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MoonsonMoonsonOGR Forum Member
N5CJonny posted:

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In the street by the firehouse.

OMG. As cool as it gets! AND that includes, certainly, the erratic and random and semi-worn foliage alongside the sidewalk. WOW!

FrankM.

P.S. The only thing I would add, even though I wasn't asked, so I never do offer, is that I'd put paths of grime on the roadway, marking where tires have passed, as well as within the precincts of the sidewalk, marking the path of most footsteps, which are details I have always added to such features. Perhaps, you can detect some evidence of that work by me in these vignettes...

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gandydancer1950gandydancer1950OGR Forum Member
Moonson posted:
N5CJonny posted:

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In the street by the firehouse.

OMG. As cool as it gets! AND that includes, certainly, the erratic and random and semi-worn foliage alongside the sidewalk. WOW!

FrankM.

P.S. The only thing I would add, even though I wasn't asked, so I never do offer, is that I'd put paths of grime on the roadway, marking where tires have passed, as well as within the precincts of the sidewalk, marking the path of most footsteps, which are details I have always added to such features. Perhaps, you can detect some evidence of that work by me in these vignettes...

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antiques dealer

Great modeling!

MoonsonMoonsonOGR Forum Member
N5CJonny posted:

Thanks so much for the kind words and very helpful suggestions, Frank. Much appreciated!

Thank you to Gandydancer1950 as well.

You certainly are a pleasant person to converse with, N5CJonny. You help make sharing our hobby enjoyable, indeed. (You've helped me be comfortable with having taken the chance to offer unsolicited advice!)

FrankM

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The photo below is showing my 14th street subway station on my tv and is from a mini cam placed by the station, which is hidden under some furniture. Because of the location, a cam was the only way for me to do what I wanted and to view my station with the limited area I had. By the way, my wife did not mind having a subway station below the furniture.

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NJCJOE posted:

Good choice Chris.

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I always wanted one of these. Last summer, at Nicholas Smith's annual tent sale, I made two or three laps around the store and the tent before I spotted it, sitting on top of a retail display tower. It didn't have the box, so they found one and packed it up all nice and tight. Of course, I was on my motorcycle, so I had to throw the box away, and carefully slide the station into my tail bag, upside down. Not sure what I was more worried about, the station or my brand new tail bag. Both survived without a scratch.

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There are so many great photos here!  I have been very derelict in getting a picture a day posted, but I explained what's been going on in my topic in my signature line.  Here are 2 MTH BL-2s I got from Forum member, Mike Caruso.  The number 83 is powered PS1, but I have an upgrade kit waiting for it.  It is a really smooth runner for PS1 in my opinion.  The other is non powered, and in a slightly newer paint scheme.  I do like the BL-2!!

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Mark Boyce posted:

There are so many great photos here!  I have been very derelict in getting a picture a day posted, but I explained what's been going on in my topic in my signature line.  Here are 2 MTH BL-2s I got from Forum member, Mike Caruso.  The number 83 is powered PS1, but I have an upgrade kit waiting for it.  It is a really smooth runner for PS1 in my opinion.  The other is non powered, and in a slightly newer paint scheme.  I do like the BL-2!!

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Agreed- they are nice looking diesels Mark. Kind of a cross between an old Alco and a newer engine.

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RSJB18 posted:
Mark Boyce posted:

There are so many great photos here!  I have been very derelict in getting a picture a day posted, but I explained what's been going on in my topic in my signature line.  Here are 2 MTH BL-2s I got from Forum member, Mike Caruso.  The number 83 is powered PS1, but I have an upgrade kit waiting for it.  It is a really smooth runner for PS1 in my opinion.  The other is non powered, and in a slightly newer paint scheme.  I do like the BL-2!!

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Agreed- they are nice looking diesels Mark. Kind of a cross between an old Alco and a newer engine.

Bob,

Thank you.  Yes I agree.  From the little reading I have done on it, the idea was to give the engine crew some more visibility than in the typical cab unit, but then the designs went the way of the early GPs and SDs, and the BL-2 design wasn't used again.

MoonsonMoonsonOGR Forum Member

Some of my most favorite modeling has been of "Logging Blocks." I visited two John Deere equipment dealers, in Upstate NY, and bought several scale models and asked for explanations. Also, I visited a small logging site, near Cortland College, which was in progress, and they didn't seem to mind my sitting there in my car watching. I tried to absorb the details and the "feel" of it all (not to mention the inebriating fragrances!) 

When finished with my first few dioramas, a couple weeks later, I took them to the two dealers for them to evaluate. They approved heartily.

I hope you will, too.

Real-life "Harvester" machine in action...

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...my modeling of a Harvester "in action"...

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FrankM.

 

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As the roving photographer mused through Patsburg today, he shot this video of a freight leaving Patsburg.  The headend brakeman rides the front porch of the GP9 ready to through the switch to allow the train to enter onto the main, while the rear end brakeman rides the back step of the caboose poised to close the switch once the entire train has taken the main. 

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trumptrain posted:

As the roving photographer mused through Patsburg today, he shot this video of a freight leaving Patsburg.  The headend brakeman rides the front porch of the GP9 ready to through the switch to allow the train to enter onto the main, while the rear end brakeman rides the back step of the caboose poised to close the switch once the entire train has taken the main. 

Pat, No one can say the Patsburg RR doesn't work for it's living!!  Great fun!!

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Mark Boyce posted:
trumptrain posted:

As the roving photographer mused through Patsburg today, he shot this video of a freight leaving Patsburg.  The headend brakeman rides the front porch of the GP9 ready to through the switch to allow the train to enter onto the main, while the rear end brakeman rides the back step of the caboose poised to close the switch once the entire train has taken the main. 

Pat, No one can say the Patsburg RR doesn't work for it's living!!  Great fun!!

Thanks so much Mark!  Yes the railroad does earn its keep

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Some mother and baby photos. The first and second photos show a Lionel 2855 which I made from a junker 6555. The Micro trains N scale tank car in the second photo was made by just adding a Sunoco label copy  to the black tank car. I made this N scale tank car long before I could find an N scale version of this tank car. I finally was able to find an exact copy of the 2855 in N scale made by Micro trains. Evidently this was a special run car made a few years back by Micro trains.

 

 

 

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