You have made it through another week and you know what that means.
It's time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!!
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
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You have made it through another week and you know what that means.
It's time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!!
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
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This was the initial planning stage , did not bother with landscaping as I wanted to run the trains
Thanks Scott for starting this week , was waiting and watching for your first post
Love this picture from Patrick's RR. Thought it was worth a re-post. Too bad you can't see the hobo hotel just around the corner. It is one cool accessory with harmonica music. When I was there in December I heard the music and couldn't believe it was coming from there. The Hobo's are floating in the water tower on little rafts. Nice accessory.
Is that Louis?
B&O YMCA
Railroad YMCAs were located at many railroad division points and terminals to provide lodging and also to provide services to train crews who were away from their homes, families, and churches
The model is a MTH country house with an added side porch left over from a previous project. The three dormers are from Ameritown Dream house kits and the stone foundation is flexible stone wall from Chooch Enterprises. The mullions were removed from the windows. The building has been repainted the in way it was common in the 1950s.
Richard E Rochester NY
Scott Thanks again for getting us started of the weekend photo fun.
More progress on yhr 15' wall section of our layout. In this area we will have a Grain Mill and Storage complex, Power Plant Complex, and a Coal mine complex. The Power Plant is pretty well done and we are working on the coal mine area. Alan Graziano is working on the upper level support systems for the coal mine. Alan has fabricated the small boiler house with water treatment tanks and aux fuel supply tanks.
Finally pulled the trigger on a set of the “Fleet of Modernism” passenger cars. I was persuaded by MTH’s most recent release including the observation car named “Juniata Narrows.”
The RS-11 makes a nice addition to the early N&W diesels. And the NS Genset with horse looking in the right direction makes a good companion to the NS OCS F-Units.
The build date on my colorful Burlington refrigerator car is November, 1961. That’s a 1931 Chevrolet truck pictured with it. In 1960, there were still a few old clunkers on the street where I grew up. However, they weren’t as common as my photo would have you believe. The guy across the street had a 1930 Ford Model A coupe with the trunk lid removed and a wood box inserted to make it into a pickup. There was also a white 1938 Dodge coupe and a dark green 1939 Chevy coupe. Lastly, my wheels, a 1934 Plymouth coupe which I had paid $25 for. Have a great weekend, Jim
I love those old Marx tinplate trains.
I also love Lionel Postwar 027. Here is my workbench where I am refurbishing Lionel 2018 and 2037 engines.
Another 2011 Christmas Layout memory
Looks like a traffic jam is in the works with people lining up hoping to get a glimpse of Santa:
Santa is more than willing to go along and greet the passers-by:
Even in daylight hours!
- walt
B&O YMCA
Railroad YMCAs were located at many railroad division points and terminals to provide lodging and also to provide services to train crews who were away from their homes, families, and churches
The model is a MTH country house with an added side porch left over from a previous project. The three dormers are from Ameritown Dream house kits and the stone foundation is flexible stone wall from Chooch Enterprises. The mullions were removed from the windows. The building has been repainted the in way it was common in the 1950s.
Richard E Rochester NY
That is a very nice job! It really turned out well and makes me want to make one similar for my layout, thanks for sharing.
Art
Here's my newest acquisition a basket case Lionel postwar 2025.
Here's the before, lots of missing paint, casting defects and corrosion pitting...
And here's the after restoration....
It runs like a top and smokes pretty good once I cleaned out the smoke chamber. Next up is applying the numbers and working on the tender.
Paul
Just a few shots to test out the new photo posting procedure.
Oops....both ended up as thumbnails.....what should I have done so they show as a full pic?
REV
when you are doing the upload files process and after you select (and "OPEN") the image file, a checkbox will appear that asks if you want to embed the photo into the text. Select it.
- walt
Ken Nice roundhouse. Are you coming to Lincoln next weekend for the train show at the event center. If you do and have time come check out our layout. It should be a good show. Nick
The workers and supervisor are deciding on what type of railing/fencing to add to this large support/platform.
I've got Western Maryland fever(!)...picked up a couple more items to enhance my WM 'stable'
This GP9 makes a cool 'odd couple' lash up with the FA and with teir 'circus' apint, you can't miss them going down the tracks. Love the snow plow too.
Found this nice MTH Premier WM Caboose...
I really like 'loud & proud' paint schemes like this and Chessie System.
In an era of mostly drab locomotives, these really stand out.
I am new to this forum so I will give this a shot. If it don't work will someone let me know what I need to do?
Tks,
Kev.
Okay I did a cut and past from Shutterfly on the first picture, it looks okay and a attachment on the other two. I see why the first attachment did not post, but why is the attachment picture distorted?
Thanks, Kev
Keith....I really like that platform. Is that textured paint that you used?
Alan
"The Apprentice" has been busy again, having painted the sides of his PE Tower Car project. The Home Depot paint looks like it matched the PE colors pretty well. I'm still trying to help him track down some parts. He has some more work to do on the roof and chassis before adding paint.
Here is an update on the granary complex. It has changed quite a bit over the last week or so since I posted the earlier pictures.....
Alan
Alan, thank you! Your granary looks great.
The paint is Rust-oleum American Accents "Stone Textured Finish" paint in Stone Pebble color. I purchased it at Wal-mart. I first primed the MDF with Glidden Creamy Buttermilk (Home Depot).
I completed a refurbishment of a Lionel post war turbine shell this week.I was able to keep the vast majority of the original paint. Its for sale if anyone needs one. Free shipping!
Before:
The shell had some kind of glue stuck to the ladder, and red sparkly stuff stuck to the boiler. No chemical paint stripping, media blasting, etc., was employed. I wanted to save as much of the old paint as possible.
After:
The lighting makes the paint look much flatter than it really is. I may take new photos with better lighting. It has the same perfect post war Lionel sheen as the 726 in the background. In this photo, you can see that sheen towards the front of the shell, where the light wasn't as harsh.
A few more as I wander around the layout. Here's a Lionel 4-4-2 that I repainted pink for my daughter. It's been running this week after a long sleep.
I've begun making new trees. These will replace ones I made a few years back. Here's an example.
Another shot of the turbine shell.
From Christmas layout to Basement Carpet Central all in a month or so! Some great shots and great layouts! Looks like the easier posting is making this weekly thread pretty popular! My Carpet Central is in such bad shape financially they had to get an old tired E6 Atlantic to pull those shiny new PRR passenger cars!
Some more closeups from my first layout. Standing around the Coke machine with some tall tales, while a loose plank is being secured in the sidewalk.
Aerial view of the muddy creek and the old rickety bridge.
Coming around behind the station to switch some cars.
Dusk is falling as the early evening express leaves the station.
Seeing Double! Just purchased a K-Line Collector Club CSX SD70MAC off the bay to go along with my existing SD70MAC. These are the engines from which K-Line took the pre-orders (and money) and Lionel ended up delivering as part of their liquidation of the K-Line stock. My two are conventional scale size engines. I got the second engine because I want to double-head them to run a string of 15 die-cast Atlas Gundersons. Of course, I will need to (when time permits) renumber one of the engines. Jim |
Love it! Where can I get one?
Looks good Bob. I like what you did with the engine stalls very cleaver!
I know this is not a train, but I jost posted my first picture and always wanted to post on this thread. This was a present that I made for the boss on his 60 th birthday. This is Erics Tankie Bar
Is this the U36 from the MPC Quaker City Limited set?
Rich M.,
What kind of diesel is that?
Nice shot, different.
lowen
Hi Jim (jd-train). I make my own shingles using .010" thick styrene sheets. I scribe and texture the styrene with various pointed tools then cut the sheet into strips and apply these to the roof. The second pic shows a shingle roof before trimming and painting.
Some MPC. Chessie U36C leading the Royal Limited set and the always wacky Radioactive Waste Disposal Car.
Nice pics all, as usual!!
Miss C:
Is that you standing by the pink convertible?
Andre
Nice pics all, as usual!!
Miss C:
Is that you standing by the pink convertible?
Andre
Another seedy back alley on the layout
quote:Another seedy back alley on the layout
Thick of trouble indeed! There appears to be "ladies of negotiable virtue" down the alley!!
Andre
I know this is not a train, but I jost posted my first picture and always wanted to post on this thread. This was a present that I made for the boss on his 60 th birthday. This is Erics Tankie Bar
Alan that LOOKS REALLY COOL.....Hope Eric liked the T A N K I E B A R
How come about half the photos posted are compressed side-to-side?
How come about half the photos posted are compressed side-to-side?
I'm not quite sure what you may mean by "compressed," but I don't see that happening with my computer.
Can you provide a specific example that I can look at?
2/11/12
Love it! Where can I get one?...... I bought mine 12yrs ago. MKI DESIGN is the company. However they are no longer in business. You can find them on line, but the spout plug is usually broken, I had mine repaired just now by a tool and die maker.
Clem
When we visited Sonoma recently, we were taking a walk after dinner one night and stumbled upon the Napa Valley Wine Train engines. We didn't ride on the train, but we did catch the full train the next day moving down the route to the vineyards.
Joe H,
Some of the photos do seem to be compressed, but if you double click on the image you get an enlarged copy.
Yes I love it! Very pleased with my choice to go with the Santa Fe Northern. Now to get another oval of track with bigger curves set up so I can run her more than a few feet back and forth!
Not sure why two sets of my photos posted.
Melissa
This is my first try at the weekend photo fun thread, but here goes. Still still not finished, but I'm currently on my long week at work which means no play for me.
Many thanks to the forum members who has given me tons of advice on how to proceed with each new step. Until this building, I had not ventured into adding extras beyond the paint.
Hope all of you have a great weekend.
Wow, that's a great looking station. I would like to see more of your layout too!
I will try to put more layout shots on soon. This was my first attempt on the new forum. Thanks for looking,
Ray
Kenny Taylor....you did a beautiful job on that building. WOW...I really like the colors and the detailed painting. I would be proud to have that one on my layout for sure!
Thanks for posting great pictures everyone.....
Here is another of the city on the layout....
Alan
Incredible pictures this week! Thanks for posting.
This hole in the wall would become a passenger terminal, with building fronts to cover up the mess.
I kitbashed a passenger station using two platicville airplane hangers and an HO powerplant. I still have to finish the right side along the wall. Not sure what I will do there. There are industrial sidings on the lower level, so I will have to blend industrial, the passenger station and maybe smaller scale housiing or buildings etc in HO and N scale.
The platform is a standard covered platform extension, with a few additional uncovered sections made from foam food platters, carved with a hot foam knife tool to match the sidewalk markings. I couldn't find the disney station, which would have made a great clock tower addition
Just excellent detailing Kenny!....
Dave - Those Disney train stations show up on the bay from time to time - they are listed as HO but they're not.... You could probably get them one at a time - ship them all to me and then I can box them up and ship them your way in one shipment.....
I would like to see more pictures of that scratch built version out of seven kits..... Very cool.... we have, well, one in the box to start with.....
I know there is a looong separate thread about the new format, but I have a specific question prompted by this thread. All my photos are bunched to the left hand side of the page, and most seem vertically distorted. And I still have the blank white column to the right. Is there a simple fix? Thanks
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