I found the Noir setting button on my iPhone camera today and inspired by some of JA Bear’s old timey pics, I started snapping away. Here’s the interechange track, with the 480 laying over in the south end.
Looking back at the Silverton station and the backside of busy Blair St.
Up on the Cascade Extenson, the workers are closing out their shift and will catch this train bck to their homes at less punishing altitudes.
At the end of the line at Snowden, the new Gramps field provdes much of the new revenue sustaining this branch, shipping out crude oil for refining while receiving new pipe to extend the field to new wells.
At the end of the siding sits the tiny station.
Maybe our photographer will be able to find some color film now?
I have tried to make Bear style old time photos, but it does not work well for me. I should play with this feature a bit more.
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I actually finally have something to contribute this week for the first time in over a month.
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I finished the boxcar for the UPP STAYERS & EASTERN.
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This car was lettered with a set of custom made decals that was 55 years old! I coated the decals with Microscale Liquid Decal Film, and soaked them for a very long time. I added the black background behind the herald to help it stand out.
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I love the decals from a time when Model Railroading really was fun. I would never consider a humorous roadname, but there was a time when it was all the rage. All the cool kids, even John Allen, were doing it!
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Amazingly I also have the drawings for decal placement from the original designer. I followed them, but did not put the reporting marks on the roof.
The black & white photos actually show details much better in my opinion! I say keep 'em, coming! Great views [Y]
That boxcar has some real character, Kevin. Excellent decal work! I see even Texino made an appearance [%-)]
Actually, some refrigerator cars had reporting marks on the roof for the ice gang to record how much ice each car got. Modern tank cars also, but for different reasons, of course.
Once I began fitting the rail into the floor grooves I discovered that the foundation was going to have to be raised about 1/8" so I glued and tacked some 1/8 PVC sheets down. Tonight I finally began to set the rails into the grooves with slow-setting epoxy.
Mike, great start to the weekend, very Bearish Pictures and they show your layout off nicely.
Kevin, nice work on that boxcar coming up with your own paint scheme.
Ed, that roundhouse is sure a lot of work, just like the one that Jimmy is working on.
Terry, I admire people who can do that type of work on an engine, all I do is detail and paint, not much on changing lighting etc.
I did manage to finish a couple of cars this week!
Kadee 40’ Cushion Underframe PS1 kit, changed out the doors and painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow and lettered with Highball Graphics decals. Car built in the early 60’s and was assigned to Pillsbury in Bufallo, NY for finished food service.
Athearn 50’ PC&F Ribbed Side RBL, added A-Line Sill Steps to car instead of the plastic kit supplied ones. Painted with a mixture of Scalecoat II White with a couple of drops of Roof Brown and Reefer Yellow to match the beige color the car was painted, lettered the car with Herald King Decals matching the picture in the Frisco Color Guide. Car was assigned to the Schlitz Brewing Co. in Memphis, TN hauling beer, which accounts for its color. The Frisco had a number of cars assigned to industries where the color determined its use.
Gidday All, having seen that Mike had kicked off WPF, I was just going to pop in before hitting the hay after a long hot arduous w**k day, but upon seeing that I’d been mentioned in despatches, thought the very least I could do was make a contribution, and not a recycled photo either!
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Kevin, I “play” with the Windows Pictures Editing features, and Gimp, and to be honest there are times when I think if I actually knew what I was doing, I’d be flaming marvellous!!
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To wacked to make individual comments but great to see all the really Good Stuff, thank you!!
Kevin: Nice job on the boxcar,and nice save on the decals!
Ed: The roundhouse build is really looking good.That’s my next project,so it’s great to see your progress pic’s.
Terry: Looks like that will be a neat addition to that loco. You are probably already familiar with this gent (I know Mike L is),but for those who aren’t - Laurie McLean, An Australian MMR,has many videos on youtube that show how he does his wonderful animations. He’s also a nice guy,always happy to answer questions.
Rick: Glad to see your production line is back to speed - pumping out a couple of terrific freight cars every week!
Bear: Very atmospheric photo - the etched in info line is a nice touch.
Garry: It’s always a treat to see pictures of any part of your layout.
GP-9_Man: Nice work - My hat’s off to anyone who can paint window trim on N scale buildings!
480 and 487 work the yard:
Also,a short video of some trains in some of the newer scenery on the layout:
Terry: Looks like that will be a neat addition to that loco. You are probably already familiar with this gent (I know Mike L is),but for those who aren’t - Laurie McLean, An Australian MMR,has many videos on youtube that show how he does his wonderful animations. He’s also a nice guy,always happy to answer questions.
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Yes Mike
Laurie and I have become good friends
we were Beta Testers on the TCS Wow version 4 Steam decoder together
Kevin, Amazing save in those old decals. Looks great!
Ed, Lots of work goes into a roundhouse, something like thinking in 4 dimensions. Amazing work!
Rick, The D&H car is really an eye-popper and the Frisco ain’t shabby at all, eother!
Bear, Nice pic and effects! And thanks for the inspiration![:D]
Garry, Luv those heavyweights!
GP-9 Man, Amazing work on those structures[bow]
Mike, Inspiring videos!
Yes, Scoop is a great and very helpful fellow. I haven’t had time except to read the mail on that list the last few years. Most of those guys are older than I am and it’s hard to keep up with just reading everything they have going on. Laurie’s videos are very helpful and well worth the time to find and view them.
This piece of the mountain was made with insulating foam in a rattle can. I sprayed it over a grid made with cardboard strips. It would have been easier if I would have covered the grid with window screen first. You can make a lot of nice rounded lumps but it is expensive. I used 3 cans of foam on this small corner. I just finished the ballast in this area, for the second time.
This mine has been abandoned. There are the remnants of a railroad under the tipple that runs into a tunnel.
My Jade/Century Green NYC E8 paired with a Grey E7 as was suggested last week. The contrast is obvious. Unfortunately they are at the head of a freight train that my grandson had on the track.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is aways the best thread of the week.
I’m always up for trying new techniques and this one seems interesting. I’m running out of real estate but I have a few spots left to try this one out. Did you just spray the foam on and let it set on its own and carve it after it had set or did you manicure it while wet?
Mike, Thanks for the WPF start-up. Your charming B&W photos are inspiring.
Rick, Nice work, your Frisco boxcar and it’s beer hauling history is especially compelling considering my catching SL-SF 600039 sitting on the Budweiser Brewery spur back in 1988.
NYBW-John: “I’m always up for trying new techniques and this one seems interesting. I’m running out of real estate but I have a few spots left to try this one out. Did you just spray the foam on and let it set on its own and carve it after it had set or did you manicure it while wet?”
The spray foam is an insulation product. You spray it into a void and it expands to fill the void. You can get it in different amounts of expansion. I used the minimum expansion foam. I sprayed a small amount on top of the grid. A small blob of the stuff randomly here and there. When it stopped expanding, I spayed small blobs in between the dry blobs. The stuff is really sticky and it sticks to everything so shaping it while it is expanding or drying is almost impossible. After it dries you can cut it. I didn’t do any cutting, I just let it lumpy. I painted it with rattle can paint, then covered it with lichen.
A couple problems with this stuff. It sticks to everything. It’s impossible to remove from a surface. If you get it on your skin, it’s a real pain to get off. You can’t control the expansion and it goes where ever it wants to go. If you stop spraying for too long, the stuff sets up in the delivery tube and then the rest of the can can’t be used.
It was an interesting experiment, but I won’t use it again.
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