Ok, it is photo of the real thing- GP-39, but it can be used as some detailing inspiration. I was off sailing the week before in the Bahamas and then caught a cold last week so I have not had time to take a few more photos of my layout.
Thanks for starting us off this week, Eric.
Early Pennsy intermodal yard, (TOFC). DJ.
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Thanks, Erik, I love the BNSF theme. Jay, I really like how you have staged the ‘people’ in your image. It looks so much like a photo of a real world setting.
Mine shows Santa Fe 3755 moving slowly alolng a tight curve on the Sentinel Colliery switchback.
Crandell
Nice pictures guys.
Here are some progress shots of my farm area. I just placed the buildings, vehicles, and cows to give me a sense of how it will look. I still have quite a bit of work and details to add, but it’s coming along. The tractor is a matchbox from my child hood. Hopefully I find a suitable replacement.
Nice work everyone. [tup]
Nothing new for me this week, but I was going through some old photos of my layout before I redid the scenery. So I thought I’d post a before and after shot:
BEFORE (2007)
AFTER (Same loco and gondolas in 2009):
A couple pics of my mostly finished shop diorama.
Still have some junk piles to add and some things to add to the interior.
mike , where did you get the chevy pickup . All i am able to find are fords . RON
WOW! talk about a high set bar for the weekend… Excellent work from each of you!
I have just been piddling around with Engine House/ Workshop again… (I have been at several other projects, but nothing photogenic on them.)
On advise from a friend who has decided to mentor my work, I have been adding some stuff to the lathe area:
He didn’t like the look of the metal I was doing so I repainted the brass and steel looking items with a combination of Gunmetal and Blue/Green Patina. Comparing side by side with a photo I have of a belt drive shop, it came our as good as I could do I think:
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A couple of pics of some old track.
I got it at walmart. It was a movie collection they had out. It had the pickup, gto, gtx, and a couple others. Sadly after I bought it walmart got hit with walthers crying that they were taking away business or some crap like that.
Very nice work!! [bow]
What did you use for ballast? Is this line in use (the rails appear to have a shine)?
Thanks. The track is in use. My weathering stops at the top of the rails. The ballast is gray grout. The garbage and debris lying around is filtered from the contents of my shop vac. Mike.
Tashtego, this old track looks real!
Here’s my “mud tunnel” at Silver Valley RR
Wolfgang
Just ‘lil ol’ me again…
Tonight I fabricated an Armstrong Tool Holder as one did not come with the kit, added more oil stains on the wall and around and on the lathe, and placed the oil can and tools where they can be reached… Also touched up a couple other details.
If I spend this much time with details in every building I will have to live to be 120 at least to get the layout done! [(-D]
It just keeps getting better, Ray. Excellent. [Y]
Crandell
Great work so far this week end.
Here is a photo of my layout with a Stewart FT ABBA and a Walthers F7 ABA at work.
Ron - Take a look at Trident, they have Chevys/GMCs. Not everything that make is military; they are stocked by Walthers among others
http://www.trident-miniatures.co.at/Inhaltsverzeichnis.html
Very NICE work this weekend!!!
With some talk about GC Laser kits on another thread I thought I would show what I did with mine.
Here is an Ath Ford with a GC Laser Corn/Coal bed on it. The Ford was a Wrecker, I shortened the frame slightly, added Plano (Ford C) Mirrors (after an accident with originals), painted the fenders & weathered the cab unit. I pre-painted the GC Laser bed before assembly, & the underframe was cut down to fit nicely on the Ath chassis. Then A-Line mud flaps were added. The chassis & grain body still need some weathering.
The Chevy Truck is marketed as “Real Rides ‘Dazed & Confused’ 1/87 Chevy C-10” I made it look like a C-20 4x4 by replacing wheels & adding bigger tires from a Busch tire load set.
The background AC4400 is just a plain Kato lightly detail weathered using ink washes on the grilles & trucks, but not airbrush or dust weathered.
Chad , where did you find the dazed and confused vehicles ? RON
Ron,
I saw one posted like you did, & eventually found a few on eBay. I just checked & there is one on there now. Good luck. They are listed there from time to time. I think I mis-printed, they are ‘Reel Rides’ as they are modeled after TV & Movie vehicles. Hope that helps.