a picture a day....

For today: " The MOW crew with the Big Hook,"

Patrick, nice weathering skills on display on the Freestate Junction.

@coach joe posted:

Patrick, nice weathering skills on display on the Freestate Junction.

Coach Joe - Thank you so much.

For today: " A kid on his bike down at the railroad yard."

@trumpettrain posted:

For today: " A kid on his bike down at the railroad yard."

Great photo Patrick!

It might just be me but I think the bike is missing the handle bars! LOL Maybe its just my eyes!

@mike g. posted:

Great photo Patrick!

It might just be me but I think the bike is missing the handle bars! LOL Maybe its just my eyes!

Mikeg - thanks so much!   Yes that kid is the only kid in town who rides a bike without handle bars ... he does all sorts of tricks on his bike..... hand stands, rides the bike backwards, stands on the seat and balances the bike perfectly.   He says that one day he wants to run away and join the circus!   He heard that, forum member,  Randy Harrison's Bungling Brothers Circus is hiring

@trumpettrain posted:

Mikeg - thanks so much!   Yes that kid is the only kid in town who rides a bike without handle bars ... he does all sorts of tricks on his bike..... hand stands, rides the bike backwards, stands on the seat and balances the bike perfectly.   He says that one day he wants to run away and join the circus!   He heard that, forum member,  Randy Harrison's Bungling Brothers Circus is hiring

I had a hard enough time riding my single speed/no handbrakes bicycle as it was.  Some kids can do most anything. 

Patrick, I am sure he could get on at the circus with all those skills!

Paul, great looking scene! I love the night shot, it looks perfect!

@trumpettrain posted:

For today: " The MOW crew with the Big Hook,"

wow, just wow. Amazing vision you have sir. thank you. wow

For today: " Its all about the Shay!"

I saw this over the weekend (at the cost of a flat tire), a DoD flat to carry ICBM rocket bodies for the Navy, heading to the sub base at Bangor eventually.

Looks like something out of a cartoon, especially the markings. If someone made a model just like this, I would assume it only exists in someone's imagination!

@Miggy posted:

wow, just wow. Amazing vision you have sir. thank you. wow

Miggy - Thank you so very much for your kind words!  I'm thrilled you like the photo!  

@mike g. posted:

Great photo Patrick!

It might just be me but I think the bike is missing the handle bars! LOL Maybe its just my eyes!

@Mark Boyce posted:

I had a hard enough time riding my single speed/no handbrakes bicycle as it was.  Some kids can do most anything.

Hey Mike and Mark , if you want to get the full bicycle experience you should try one that my creative and cleaver friend at the independent motorcycle shop made...........it was set up to turn right when you wanted to go left and turned left when you wanted to go right.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Hey Mike and Mark , if you want to get the full bicycle experience you should try one that my creative and cleaver friend at the independent motorcycle shop made...........it was set up to turn right when you wanted to go left and turned left when you wanted to go right.

Oh no!!  🤪

For today:  A Twofir Tuesday .... " Early this morning somewhere on the Mountain Division."

For today: " The scrap pile in the back o town."

Patrick...some serious scrap metal in that scene...very realistic!  I like the blue / white Mack center left...wondering what process you used to color the tracks to a brownish / rust shade??

@trumpettrain posted:

For today: " The scrap pile in the back o town."

Masterfully down and dirty, Patrick, which is one way to go in model railroading that can be very realistic. Arnold

@Capetrainman posted:

Patrick...some serious scrap metal in that scene...very realistic!  I like the blue / white Mack center left...wondering what process you used to color the tracks to a brownish / rust shade??

Thank you so much Capetrainman!   For the rails I used Floquil paint markers ( like Magic Markers) applying first the Rail Brown with a second application of Rust.   As I'm color blind I rely on the product labels to guide me.  I don't think these markers are still manufactured by as the rest of the Floquil paints for model railroads has been discontinued.  I think? Testors makes these markers in similar colors.