I thought I’d start the photo fun this week with pictures of my newly painted Rivarossi 0-6-0.[:D] This is also the first time I’ve started the fun.[:D]
I painted the smokebox and firebox a gray color, and the molded-on railings and piping black to bring out some of the detail. I think it turned out pretty nice.[:D] The fourth number on each side of the cab was painted over by the original owner, along with the roadname, so I stuck some extra UP decals I had on there. I also painted the coal gloss black. The metal wheels I added for extra electrical pick-up are also visible in the picture.[:D]
Darth Sante Fe:
Good looking paint job. Are you planning to weather it?
howmus:
I have a feeling that your layout will be a real winner! Just looking at what you’ve done so far tells me that it will be a beauty!!! I like the fact that you have planned ahead with your backdrops and lighting. Your benchwork is also top-notch. Please keep us posted on your progress.
Open house for the public on Friday night, but turnout was light. So I got to play with the camera and our new scenery “effect lighting”. The new lights are very red and make everything look like sunset. So into photoshop it goes and my first attempt at adding some smoke. Here is my newest loco a BLI 2-8-2 MP 1301 coasting down the grade from Summit into White River.
Spidge, Bob, Simon, and Darth, thank you for your comments. The clouds are done with the New London Industries stencils and 3 colors of spray paint. This room is an addition to my old layout (the part done back 20 plus years ago when I knew everything… [;)]. The entire layout plan looks like this:
The right half has been around for close to 25 years and is still not completely done. It lives up to its name (S.L.O.&W.) Here is a shot of part that is almost done:
Great pics. Some great scenery progress. I wish I had the discipline to paint backdrops before the track work. Great detail flee. Nice roaks TZ.
I am finally back to Kimm"s Kanyon, a mixture of Yellowstone, Bryce and Yosemite canyons. Laid a lot of foam blocks, 3 sheets worth of 2inch. Here is some progress.
Ray, keep plugging. I can’t just feel the excitement building.
Flle, looks like you’re giving Bob G some comepetetion.
Art, I see the pic, but I can’t envision how you can stop the canyon so abruptly. I am waiting with batited breth to see how you finish it off.
I, too, am painting the backdrop after everything is built up in the area. I kinda needed to see how things would shape up. The advantage I have is that backdrop can be removed to be painted.
Art
“‘dispatcher to train you are clear to go’ westbound heads onto bride huge brass articulated slowlyy chuffs across with a long sting of brass reefers
1/4 of the way across theyy see alight
Eastbound express hauled by a Brasss northern with brasss streamliners in tow on full throttle heads onto the trestle
the crew of the slow freight throws the johnson bar to reverse and the heavy freigth starts to slow down
The crew of the passenger train puuts on the emergency brakes but its to late
the two steamers collide and jump off the trestle and followed by the passenger cars each one hitting the floor piece by piece destroyed into small scraps of painted bent metal
the momentum from the heavy freight pushed almost every car off the trestle after them except the caboose and 3 reefers at the end
The remains of those refriderator cars are all but what they were
Trucks and details scattered across teh floor
a large heap of twisted orange metal sits near the destroyed locomotives
all but one survived
when the engineer and fireman saw ahead of them they both jumped, the fireman broke his neck on the railing while the engineer fell to his death 100 feet below
A man by the name of Art saw from the rear observation car and jumped out the rear door before the train entered the trestle
He suffered a broken leg arm and a fractured ankle”
Watch your train at all times!
Nice pictures guys
