Paul, I second that! Great video! Love the weathered cars along with the details. Great camera work as well!
Made a view-block
....more importantly......I have all my fingers.....
Peter
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Todd Knoll posted:Paul, I second that! Great video! Love the weathered cars along with the details. Great camera work as well!
I agree fully.
Great video, and excellent model work!
Well today I made some headway. I got the last of the Masonite up on the main tables of the layout. I will continue the backdrop on the other side of the opening eventually. Tomorrow I'll start early painting it and then I'll start placing buildings and track around to see what will look good but make for some interesting switching. When Bryan stopped by he got me to thinking that I should have some staging tracks so I can bring trains into the numerous yards and take cars out. So with that in mind Bryan you will get the jump on me and get to track laying before me. Couple of pic of work done today ..........Paul
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It seems like every posting today, I'm thanking someone. There are just so many people who have helped or contributed to the construction of my layout. Yesterday my good friend Jerry came over to help me pull wire. To be blunt, it is nearly impossible to do this alone.
Wiped-out the last of 500' of power feeders from the box on the right and close to half of the box on the far left. Today I ordered another two 250' boxes of 14 ga wire. The gray spool on the bottom used to contain 500' of 4 conductor 22 ga wire. I am using this for wiring the switch motors.
Power feeders (7) have been pulled for Block "4". For reference the yard area is Block"3" and the track above the control panel is Block "2".
I am using this 2" LB to route wire through my knee wall. While we're pulling wire, I have temporarily removed bead board.
I have switch wiring pulled for 15 of 24 switches.
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Tom and I got the coat of Minwax Express Color wood stain in Mahogany on all the facing boards of the Art Deco style layout table. It looks great! (sorry for all the train boxes underneath and the Barclay folks laying on paper napkins on the table messiness)
Polyurethane coat 1 of 5 next.
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Polyurethane coat one, I'm helping...
The unfortunate result of a Warp 1 Smoke Command feature. Turns an otherwise beautiful cabin into a Salvador Dali sculpture.
I decided to utilize what was left of the N5C and make a fantasy PRR crane tender this weekend.
A set of yard lights on top make the combo practical around the clock.
Still loads more to do...mostly detail and painting.
Bruce
Moonson posted:trumptrain posted:One of my senior high students wanted to see my layout yesterday. He was most impressed with the various vignettes and especially with Mount Randolph! He enjoyed the stories of the many locomotives, especially the GG1 number 4876 and the 1953 wreck of the Federal ... of which I have photos. He also enjoyed the J class 611.
Its always fun to share the layout!!
Excellent! A senior high student, no less. Was that due to the magic of trains, your magic, or, as is likely the case, both ? Teaching is a wonderful profession - it's amazing what we can accomplish, isn't it.
FrankM.
Yes Frank, teaching is an absolutely wonderful profession! It is an honor to teach others! In the case of my student wanting to see my layout .... several times I had shared photos and videos with him after the lesson had finished. He always seemed interested in the trains. When he was taking a music lesson at my home studio, this past Friday, he asked if he could see the layout. He's a graduating senior and was most eager about seeing the layout. Of course, I was more than happy to show him!
I'm very lucky in that I both perform and teach music ... both of which are my life's most loved passions. In addition to my private studio, I also teach music at at a public performing and visual arts high school. Every once in a while I have a student who becomes too serious about music, in the sense they become one dimensional.... always practicing their instrument. ( mind you this kind of student comes along every year at this kind of high school, and in general, I wish more of my students practiced more on a daily basis ) Whenever I observe that a student is becoming one dimensional ( ALL about the music and nothing else ) I feel its important to remind them that life is bigger than the music. After all, music is an expression of life's experiences. If one never experiences life in a broader context, one may find it difficult to effectively express their self while making music. I often let students know that in addition to music, I have other interests which I also feel passionate about ... such as my love of real trains and model railroading, going to art museums, practicing yoga & Qui gong, psychology & the creative process, hiking and biking in the outdoors, etc.
By showing students my hobby of model railroading ... I'm encouraging those super serious students to find a hobby ( one took up candle making .... and makes beautiful candles btw! Another took up meditation and biking ) and broaden their self and expand their creative potential as human beings. Even if these students don't become model railroaders, by allowing them to see photos/videos of my layout, letting them experience the actual layout itself, while hearing me enthusiasitcally tell them story's about the trains, at the very least they will have a better understanding of history, imagination and creativity, visual arts, and the pure fun & joy of model railroading.... and they will also know why we as model railroaders do what we do.
After all, our music is how we live life! Lets not die with our music still in us.
I see you are a fan of Dr. Wayne Dwyer .... as I am too!
brwebster posted:The unfortunate result of a Warp 1 Smoke Command feature. Turns an otherwise beautiful cabin into a Salvador Dali sculpture.
It looks like at least the crew stayed warm. I've read the stories on how those things got pretty drafty in the winter and the stoves didn't always do the trick...
brwebster posted:The unfortunate result of a Warp 1 Smoke Command feature. Turns an otherwise beautiful cabin into a Salvador Dali sculpture.
I decided to utilize what was left of the N5C and make a fantasy PRR crane tender this weekend.
A set of yard lights on top make the combo practical around the clock.
Still loads more to do...mostly detail and painting.
Bruce
Nice creative work with the N5C!!!
brwebster posted:I decided to utilize what was left of the N5C and make a fantasy PRR crane tender this weekend.
Nicely scrounged! 
Mitch
paul 2 posted:BAR GP7 #63 That was a great video. I enjoyed watching. So much detail. Nice job on a great looking layout.....Paul
Paul,
Thank you very much.
Johan
Todd Knoll posted:Paul, I second that! Great video! Love the weathered cars along with the details. Great camera work as well!
Todd Knoll,
Thanks. I am glad you like it.
Johan
p51 posted:Todd Knoll posted:Paul, I second that! Great video! Love the weathered cars along with the details. Great camera work as well!
I agree fully.
Great video, and excellent model work!
Lee,
Thank you very much.
Johan
Coat 2 of 5 of polyurethane applied today on the Art Deco Std. Gauge layout table.
Coat 2 of 5 of polyurethane applied to the facing boards of my Art Deco Std. Gauge layout table.
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:
Congratulations, Mitch!!
