I get to start WPF this week…
With my new (to me) brass Pennsy M1a – my very first brass locomotive !!!
(I wish the picture was better, but I had to take it with my cell-phone camera.)
I’m looking forward to seeing how well it runs (or, um… if it runs 
I reckon I’m probably going to re-motor it in any case and put a sound decoder in it.
John
Nice loco, John. Brass is a slippery slope, at least for me. You can never be satisfied with just one!
Enjoy!
Chris
Wow, off to an early start this week. But that’s okay - it makes up for some late starts. [:D]
Nice acquisition John. Hopefully it will run…
I recently had some fun with my photo software to make this sunset scene:
And for those of you who frown upon such photo manipulation, here’s a shot of my layout without any digital trickery:
Wow! Those are great photos-- not sure which one I like better… your layout really looks nice!
John
Yeah, you’re probably right about that. [(-D] My goal is to acquire about 4 or 5 more of the M1a’s (or M1b’s, either one) and a few H9’s or H10’s, which as far as I know, the H9/10’s are only made in brass.
John
Yeah, I have an H-6SB and an H-9. Both brass and very cool. I want to have multiples too. For some reason I’m leaning more toward L-1 (2-8-2) Mikados. They always seem to get overlooked by Pennsy guys. I have one I’m finishing up painting and will post pics soon.
Chris
I have been laying in a supply of K4’s to kitbash into L1’s. I’ll keep a few as K4’s of course There are a lot of similarities between the two, by design.
John
I am seriously envious of that fine brass M1!! Nice locomotive. Love Bruce’s sunset image with the long low trestle, too.
Mine shows a shot angle never shown on my layout. I have a Santa Fe 4-8-4 pulling freight that needs to get where it is going quickly.
Crandell
Great, EARLY (:D) start!
John, that brass is GORGEOUS! The cell phone pic still conveys all the detail!
Sweet shots as well guys!
I don’t have much, did a bit of work today, namely painted a bit of foam, smoothed out some road, and added a couple of “fill trees.” nothing pic worthy
Congrats on acquiring that fine looking Mountain, John.
Love the sunset, MAbruce.
That’s an excellent photo, Crandell.
An I1sa leads a West Bound coal drag. DJ.
!(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm237/GrampysTrains/I1sa with coal drag/P1050462.jpg)
Early weekend? Being retired i have 6 saturdays and one Sunday in every week so today is great for starting the WPF Thread…
DJ! Wow… Love it!
I’ve been painting tools for the workbench. Why? Well they look better when painted properly. Wanna see? Well Here’s the Workbench:
You can get a better Idea of how big it is in this photo. Yes I know I have to do some sanding on the rough edges before I put it in the Engine house…
So what was I painting? Well a pipe wrench for one thing…
Oh and a hammer…[%-)]
No THAT is a hammer, not a little sliver in my finger…
“They’re coming to take me away, Ha,Ha…”
73
here is some shots of my yard…still a work in progress…
From the north end of the yard looking South…
From the South end looking North…
Close up from the sout looking North…
Comments and suggestions welcome.
Nothing new from me this week, so I went back into the archives and found a before and after shot of the same corner of my layout. Seems so long ago…
Jarrell
Awesome!
Personally, I love the sunset. Could never frown on the artistic side of model railroading (and photography).
And the shot of the coal drag? Fantastic.
Count me among the many jealous of that brass loco, too.
Start of a new
shop, will be a run through, hope this pic works, having a bit of a prob with them. and this may be too big? This was a larger shop started last year and cut it down so that this will be a running repair facility (quick turnaround and light maintainance.) There will be a back shop for the heavy repairs later, any how I have some of the red iron done, will scrach a 5 ton overhead crane, oil and water pipeing and such. The bottom pic is a peeler (tread profiller) which has a few parts lost from being tossed from piller to post LOL Aint great but it is fun Take Care…John
Hi gang. I haven’t been in for a while.
Here is my latest project. This is one of the legs of the wye coming down to the sawmill from the log camp.
John, Great addition to your layout. I have dreams of brass.
Bruce, Digital trickery is fine. Nice sunset. Are the trees part of the sunset or part of your layout?
Crandell, Nice photo as usual. Are you photoshopping your backdrops ?
Ray, That hammer is cool.
Chad, I am envious of your yard. It should make for some great switching.
Jarrell, Thanks for sharing the before & after on blending into your backdrop.
Johnwar, Your shots from inside the shop worked well. Your greasy workbench is a neat detail.
Sue
Thanks John.
Thanks Sue. The trees are part of my layout. Only the sunset was added.
That’s a very nice scene from your latest project. The trees look fantastic.
Thanks, Bruce. I have always enjoyed your photos.
Sue
Sue, your creation is entirely believable. Nice job in ‘planting’ the trees…they are nicely vertical, and they look darned good! [Y]
I had to clone the ‘sky’ in my photo because what is really there is a window face trim, sill, and venetian blinds over a night-time darkness in the window beyond. What I had to do was to place a piece of blue Dow extruded foam on the window sill, take the image, and then use Sagelight’s cloning brush to paint the sky using the blue foam as a reference point. Takes some doing, but it was a vast improvement over cropping or leaving the window trim and sill visible.
The smoke and the tiny steam column at the front of the stack were created using the clone brush and hues on the side of the boiler and tender.
Crandell