amazing dirt road scene.
Station complex is finally together
Great work everybody. I posted these pictures earlier today in a different thread, but I thought I would put it in the WPF. These are two shots from my recently completed Diesel Service Facility. Enjoy, Michael
This picture is of the yard office with two AC4400s in the backround waiting for their next assignment. Note: the boss must be in due to the Mercedes parked outside!
Locomotive shops are busy today. 
Everybody great work… I personally didnt do much again I did something everyone would be shocked with I’m sure. I painted up Some monogram Mini Exacts. I hated the plan all read this and blue that I wanted to make them a lil better. I will prbably post them sometime this weekend
MRH044 great scene I love it I got that same building but using it as Passanger car storage.
Drats we turned left and got onto some back road that took us to the conn plaza then we went south for a mile and got to that plaza with the wally world and ate at texas road house. I will telll my partner in crime how close we were so we willl probably end up there today before we leave at 4. Too bad the hobby shops are so far away. Thanks for your help don. Next time we are in town I will give you a buzz.
mike
MRH044 - wow! Would you care to detail for us the materials/kits you used and any other tips you might have on creating a similar scene? I’d be most grateful.
Mikelhh, fantastic “road work”!! What did you use? Real dirt? Also, great weathering!![tup]
Cudaken, I don’t believe it’s your “first effort” on painting raw foam - it’s much too good for first time!![tup]
Driline, I’ve heard that lipstick comment someplace before!![:-^]
Wsdimenna, One of the better night shots I’ve ever seen!![tup]
Great work this weekend - and it’s only Sat morning!![8D]
I love the ford PU it looks real!!
Jim
Jeffery: What happened to that D&RGW covered hopper in the background?[:O]
Great photos this week!
I’ll answer for him. He left it sitting in a window, and his windows are lexan, so it acted like a magnifying glass, and well, you see the results. I’m telling him, derail it next to a curve, it’s perfect for that look.
Great stuff. I ereally like MRH’s engine house
Well, time for me to lower the standards, lol. Finally got around to taking some pictures of my layout. Here’s tye transfer building and propane dealer spur.
Here’s the matience machine shop and the peanut bagging warehouse spur:
And thank you to everyone who replied to my thread, i have fixed the light problem. Added elictrical tape to the sides of the light box.
I really wish I had enough money for some worker figures, one or two would be perfect here:
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And here’s some shots of my weathered boxcars, once again proving that I have no skills for weathering:
Great photos this week!
I’ve been out of town and so not working on my layout, but here is a prototype photo of No. 794, being spruced up by the San Antonio Railroad Heritage Museum. The 92-year old is one of four Mikados produced for the Southern Pacific Railroad remaining in the US. I took the photo earlier today at Sunset Station.
Ivan
thanks, the trick is to dim lights on layout so their is sufficent contrast between building lights and light projected on layout. Its not really night[;)]
Well, I’m back from the Dothan show. I not only forgot my camera, but also my throttle. [banghead]
Well this is the only thing I bought: 
I got the rotary for 44 dollars. If I had brought 30 more bucks I could have gotten an Athearn SD40-2 to go with it. Although in hindsight, I didn’t find any of the things I was needing at the show.
I did run with my local MR club for a bit. Ran my GP9s with all of my boxcars, gons and flats. Then I ran my DRGW passenger set. (I got quite a bit of compliments on my trains, which is always good)
Nice work everyone. I’ll add my new dumptruck to the mix:
I built it from a Jordan kit. For those of you who have never embarked on the Jordan styrene vehicle adventure, this is what was in the box:
These kits are a lot f fun, but they typically take me about 8 hours to build one.
Here’s a shot for the next HO scale Mack Trucks Calendar:
After I weather it, she’ll never sit on it again.
Nice rotary Packer. If I had a use for one I’d buy one too.
I get to kill a few dial-up modems this weekend. Sorry in advance. Got quite a bit done this weekend…
BCRX boxcar, newly patched. Chose the company because it’s my initials, but it’s also a GE car services or something, so it could maybe be on the prototype.
WSOR boxcar 101513. The decals are very noticable due to the difference in finish (car is gloss) but a little dull finish will fix that.
Even more exciting… I finished my weed sprayer!!
Here’s WSOR 3802 spraying my work bench. It probably needs it.
Packer:
That’s so handsome I think I’ll get one and put a snow scene on Yuba Pass! [:P]
And speaking of your DRGW passenger set–how about some photos of that one?
Tom [:)]
Thanks for the kind comments about my road!
To answer Ivan’s question, I didn’t use any real dirt. I started with plaster into which I worked some wheel ruts, then painted. But I wasn’t happy with it, so I applied my artists modelling compound [pretty cheap at the art store] and shaped it before it dried. It dries slowly. While it was wet I sprinkled on fine beach sand, sifted ballast dust and coarse ballast. No need to glue if you press it into the compound. painted it when dry, picking out individual rocks with pale paint and a small brush.
Here it is with the compound, sand, dust and ballast prior to painting
and after painting
Grasses are unpainted jute twine.
Cheers,
Mike
Packer-that is one sweet-lookin’ rotary snowplow! [:P]
Wikious-You did a FANTASTIC job on that weedsprayer! [tup][tup][tup]