It’s friday already, which means it’s time for WPF. Working on anything this past week or weekend? post your photos(or videos) here! Let’s see those photos! Here’s my doings:
I finally finished assembling the P2K kit I got while in ME. It’s quite a step up from Athearn BB kits. I broke a couple stirrups, good thing they gave me extra.
I am still fiddling with the Plattsburgh Industry area trackage, then painting track.
I am working on installing a sound decoder in a Kato F unit.
Harrison: That was an excellent start to Weekend Photo Fun. Very good job. I love my Troller power packs, and your scenes look good. The Proto 2000 boxcar is a fine model.
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I will post an actual contribution to WPF later when I get home.
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Until then:
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-Kevin
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Thanks for getting WPF going Harrison, I also like your scenes especially the Fire scene. I like public safety stuff, I was a Public Safety Radioman my entire working carrer.
Great scene Kevin, fruit trees are a favorite of mine.
Well I haven’t been doing much do to severe arthritis all summer but the pain is gradually going away so I actually got something done last week at my work bench.
Last week after getting the Mabuchi SF-266SA motors in and going through some rigorous testing I installed them in a Rivarossi Cab Forward.
The Cab Forward had a pair of Canon EN22 motors on a Mel built brass frame. I don’t have my layout DCC operational yet with the control panel overhaul not finished but it runs very good on
N Scale chemical plant – ethanol plant nearly finished. Still a few pipes to add and some earthquake damage to be repaired. The part that took the longest was the framework for the tower. Need to buy a few more tank cars, but I’m waiting to find some on sale somewhere.
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I might know of one that will be available in about six weeks.
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-Kevin
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Let me know! Right now, I can afford one for no more than 22¢, but I might have a little more than that later.
Thanks for starting off WPF Harrison. A couple of good scenes there.
Some good stuff here already. Here is one from the BRVRR:
A pair of Union Pacific F7s with a short freight consist passing Grafton Tower on 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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I sure will, and it will be vey affordable!
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Look what just showed up… the new blower for my new paint booth I am going to build.
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Looks like I have a project for the weekend.
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-Kevin
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Harrison … Thanks for starting phto fun .Nice job assembling the UP boxcar. If you only broke two of the fragile parts, you did very well.
Kevin … Nice scene, and that’s a great looking S&G boxcar. Paint booth will be an intersting project.
Mel … Gald to see you psoted here in Photo Fun … The cab forward is imprssive with all of the work you did .
York1 / John … The ethanol plant is very impressive.
Allan … Nice phto of the UP F7’s.
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Here is a grade crossing in Parairie View . In the foreground is part of my county park scene, and kids are having a picnic birthday party. … The last car of the train is a CB&Q Diner/Parlor car which was modernized and painted silver in an effort to match newer stainless steel cars.
Good choice. I have Dayton blower in my spray booth that I built about 30 years ago, and it is still working with no problems. The only maintenace I do is, maybe once a year, take a screwdriver and scrape off the paint dust buildup from the blades.
Very productive week for everybody; the autumn days are coming, time for our trains are better.
I have worked on my last house for my Fos wharf project in N scale
The design of this building in N scale is my own; there is no real buildings like this.
It’s entierely scratch from Evergreen parts, Kibri and Plastruct bricks and stones pattern and Tichy Windows.
She’s still unfinished, but I haver made some major process, glazing, roofs and some wheathering.
Missing are chimneys, small details the stairs on the left side and fine touch up.
Signs and old advertissement need also to be added; may be for the next week she will be completely finished
I also managed to “put water” in the bassin of the wharf, base painted with cheap acrilycs paint and water formed with Golden gloss medium, missing is a final coat of hyper shinning polyurethane boat varnish.
Enjoy
I actually got a lot done this week including getting the lighting in the RH going. There is a learning curve trying to figure out how to work with such tiny bits, it is getting easier as I develope new methods for an old guy to handle stuff he can barely see.
This was the mockup I did using copper tape to avoid oversize wires running everywhere.
Partly installed, the RH staff says it beats the lanterns they have been using the past 20 years. I also used microscope coverslips for window glass and it looks stunning through the windows.
Thank you for the introduction to this week’s WPF, Harrison!
You have some nice scenes there [Y].
Mel, I wonder if you’d be interested in a pair of MRC decoders with EMD sounds that I’m removing from the Athearn Genesis F7s pictured below? I’ll send you a PM later.
Good to see someone else working on a chemical plant, John. Lots of variety and details to model. I went about it in reverse. I had dozens of tank cars with no where to go, so THEN I decided to build the plant.
Nice UP F7s, Allan. Good to see some color in the usually bland eastern railroad scenes.
I always admire your passenger cars, Garry.
Marc, you’re on your way to becoming the contemporary E.L. Moore with your beautiful and detailed structures [Y]
Lighting structures can be a real pain, Brent, but the end results are great!
I continued with the ground-work of the “Chem-Plant” (unnamed, so far. I’m not sure what I’ll be producing there?).
Chem_pave2 by Edmund, on Flickr
I have a pipe run going from the reformer to the tank farm, still in primer. I’m also test fitting the railing up above.
Chem_pave1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I ballasted the sidings and added PVA “pavement” to the grounds so trucks and workers will have a good footing. PVA foam is a great way to simulate asphalt pavement. The darker squares will be made to look like recently patched asphalt.
Lots of great pictures and projects this week - Thanks to everyone for making WPF so enjoyable!
No projects from me right now,just some pictures from around the layout:
Have a good weekend…and post some photo’s!
Mike
Mel: I love to see the mechanical work you have done on your Rivarrossi articulated locmotives. Your craftsmanship is a wonder.
John: The chemical plant is going to be a great scene.
Allan: Nice pictures of the layout.
Garry: That heavyweight painted silver is something I did not notice. I did not know these existed.
Marc: What can I say, that waterfront project is truly a work of art. Your scene is a pleasure to look at.
Brent: The lighting looks like it will be very effective and worth the effort.
Ed: Again, something I had no idea existed. Those RIO GRANDE F units with the PC herald are a nice acquisition.
Mike: The narrow gauge scenes are great.
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My old paint booth had a Dayton blower motor also. It has run for twenty years with no issues at all. You can barely see the Dayton name on the tag.
Here’s a photo taken in my “neck of the woods”:
Many of the models on my layout are there to bring back memories of my “early days” [:)]
Great Stuff everyone! Ed
Lots of good stuff going on in WPF with the weather turning. Got a few more hung.
Hold up. That IS a model photo, right? I’m pretty sure, but I have to say that is the most realistic MRR picture I have EVER seen!
Kevin,BNSF(etc,): Thanks for your kind comments!
Brent: That copper tape is neat - in every sense of the word!
Ed: I always liked the Rio Grande passenger paint scheme. Born and raised here in Denver - used to see those all the time. Also,congratulations on your terrific photo of the EM-1s in this week’s MRR Newsletter.
Keep the pictures coming…
Mike
Great work all. Mike as others have said, that is amazing modeling work.
Here’s all I have to offer, an update on my layout
