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Tackindy, cool looking blue water in your first picture with the float plane , what material did you use.
Jack
wmtrainnut09 posted:Another enjoyable post!
Here's a couple of shots of Western Maryland in the yard.
trumptrain posted:Great photos everyone!! Here is my 2 cents for this weekend. Have a great weekend!!!
Pittsburger posted:It's been a while since I posted anything on this thread. I have completed a great deal of my layout that I started back in April. There is a lot of added detail that I plan to add over time. This picture is of WMSR 734 pulling a dusk passenger excursion on rails on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. A local freight train can be seen in the distance conquering the 4% grade up into the hills. Great pictures from everyone so far!
SIRT posted:
Great photos everyone! They are all great, but I want to call out special attention to the Western Maryland and B&O fans! My two favorites!
Johnny, Lots of great WM action!!
Western Maryland and B&O, Great!! Also, I do want to get one of those Virginian Train Masters someday!
Marc, you know full well I would like the photos of your WM Consolidation 734!! My consolidation is great too!!!
SIRT, More Western Maryland and B&O getting down and dirty! Just like the prototype!
Bill, What's not to like about a name B&OBILL, and grandsons and trains!!
p51 posted:A few random shots...
That's a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor going over as a grain train was going by, below:
A V-22, yah right. Everyone knows those things can't fly!! 
How did you edit out the tow rope??!!
Mark Boyce posted:It's been a while since I posted anything on this thread. I have completed a great deal of my layout that I started back in April. There is a lot of added detail that I plan to add over time. This picture is of WMSR 734 pulling a dusk passenger excursion on rails on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. A local freight train can be seen in the distance conquering the 4% grade up into the hills. Great pictures from everyone so far!
Marc, you know full well I would like the photos of your WM Consolidation 734!! My consolidation is great too!!!
Glad you like the photos Mark! You might recognize the passenger cars behind 734.
Here is a O scale video i did tonight.
chessie1971 posted:Here is a O scale video i did tonight.
Nice video Jeff, Love the engine too.
John
Dr. Jack posted:Tackindy, cool looking blue water in your first picture with the float plane , what material did you use.
Jack
That is nothing but foam board that I jabbed/pulled with a flathead screwdriver to create "choppy water". I painted it blue and then ran a brush with just a bit of white paint on it just over the peaks to make the whitecaps. I then used some gloss to try a and make it shiny. I'm still not sure how I feel about it but it did come out neat. The best part about this method I came up with (I'm sure it's been done before) is that you can cut out and partially sink your boats or whatever to give a better appearance of them being "IN" the water instead of on top of it.
John P, after your description of how you modeled your water I went back a looked at it again. That sure was a lot jabbing and pulling with that screw driver. The result really works. I like that you can recess hulls into the foam.
Pittsburger posted:Mark Boyce posted:It's been a while since I posted anything on this thread. I have completed a great deal of my layout that I started back in April. There is a lot of added detail that I plan to add over time. This picture is of WMSR 734 pulling a dusk passenger excursion on rails on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. A local freight train can be seen in the distance conquering the 4% grade up into the hills. Great pictures from everyone so far!Marc, you know full well I would like the photos of your WM Consolidation 734!! My consolidation is great too!!!
Glad you like the photos Mark! You might recognize the passenger cars behind 734.
Marc,
Well I didn't notice those familiar cars in the background! Thanks for pointing them out! I hope you like them!
Thanks guys!!
Trainlover160 posted:After 18 months of waiting it's finally here and after removing from the box I heard something rattling inside and one of the engineer figures is loose so I'm going to have to figure out how to take it apart to re-adh
ere the figure
Very Happy today!! I took it apart (6 screws instead of 4) and carefully removed shell. It was not just the figure, it was the figure and the seat that had to be glued again on the inside of the shell. Contacted MTH and they recommended super or crazy glue. It was difficult as all of the wiring was very short and hard to get distance between shell and chassis. Luckily, with my extra long tweezers and some patience, it worked out. Put on the test track after and ran like a top.
JoeG
