At first I thought Crandell posted a scan of a magazine centerfold. Look at the way the line goes down the backdrop corner, through coal tower window, along the water column and black streaked weathering on the TT.
As always, nice postings
ratled
Last one.
Photobucket test…
Yes, IVRW I will try weathering those cars next time. They are brand new ones. To Packers#1 This is only my imagination, seen in here and youtube. ha ha ha Thank you very much for your compliment as well. It’s nice to see you in this thread Phoebe Vet , Thanks to your great help with Dcc forum. I also like your subway on a 1st deck. And more beautiful pictures are coming up…good work, well done.
Train CDWJ departs Concord, NH. The yard is ex-Guilford, and you can tell by the way that boxcar leans on the track! [swg]
The yard is Guilford, but the paint job is spectacular. cough
I love those Santa Fe Warbonnets!
That is a really cool looking picture. I’ve never seen anything like that before. You must have spent some time getting the subway station to look just right.
Thanks guys. It is actually my second try at a subway station. The first one is on a different wall of the layout and is embarrassing. I really must replace it some day.
This one was made mostly with Photoshop. The walls and floor are ink jet prints.
I read these WPF threads religiously, but I see so much really outstanding work that I am generally too intimidated to post.
I’ll ditto Driline on Phoebe Vet’s great photo. Love the Lackawana F3 ABA and the subway scene! Neat layout, too, with the trimwood and skirt. [tup]
Also, many complimnets for other great layout photos from Robby, TX Terry (friends layout), Berlingo, MAbruce, Duckdodger, Geared Steam, Trainman Ty, Jerry, Jeff, and Crandell. [tup]
Are you sure that wasn’t a ex-PC track?—it’d be interesting to see a video of that!!! [(-D] Very good trackwork for woobliness—
Berlingo: The Amtrak locomotives look good in that photo. You have a better grasp on close ups than I do by far![bow]
No picture, but another video from Westport Terminal RR…
Wolfgang
Wolfgang, what decoder comes with R2D2 sound effects? [:D] That was pretty funny, I had to play twice just to make sure I heard it right.
Ken
An ESU Loksound decoder.
The friend who knows how to use the programmer, is a Star Wars fan. [:)]
And you know, model railroading is fun!
Wolfgang
Great work Frank. I thought I was in my uncle Al’s shop 45 years ago. The only thing missing is the itty bitty peg boards behind the workbench with all the tools hanging on it. [tup].
Brent
Nope, Penn Central never ran up into New Hampshire. [;)] Right now that’s a track switched from the other end with a capacity of 15 cars that usually holds around 4…except for in that photo, nothing has run that far on that track since last year! Until I need to, I’m devoting my time to fixing other stuff.
Here is my Athearn GP38-2 painted in GTW scheme with DT&I markings after the purchase of the DT&I by the GTW. #228 was the ex-Bicentenial Unit. Model done per Jim Hedigers Paint Shop article in MR.
Rick
Weathered two more structures today. They’ll be in a depressed industrial area.
Subtitle for this might be “What to do when there’s no money in the budget for new rolling stock”…
Another rescue from the junkbox…
Here’s the original “Hecho en Mexico” by Aurora:
The lack of trucks disguises how horrendous these cars actually are.
Here’s the result of a few hours of labor, and a bunch of stuff I had laying around:
Improvements include:
Removal of some cast on details,
addition of a Gold Medal Models brake wheel and separate ladders,
removal of odd sidewalls,
modifications to underframe to lower the car close to 2 scale feet,
installation of MT body mount couplers,
installation of Roller Bearing trucks with metal wheels (Con-Cor trucks from the junkbox. The wheels had already been lifted for another project.)
Flanges turned down for c55 track operation (wheels were old darkened metal pizza cutters, I believe from a Life Like car. I chocked the axle in the Dremel and had at them with a file.)
paint and decals
weathered deck.
So, the only “new” parts were the ladders, brake wheel, and couplers.
Lee
The old oak tree.
