This is an EMD repowered Alco setting out a load for the power plant on an NTRAK module. <a href="http://www.railimages.com/albums/russellstraw/amr.jpg" target="_blank">ZOOM </a>
UP #6288 leaving San Marino on the JJJ&E: Up# 6288 on the point , followed by UP #6293 aand a WP "Powered Cheater Boxcar: The Broken Tree division of the San Marino Yard: Stay cool and run steam.... [ May 20, 2005, 07:43 PM: Message edited by: Powersteamguy1790 ]
Some local railfaning... yielded a few good weathering/grafitti ideas First one is for Hemi! a few interesting ones...
Russell: Is that RS3 a Mo Pac? Mike: Good weathering on that Soo Line covered hopper. More uniform than I would have done; I will have to try one. Looks good!
I painted this auto up for the club, it was on their layout, but left unpainted...so I disassembled it and painted it. And I also scratchbuilt an interior while I was at it, a firewall and trunk wall, seats, sterring wheel. I should have put in a driver, but I opted not to.
SNFF 5 22 05 Hi, great shots, everybody. Two contributions this week: ================== #1: This weekend, I finally started getting dirty. (weathering, that is). Here's a couple of my first efforts, all Done with Bragdon Enterprises Weathering System. N scale boxcar: Of course, I realize what's happening - now that the car is weathered, the bulky plastic roofwalks and grab irons need replacing, the Unitrack doesn't look right and future layouts will need detailed track ........ (descending into the Dark Side of the Force....). Here's a N scale LifeLike UP SD7, weathered with 'soot' and the trucks painted grimy black: It's a huge improvement, here's the before shot (the other side of the loco, which I haven't done, for comparision purposes): Thx to fellow friends on this Forum, who pushed me to start - I hate and love you guys. Because now, of course, the whole fleet needs to be weathered, the modeling must now go to the next level, the Unitrack needs something...... I also notice that photographing weathered equipment has it's own challenges and skills to earn, as lighting can tend to wash out subtle weathering. Ah well, what's a few weeks, months, or years in this hobby? More shots to come over time. ================== #2: From last weekend's Pacific Coast Region NMRA convention, I've just posted 17 photos of the On30 freelance Yosemite Short Line modular layout. Really great narrow gauge modeling. You can check out the album at: http://community.webshots.com/album/349743869hEKoSk Which is one of the albums at: http://community.webshots.com/user/atsf_arizona_layout_tour4 As a sample, my contribution from last week came from that On30 layout: Enjoy, all. ==================== Take care.
Over on the N scale forum we're having a bit of fun with aerial views of our layouts. http://www.trainboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/9/t/005954.html? Well, I couldn't do an easy aerial, so I did a big panorama, and let PhotoMerge put it together. I can do better manually, but it would take hours, rather than a few minutes. This was shot with a 24mm lens on a Nikon D100 digital SLR--the result is some 15,000 pixels wide (133 Mbytes). If you zoom, you'll see I cut that down to 3000 pixels wide (250 Kbytes). This would be your view across the harbor from "Brighton Point:" <a href="http://www.railimages.com/albums/petenolan/anh.jpg" target="_blank">ZOOM for full size </a>
Mike (nscale_lover), I was buying into the photoshopped pics till I said, "wait, I know that bridge from somewhere". Thanks for the surprilse.
Great photos everyone! I have finally got into the "oil country" section of my layout. Did this last week. Still working on ideas but thought I would show this one. Bryant [ May 21, 2005, 01:14 PM: Message edited by: Bryant ]
I photographed my two modules, which I will take with me to the next FREMO-meeting. At first, there's the 3'-bridge. This was my first US-model. I just wanted to build a trestle. Drawing came from MR, so I bought some wood. Can you recognize the pigeons and their nest? The other module is an idea from GMR '91, p78. There was a cartoon. Retirement community for model railroader. What needs a model railroader more than a basement. One basement is still for sale: Best view at your favorite Railroad: Westport Terminal RR The last pictures show the last idea. Art & Model Railroad <a href="http://www.westportterminal.de/layouthist/Art_and_Modul264.jpg" target="_blank"> Big picture</a> <a href="http://www.westportterminal.de/layouthist/Art_and_Modul266.jpg" target="_blank"> Big picture</a> You see an Open-Air Museum featuring "Three little engines" Wolfgang
Outstanding work guys. John, The weathering on the SD7 really brings up the locomotive. Wolfgang, The bridge work is so realistic Bryant, your pics and models always look so realistic. Mike, Your a real pro with photoshop, the first pic transforms your layout. Pete, The panaramic shot really brings out the length of your layout. Excellent work and quality everyone.
Yup. I don't know if the prototype for the model ever made it down to Texas but it provides local power on the MoPac (International Great Northern) branch line that comes to Sugar Land on our Texas modules every now and then.
The wet and wild weather continues in the Northwest so..worked on a little scenery and and this bashed x-Pennsy gondola to a Beacat logbunk. When you are a small Class III, you got to be innovative and use what you got.
Russell Great start to the weekend! Cool looking scene! Bob Great locomotive shots! Mike Great proto shots! Red Rock Great weathering on the coil car! Mike Neat shot with the lights! Benny Great looking car! John Sing Great job on the weathering! It does make a difference. Pete Awesome layout shot! Bryant Great country road scene! Wolfgang Great shots. The park is really a cool idea! satokuma Great looking scene with the bridges! Awesome job on the gondola!
I had the LNE FA1 and FB1 out and running with a train this weekend. Here a few photos from the runs.
