Finally completed 2 old Atlas FPs to the point I can begin weathering. They will become background units at an engine facility even though they still run very well.
The ice breaker bars are probematic. They actually install easily once you get them off the sprues without breaking them. I had to repair about half of them - the plastic seems way too brittle.
Hey Ducks!
Great minds think alike. You and both started a WPF within seconds of each other… I deleted my post and moved over here. Nice shots BTW.
I have been taking some more photos of the Seneca Lake, Ontario, & Western RR in preparation for Merit Judging.
Close up of the abandoned tunnel;
And moving clockwise around the layout with more close up photos:
A few more from the SLO&W:
Very nice guys!!!
Here’s a old Cotton Belt ready to work.
Good work, everyone.
Driline - what process steps did you use? I like it.
Howmus - nice greenery.
Grampys - yard track looks very real.
Robby - what did you use for the silos?
Great start to the weekend.
Here’s a couple of shots around the Deer Creek Viaduct. I don’t normally photograph this area that much because of all of the unfinished scenery around the area (plus, as you can see, the lighting isn’t that great either).
Double-headed freight coming off of Yuba Pass onto the Deer Creek Viaduct.
Another double-header approaching the high bridge over Malakoff Hydraulic Diggings:
Tom [:)]
Awesome photos this week. Wow, what a start. Impressive modelling by Ray (love the way you did the car paths beside the corn and the stable/barn.) Great bridges just above, and DJ’s image puts me in trespass territory in that loooong and impressive yard. Wonderful photography. Frank’s boxcars are looking really good for a guy just getting serious about weathering.
This week’s photo shows a Niagara from the NYC churning up the grade out of the Seneca River valley. Smoke was the work of RRCanuck…my thanks, yet again, to him. [:)]
-Crandell
Crandell, would those be the Walthers cars? If they are, I have the same bunch in NYC colors. Nice shot!
I think you should get RRCanuck to put up a “How To” thread on photoshoping smoke. That sure ain’t MTHs idea of what smoke looks like! [:-^]
BTW, Thanks for your kind words!
**Duck…**The silos are part of the kit “Medusa Cement Plant”.
Some Work on my F40PH-2 and 8200 Cab Car… 
The tiger stripes arent the best but I think I did ok on them. Colin
Awesome modelling, one and all. I, too, was really impressed with Ray’s wagon-rut path.
We’ve been on vacation in Maine, but we did find one prototype relic.
We were biking, which hopefully explains my very odd attire. I don’t usually do model railroading in black spandex shorts.
This is an old Vulcan engine, now on static display in a small park in the harbor of Rockport, Maine.
SecretWeapon: A: Great PA’s. I love anything in EL colors, especially ALCO’s. B: My dad has a picture of the N&W 1776 when it was christened. Great Pic.
Aaack!! Too much information!!! [(-D]
Drilline, nice work on the boxcar. You are definately getting better. Did you use the sophicated finishes for the rust or a combo of oils and chalk? Or are you onto something entirely different?
everyone else. Great job
air brush diluted white polly scale paint to get the fade (next time floquil oil based for smoother look)
alcohol and india ink mixture to darken crevices and smooth fade
sophisticated finishes for rust, diluted with water
A.I.M. mixed rust colored chalk over sophisticated finishes to blend in rust
dark gray, brown chalk to weather car sides…lightly.
NO Gouache used at all on this car.
Seal with floquil flat finish mixed with 50% thinner
After some several months delay I finally finished up installing sound modules in the tenders of my two Bachman On30 Moguls. Due to the the placement of the speaker you usually have to surgically remove the molded-in coal load, leaving a gaping hole in the tender deck. Working from some reference photographs that I have, I added a bunker extension to the tender. I made the railings made from strip styrene, and after plating over the tender deck, covered it all with chunks of coal. One down, one to go.
