and this...
Milepost48, WOW! And wowowow-weee! That really takes considerable guts and talent and self-confidence! I'd never have had the nerve for that adventure. It looks sooooo good!
FrankM.
RMT REVERE CANE SUGAR HOPPER CAR.
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Centralfan, Great Video! Also love the music, could you provide the name and artist please? thanks!
BAR GP7 #63 posted:RMT REVERE CANE SUGAR HOPPER CAR.
Great work!
CentralFan1976 posted:and this...
awesome, love the Central!
gandydancer1950 posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:RMT REVERE CANE SUGAR HOPPER CAR.
Great work!
gandydancer 1950: Thanks
Johan
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resin cast 86ft hi cube,custom decals ,modeled from a prototype photo , old gondola with rusted cement cannisters , FEC faded F-unit Chessie resin cast hi-cube these were done long before Lionel thought about them.
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Tackindy, I think your coal hoppers look great. (And that comes from a guy who saw zillions of them on the rails throughout Pittsburgh, as a kid in the 40's and 50's and adolescent in the 60's.)
FrankM.
Many of the buildings that bordered steel mill properties, along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny and Allegheny rivers in metropolitan Pittsburgh area, back in the 50's and 60's, got very "weathered," too. So, memories of them inspired me to have a few neighborhoods like that on my layout....
...These were all "guy" places, not anywhere you'd take a lady to. Many millworkers would stop at a bar on such a street for conversation and "boiler-makers," right outside the mill gates, before heading home for a much needed rest and family-time.
FrankM.
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Moonson posted:Many of their buildings that bordered steel mill properties, along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny and Allegheny rivers in metropolitan Pittsburgh area, back in the 50's and 60's, got very "weathered," too. So, memories of them inspired me to have a few neighborhoods like that on my layout....
...These were all "guy" places, not anywhere you'd take a lady to. Many millworkers would stop at a bar on such a street for conversation and "boiler-makers," right outside the mill gates, before heading home for a much needed rest and family-time.
FrankM.
Terrific detailing!
Thank you, Gandydancer1950 ! I appreciate (and enjoy) the approval and your taking the time to say so.
I also Thank you and these voices on this forum for their numerous "likes" for my several entries on this "Weathering" thread: BAR GP7#63; briansilvermustang; paul2; Beta Nu Sigma Phi; Fridge56Vet;; Henry J; Joe B; albertstrains; Engineer-Joe.
My sincere Thanks to all of you for the reach-backs.
FrankM
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Moonson posted:Thank you, Gandydancer1950 ! I appreciate (and enjoy) the approval and your taking the time to say so.
I also Thank you and these voices on this forum for their numerous "likes" for my several entries on this "Weathering" thread: BAR GP7#63; briansilvermustang; paul2; Beta Nu Sigma Phi; Fridge56Vet;; Henry J; Joe B; albertstrains; Engineer-Joe.
My sincere Thanks to all of you for the reach-backs.
FrankM
You're very welcome! I would love to see more photos of your fantastic layout.
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Port of Shark Bay.
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BAR GP7 #63 posted:Port of Shark Bay.
Very nice scene!
BAR GP7#63, I agree with gandydancer, very nice scene! Though the figures are, of course, static, they all appear to be moving, doing something and being busy among one another. It's a vibrant composition (!)
FrankM
corsair29 posted:
that's some beautiful work!....really like the 2-10-4
any chance you might divulge how you achieved that look on that 2-10-4?....im about to embark on weathering an entire fleet of NYC steamers, especially what you used for that greyish-like overcoat.....for lack of a better term....thanks!
Corsair29,
Fantastic work! The end of the PRR car and the station in particular, but I love the B&M switcher, too. Is the station your own or a kit?
Tomlinson Run Railroad
gandydancer1950 posted:Moonson posted:Thank you, Gandydancer1950 ! I appreciate (and enjoy) the approval and your taking the time to say so.
I also Thank you and these voices on this forum for their numerous "likes" for my several entries on this "Weathering" thread: BAR GP7#63; briansilvermustang; paul2; Beta Nu Sigma Phi; Fridge56Vet;; Henry J; Joe B; albertstrains; Engineer-Joe.
My sincere Thanks to all of you for the reach-backs.
FrankM
You're very welcome! I would love to see more photos of your fantastic layout.
That's really nice of you to invite more shots. Here are a few more angles and real estate of that same workers' neighborhood...
The whole project took quite a while, but I was at-play doing it, after all, wasn't I, so the amount of time didn't matter. The relaxation and adventure of it did.
FrankM, Moon Township, USA
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Moonson posted:gandydancer1950 posted:Moonson posted:Thank you, Gandydancer1950 ! I appreciate (and enjoy) the approval and your taking the time to say so.
I also Thank you and these voices on this forum for their numerous "likes" for my several entries on this "Weathering" thread: BAR GP7#63; briansilvermustang; paul2; Beta Nu Sigma Phi; Fridge56Vet;; Henry J; Joe B; albertstrains; Engineer-Joe.
My sincere Thanks to all of you for the reach-backs.
FrankM
You're very welcome! I would love to see more photos of your fantastic layout.
That's really nice of you to invite more shots. Here are a few more angles and real estate of that same workers' neighborhood...
The whole project took quite a while, but I was at-play doing it, after all, wasn't I, so the amount of time didn't matter. The relaxation and adventure of it did.
FrankM, Moon Township, USA
Love the comic book store! Do you have any photos of the rest of your layout?
Moonson posted:gandydancer1950 posted:Moonson posted:Thank you, Gandydancer1950 ! I appreciate (and enjoy) the approval and your taking the time to say so.
I also Thank you and these voices on this forum for their numerous "likes" for my several entries on this "Weathering" thread: BAR GP7#63; briansilvermustang; paul2; Beta Nu Sigma Phi; Fridge56Vet;; Henry J; Joe B; albertstrains; Engineer-Joe.
My sincere Thanks to all of you for the reach-backs.
FrankM
You're very welcome! I would love to see more photos of your fantastic layout.
That's really nice of you to invite more shots. Here are a few more angles and real estate of that same workers' neighborhood...
The whole project took quite a while, but I was at-play doing it, after all, wasn't I, so the amount of time didn't matter. The relaxation and adventure of it did.
FrankM, Moon Township, USA
Frank - your artistic work never ceases to amaze me! Your work has always, and continues, to inspire me. I certainly agree that the amount of time does not matter. Being in the "flow", in the "now", in the "moment", however we choose to describe it, is one of the greatest blessings of this hobby. Speaking for myself, I do my best creative work when in this state of mind. When in this state of mind it's like I'm not thinking, in a verbal sense, but rather reacting to what is needed in the moment. Please keep sharing your photos. Many thanks for all the inspiration!
trumptrain posted:Moonson posted:gandydancer1950 posted:Moonson posted:Thank you, Gandydancer1950 ! I appreciate (and enjoy) the approval and your taking the time to say so.
I also Thank you and these voices on this forum for their numerous "likes" for my several entries on this "Weathering" thread: BAR GP7#63; briansilvermustang; paul2; Beta Nu Sigma Phi; Fridge56Vet;; Henry J; Joe B; albertstrains; Engineer-Joe.
My sincere Thanks to all of you for the reach-backs.
FrankM
You're very welcome! I would love to see more photos of your fantastic layout.
That's really nice of you to invite more shots. Here are a few more angles and real estate of that same workers' neighborhood...
The whole project took quite a while, but I was at-play doing it, after all, wasn't I, so the amount of time didn't matter. The relaxation and adventure of it did.
FrankM, Moon Township, USA
Frank - your artistic work never ceases to amaze me! Your work has always, and continues, to inspire me. I certainly agree that the amount of time does not matter. Being in the "flow", in the "now", in the "moment", however we choose to describe it, is one of the greatest blessings of this hobby. Speaking for myself, I do my best creative work when in this state of mind. When in this state of mind it's like I'm not thinking, in a verbal sense, but rather reacting to what is needed in the moment. Please keep sharing your photos. Many thanks for all the inspiration!
Patrick you so very well put into words my feelings also!
harmonyards posted:any chance you might divulge how you achieved that look on that 2-10-4?
I usually use 3 colors, off white, rust, and black all shot through an airbrush. This particular engine I over shot the whole thing with the off white.
corsair29 posted:TomlinsonRunRR posted:
Is the station your own or a kit?
It's Lionel's Rico Station.
Nice! Thanks for the full view photo, Steve. I've always liked that style of (model) station with clear areas for passengers and freight. Lots of possibilities.
TRRR
Gandydancer and Trumptrain, Thank you, both, for being so laudatory about my layout efforts, and Thank you for encouraging me to continue the conversation with more photos.
And my Thanks for the "Likes" since 6/26/17 for my additional postings of my layout weathering efforts: Leapinlarry; Joe B.; Fridge56Vet; BAR GP7 #63; p51; CNJ#1601; trumptrain; c. sam; briansilvermustang; Gandydancer. !!!!
Here are some additional perspectives on that same area of the layout:
Around the corner from the group of little businesses on "Old Street," is this area, leading into the train yard and a factory, where my imagination has decided all those guys work...
...more perspectives on that yard & factory area...
...and here, below, is a perspective of how Old Street relates to part of the layout.
I have tried for a balance between having neighborhoods right-up-front on the aisles around the layout and to having the trains themselves very close to the front edges, too, so my guests have as intimate an experience as possible with the train layout.
I want family and friends to feel they are welcomed and trusted with being able to reach directly into much of Moon Township if they wish to. Of course, I keep a close eye on everything as I run it all with my TMCC, sounding horns and whistles when hands get too eager, and some tummies, too, and folks are leaning in and not noticing the approach of oncoming trains. So, I've had no derailments or crashes, to date, since the layout settled into its present iteration.
Without the experience of sharing the trains with others, there is very little of importance to this hobby for me. FrankM.
P.S. I've recently noticed that if I left-click on a photo, it shows full-screen on the computer. I hope that is the case for everybody who clicks on my photos, which gives a more intimate, lush view of each scene.
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gandydancer1950 posted:trumptrain posted:Moonson posted:gandydancer1950 posted:Moonson posted:Thank you, Gandydancer1950 ! I appreciate (and enjoy) the approval and your taking the time to say so.
I also Thank you and these voices on this forum for their numerous "likes" for my several entries on this "Weathering" thread: BAR GP7#63; briansilvermustang; paul2; Beta Nu Sigma Phi; Fridge56Vet;; Henry J; Joe B; albertstrains; Engineer-Joe.
My sincere Thanks to all of you for the reach-backs.
FrankM
You're very welcome! I would love to see more photos of your fantastic layout.
That's really nice of you to invite more shots. Here are a few more angles and real estate of that same workers' neighborhood...
The whole project took quite a while, but I was at-play doing it, after all, wasn't I, so the amount of time didn't matter. The relaxation and adventure of it did.
FrankM, Moon Township, USA
Frank - your artistic work never ceases to amaze me! Your work has always, and continues, to inspire me. I certainly agree that the amount of time does not matter. Being in the "flow", in the "now", in the "moment", however we choose to describe it, is one of the greatest blessings of this hobby. Speaking for myself, I do my best creative work when in this state of mind. When in this state of mind it's like I'm not thinking, in a verbal sense, but rather reacting to what is needed in the moment. Please keep sharing your photos. Many thanks for all the inspiration!
Patrick you so very well put into words my feelings also!
You truly should submit photos and a short bio to OGR magazine. Your layout is truly incredible and deserves to be published for all of us to see. 
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Moonson posted:Gandydancer and Trumptrain, Thank you, both, for being so laudatory about my layout efforts, and Thank you for encouraging me to continue the conversation with more photos.
And my Thanks for the "Likes" since 6/26/17 for my additional postings of my layout weathering efforts: Leapinlarry; Joe B.; Fridge56Vet; BAR GP7 #63; p51; CNJ#1601; trumptrain; c. sam; briansilvermustang; Gandydancer. !!!!
Here are some additional perspectives on that same area of the layout:
Around the corner from the group of little businesses on "Old Street," is this area, leading into the train yard and a factory, where my imagination has decided all those guys work...
...more perspectives on that yard & factory area...
...and here, below, is a perspective of how Old Street relates to part of the layout.
I have tried for a balance between having neighborhoods right-up-front on the aisles around the layout and to having the trains themselves very close to the front edges, too, so my guests have as intimate an experience as possible with the train layout.
I want family and friends to feel they are welcomed and trusted with being able to reach directly into much of Moon Township if they wish to. Of course, I keep a close eye on everything as I run it all with my TMCC, sounding horns and whistles when hands get too eager, and some tummies, too, and folks are leaning in and not noticing the approach of oncoming trains. So, I've had no derailments or crashes, to date, since the layout settled into its present iteration.
Without the experience of sharing the trains with others, there is very little of importance to this hobby for me. FrankM.
P.S. I've recently noticed that if I left-click on a photo, it shows full-screen on the computer. I hope that is the case for everybody who clicks on my photos, which gives a more intimate, lush view of each scene.
Impressive!
