An old toy, and a new one both recieve new decoders this week. the old and the new ponds got some water, vegatation, and wildlife this week. you might not want to dip your toes here though
Nice scene and very nice sign collection. Thank you for making it available. I thought they were real! I couldn't see the trains. Nice weathering and attention to detail on the rust. Chuck. I couldn't remember where I found those. After so many years it is about time I did something with them. Very nice variety of pictures this week.
Water Work? The color choice there is very good as is the water coloring. How "deep" is it and what did you use to make the water? Thanks. [edit] Wait. I see the alligator!
I just finished updating my website with an equipment roster page, complete with rivet detail hi-res images. Check it out here. Here are some previews.
This one is about 3/4" deep. I used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water in several pours. I mixed a couple of drops of Model flex olive drab into the first pour. all other pours were just clear WS water. Lilypads, alge, and other "floaters" were painted onto the surface, allowing the shadows to appear deep under the surface down to the "green" level. Once everything has cured a coat or two of gloss laquer will seal the surface, and make it easier to keep clean. this pond is not as deep, so I skipped the "green" layer, so the colors seen are those painted on the bottom, and is littered with junk tires, wheels, motors, rail sections, and such discarded stuff. The "floaters" are the same. Most all my scenery colors are from the Modelflex military armour paint set. before water, and "pottopper" weeds
Here are two out of 4 Dash 9s that I'm working on. They are all Athearn body on Kato chassis. Two will be early version(low ditch lights) and two other two is of the newer version (top of sill ditch lights) siblings. They are coming along slowly but surely but I still have tons left to do on these two. So here's my progress so far: UNNUMBERED UNIT • Milled Kato Chassis • Top mounted ditch lights DW • Snow plough DW • Air Tanks DW #261 • Hi Adhesion trucks (had to do so modifications) NUMBERED UNIT • Milled Kato Chassis • Low mounted ditch lights DW • Snow plough (DW BNSF C44-9W upgrade kit) • Air Tanks (DW #261) • Hi Adhesion trucks (had to do so modifications) • Some drop grabs have been applied to the cab • Cal scale Sinclair large Antenna It requires a lot of research but I don't mind, I'm enjoying myself.
This post got hung up when I had a network outage. It's a close-up of my Navy tug. Actually, I made two, and I can think of someone in Alabama who might like one.
Here's my tugboat. Pete's reminded me of this one; I had to find it. I made this about 15-20 years ago. It is a casting and I have no idea where it came from. I did paint it and add the details I could. If I am to use it on my planned rail-barge transfer, I need to find out what details it needs and upgrade. It's the only "railroad" maritime item I ever made. I know it needs railings and ladders, but I am not sure of other items.
Here's the back half, also caught up in the outage: Smaller ships are fun to build, and fit most anywhere!
A great example of selective compression on the details, Flash!:tb-biggrin::tb-biggrin: My first efforts were far worse! Just like locos, ships have an amazing amount of specific detail and clutter--did they have eight-cog doors or 12-cogs? Since I model trains-ships-bridges-planes-other, I've gotten to appreciate the wild diversity of the things we manufacture.
Dolton, Illinois CSX yard job with an ex Conrail GP15-1. The sun was setting and the tree had some fall colors to it. Plus the Leslie RS3L horn sounded SWEET!
