Weekend Foto Fun April, 21, 2005

r_i_straw Apr 21, 2006

  1. Powersteamguy1790

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    Bookbear:

    That's a great photo of your layout.

    Keith:

    I do like those Espee diesels.

    Stay cool and run steam.....:cool: :cool:
     
  2. loco1999

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    Thanks Bob.

    Here is the steam loco with some weathering.

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    I am hoping to make some layout progress soon. :)
     
  3. Powersteamguy1790

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    Keith:

    The weathering on the loco and tender is very realistic. Did you use the Bragdon system on the old time boxcar as well?

    Stay cool and run steam.....:cool: :cool:
     
  4. loco1999

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    Thanks Bob.

    Yes, I did.

    I brushed grimy black on the trucks.

    I brushed a R Yourstone like mix of
    70% flat, 30% dust, and a drop of
    grimy black all over the box car.

    I then used two of the bragdon
    chalks on the sides and roof.
     
  5. Pete Nolan

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    Thought I'd add this, even though it's late Monday night here. This is the "East Harbor." Most prominent is the destroyer, Benson class, that was just removed for detailing (and rear end reshaping). To the right is a subchaser. To the left is a larger T-2 tanker. Behind the destroyer is a construction crane, and the skeleton of a warehouse. In the far background are the "cliffs" that moved the trains from the first level (just behind the oil tanks) to the next.

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  6. LongIslandTom

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    Pete Nolan:

    Wow, that destroyer is very impressive! Loaded for bear too, with those full racks of depth charges.

    I would have cheated by making a submarine instead... Not as much deck detail. :D

    Can't wait to see it wearing a nice coat of Haze Grey (or one of those disruptive camo schemes popular during WWII).
     
  7. Wolfgang Dudler

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    Just a picture showing Extra 512 at the lake curve on its way from Harbor District to Third Street District.
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    Wolfgang
     
  8. SOO MILW CNW

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    Great pics guys!!!!

    Wyatt
     
  9. Pete Nolan

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    I withdrew it from the layout last night. For the hull, I was happy to find that many of the problems could just be sanded away--the primer had been put on too thickly. I smoothed out the stern with sanding sticks in about five minutes. Sometimes I don' see bad spots until I take a picture!

    This was the first--and the last--hull I made from a softwood. Fir is really not that soft, but the concave bow has given me fits, as the grain of the fir won't hold the contour. Last night I plastered the bow with Squadron putty to see if that would hold the contour.

    As far as "loaded for bear," I've read that the depth charges were stowed in port--i.e, not on the racks and certainly not mounted on the K-gun throwers. I haven't been able to confirm this--perhaps some old tin can sailor here can tell me better?

    Haze Gray and Navy No. 5 for the decks will be completed soon! No camo, because my era is the mid-50s.
     

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