATSF one, anyway), this model arrived lettered for the Rock Island on Thursday evening. One airbrush and decal job later:
