Weekend Photo Fun - July 17th through July 19th

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Now THAT’S pretty !!!

I had too much to do last weekend. So I thought I would just do a “shake the box” kit, just to ease some stress .

Yes, it’s the old standby, Athern Blue box flatcar. Just 5 minute’s and it’s done … right ???

NO ! I had to backdate it a little, so I rubbed out the Sothern Pacific roadname with some alcohaul.

Re-lettered with a less “modern” decal.

And, weathered to suit…

So, basicaly… I took a 5 min. project … and turned it into a 24 hour project…

( oops, lets try that last picture again .

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Great pictures, everyone. This is my favorite forum thread each week.

Renegade, I hope you can continue to post photos of your garden railroad project. I’d really like to follow your progress.

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Some really creative stuff this week from everyone.

I weathered up a depressed center flat car and created a load for it. I still need to add metal straps to it.

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Michael, is that flat car load from scratch, a kit?? It looks great.

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Paul, thanks I found it on ebay ($20) no assembly required.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303331790838

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Motley, it’s neat you posted a picture of your depressed center car. Just yesterday, someone posted a Youtube of a car and load like your model that hit a bridge. It’s not right at the beginning of the video, but several minutes in:

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What I did is in Google Drive I created a new folder, set that folder to be public (anyone on the web can view), and then uploaded my photos to that, not Google Photos. I then chick on each photo and click “open in new window” or something like that, and then I click “embed item”. Copy and paste and boom, there’s your photo.

Hope this helps, lots of great photos and project so far this weekend.

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Hi John, dang that was a crazy video of the car load hitting a bridge!

Thanks for finding that, was really cool to see the same as my model.

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Wow, this is a superb Photo Phun thread. I love studying the various projects y’all are working on.[C):-)]

Here is my contribution; an Athearn S12 that my Oregon Central acquired from the Espee. Being a really “short” short line, I kept the paint scheme simple.[:P]

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Tons of great stuff this weekend! Thanks everyone.

TF: Yes, the BB Code option from Imgur is a piece of cake!

Mel: The camera looks like it will be very functional on that flatcar. I can’t belive the mount would not go 90 degrees from the factory. Great job on the modification.

Peter: Remarkable weathering on the F unit. The rusting and discoloration on the rooftop mufflers looks 100% perfect.

Timmy: Thank you for the comment on my boxcar. Your modification to the lettering on the flatcar was very well done. My projects tend to take much longer as I get into them also…not just in model railroading.

Michael: The flatcar load is very nice. I looked up the seller on eBay, and he has some great stuff. I ordered a couple. Thanks!

Toad: The simple paint scheme on the second-hand short line diesel looks correct. You did a great job.

Happy Sunday to everyone.

-Kevin

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Great stuff everyone. One of the best WPFs recently.

From the BRVRR:

Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.

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Yes it is, and this week was great.

Thank you to everyone that made it a great one.

-Kevin