P&D Hobby Shop sells repower kits for the GP9 with either brass or plastic trucks. DesPlaines Hobby Shop sells a machined brass frame which adds...
Here is something only a modeler would do, switching a scale test car with passenger cars on badly hand laid track. This is the west yard lead...
If you need a lot of wire, or would like to use a wide variety of colors, a source to consider might be WesBellWireAndCable. I purchased several...
Disclaimer: I am affiliated with the museum as one of the volunteers, and the photographer of the MR article. Yes, tremendous progress has been...
CTXM - More! More! We need details on how you did the magnetic air hoses! Glad to see another modeling in O-scale 2-rail.
Those two are 100% pixel crops, per the title of the thread. The model just happens to be in a slightly larger scale.
Or consider O-scale, which in 100% crops may enjoy an unfair advantage over fine models crafted in the more popular scales. [img] [img] This...
For a closer working distance, a good quality close-up lens is a lot cheaper than any macro lens. Canon makes the 250D and 500D coated doublet...
Pete - Yes, you are correct in that with a single light, contrast usually becomes excessive. I always add limited fill light (although not as much...
Instead of the on-camera flash, I use various types of halogen lights. [img] Perhaps the least expensive comes in the form of a track light...
I do the same. I don't really know if it is just myth from my homebrew stereo days that the bass gets better. It does help to kill resonances, at...
Current railfan gear: Canon 1DS Mark II 28-300L IS ("one size fits all" lens) 17-40L (cab interiors) Occasional use: 70-200L f/2.8 IS (sharper...
Five of the former A&O locomotives passed the Sand Patch camera on Tue, Jun 13,2006 12:23 PM. There were two CSX and one NS on the point, so I'd...
Indeed this can be confusing. When you put a 50mm lens on the Rebel, the angle of view you get is exactly the same as if you put an 50*1.6 = 80mm...
The Appalachian & Ohio 1.0 is indeed gone for now. David, the layout owner, has a new and bigger basement under construction (with house attached.)
How about a GP-9 painted in "red bird?" [IMG] I thought that the red scheme was reserved for passenger locomotives, but I don't see a steam...
Still a few N&W fans out here. Wish I could get to Roanoke more often, though. This was in 2002, when some of the Va Transportation Museum...
One more thing - there are four PDF articles about the layout available on the Northern Colorado Model Railroad Club web site. These articles...
David operated on Alan's V&O many times, and has on occasion mentioned Alan's influence. For more photos of the A&O, including operating...
There are parts of the new A&O that seem like "model prototyping" instead of "prototype modeling." The Appalachian & Ohio has existed for years...
