Your Layout Vignettes

Horses are in the trailer backwards.

They would be backed out.

Dave

Thanks! Good to learn.

FrankM

P.S. Perhaps, with what I modeled here, a distant-memory from childhood in Pennsylvania, we can imagine the horses have been backed-out, saddled-up, mounted, and turned to go on their way?

"P.S. Perhaps, with what I modeled here, a distant-memory from childhood in Pennsylvania, we can imagine the horses have been backed-out, saddled-up, mounted, and turned to go on their way?"

Frank,

Yes, and very nice scene.

Where did you get those horses? They look fairly accurate in O-gauge.

One thing you need to add though, is a set of reins on both horses.

Dave

Thanks, Dave, for your approval and advice. I realized the reins were needed but chickened-out on trying to do them, leaving that detail to the imaginations of those who saw this scene.

I am happy to share with you my source for such well-articulated horses and riders:

Roy Baker's Railroad Shop, 1-845-887-4596. Ask for Roy and tell him Frank of Layout Refinements made the recommendation, if you wish.

FrankM

Gorgeous work.

Thanks very much. I find it relaxing and very rewarding when completed.

FrankM.

Some shots of work around the yard.

Busy evening

Morning sunlight on the welding crew

Heavy metal lineup

Beautiful scene, Scott.

Alan now that I have feed the troll back to normal things.  This pic really stood out. The shoot right down the sidewalk with the sunlight hitting it just right. What really caught my eye was how on the right side how the pillars framed the far end of your layout.  I sorry its taken this long to comment on this.

Doug

Thought the photos were good too. But I really like what he did with the fast track.

Doug

This won't stay up for long.  I set it up to take a picture for the book I am writing, but it was fun!

Cast and crew including Veranda Turbine (red dress, under tent awning) take a break while technicians attach pyrotechnic devices that will simulate an explosion to a 2-8-0 locomotive during filming of High Country Challenge, a railroad western about evil land barons opposed to a rail line extension.  In the foreground, "Indian" extras play cards during the break, while on the chase film car, the camera crew (scratch made camera) and director, etc., look on.

Changed to black and white, this will appear in my next  book in the chapter about the movies she made shortly before WWII ended. 

The man knowz his drainage culverts, low foliage, and track environs!!! Cool stuff this!

FrankM

Finally got this one finished and ready to to install into its slot on the layout.... Agett's Funeral Home.....

mwb...BEAUTIFUL!!

Alan

Thanks Doug....I really like having natural sunlight with which to work..

Alan

Thanks!

The horror that lies underneath that structure was a stack of resin castings that simply were not going together anywhere near as easily as the instructions implied, and some simply could not even be used at all. I made some new parts as needed....

Then again, it's O scale and all too often the instructions are generally best used at the bottom of Aunt Ethyl's bird cage......and building the kit as the modeler envisions it should go together generally works out for the best. 

Another kit not for the novice in a box filled with ambiguity........

mwb - Great job!  You talked me out of trying to build my own, but you a beautiful job on the building and the setting.

Art

Oh no!  You should build one -- scratchbuilding it would be easier than building this specific kit - I almost tossed it in the can at one point in favor of starting over and scratchbuilding it, but I decided to not be defeated by lousy resin casting and poor instructions.

mwb

What a great looking building and scene!!

mwb............ I believe it was worth sticking with it. It came out great. A very unique building. I really like it.

Beautiful.  Where did you find the railings on the 'widow's walk' and the balcony?

They came with the kit, but they were in 2 sections about 6" long and one has to cut them up and re-assembled them to install them in the 3 locations. 

I would have thought Grandt Line had made them, but then I've never seen them in their catalog (maybe I just missed them?), nor in any other source. 

Wish I knew where I could buy more myself!

I always look forward to seeing you stuff. Instructions, What instructions. 

Finally getting close to being done with this small yard.

Jeff

Looks grungy tying to be classy. Classic, I keep wanting to see a black dog. The owner looks like he might own one, just because "it might be good for business".

I love the wood chips around the bay match the caskets too.

evening near the lionel playground

Wsdimenna....you have the lighting just PERFECT on that night scene. 

thanks

many yrs ago when forum first started our Web master Rich Melvin gave some very good pointers on shooting night scenes. One of the most important is don't turn all the lights off. Do them in low light conditions not no light. I almost never use a flash for night shots.

Scenes like this require a carefully controlled balance between the practical lights (structure and vehicle lights) and the ambient (fill) light. 

As if we didn't have enough snow the last two days.  Man, that looks so realistic it makes me shiver. Very nicely done.

Beautiful composition.

That is a wonderful shot..........................

Wow, all that's needed is a little vaper coming from the exhaust pipe of the car! Its freezing out here, I going back inside.  

Doug

THAT is just fantastic! Of all the great scenes on this thread this one is a top 5 for me. And Brrr, I'm going into the cafe for a cup of coffee.

I like the tracks in the snow.  Ao many times that little detail is left out.  

Dennis, that is a super scene!  While the car is not the same as my dad's '49 Chevy was, it brought to mind cold rides in that car.  I'm glad I am in a warm house looking at the photo.

Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen. By the way, Mark, the car is a 51 Merc.