Looks like Santa maybe stopping by for a dog outside of the North Main Street station...the "Chief" should be pulling in shortly!
@John A posted:Hobby Lobby acrylics. Inexpensive, hundreds of colors, water clean up. JohnA
I found a Vallejo set for painting figures that includes various skin tones and basic colors for clothing.
A few Plasticville for the Christmas display:
Straight block-paint/dip/highlight/clear-matte-overspray process without much in the way of mold clean-up (figure these will get manhandled by visitors). Globbed a bit of glitter-snow on the bases. Otherwise, all acrylics here, Vallejo, Tamiya, and some high-end craft paint.
That cat looks terrible.
PD
Milk Delivery from Elmwood Farm. My dad worked for that farm before his Navy service in WWII. Truck custom painted by me based on pics of actual trucks they had.
Climbing aboard the Farmall Super MTA to head out for some Fall plowing.
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@pd posted:That cat looks terrible.
Oh, not *that* bad -- just a touch of mange . . .
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@trumptrain posted:
A few things to analyze in this pic indeed...Great likeness of the Queen Mum, the fellow in the "mac" behind the barrel looks to be a "double O" agent assigned to the her protection! Wonder if he takes his martini's shaken and not shtirred... The green haired lady is certainly a character, the flowers in the barrel are nicer than over flowing trash, and that pay phone sets the time period - wonder if it has gum stuck to the ear piece too.?
What happens in Vegas...!
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North Main Street was busy this afternoon with the arrival of Santa and Joe the Christmas tree vendor...the hot dog guy never misses a day on North Main...
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Very nice recent Little People.
Arnold
Watering hole: Woodland Scenics Sully's Tavern.
There is one in every town. Mine is conveniently located for Jim, across the street from Morrison's Doors Factory.
Do ya feel all right?
Common baby Light My Fi-re!
LOL
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Now waita minute Arnold. That last picture looks like you now have a layout in your home law office, instead of your basement!
Are you still tax deducting that office space as a business expense?
Risky business! :-)
Mannyrock
Arnold, is that before or after the game at Yankee Stadium?
Jay
Joe the tree guy says one more good by before he pulls out for the night...he'll be back to sell more trees tomorrow...
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@trumptrain posted:
Delightful, Patrick
Patrick, seems they have lots of holiday spirit in your town with Santa holding court for the kids...nice to see!
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Joe the tree guy has had a busy weekend selling trees, and by closing time Saturday night, he seemed oblivious to the night folks coming and going. Tree sales had dwindled to a crawl by 10:00 pm, so Joe was ready to call it a night and retire to his Airstream...he's close buddy's with the mayor of Wilburville, so he gets a special permit every year to open his tree stand at the busy corner of North Main and Main streets...
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Tree sales this year were slightly down from last year...inflation took it's toll! In spite of a lackluster sales year, as Santa sometimes does on Christmas Eve afternoon, he's gives away the remaining trees to local city folks in need Joe the tree guy, standing by the '55 Nomad, is on board 100%...!
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Some Hobos along with a Hobo chick, and a friendly pup stopping by. Having some hotdogs and some famous Utica Club Beer they took of the delivery truck. Note the smoke is off our female Husky Sitka.
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The 6000s arrive at work today:
We shoved them into the old interurban yard for temporary storage:
Within minutes, the cops show up, the union shows up, two guys from the mob show up, and a subway fan (where did he come from) show up:
The cop, union, and mob guys run the subway fan off and start a discussion:
The discussion continues:
It was fun setting this up and figuring out captions for each photo. BTW, the figures are Homies from the Palermos set. There are more photos in this series but have no figures so I am leaving them out.
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Some kids camping and telling ghost stories.
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I recently posted this O Scale figure before, but I love it so I'm sharing him again.
Let me, once again, introduce to you the famous artist, Bob Ross. I acquired him in O scale from a Cracker Barrell gift shop in the Albany, NY area:
As Bob Ross used to say when painting the trunks and branches of several trees on his canvas with his palette knife in a few seconds: "Now let's put this little tree here, and this one there, and another one there."
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@Arnold D. Cribari posted:I recently posted this O Scale figure before, but I love it so I'm sharing him again.
Let me, once again, introduce to you the famous artist, Bob Ross, acquired from a Cracker Barrell gift shop in the Albany, NY area:
As Bob Ross used to say when painting the trunks and branches of several trees on his canvas with his palette knife in a few seconds: "Now let's put this little tree here, and this one there, and another one there."
Got a chuckle on that one! Not only does that look like him, but you captured the essence of his spirit in your observation of his 'quick strokes' with the pallet knife! I struggle to write my name anymore, much less issue a few 'quick strokes.'
George
Well, this has to go under little people, well what's left of him, this man eating bear is at it again. Has a leg in his mouth looks juicy?
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@Sitka posted:Well, this has to go under little people, well what's left of him, this man eating bear is at it again. Has a leg in his mouth looks juicy?
I suppose that's one way to make Little People even little-er . . .
Men at work!
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A new Heroclix release I thought I would share, Scooby-Doo and friends!
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Here is a couple hanging out on some rock watching trains, We have a young lady spying, Is she the wife or girl friend? HAGD support your Troops
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Young man fishing and having a case of cold Schlitz Beer.
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That Schlitz case is cool. Did you make it, or where did you buy it? JohnA
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@John A posted:That Schlitz case is cool. Did you make it, or where did you buy it? JohnA
John came across on ebay has a good selection DAVESDECALS.COM hope that helps. Mark
Thanks Mark- will check it out. JohnA
Busy day for the Pennsylvania Passenger system as people wait to board.
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Recent experiment...a pre-painted Arttista given an ink wash and a dry-brush (before and after):
Better or worse...not sure.
PD
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@pd posted:Recent experiment...a pre-painted Arttista given an ink wash and a dry-brush (before and after):
Better or worse...not sure.
PD
I love Arttista figures! Your enhancement made the engine mechanic really sparkle with realism. I have a question. Did you use India Ink in a solvent for your ink wash? If so, what solvent did you use and what is the optimal proportion of ink to solvent?
Thanks for any information.
Working hard getting ready to load the next arriving boxcar. The boss just showed up(in the dock doorway) to check in on things.
Gene
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@Randy Harrison posted:I love Arttista figures! Your enhancement made the engine mechanic really sparkle with realism. I have a question. Did you use India Ink in a solvent for your ink wash? If so, what solvent did you use and what is the optimal proportion of ink to solvent?
Thanks for any information.
Thanks, Randy. I started by giving the flat-painted figure an overspray of clear gloss lacquer. That will help the wash "move" while preventing it from darkening the underlying paint too much. The wash supplies I used are pictured at the bottom of the montage. All are by Vallejo, all water-based, with the ink wash pictured in the center. For 1-3 figures, I use two drops of the black ink model wash (76.518), one drop of matte medium (70.540) and two drops of plain water. Mix thoroughly, then, once the gloss overspray is dry, slather the wash on with a brush. Let it run down into all of the cracks and crevices. After a few minutes use a clean brush to remove any excess pools of wash, then let the figure dry completely. Once dry, I give the figure an overspray of clear matte lacquer, then a dry-brush treatment using off-white (70.820). Once that's dry, another overspray of clear matte lacquer for protection. That's it.
A friend of mine uses a similar process, but with Humbrol enamels instead. He makes a wash using black enamel and turpentine. The advantage of his method is the enamel wash takes longer to set, so there's more time to go back and work pigment down into the cracks and crevices while sopping up the excess. I've known him to rework things for up to 24 hours.
Here's Arttista's "running man", painted from scratch with a similar wash treatment:
You never know how they'll turn out.
PD
@pd posted:Thanks, Randy. I started by giving the flat-painted figure an overspray of clear gloss lacquer. That will help the wash "move" while preventing it from darkening the underlying paint too much. The wash supplies I used are pictured at the bottom of the montage. All are by Vallejo, all water-based, with the ink wash pictured in the center. For 1-3 figures, I use two drops of the black ink model wash (76.518), one drop of matte medium (70.540) and two drops of plain water. Mix thoroughly, then, once the gloss overspray is dry, slather the wash on with a brush. Let it run down into all of the cracks and crevices. After a few minutes use a clean brush to remove any excess pools of wash, then let the figure dry completely. Once dry, I give the figure an overspray of clear matte lacquer, then a dry-brush treatment using off-white (70.820). Once that's dry, another overspray of clear matte lacquer for protection. That's it.
A friend of mine uses a similar process, but with Humbrol enamels instead. He makes a wash using black enamel and turpentine. The advantage of his method is the enamel wash takes longer to set, so there's more time to go back and work pigment down into the cracks and crevices while sopping up the excess. I've known him to rework things for up to 24 hours.
Here's Arttista's "running man", painted from scratch with a similar wash treatment:
You never know how they'll turn out.
PD
Thank you VERY much for your quick and informative reply. You have demystified the process for me and saved me much trial and error.
The Worcester* Suburban Electric Co line crew performs some maintenance on the service pole to Taft Bros Feed and Grain in Uxbridge MA. WSECo had an office, substation and crew facility in downtown Uxbridge. Their coal fired generating station was also located there just up the road from Taft Bros.
*Pronounced "werster"...or if your from Massachusetts its "woostah".
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@Farmall-Joe posted:The Worcester* Suburban Electric Co line crew performs some maintenance on the service pole to Taft Bros Feed and Grain in Uxbridge MA. WSECo had an office, substation and crew facility in downtown Uxbridge. Their coal fired generating station was also located there just up the road from Taft Bros.
*Pronounced "werster"...or if your from Massachusetts its "woostah".
nice truck
Hobo coming home from a day of work?
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@Arnold D. Cribari posted:Hangin' out at Morrison's Doors Factory:
Arnold
Fast forward about 10 years and you go from Morrisons Door factory to CBGBs and the NYC punk rock scene, where Johnny Ramone is practicing a few licks outside before opening for the Talking Heads. Enlarge the photo and you can see the actual poster for the gig -
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Some fellas waiting around the coal pile for some customers, looks like one joe has some moonshine.
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the bus was a gift from my brother.
My nephew gifted this Steelers bus to me at my annual train party for the entire family. I painted up some figures in Steeler colors. The scene is supposed to represent a road trip for the fans
- walt
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Dorothy and the gang have recently been sighted in Warrenville
For more of Warrenville's most notable citizens please click here: Some Notable Citizens of Warrenville (warrenvillerailroad.com)
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Make sure the next local takes them to the yellow brick road.
@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:Make sure the next local takes them to the yellow brick road.
I thought about that, but they left the Yellow Brick Road behind in Oz.
Time for new adventures in Warrenville!
Contemplating the need to clear-cut a lot more acreage near the local state park before twilight, our intrepid logger steels himself to face the task . . .
. . . while others on the crew continue to clear the undergrowth . . .
. . . and a lot of their previous work remains to be cleaned up:
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Within minutes, the cops show up, the union shows up, two guys from the mob show up, and a subway fan (where did he come from) show up to discuss the newly arrived cars.
EDIT: I actually did a series of photos, this one is #3.
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@trumptrain posted:
Great scenes Pat! My layout is somewhat lacking in population. I do have some specific scenes populated; but my station platforms are empty.
Are Big Jim Slim and Teapot still heading up your MOW crew?
@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:Are Big Jim Slim and Teapot still heading up your MOW crew?
Why yes indeed they are! Thanks of remembering my story which appeared in OGR magazine one year ago!
It was a well written and unique story.