Ok I guess I can contribute here as most have seen I put a plow on my SW1500 check out the post somewhere on the forums but I have been working on this next project for awhile finally got the rest of detail parts.
Its a P2K GP30 it will be a Milw Road unit
Here I added the rear weed cutter plow by details west and MU hoses
Here I added the correct plow
Next step will be primer and then the paint job.
Lots of cool photos already, but the one that made my jaw drop, was LEE’s shot with the water feature down the middle of it…man, if I ever try doing water, I can only hope it comes out HALF that good.
I know a couple others have already commented on that photo, but I also know you can NEVER get too much praise when you pull off something good.
I just assumed that the shot starting off this weekend’s thread, (by “gramp?”) was put into a photo fiddling program (like the one I use: Picassa) and I thought it was BRILLIANT to have the out of focus close areas, softened with one of the tools such programs allow you…I figured in that case, the one where you tell the thing to leave the middle of the picture sharp, and the rest blending out in softness. But later, I read that it may have just been taken with a REAL camera (not like the lame little Kodak I use.) The kind that may provide the feature of filtering the shot to look like that from the start. (?)
Hi unca roggie: I was experiementing with some of the editing effects in Picassa, and when I tried the soft focus effect, I liked the result. I’m glad you liked it enough to comment on it. I’m a relative novice at photography, I still have a lot to learn about it. But, it’s fun trying different things.
Switching moves at Slade Jct., October 25, 1941, on the Hudson Highlands RR.
CNJ831
CNJ831, the composition and depth of your shot is great and that fall foliage is incredible - one of those pictures that leave you wondering if it’s real or not.
I’m going to be pictorially verbose this week, I think. I spent a few evenings setting a couple of Con-Cor yard building kits I assembled a few year ago into the scenery. I have found that building sand makes a great scenery medium - you can easily blend the scenery into the building base. I also use the sand to make gravel roads. After getting the sand in the right place, it gets misted with water and held in place with 50/50 white glue/water.
Here’s the finished scene. The area around the building gets the paint / sifted dirt / ground foam treatment. I use acrylic paint on the road. In the past I have brushpainted it but this time I used my airbrush.
Here’s a closeup of the work shed showing the gravel. I did get a bit of overspray on the scenery. Next time I will lay paper next to the road.
I still have some of the buildings I built when I was just a bit younger… This old yardmaster office was, I think, a Revell kit that I built back in the mid-60s - over 40 years ago. I think the current one is still availble from Con-Cor. It is amazing how long these same model dies have been i
CNJ831 - That’s a MR CALENDAR shot! [bow] Great pic.
Great job everyone.
Lee, That is a great shot. It looks like a stretch of road in Northern California that I know. Good memories.
Crandell, I always like angle of your trestle shot. I never noticed the insulators before. What did you use?
Tom, Your yard looks very functional. Do you have more shots?
CN, Great lighting for your fall scene. Did you photoshop your sky?
Sue
CNJ831
I always enjoy your photos. And with this one, I can smell someone burning their leaves in the backyard.
Tom
Wow, lots of just beautiful work here this week. I like the in-progress shots that people are taking and showing. They remind people that these great scenes don’t just appear. Each one represents many hours of effort. (Note that I said effort, not work. I hope everyone else enjoys their layout-building time as much as I do.)
Anyway, this is almost done, but I can’t put the track down and ballast it until I finish some more scenery up the line a ways. We had a discussion over on Layouts and Layout Building about bridge track which will solve that problem, but again, that will wait until I finalize the trackwork. The engine house in the background needs a bit more work to get the roof on right, too. For now, you can go feed the ducks.
Heres my latest car. I finished it up this morning. Now hopefully I can work on my layout some now.
Before:
After:
What do I feed the ducks? Love it. [tup]
Sue
Nice rust job. How did you “fade” the car? And when are you going to start weathering in HO ??? Join us…you will be assimilated [:P]
Thanks for the compliments.
Now with the fade, I just used some white paint. Thinned with paint thinner, and just air burshed on.
Do you mask the reporting marks or spray over them? Or, do you decal your own later?
I try to remove the reporting marks as best as possible. I use “trim film” and it depends on what color the film is, if the letters will show through. If you use a lighter trim film for reporting marks, you will see the old ones. Also people use the yellow trim film for reflective tape on cars.
Some great work as always here!
I have been doing some reading up on my favorite Fallen Flag the NYO&W, aka: O&W. One thing I found is that they were still using some of their old Overton type passenger equipment in revenue service until 1930. Since I have been looking for some short passenger cars to run in “milk trains” (in part due to my 22" radius curves in places) and since the SLO&W is stuck in 1925… I got out some stored ancient Overton combines and coaches I have had over 25 years. Got a couple cleaned up and decided to get them ready for revenue service. I had put Kadee Couplers on way back then.
Took off the trucks (also added back then as they originally had the Talgo style on them) and took it apart and sent it to the paint shop.
The coach shown above is still undergoing renovations, but I have finished the first of two Combines:
The cars are from Pocher I think. I have one more Combine that is a Tyco…[
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Oh I also did some decal work on the loco that will be on “Milk Train” duty:
Ray - nice job on those old Italian made coaches!! I’ve got 4 of them I picked up at a flea market 5 or 6 years ago, and I’ve never seen any more of them since! I’m at the grandsons’ now, so I don’t have access to them - can’t remember manufacturer’s name. Again, nice job!
Some nice photos up this week!
Hey robby, I got some before and after too. [;)]
Hey join in the fun [:D]. Your boxcar looks real good. I can’t find a roof like that anymore. I find the ones with the panels to close to add the white lines.