Here is an old Arnold S-2 that was a basket case someone gave me. I replaced the axle gears and turned down the pizza cutter flanges. Some of the hand rails were missing so had to be replaced with brass wire. Pilot mounted couplers were installed. I drilled out the frame to add a front head light and gave it a new paint job.
Well I guess I'll jump in this week. Here is a w/b freight along the Arkansas River heading for a crew change in Van Buren
Reverse view from last weekend, we see the same GG1 being shoved across the turntable and into the middle bay for minor repairs. Here, a GG1 is waved through a newly installed double-slip turnout. (Ignore the fact that there is no catenary...not gonna happen any time soon on this layout.) Another view from ground level, a few seconds later.
Nice job on that old switcher, Russ. Nice scene along the river, Mopman. Those GG1s certainly were handsome locos. Very nicely done scenes, Crandell. A pair of SW7s pulling a cut of boxcars. DJ.
But you could some day have just a few masts with wires to place anywhere on your layout for a photo shoot.
Russell, very true, however with the depth of focus I strive for, I would need quite a few of them to look realistic. They are not going to happen. I'll wait until the next layout.
Nice shots so far. Today, threw together something to take photos of models on. In this case, just a piece of hardboard, roadbed, a piece of track and some ballast. This constitutes the only modeling I've managed to get done over the last few weeks!
Great photos, everyone. Russ, that's quite a fine 'rescue' job you did on that old Alco--looks really good! Crandell: That GG-1 sure looks handsome. And a double-slip switch to boot--you're a braver man than I am, Gunga Din, LOL! Grampys: Beautiful as always. The clarity of your angles always amazes me. Well, here's my offering, this weekend. It's an extensively re-worked Custom Brass Rio Grande M-75 4-8-2 fresh out of the shops. This lady has proven to be my most troublesome brass locomotive to date, but I finally think I've got all the 'kinks' worked out of her. Here she is easing a freight train down the east slope of Yuba Pass. I have one other of the exact same model, and you wouldn't even know that they came from the same Mfgr: the other one runs like a Swiss watch. Just goes to show you, LOL! Tom
Great idea as a photo directly into the sun. A photo contest winner. Notice how the sun shines "through" the handrails. I had never thought about that. If you paint the handrails to prevent that, it will probably just be a silhouette. Nice photos.
I was just going to comment on that. Eliminating that subsurface scattering will kill the "model look" completely in those images. If you dont want to paint the hand rails, you could try using the burn tool in Photoshop. Select the hand rail, then paint with the burn brush about 15% until the desired look. Of course you could just leave the image as is, and still have a photo that up stages most of us here. :curl-lip:
I noticed this as soon as I put them on the computer. As you say, paint would work, or as mystere suggested, photoshop! I wouldn't go that far, but thanks. :membarrassed:
Grampy, I'm impressed with the wonderful depth of field you get while photographing a long train. What brand of camera and settings do you use? Digital or film? Thanks.
Caleb, very creative photo! Thanks, Tom. Persistence payed off with a great looking loco. John, nice weathering on that switcher. Doc, great scene. Bill, thank you. The camera is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7. The settings: Aper. priority, manual focus, and no flash. DJ.
More work on the expansion of the HO layout... ....with a little Smokey Mountain's photoshopped into the background. Still need to add the water to the creek and some wild life in the woods.
