I guess I will start off today. This is a Spectrum K4s that I just finished lightly weathering.
A couple of close-up shots.
It’s all downhill now!
A nice looking FJ-40 at Animas Forks.
Moving some pipe.
I made a few quick videos with my new iPhone the other day. They are of my rebuilt Mantua Pacific pulling my rebuilt Athearn heavyweights. Total cost for loco and six car train was less than $200.
Click on picture for video.
Corey, nice bridge! Was it a kit? Oh. and nice pacific.
I am liking that bridge, Corey.
Took forever to find an undec set of P2K E8/9. Both A and B are powered and DCC ready. They had options for D/B or not, 1, 2 or no steam generators, and early or late intake grills. Anyway here they are in CSX dark future. Added cab awnings, sun visors, grabs, better horn, and rear view mirrors.
Had to repaint the B-unit twice due to air brush issues and some decal problems but patience won out.
While cleaning out the train cabinet, discarding stuff I will never use - some to consignment, some to friends. I found a 1975-ish ConCor CZ dome obs. Stripped it, modified the frame for new Walthers Budd trucks, KD couplers etc. Added grabs and a selective interior w passengers. Cut off the old glob of plastic they called a diaphragm, and substituted an IHC version, Again, dark future colors in a sort of C&O heritage scheme.
Great photos, everyone.
Curt: Like that weathering. And thanks again for the hints on the ‘sealing’ with matte finish.
Corey: Love that bridge. And that handsome Pacific.
Here’s mine. 2-8-0 #1159 sets out a cut of cattle cars at Wagon Wheel Gap to pick up summer-range stock and transport them back down to winter range in the foothills. Fall is here, and the winter snows won’t be far behind in the Sierra.
Tom
Well I finally started a new layout, a Hollow Core Door. The trackplan comes from a HO scale project layout MR published called the Alkali Central; more info can be found by clicking this hyperlink
A video can be found via this hyperlink
And here is an overall view of the layout
Don’t know what you are doing… but I am loving it! At first I thought that was brass!
with all the hot weather its time to go to the mountains and cool off
a refreshing tube run
A Shot of my IC&E Leased Power Roster
Here are some indys (in the works) models of some leased power I have seen on IC&E/DM&E, now CP rails, in NE Iowa & Southern MN. in recent years, & in/on DVD’s.
Mostly not so finished, just like all my Blue painted shells for actuals of IC&E/DM&E…
A mix of Kato’s & Athearns in various stages & even incorrect, borrowed chassis’ …sorry…
Corey,
What did you use for the bridge support columns? They are just what I need.
-Bob
Forgot to post the photo of my last project, an old Train Miniatures Blacksmith car. It was a lot of fun and gave me some ideas about putting flickering LED in the oven.
-Bob
Great photos so far, everybody!
Here is an older photo of a Great Northern train crossing the Mrs. Hippy River.
Peddler Freight over Junior Canyon on my WP Layout:
Great Work & Photo’s by Everyone!!!
The Art of Modelling is right here!!!
EDIT: I meant in the weekly WPF, & as a positive compliment to all the posters here!!
(& not over at my house, as I had nothing to do with this model),
I Apologize, if it was conceived a self tooting.
Here is a little Teaser…
Ummm Kayyy…
A still photo only does so much.
But a poorly lighted & narrated video, may actually be tolerable…
(cuz I talked, & shot it with my DICE cam, ha hah)…
If you want to see the PSC/Iron Horse Models 36 Ton Shay run the bearings, please take a look.
Thank you for watching!!!
An Eastbound view of the Thurmond yard in the days of steam The two car local is next to the
station at the far end with the heavy mountain on the next track over pulling the Fast Flying Virginian
and a west bound T-1 with a coal drag next to it
A Berkshire is headed east bound with a reefer extra and an H-5 sits along side the engine house
delivering a string of coal cars to the coaling tower while
an H-8 peeks out of the engine house
That’s a spectacular scene Bob. Can you describe how you made the waterfall?
George V.
An Eastbound view of the Thurmond yard in the days of steam The two car local is next to the
station at the far end with the heavy mountain on the next track over pulling the Fast Flying Virginian
and a west bound T-1 with a coal drag next to it
A Berkshire is headed east bound with a reefer extra and an H-5 sits along side the engine house
delivering a string of coal cars to the coaling tower while
an H-8 peeks out of the engine house