While we are analyzing photography elsewhere, I thought I would re-establish our claim to this thread. I hope I don’t usurp anybody else’s interest in doing so this weekend…if so, sorry.
Here, the Old Gal struggles to haul 1200 tons of coal out of a natural portal and up a 3% grade. She’s doing just fine.
Selector, see my comment across the street… WOW! I love it.
Selector - I said it before and I’ll say it again here. NICE shot!
Ok, here it goes - My first contribution to WPF.
Here are a couple of recent shots of I took on my N-scale layout.
Niiiiiiiiiiice…!
I don’t care how clear the photo is if there’s a Pennsy loco in the shot!
Excellent scenery, Crandell!
Bruce,
That’s some great N scaling! Hey, what kind of track are you using? Almost looks like ballasted Unitrack… am I right? Good job!
MAbruce,
Verrrry nice. The clouds in both shots just make the pictures!
Great shots, Crandell & Bruce. Keep them coming.
Sue
Thanks - and nope, that’s good o’ Atlas code 80.
And you missed my ‘homage to PRR’ in my shots - the cylindrical hopper. [;)]
Here’s a beat up old lady of the rails that will soon be heading to the paint shop.
I am new to the forum and have a ton to learn about the hobby. I have enjoyed the weekend photos (under any thread name), and hope this one stays clean. All the recent foul language (and veterans sniping at each other in various threads) has really turned me off. I considered quitting the forum.
But I’m mostly past the emotion - these forums are a great opportunity for us to enjoy the hobby, share and learn. Count me in to help fix the problems, rather than contributing to them or runnig away.
I hope to be in a position to contribute photos in a few months. In the meantime, I’ll keep asking questions and do my best to be a positive contributor.
Bill Field
MoPac & Frisco in St.L.
Hi, Bill. I firmly believe that everyone is trying to do their best. If we just encourage it, everyone’s photos, when they eventually appear, will get better. Thanks for supporting the ethos that we try to establish here and elsewhere on this forum. It works for so many of us.
[:)]
-Crandell
Simply amazing, Selector!!!
And Bruce, how did you do the clouds? Photo backdrops?
Top photos already!
Great to see someone else running Guilford . A new MEC RS 11 is on its way here too. There might be hope for my US layout after all [:)][:)][:)]
UK OO scale
Mike
My first contribution to WPF. This is the FIRST KIT I have ever built…
Loads eastbound, empities westbound near Spruce Creek, PA. July, 1956 on the Pennsy Middle Division.
Yeah, I liked that kit so much that I bought two of them myself.
And now… For my contribution to this weeks great array of Fantastic Fotos!
I have been finishing up the Bandstand project and finally have the old girl in place permanently (OK, so it can be removed if I want to make it a centerpiece for an entry at an NMRA Division Meet…) Bushes have been newly trimmed and the August flowers are in bloom. She is just waiting for the band to show up for the next concert (On order as I write).
Excellent job for a first model - or second - or fiftieth for that matter!![tup][tup][:D]
Milwaukee Road, I feel the same way as the others… that wouldn’t be too shabby for someone who had been modeling for decades. Nice assembly!
Dave, it has been said many times over the months, but your N-Scale stuff has few peers…at least, that I have seen posting here. I really like your arrangements in the “bush” with all the varieties, and that lone telegraph pole is so realistic. Very natural.
Ray, your band stand would do well in a photo all by itself, but it looks really good set in place on your layout. Congratulations! Once you get your band and the onlookers and picnicers on blankets in the grass gathered 'round, you will have that much more of a masterpiece. [:P]
For all those who have said nice things about my modeling above, I thank you deeply. Makes it all worth while. [:)]
-Crandell
Here’s my first contribution to WPF, thought I would kick off with something a little different.
This was an incident on our club N scale exhibition layout, the loop is called Tee-N-Chippee (Tehachapi ring in), and yes, that is a Micro-Trains State cars set in the mess, I buy to run, not collect.
The SD40 in the Desert Storm scheme was one of my first major repaint projects that used Micro-Scale decals, I have since got an ALPS and make all my own. (I know, it should be an SD40-2, but Kato only made the SD40 then and down here, no one has yet picked up on the error). Hope you like!
Teditor.
