Gidday All, as you will see I haven’t actually achieved very much but my excuse is that it will suffice to get the latest installment of WPF underway. [:-^]
Looking forward to the Really Good Stuff!!
Have a Great One fflokes [:D]
Cheers, the Bear.
Bear,
Good to see you with a day or two off. I’m sure you’ve earned it…and optimistic that those two cars will indeed soon turn into something good.[;)]
This week I built four houses from Grandt Line kits, No Problem Joe’s and the 3 Reece St. Row houses. I plan to use one of the houses as the assay office at the North Star Sampler. It’s the one in the left background in the second pic.
The little folks need lights of course…
And I’m working on lighting the San Juan Zephyr right now…
I’ve recently reached a point with my latest project that I feel confident showing it here. This is my first attempt at painting and detailing a locomotive. The prototype is the Carolina Coastal Railway’s no. 23. It’s also my first attempt at model photography
Bear: Looks like you’re off to a good start on those hoppers.
Mike: Awesome night scenes as always.
Trainguy: That GP30 looks terrific.
I’ve done absolutly nothing on my own layout this past week but I did drive down to Hilton Head to visit my parents. While I was there, I decided to shoot some photos of my Dad’s O-guage Hi-Rail layout.
Thanks! Love the big Trainmaster[:D]
Trainguy,
Nice work on the GP30. The pics are pretty good, too, but could use some fill lighting in front to let us see down into the shadows better. Hate for you to do all that great work and not get to show it all.[tup]
Slow Progress on the Milwaulkee Road Engine house at Avery CO
that i’ve been working on for my friend in AZ’s layout
Here’s some proto type photos
I made the doors and found some hinges that are actually for a doll house
so they are a bit large but after painting theyshould work
There are 3 entrance doors along the side but because i had to
slectively compress to get the 12 windows in place
theres only room for the door in the middle
The proto type uses a sliding barn door type door because
there are tracks right next to the building
I made some boxes and an out house from the left over window cut outs
I ran out of 2x4 Dimens
Good start everyone, nothing new finished this week so here are some pictures of our club layout which will be open for the NMRA Convention this year.
PRR N1s leading a coal drag oast the tower.
PRR FM C-Liners on a coal drag through town.
PRR L1 Mike stopping for water!
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
Nice work everybody, and it is always good to see many participants in this weekly thread.
Trainguy4466… You first attempt at model photography is great. I like number 23, too.
Here is a GN ore train arriving in Blackhawk to deliever to the steel mill. One of the mill’s Bardwin switchers is moving coke hoppers.
Nice shot, Garry. F7’s and a GP7 pulling out of the yard. DJ.
Other than needing to put some roadbed under the track for the most part this is what I’ve got done.
THis is work that has so far helped me cope with the grief from one of our dogs passing away yesterday.
Finally we know whose mine this is. I have pictures that says the mine tipple was put in place at least 10 years ago. The mine now has an official owner and a name.
The signs are home made decals using an inkjet printer. Artwork was done in OpenOffice’s presentation tool (like PowerPoint). The decals were applied to white scribed styrene sheet and dirtied up a bit with powders and a faint paint wash.
Why the name? Well, if Mr. Peabody can have a coal company…
George V.
Some really good scenes here I’d hate to single out any in particular, but there’s some very impressive work [Y]
One of the Maine Central’s RS-11s had a run today
It’s an Atlas /Kato running on Loksound.
Mike
Lots of great work and it’s only Friday night.
As for me, my decals arrived from Rail Graphics. So my little parts built loco got “branded”:
Tomorrow I’ll give it a little light weathering.
Nice pictures everyone.
trainguy4466 - great work!
Great stuff again this week guys.
Here is one from the Railroading Page on my updated website.
The Grafton Turn, which today starts out with NYC SW-8 #9622 and its caboose are eastbound on their daily run. They are passing the Farmers Union Elevator and approaching the Grafton Tower.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. You make WPF the best thread of the week.
Happy Easter!
regards, Peter
Here’s an update to my previous post. Weathering is done and glass is installed. After working on this little guy for months, he’s on the layout for good:
This is the first time I’ve used slide cover glass on a model. With a little practice I found the .007 inch thick glass pretty easy to cut using a carbide-tipped scriber. I used speaker foam adhesive to glue it in place. The results are darned good.
Had a productive weekend so far.
Here is the progress. This side with the bridge will be pretty steep mountainous terrain similar to what Jim Reising’s Oakville sub.
This side will be low hills along the backdrop. Where the hills rise to blend into the other side will be a ranch. The other end will be a large orange grove and you can see another small section to the left of the photo will be an town and industrial area with a grain elevator and a produce supplier.
Great work from everyone else!
Cheers,
OzJim
Some great stuff, Guys.
Terry, great job on that structure