I guess I will start off this week. Here are some photos of my coal yard business.
Looks good, Curt.
I like the scene with the people and vehicles under the trestle.
I finally got a shelf & lighting up for my daughter & my “Summer Shelf Shunting Project”:
The LEDs are two 4-packs of Inredia pucks from Ikea, and work pretty well:
Works well for running the layout.
For photography, I can add some CFL spots or just pick up the layout and take it outside 
Looking forward to seeing all the great photos and work this weekend!
Cheers!
Really good start to WPF already, guys.
Haven’t had anything to post here in quite a while, but did just complete this version of Shultz’s Garage
I love DPM kits. They’re so forgiving. This one went through multiple coats of paint before I found something I liked. It also had three different failed roofs - I eventually just settled on ol’ reliable masking tape rolled roofing.
Jim
This is a shot of my turn table section I have been working on in the last 2 weeks. 
as you can see there is much more work to do. Sam
Spent part of the day working on this truck.
My goodness! The weekend already? At least the best thread of the week is here. Great start I might add!
I have made some progress with the wall mold for the Octagon Blacksmith’s shop. Have actually started painting the latex rubber on the wall to form the mold. Have a long way to go…
I was at a night photo shoot at the Rochester and Genesee Valley RR Museum last night. The subject was our newly rebuilt 45 Tonner, RG&E Beebee Station #1941 (after the year it was built). She spent many years switching coal hoppers at Beebee Power Station outside of Rochester, NY. Very appropriate we have her back in operation this year as the coal came across the Hojack Bridge in Charlotte, NY. The bridge is now being scrapped! I think O. Winston Link would approve… Maybe?
Here is how we shot the photo… Notice the man standing at the left of the photo with the flash equipment in his hand. He got caught in another flash from directly in front of the loco.
73
I see a lot of good work so far. Keep it up.
Non-runners I rebuilt this week. Don’t be thrown by the Bachmann GP40 bodies. The frames are Atlas.
Atlas GP40 (1 of 2)
Atlas GP40 (2 of 2)
Atlas FP7
It was a busy week.
Who says model railroading coems to a halt in the summer? Not this thread.
I finally dropped a Tsunami in my Sunset K-36. It hasn’t run since DC days on the layout, so great to get it back in service. It pulls 9 cars up my 4%, 24" radius grade on the Silverton Branch, with maybe tractive effort for another 1 or 2 more.
Some scenes I’ve worked on over the summer…
Looks like a Food Co-op customer is getting a proposal…
At the grade crossing in Animas Forks, with the snow-shed covered turntable behind it and #4 coming out of the snowshed.
The Union Trust Mine and Tramway.
Thanks for looking![%-)]
Happy Weekend! Lot’s of great stuff so far - and the weekend is just starting. This week I’ve been putting some dwarf signals at the west end of the yard - 4 down,5 to go. They’re wired in series through the electric contacts on the Blue Point turnout controllers,so that only one track can show “green” at any time,and in order to show “green”,all the switches for that track out to the main have to be lined correctly. They don’t look as bright to the naked eye as they do in the picture,but I’m still thinking I may try something to dim them down a bit.
Mike
Scarpia,
What did you do to get the look of the wooden bed? I have a couple of those, but at the moment I am working on a hay wagon and load.
Nice work everyone.
Have fun,
Richard
Beautiful work everyone.
Mike- Maybe brush something like Dullcote on the lenses to dull the brightness.
Mike- Maybe brush something like Dullcote on the lenses to dull the brightness.
Yeah,Curt.I was thinking of that,possibly with a very small amount of black or dark gray mixed in.Those yard lights could get pretty dirty. I’ll try the dullcote alone on one I haven’t installed yet,and if that doesn’t quite get it I’ll try darkening the mix.
Thanks,
Mike
CB&Q at large
Action at Bullard’s Bar. The Yellowstone’s easing an eastbound down the grade while the Daylight is heading westbound up the grade. Left-handed running is due to an overpass below the bottom of the photo.
Tom
Richard, for this truck, the entire model got a wash of india ink and isopropyl alcohol, and then the bed was heavily drybrushed with Poly Scale lt gray undercoat.
I did try using colored pencils first as they show on Model Train Factory, but I had the wrong kind/brand.
Did some scenery near my lumber yard.
Mark, I had to do a double take there. Great work!
Just messing around with the camera this evening with my “new” old toys.
I don’t have any photos to post, but I’ll give [tup] to:
Curt - Nice scene under the coal dump
M.C. Fuji - Your stuff is always good
Jim - Shult’z Garage looks so good, I’ve been looking at DPM stuff all day.
Mike - Great looking dwarf signals
Mark - Agreed, your lumber yard looks superb