Up late here in the states. Might as well get started as I can't sleep anyway. Russ Straw is away for the weekend, so I am doing the honors this time. I really enjoy all the models from all the different scales, so I hope I can see a lot of posts this weekend. I am still trying to figure out how those narrow guage guys do all the great detail and scenery!! Ever notice that? Maybe it is because they scratchbuild more than the standard guage guys. Oh, well! A topic for another thread. Here is the California reefer block pulling into the San Antonio East Yard icing racks for a quick stop and a crew change. The section is pulled by SSW8076, SP5110, SP5378, SSW7798, SP4363 (B40-8, B23-7, SD9, B30-7, SD9). Plenty of power, but this is supposed to be a fast train. Twenty minutes for icing and on to Houston. Okay guys and gals, let's see them!
Flash, The more I see of your layout the more I'm impressed. You will have to do a photo shot of the whole layout and give us a tour of it. Last night Jason and Greg were over for an operational evening, Jason should be able to post some pics of the night as I didnt have my camera handy. Here is a pic of my newly acquired Conrail GP40's unfortunately for east coast rail lovers these are both headed to the spray booth, one will become a repatched MKT and the other is destined for a WEstern Pacific repaint. The second pic shows what the MKT loco will replicate. The third pic is progress on my two green MKT locos, so far partial stripping of decals, still awaiting custom detail parts and paint to arrive from Wig Wags.
Nice start for saturday. We have a few posts here. Colonel is really getting after the paint and decal thing. Loco1999: I really like the covered hopper picture. It is taken into the sun, like a lot of my railfan photos are taken. I like the shadow across the workers. Looks very real.
Frankly, I forget what I post here. This is a "Chroma-Key" solution to my "high bridges" being to close to the wall, with tracks to close above. It's a magenta card flooded with light (you can see two slave flashes through the trusses of the lower bridge). It drops out easily in Photoshop, alowwing a sky backdrop to be substituted. I haven't particpated that much in WFF, so some of you haven't seen many of my older pictures. This is one of my favorites as we (my wife Jeanne and I) have been scenicking: You can just catch the edge of the lower bridge in the top photo at the top right of the lower photo.
Great stuff so far! Nice layout shots Flash, Colonel, and loco1999! Nice looking Amtrak units, Fluid! Bob that is a great B&W shot and so are the other steam shots! Pete those are some great bridges. I'll be a long later with something.
added more grassy areas - mainly as the "base" coat, since I will be adding details later (sorry about the crappy lighting ) --- more bridge>> thread & pics here [ 21. November 2004, 17:44: Message edited by: nscale_lover ]
SNFF 11 21 04 FMs Some new photos tonight, managed to squeeze in a photo session on Friday! High horsepower Santa Fe Fairbanks-Morse (FM) locomotives at Glendale Junction: - the 1955-built H31-66 Santa Fe Trainmaster no. 3150 on the left - the 1947-built Santa Fe Erie-Built no. 90 on the right A family portrait of Santa Fe FMs on the ATSF_Arizona Peavine Line, this one includes on the far right: - the 1956-built Santa Fe FM H12-44 no. 565 Take care, all! [ 21. November 2004, 14:36: Message edited by: atsf_arizona ]
Great work guys I really enjoy this thread Loco - really like those hoppers Pete - the work on the layout is really paying off now how much more scenery to go? Bob - no wonder you call yourself powersteamguy you have a great selection of steam. Mike - that new bridge you are working on is going to look spectacular on the layout. John - Great close up shots
atsf_az: Who makes the H12-44? Is that the old Trix? How does it run or what did you do to improve the performance? Thanks.
Flash Blackman (sapacif), The Santa Fe FM H12-44 is a old Minitrix switcher, commissioned by me and repainted and detailed by Randy Gustafson. More info and the descriptive answers to your questions are at: http://home.comcast.net/~j.sing/Santa_Fe_FM_H12-44_Zebra_Stripe.htm If you contacted Randy, he might be interested in doing a Southern Pacific version for you. Email me off-list if you'd like his contact info. (smile)
Here is anothe take on the water tower scene with the IHC LNE 0-8-0 switcher pulling the B&O MOW train. I have added a custom painted MDC LNE caboose and a couple of box cars. Since I took this photo I have added window glazing to the caboose.
Hi guys, I've been away for quite a while, first with family obligations, then work, but now... building the foundation for the new layout! I've decided to do a shelf layout in the real sense: build a bunch of shelves and stick the layout on top! Progress: The first two floor-to-ceiling shelves have been built, as well as the first of five 4' shelves which will serve as the base for the layout on top. I'm still figuring out the layout in the spare moments, but basically I want to put in a two-track around the room layout (with a peninsula) with a local line for switching industries. Pictures to follow... Keep up the good work, fellas!
Great stuff so far! Mr. Sing, are those taken on your layout? Seems like a different angle than what I'm used to. Very nice! Flash, more great photos of your layout! Loco, you, too...great stuff!
The only "raw" places are to the left and right of the bridge photo earlier in this thread. The problem there is that I haven't decided what to do with these problem areas, where the decks converge. The Summit--the top of the three decks--is another area. It's painted, has a backdrop, and has more than enough buildings--perhaps too many. Jeanne and I are still discussing what Summit should be. It will be a military installation in western Massachusetts, USA. It may be an Air Force base, which would add aircraft to the ships and bridges that I already model. That would be a nice touch. Summit works as it is now--an Army base, with the most basic of scenery. Believe it or not, I just discovered that I had a passing siding up there! When you are building a big layout, you sometimes forget what you've done in some locations. Or, at least, I did! I can store a very long train up there. The things I forget! This layout has been built, considering its size, in a hurry--about two years now. Because it's high--69 inches above the floor--and obscured by buildings, I'd just overlooked the passing siding there.
