Could it be that I get to start us off this week!? Well, here goes:
I’ve been piecing together this Campbell kit for a couple of weeks. It’s the Branchline Water Tank. Fun to build:
Next fall I’ll scenic this part of the layout.
Ummm…you’re 27 hours ahead of the weekend (west coast time). [:D]
Humm…a long weekend perhaps? 
Nice pics!
Rotor
Here is my offering ,many railroads during the 40’s and 50’s provided bus service to towns off the mainline,the NEW HAVEN is one,the NEW ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION CO. was owned by them.
Heres my logs and my pulpwood car. Worked on it last weekend, and finished it up this week.
My train at last weeks trainshow:
My U28B trudges along while an ATSF passenger train zooms by on the other track. (he really wasn’t going very fast, but it looks like it)
Going by a small town. IMO this and the next module are my favorite ones in the whole layout.
an double-headed NYC freight highballs out of the yard. My GP35 is a dummy, but the U28B has sound and DCC
My train goes my a train led by 4 SD45-2s. (those SD45-2s are loud)
And a video, the camera batteries were going out near the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-giioasn4
And what I’ve been working on:
Passenger set: 3 bachmann locos and 13 rivorassi cars. Runs pretty well, and alrady has the kadee conversion kit installed on all of the cars
the Atlas GP40 I picked up. Runs suprisingly well for it’s age, and looks really eady to convert to DCC. (there are two pieces of metal on top of the motor that the motor gets power from, and the power wires connect to it. The engine rest on a plastic cradle, so it looks like the motor is isolated.)
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My UP Challenger hasn’t been run for a while, so I gave her a stretch around the club layout last weekend. She’s Athearn, and the MRC sound has been replaced with a Lenz/Soundtraxx DSX combination with two speakers.
Brian (posting 1.15pm on Friday afternoon in the UK!)
Nice Photos All !!!
Love the Challenger Photo Brian
Nice weathering job What did you use for the water stains ?
I tried some ink wash on this box car
I’m just starting to learn weathering and have a very long way to go
Hi all: An Alco switching Eshleman’s Feed Mill. And my first attempt at weathering a loco and some freight cars.
Robby, the log car looks great with its load in place, good job. Grampy’s wonderful images as ever. It must be a really fun layout to run? I have the JL Innovative Suds Bucket sitting on my shelf awaiting construction.
This month the boys and I have a Nashville Road box car visiting the layout on the interchange that we are participating in.
Hello everybody…
You’re wasting no time! …Already we have Phil’s great Campbell water tank, Ed’s neat 1950 era transit bus, Robby’s outstanding pulpwood car, Packers BN and DRGW models, Terry’s nicely wetherered 50’ box car, Grampy’s Alco working some local switching on his nicely sceniced layout, and Simon’s BURLINGTON F3’s …
Burlington! …Did I say Burlington… Here’s phto of my short KCZ consist arriving in Prairie View…
Wow, guys–GREAT, if early start to the weekend.
Shayfan: I really like that Campbell kit–nice job on it. Looking forward to seeing how you scenick that section.
Robby: That’s a great job on the pulpwood car.
Packer: Looks like you’ve got enough Rio Grande passenger equipment to do BOTH the Royal Gorge and the Prospector, LOL!
Brian: That’s a lovely weathering job on the challenger.
Terry: I envy you–weathering cars is something that scares the pants off of me. Nice job!
Grampy: Beautiful as usual.
Garry: Looks like you’ve got a fellow Burlington fan in Simon: Nice work, both of you. Garry, I’m STILL knocked out over that kitbash you did on the KCZ observation car.
Well, all I’ve got is an ‘in progress’ shot of re-doing the Buttes: By no means finished, I’ve still got staining and a little ‘fill’ to do, but here’s what the Yuba Pass tunnel area looks like so far. Still a lot of work to do. It’s a combination of Cripplebush rubber rocks, Hydrocal and Sculptamold. And yes, I’m going to line the tunnel–at least as far as viewing range goes.
That big ‘flat’ space between the Cripplebush and the tunnel entrance will eventually represent a solid intrusion of granite. The California Sierra Nevada are geologically a LOT different than the more familiar Colorado Rockies–big masses of broken granite and then a sudden big up-thrust slab. Still working on it.
Tom
Nice work, Tom … You will soon be King of the Mountain!
I had intend to include a comment on Brian M’s 4-6-6-4 … Looks terrific, and I bet it sounds great, too.
Burlington Fans Unite!
I always enjoy WPF because of Garry’s regular contributions. There is nothing like a silver Zephyr or a Blackbird scheme to get me going.
This Atlas S2 was my very first US locomotive
Proving that an expatriate Brit knows nothing about US railroading I purchased it as I thought it would be fun to model New England, making the incorrect assumption that the Burlington was the one in Vermont. It only took a few weeks to figure out my error! So the CB&Q became my adopted RR. Having read many books and become a member of the BR Historical Society I can say that I am rather glad I made that error back in my early days in the hobby.
Hey, who keeps raising the bar around here!!!? [:O] You fellows are posting magnificent modeling and imagery. [:P] This week promises to be a whopper. Nice work, everyone.
A few of you have seen this image already, but I haven’t posted it here yet.
Simon … Thanks much…I like your models a lot, too. I have one of the Atlas S-2’s and it currently works at the brewery, meat packing plant, and the ice house. A Brit, eh. Good for you!
Great photo from Selector. WOW
VIA FP9 and Park Car.
Kaslo shell, Min By E details, Atlas GP38-2 chassis.
Kitbash of Walther’s, Athabasca and styrene.
David B
Robby,
The logs look great, can you share your technique? I’m getting ready to make some and would enjoy hearing how you made those.
Thanks, Wayne
Honestly Wayne, I got the idea from Aggro. On another website he posted on how to do them. I went for it!!
Just take some dowel rods (different sizes) for your trunks. Rough up the dowels for depth and scraps like tree bark has (I used 60 grit). I then gave it a wash in Burnt siera. Then after the wash I went over the dowels again with the sand paper. Some people might think thats extra work, but I liked the look of it. Then I mixed up some white, black and brown paints for the trunk color (paint I used was the Wal-Mart craft brand). I mixed in some fine ballast for the rough look. Aggro used saw dust in his with the ballast, but I don’t have any saw dust. I dabbed it all over the dowels, keeping some of the wood exposed. Then I added a final wash of the burnt siera. On the final wash, before it dried I put a wash of just mineral spirits on the dowels. Kinda dabbed it with a paper towel, and there you go. Trees!!! NOW REMEBER, it has to dry in about all of the stages but the final wash stage.
P.S. make sure you clean the ends off the trunks to.
I am sure Aggro will jump into this, and help me. He’s the one with the great idea. I think it looks good.
I’ve been hiding out in the train room instead of lurking here on the forum lately, but I wanted to show some of what I’ve been working on. I have been busy with mixing plaster and trying out some new rock molds. Here are some photos of the raw results.
The last casting is about 24" wide by 15" tall and took quite a bit of plaster to fill!
Don Z.
Awesome castings Don
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I just love watching them change as you had the color