Here is a shot of down town Richmond, Texas in 1951 as depicted on an NTRAK module. We had to compress things quite a bit to be able to model the signature structures that many folks remember or still exist.
Well here is my contribution for this weekend. This first pic is of the engine that started it all. My very first loco, given to me 29 years ago by my grandmother This next one is an experiment with photo editing software. This photo was watercolored
Hello all. In the last week I detailled the snot out of an IHC 2-6-0 to end up with this. Enjoy the weekend Jon
I started on a new N scale ship for the harbor--a 175-foot subchaser/patrol craft. It's just over 13 inches long in N scale. The U.S. built about 450 of these from 1942-1945. This is the oak hull after an hour of work--still pretty rough. The black marks are where I'm unhappy with the contour. I'm taking a lot of pictures, and will do a tutorial when I have more time. In about another hour of filling and sanding, the hull should be gloss smooth. [Edit]: Well, I took a long lunch and finished the hull. This is about as good as I can do. Total time: two hours. [ November 04, 2005, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: Pete Nolan ]
Jon, Beautiful locomotive and phtotgraphy. Pete, Your layout must be quickly filling of ships in the harbour . Look forward to seeing the finished product. These shots were taken last night during an operating session.
on an other forum is a monthly weathering challenge ( here ) and for this month I thought it is time to enter my first car to this challenge. for this month they were looking for a CSXT Chessie 2-bay hopper and this is what I've done... (yeah I know, compared with the other three entries this month mine is not rusty enough but I'll be back next month for the new weathering challenge... )
This guy found a few minutes to sit and eat his sandwich: Some very keen looking work here so far, guys!
Aerial view of a Santa Fe style passenger station and a brass watertower (90,000k) in San Marino on the JJJ&E. Five of the ten bridges on the JJJ&E can be seen in the background: The watertower has a steady supply of water from a small reservoir adjacent to the tower: Stay cool and run steam..... [ November 04, 2005, 05:49 PM: Message edited by: Powersteamguy1790 ]
Hey everybody, I hope you all had a good week.Here's my installment for this fine week.I'll bet we're going to have another great weekend of model pictures. An NJT weekend for me. The E-8 I did.The GP-40 ,Scott Lupia did
Thanks Jon. The module is no more. I dismantled it in order to place the structures and turnouts on my home layout.
Carl: That's a very intricate diorama. The structures will look great on your home layout. Stay cool and run steam....
THANKS BOB. Here's another scene that I recently dismantled. Not much train action but a whole lot of work on the new overpass.
Very nice stuff showing up again this weekend. I pulled one out of the archives showing my kitbashed Mikado that was built from a Bachmann 2-8-0. And using the layout as a canvas a water color of the CN main passing in front of Mount Robson. [ November 05, 2005, 09:32 AM: Message edited by: Dan Crowley ]
Colonel, There's just something about building ships that makes me happy. Maybe it's because I had a huge fleet as a pre-teen, and that my life changed very dramatically a few days after my 14th birthday. There's still plent of room in the harbor. These small guys don't take up much room. I'm six hours into this one. I'm getting much better at it, as it's nearly finished. I'm probably going to shut down my consulting business soon for the rest of the year (yeah, right!) But I am going to try to photograph what we've done in a comprehensive manner. These days, I just give Jeanne a shell of a building, and she finishes it wonderfully, besides starting her own scratchbuilding.
