Ahh… Let the fun begin! I always enjoy this thread because I get to see some good photography and great layout work and other new stuff. The idea behind the picture below was that I wanted to try to create an early morning scene, just as the sun came up somewhere in the Appalachian mountains of the eastern U.S., maybe in the 1940s. Steam effects added with software because I’ve heard so much about what the real stuff can do to your layout.
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For the photo buffs, lighting provided by a large-ish strobe with a soft box attached to simulate the lighting that you see. A white card was place off camera left to bounce fill light into shadows. Sigma 15-30mm lens @ 30mm, f/29 @ 1/160th sec. Nikon D100. Auto wb, raw format.
Hi Jarrell: That is an outstanding scene and great photography. Not much from me this week. Just the shop guys doing some cutting and welding and a shark in the shop.
I’m starting a major makeover project. All the scenery is being redone and a new (larger) yard put in. I hope to utilize several new scenery techniques I’ve learned over the years since I first built this layout.
George Paine, Nice work on those pick-ups - too bad they’re the LL ones though - the tires are too small or the wheel openings too large. Mini metals has some good pick-ups out, try them next time - your work deserves a better “canvas”!![:)]
Here’s a shot of my own layout deconstruction. I finished my tear-down this past week. It’s time to move on to bigger and better things.
I also made a video of my deconstruction. I took one photo everytime I removed something from the layout and put them together as a movie. I thought it would be something different and I think it turned out pretty cool.
Jarrell: OHMYGAW, what an absolutely BEAUTIFUL shot to start the weekend off. It looks so damp and chilly that I can SEE the residue on the boiler of that big loco. Really FINE work![bow]
And Grampys: Beautiful. Just beautiful as always. Your modeling skills are a real inspiration for me. [bow]
Well, nothing new from me–ended up having surgery to re-build my knee about a week ago, and I’m not allowed into the garage yet. So I dug into the file and thought I’d show you the ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots of my favorite Basket Case loco–the newer Yellowstone. Can’t wait to get out of the brace and get out there and give her some more running in. Maybe next week if I’m a good little boy—[:P]
The basic black is Floquil’s Grimy Black and I applied it with a–GASP!–spray can.
The only hobby-related stuff I’ve done recently is host a friend (and his model railroader father) to my layout, and disasemble my Atlas SDP35 to fix a shorting problem… Worn out motor brushes, like some of you over on Electronics and DCC figured out… Hope I can fix it without having to buy a new motor…
