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   I'm gonna pull a despicable marathon to watch them. I saw about 10 minutes and decided they need to be watched in order.

  I only have two figures on the 4.5x9 now. A lady walking to the depot early, and a workman carrying an empty milk can. Everyone else is sleeping.  What did expect for someone up all night?

I do have near a dozen animals though.

When I find the old population, you'll know.  

Jackiejr's post and Frank's reply has me thinking of changing my layout by removing certain accessories, and  adding a farm, rural landscape and maybe the operating cattle and/or horse corral. Already have a milk unit train wirh 6 operating mikk cars and 2 milk platforms that would fit in nicely.

 

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Jackiejr's post and Frank's reply has me thinking of changing my layout by removing certain accessories, and  adding a farm, rural landscape and maybe the operating cattle and/or horse corral. Already have a milk unit train wirh 6 operating mikk cars and 2 milk platforms that would fit in nicely.

 

What? ....How? Why? When?....... How?

I suppose the are MU-oooooed

Prime mooovers

The photo above with cows on the track reminds  me of the adorable American Flyer cow on track accessory. Would love to know if anyone has geririgged (sp?) it to work on 3 rail O or O27 track.

I know the cow is way too big and out of scale for S or O gauge, but that can be fun and delightful in the same way as the operating Gateman.

My parents and I were 100% postwar Lionel, but my mother really liked the AF cow on track when we saw it at Macys; she would have bought it for me in a heartbeat if it worked on 027 track.

Arnold

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

The photo above with cows on the track reminds  me of the adorable American Flyer cow on track accessory. Would love to know if anyone has geririgged (sp?) it to work on 3 rail O or O27 track.

I know the cow is way too big and out of scale for S or O gauge, but that can be fun and delightful in the same way as the operating Gateman.

My parents and I were 100% postwar Lionel, but my mother really liked the AF cow on track when we saw it at Macys; she would have bought it for me in a heartbeat if it worked on 027 track.

Arnold

I think so, but don't recall who.  I can't think of a reason off hand why not except I think AF used some frequency based triggers at times (?). Even then a new trigger to activate the coil or motor shouldn't be too hard or expensive at first thought.

I think it is "Jury rigged" used in a different context....?

RichO posted:

Jackiejr's post and Frank's reply has me thinking of changing my layout by removing certain accessories, and  adding a farm, rural landscape and maybe the operating cattle and/or horse corral. Already have a milk unit train wirh 6 operating mikk cars and 2 milk platforms that would fit in nicely.

 

Yep, a steam engine, four sitting cats and a map of the world.  ;-) 

 

 

MELGAR posted:

No more hobos?

 

I know that was directed to Frank, but I don't have hobos on my layout as it takes place in the height of WW2. The draft would have been going on for a while by 1943 (with the standards severely slackened the following year after huge losses in the Pacific and Europe invasions). While it wasn't illegal everywhere (though, I found, it was in a few places) to be a transient during WW2 in America is your draft number hadn't yet been called up, people didn't really allow it as much as they'd had during the Depression.

Heck, I actually removed every able-bodied male figure from the layout that wasn't in a military or RR uniform. The only draft-age men figures on the layout now are RR employees or in the military. The rest are women, kids and old men.

 

p51 posted:
MELGAR posted:

No more hobos?

 

I know that was directed to Frank, but I don't have hobos on my layout as it takes place in the height of WW2. The draft would have been going on for a while by 1943 (with the standards severely slackened the following year after huge losses in the Pacific and Europe invasions). While it wasn't illegal everywhere (though, I found, it was in a few places) to be a transient during WW2 in America is your draft number hadn't yet been called up, people didn't really allow it as much as they'd had during the Depression.

Heck, I actually removed every able-bodied male figure from the layout that wasn't in a military or RR uniform. The only draft-age men figures on the layout now are RR employees or in the military. The rest are women, kids and old men.

Yes, but don't forget, during the war, and even just before it, there were plenty of men and women working in factories, such as the steel mills (I'm from Pittsburgh) and at plants such as Ford where cars were no longer made, in deference to them making munitions and tanks, etc. instead. In fact, as a boy, I do not recall ever seeing a man in uniform, but did see plenty of factory workers going to and from work every day.

FrankM

Trussman posted:

I noticed the title of this thread and thought, hmmm..... I didn't know the Roloffs were into model railroading. :-) 

Interesting.   

And my first thought when I spied the title was whether Leona Helmsley had secretly been into model railroading prior to her demise....and decided to portray us taxpayers in whatever menial, compromising, and stationary situations she could conceive.

"We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes." ---Leona Helmsley

I mean, leaving a $12 million trust fund for the care of your pooch is.....well,......a bit over the top, methinks!

I wonder if she ever knew Veranda Turbine, the famous little people's actress that a former forum member introduced us to.  Anyone else remember Veranda?

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Nice work, Arnold, Frank M., et al.

applause

KD

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Arnold D. Cribari posted:
trumptrain posted:

Some LP folks.

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The colors in these photos, Patrick, are brilliant and striking.

Hey Arnold - I'm glad you like the colors!  I'll let you in on a little something.  I'm actually color blind believe it or not.  I don't see the world as non color blind people do. :-)  Somehow I manage to do ok when it comes to the layout scenery.  Not always so lucky when it comes to matching colors with cloths as in picking out what to wear ... LOL!!  

trumptrain posted:
Arnold D. Cribari posted:
trumptrain posted:

Some LP folks.

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The colors in these photos, Patrick, are brilliant and striking.

Hey Arnold - I'm glad you like the colors!  I'll let you in on a little something.  I'm actually color blind believe it or not.  I don't see the world as non color blind people do. :-)  Somehow I manage to do ok when it comes to the layout scenery.  Not always so lucky when it comes to matching colors with cloths as in picking out what to wear ... LOL!!  

That's remarkable because the colors in your photos are so good. Maybe you can sense the colors in some other mysterious way. 

When Beethoven wrote his 9th Symphony, which included Ode to Joy, he was deaf. He could read the notes and hear them in his head.

Arnold

Arnold D. Cribari posted:
trumptrain posted:
Arnold D. Cribari posted:
trumptrain posted:

Some LP folks.

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The colors in these photos, Patrick, are brilliant and striking.

Hey Arnold - I'm glad you like the colors!  I'll let you in on a little something.  I'm actually color blind believe it or not.  I don't see the world as non color blind people do. :-)  Somehow I manage to do ok when it comes to the layout scenery.  Not always so lucky when it comes to matching colors with cloths as in picking out what to wear ... LOL!!  

That's remarkable because the colors in your photos are so good. Maybe you can sense the colors in some other mysterious way. 

When Beethoven wrote his 9th Symphony, which included Ode to Joy, he was deaf. He could read the notes and hear them in his head.

Arnold

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Perceptioi individuality

Revel in it! 

Revel

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Deuce posted:

I may have missed it, but how do people afix their figures to their layout?  I want to make sure that if I goof, or need to move people, it doesn't damage the items they have been attached to.

Depending on the location I use either Woodland Scenics scenic accent glue or Department 56 Tacky Wax. I'm not sure if the Dept. 56 still puts it out or not. Other companies call it museum wax. Here are the results of an ebay search:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.htm...eum+wax&_sacat=0

Jerrman posted:

Wow!

Mind giving a quick verbal tutorial on how you created the gentle even/parallel ripples and the tug's wake???

And where did the buoy come from?......I've been pestering Clare (Sylvan Models) for years to make an O scale version (resin) of his excellent HO buoy.....to no avail.

And were the boats/ships in place when the water was poured/rippled?  The coloring of the water??

Holy moly!...I'd love to know all about how this entire scene was create!.....Please?  I can't stop staring at this photo!!!

KD

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dkdkrd posted:
Wow!

Mind giving a quick verbal tutorial on how you created the gentle even/parallel ripples and the tug's wake???

 

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. Exceptionally convincing water--especially the wake on the tugboat and the waves reflected around the buoy. 

Not your average "shower door" waves!

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Avanti posted:
dkdkrd posted:
Wow!

Mind giving a quick verbal tutorial on how you created the gentle even/parallel ripples and the tug's wake???

 

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. Exceptionally convincing water--especially the wake on the tugboat and the waves reflected around the buoy. 

Not your average "shower door" waves!

Excellent points, indeed!

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dkdkrd posted:
Jerrman posted:

Wow!

Mind giving a quick verbal tutorial on how you created the gentle even/parallel ripples and the tug's wake???

And where did the buoy come from?......I've been pestering Clare (Sylvan Models) for years to make an O scale version (resin) of his excellent HO buoy.....to no avail.

And were the boats/ships in place when the water was poured/rippled?  The coloring of the water??

Holy moly!...I'd love to know all about how this entire scene was create!.....Please?  I can't stop staring at this photo!!!

KD

KD, the even/parallel ripples were created with a tongue depressor (they're usually about 7/8" wide, give or take). When the Envirotex Lite is almost, but not, cured, run the depressor VERY lightly along the top. You just need to find that window between too soft (when it goes back to flat) and too hard (can't make the depressions). 

The tug's wake was created afterwards with Golden High Solid Gel Gloss (Liquitex also makes a version called Gloss Gel Heavy or Medium). It's a thick gel that is made to hold high peaks. If not available, they also make an Extra Heavy Gel which I think will do something similar). You can shape it with a small stirrer. Dave Hikel, of Hikel O Gauge, poured that water. Even took the incredible photo, one of my all-time favorites.

The buoy came from Model Tech Studios. It's a small kit, pretty straightforward.  Has a blinking red light on top. I painted it imperfectly and rusted it up a lot.  Bought it a few years ago. Just looked on the website and don't see it there so I wonder if they've stopped making it. You might want to contact them. 

Yes, all the boats, etc. were in the water when it was poured. The goal was to look like they were really in there. But, you can create the effect afterwards by applying some gel afterwards, I think. The Golden or Liquitex products will hold their shape around the hull. The Envirotex might be more difficult as it will go to the lowest point and dry totally flat unless of course you can catch that window and play with it. 

Ahh, color of the water. I'm a groupie when it comes to George Sellios' layout and techniques. He has a waterfront scene that IMO is second to none and I've always loved his water color in the harbor, a muddy greenish hue suggesting an inner city industrial harbor. Pictures of George's water were used in attempting to match his color as close as possible. Dave had four different samples we chose from. From some file notes I see a reference to Thalo green, Thalo blue (?) Raw umber, a bit of Ochre, maybe a hint of White. I think you'd have to experiment based on personal taste. 

 
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Populating the layout.

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Flash needs someone to race.

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Harry and the gang wait for a train. To Hogwarts?

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@beardog was gracious enough to send my boys figures to keep them occupied when playing on the layout. A few of them took up residence near the loading dock. Thank you Beardog!

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Batman keeps the layout safe from criminals.

And ...

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... looks like I am now Team Flamingo!

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Moonson posted:

Motorcyclists.....oh...yeah...IMG_0114IMG_1533...in my favorite neighborhood.

FrankM

Frank,

I loved the hoops after zooming in on your second photo.  What a great action scene.  And, yes, the motocycles and their envirnoment is just an amazing vignette.  The framing of that photo is outstanding too, specially with the flowering tree in the fore corner to draw your eye tomthe lin of bikes.  I want to live in so many of your wonderful worlds.

All,

As one of those of us without the time and space for a real layout, I'm really enjoying this thread!  Keep th great ohitos and wonderful worlds coming!

Tomlinson Run Railroad

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TomlinsonRunRR, Thank you, so much , for expressing your approval of that area of my layout. It was especially kind of you to articulate the specifics that earned your particular notice. It's very enjoyable for me when my fellow hobbyists voice their positive regard for work I myself enjoyed doing and enjoy having.

My sincere Thanks, also, to Arnold D. Cribari . You always have such pleasant and interesting comments about my modeling, that I look forward when I see your name on a posting that relates to my modeling.Thank you, again, for your many kindnesses in this regard.

My Thanks, also, to these voices who sent me Likes for this motorcycle scene in Moon Township. Thank you, BAR GP7 #63; Arnold D. Cribari; SouthernMike; MELGAR; Lou N.

FrankM

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