Weekend Photo Fun - March 22rd to March 25th, 2018

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Good morning, this is where modelers can show off their completed models, work in progress models or pictures of their layout either new or old.

I managed to finish a couple of cars this week.

I prefer modeling multiple cars of the same paint scheme, this is the second Evergreen Freight Car that I have done. It is an Athearn PC&F Boxcar kit painted with Scalecoat II Hunter Green and Floquil Dark Lark Gray paints then lettered with Microscale Decals, car was actually owned by the SP, but since railroad owned cars did not come back has quickly as private owner cars, SP created the EFC Corp to get better car utilization, with the advent of the Staggers act in the late 70’s these cars were absorbed back into the SP. Used for hauling forest products out of Oregon to the rest of the country.

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This is the second of five cars I am doing for our club layout, old MDC FMC 4700 CF Covered Hopper, painted with a mixture of Floquil Conrail Blue and Big Sky Blue and lettered with Islington Station Products decals.

Thanks for looking!

Rick Jesionowski

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Great job(again)on the cars,Rick. Neat history to the Evergreen cars,thanks.

I’ve still got some work to do along the banks of the river,but it’s getting there:

I’ve decided it’s early summer on the layout,the river still roiling and murky with heavy runoff,so those golden aspen in the background will have to go!

Happy weekend!

Mike

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Rick … Thanks for starting WPF with some great looking freight cars… I know a lot of covered hoppers are owned by Iowa farmers’ co-ops .

Mike … Your scenery looks great.

Here are some shots of the Empire Bulder moving along the line.

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Rick, The Evergreen is one of my all time favorite paint schemes.

Mike, Your river looks great. Always wish I had more water on my layout. It really helps set scenes.

GARRY, I like your close-up camera angles you’re using in some of the shots here. They really pull the viewer in.

Thought I might get some actual modeling done this week, but it turned crazy busy with a frend needing some assistance with a family emergency. Then I splt my thumb open, so it will be another few days. We’ll dig up some Golden Oldies to tide us over.

A dramatic shot of some Fs entering Durango

Truckin’

A classic still often seen in the Silverton area

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Rick: As always, great work on the frieght cars, the Evergreen paint scheme is a classic. Thank you for starting weekend photo fun.

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Mike: The river phtographs really well. The scene is gorgeous.

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Garry and Other Mike: The shots of your work are really nice.

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I have been away from home all week, so no real work to report, but I have been playing with the diagram for my future layout and train room. Please note that this is by no means an accurate track plan.

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CNJ T-32 a bit further along with a new tender.

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Excellent stuff this week everyone

heree the custom decals I had printed…

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I’m now about a month away from moving back to my house in NJ. Here is my “new” old layout space:

Basement

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Spent some time adding lights to my dining car and my observation car

including rear marker lights

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After a long day’s work, Engines are returned to roundhouse .service tracks and ash pit on my WP layout.

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Some very fine examples of modelling here everyone.

Rick - Out of the two, I’m partial to the Evergreen boxcar myself, but both are very fine models. Well done.

Middleman Mike - I can almost hear the stream from here, very nice.

Garry - Nice Empire.

Mike L - Nice job makeing those scenes.

Kevin - Looks like you will have a nice sized layout.

Casey - If it was not for the green running gear, I would never have known by this point what you started with. Very impressive job so far.

Jimmy - Nice hoppers.

Brunton - Looks like a nice room to fill with trains.

Terry - I always enjoy animation, even if it’s only lighting in passenger cars.

Bob - Nice engine service scene.

I know I don’t post many on here, as I have very little to show off when compared to some of these great looking models, but today I am.

I have a before shot, and a “in progress” shot of a ATSF Boxcar. I have faded the paint and lettering on this car, and am now thinking about just how much grime I wish to place on it.

First, the before of the box shell:

Next, the “in progress”, with the fade coat complete:

Would anyone believe that all is done with only Modelflex clear flat and PanPastels? [8D]

Amazing how just a few simple steps can make a big difference.

With this being an older model car for my layout period, it will be getting some added grime and maybe a little rust, just a little though, as I am not that great when it comes to rust effects.

Keep all the great models, and layout pics coming guys and gals!

EDIT: Correcting pics…

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Thanks Rick for starting off WPF this week-end.

Mike - that is some pretty good scenery. Like the river section particularly.

Garry - Love the orange locos and rolling stock.

Mike L - Like the shot of the Fs.

Kevin - Interesting. Two rooms I take it.

Casey - The loco and tender are coming along. I admire your skill.

Jimmy - Really good looking decals.

Mark - Starting over, huh?

Terry - I like the lighting effects.

Nothing new on the BRVRR this week. Here is one from the past:

Santa Fe FP-45 #5945 at the head of an 11-car streamlined passenger consist waits for a signal change before approaching Black River Station.

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

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Rick, Thanks for the WPF start-up, views of your nice models and interesting Evergreen history.

What a feast, so much great modeling and expansive scenes to see and admire.

Mike L, Love the Land Cruiser shot, never owned one, but always liked those venerable J40s.

Ricky W, Liking your SF boxcar weathering. The Pan Pastels are becoming a staple in my weathering arsenal. A tip I picked up from the Weathering Shop for models with less faded and dirty lettering and heralds is to carefully remove powder from them with a dampened toothpick before the clear coat.

Doing some fence and gate work outside the turbine house this week.

Thanks to all the contributors, regards, Peter

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Allen, The layout room is 13 by 22. The layout will be 11 by 22 allowing a 24 inch access aisle to the staging side. The staging will be separated from the visible side of the layout by a backdrop that will not go to the ceiling.

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I colored the staging portion gray on the diagram.

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Access to the staging area will be through the bathroom, but I have not figured out what that access will be like. I have a year to get that idea into order.

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-Kevin

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Making good use of a FL 4 decoder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFOSsGARHEQ&t=9s

Now if i could just get the guy thats shoveling coal to move like Laurie’s does i’d be all set

Terry
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I’m experimenting on my mini 1x8’ layout with actual dirt for the access road. I think it came out nice! :slight_smile:

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"I’m experimenting on my mini 1x8’ layout with actual dirt for the access road. I think it came out nice! "

So do I! [tup]

Mike

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Well, 60 miles east of us, the Mt Hood RR operates dinner, tourist and freight ops out of Hood River. I recent customer wanted a custom painted GP38-2 in those colors and here it is.

NOTE: Decals were made by William Brillinger.[C):-)]

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Jon: The real dirt looks very good. Nice job.

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Don: That is a colorful locomotive for sure. Looks sharp in the phtotograph. I am impressed with the white custom decals. They look very opaque and sharp.

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-Kevin

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Thanks to everyone for their kind comments. An amazing collection of work this week.

Peter,

That fence is going to look great and right at home around a power station.

Land Cruisers are very well-made trucks. It’s too bad Toyota only brings us the deluxe top of the line now. Lexus has a bit more coverage (some are based on the 90 and 120 series Land Cruisers sold in other markets) but still a high-end orientation that doesn’t lead to many being seen out on the trail.

I have friends who’ve owned 40s and they are incredibly capable even with stock tires. I bought a 1976 FJ55 new and drove it for almost a decade before the rust caught up with it, all through those horrible late 70s winters around here. Tha’s the major weakness of the early Land Cruisers, although in dry climes out West, they seem mostly far less affected. There are numerous HO scale models of the 2-door short wheelbase FJ40 from Busch, as well as the later 70 series in a 2-door long wheel base model that works well for campers and ambulances. Lots more variants of the Land Cruiser haven’t yet been modeled yet, but the existing models could be hacked into some of them.

One Land Cruiser I haven’t seen a model of in HO are the 80 series. We have owned a used one (1997, the last year they were produced for this market and the last solid front axle Toyota 4x4) for the last decade and have been looking for something suitable to represent it on the layout. No luck so far.

IIRC, there were some later Land Cruiser models modeled by someone.

One of the more enjoyable sidelights of model railroading is being able to vicariously own vehicles you are unlikely to or can’t afford in “real life.” So I have several Land Cruisers running around the layout, plus another classic I’m even more unlikely to ever own in real life, a Uni