WPF: Weekend Photo Fun; Dec 10-13

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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OK. I’ll start. I prefer full name because new people may not know what WPF means.

Here are 2 BLI Blue Line E7’s with DCC and sound. Also, there is a Stewart VO 1000 with DCC.

The train has mail and express cars full of Christmas gifts sent to loved ones.

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Couple of photos of my RS-3 going to work.

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That’s a great scene and photo, Heartland.

I’d really, really, rather be fishin. DJ.

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Love the E7s Garry!

Here’s mine…

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Garry, you have a very nice start to WPF. Very nice indeed. I was about to pack up from last week’s photo shoot when I heard a noise in the tunnel. I got to the camera just in time to focus and catch this fast moving J blast out into the sunshine and cause billowing snow to waft up and around the cylinders and on rearward. Crandell

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Love all these photos. Unfortunately, i don’t have any shots (yet) that would be worthy of this thread. Crandell, how’d you do that with the smoke and the snow? Is that why God invented PhotoShop? In any event, great shots, all.

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Here is my first contribution for this month.

Another D&TSL 1958 CF Covered Hopper, Eastern Car Works Kit with a few added details, like wire grabs on the hatches.

DT&I XLI Boxcar for Campbell Soup Service. Front Range Kit with plug doors, Ends and Roof painted Boxcar Red, Armour Yellow Sides. Champ “We have the Connections” Decals.

DT&I XLI Boxcar for Campbell Soup Service, latest paint scheme with Star Herald, Armour Yellow Sides, Galvanized Roof and Black Ends, Herald King Decals.

Thanks for looking!

Rick

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Here it goes for this weekend. Pic of the original diesel for the Joppa Iron Works at Furnace “A” with a hot metal car.

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Here is a shot of the Plymouth diesel taken in the 1960’s at the mill at Joppa Iron Works.

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Tom, the snow is actually WS “Soft Flake” snow sprinkled as a light covering. Jarrell did the border and changed my grey winter sky to something a bit more pleasing, for which I am grateful. The spindrifting snow beside the engine is done using a clone brush with a reference point in bright snow somewhere in the photo, and the ‘pressure’ is set very close to zero. Then I just swipe the brush tool beside the engine until the white shows enough. As for the smoke and steam ejection over the boiler, first cover the path with white using the clone brush so that bushes and stuff behind don’t reappear when I begin to darken it with the smoke. Then, I added dabs and swipes of the clone brush using the tunnel darkness as my reference point. The small area means I had to save and restart the brush multiple times, more than I care to remember.

The programme I am using is called Sagelight.

Crandell

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One of my nephews sent this link to a song and still pictures of UK locomotives. The song is “Slow Train” by Donald Swann and Michael Flanders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU

Another WPF-ish thread currently underway is Show us your Blue Boxes!
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/183654.aspx

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I’m finishing up another town, Iaeger, WV. Still need to add some details, stripe and weather the roads. Then it will be installing the detection and switch motor for the crossing signals.

Lots more to do.

Larry

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Great photos, everybody!

Crandell … That’s a great shot! Snow looks real.

Tashtego. … Nice close up of the GN RS3. Does the brakeman need a Gillette?

DJ… Any bites with the fishing pole?

Michael … the NYC train looks great!

Jeff … “Wash Me. Sincerely, the GP 38.” [swg]

Rick … The freight cars look great this weekend.

Mike H … I like the Joppa Iron Works photos. Neat locos, real and model.

Larry … Your roads look very nice.

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No photo yet, just a drawing, but I am working to get this layout off the ground:

It´ll be the first step towards a new “empire”, should the current negotiations with SWMBO result in any real estate gains.

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Intital poster Heartland Division CB&Q thanks for the full title. Abbreviations and slang shouldent be used on a forun that go’s to the whole United States.

Dennis

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Very nice shots! Espcially Crandell & Garry! I’d post some pics, but my layout is a mess from my leave of absence.

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Dennis,

This forum goes to the whole world. Here in Australia there are many subscribers to MR Mag and the forums. Indeed you often find an Aussie starts the WPF because we are 10 hours ahead of US time.

cheers from Down Under

Alantrains

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As i am getting my layout put back together from the move cross county I wanted to share this from before I took it apart.

Chris

Warner Robins, GA

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both were models. One is a Plymouth critter and the other is a 44 tonner with a boxcab shell. Thank you.