Weekend Photo Fun 1-02/1-05
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I am being lazy here (not looking it up) but do they make the same thing in HO? And for the side of the building,
your scratch building skills are very good
Wow! Well done and thanks for sharing.
Please feel free to post more
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GrampysTrains
Member
A fisherman's view of an approaching train on the Roaring Creek bridge.
AyTrane
Member
Got a couple engines loaded with decoders. I got a new camera for Christmas that I'm still trying to learn the advanced features on. Most of my recent pictures are dark or blurry, but I'm getting better.
Rio Grande SD45 hauling containers for Southern Pacific.
SP unit on the move hauling freight. I finished the staining on the trestle before the holiday break. I still have to put the cross bracing in. Looking up the road number in SP's database, it looks like engine 6444 was an EMD F7. That look right?
Rio Grande SD45 hauling containers for Southern Pacific.
SP unit on the move hauling freight. I finished the staining on the trestle before the holiday break. I still have to put the cross bracing in. Looking up the road number in SP's database, it looks like engine 6444 was an EMD F7. That look right?
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Alcomotive
Grandson of an ALCO Builder
Yup that is correct! Very nice progress!
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
To get a good digital photo of a moving object you need a flash to freeze the action. Otherwise it's going to be blurry.
Steve B
Firefighter
AyTrain
Your better off stopping the train for a good photo, it's the only way. Natural light is best if like me your on a tight budget. i only use the flash to highlight something, say on a project, i find the flash brings out all the wrong colours in a photo so tend not to use it if i can avoid it,,, but if you have a digital SLR with separate flash point it away from the object and onto a white sheet or reflective background to flood the entire area with light, point and shoot camera flashes are crap unless your taking a picture of people in your front room.
The most important thing to do is rest the camera on a solid object or the picture will be blurred, if you have a timer built in use this.
Just remember practice makes perfect
Your better off stopping the train for a good photo, it's the only way. Natural light is best if like me your on a tight budget. i only use the flash to highlight something, say on a project, i find the flash brings out all the wrong colours in a photo so tend not to use it if i can avoid it,,, but if you have a digital SLR with separate flash point it away from the object and onto a white sheet or reflective background to flood the entire area with light, point and shoot camera flashes are crap unless your taking a picture of people in your front room.
The most important thing to do is rest the camera on a solid object or the picture will be blurred, if you have a timer built in use this.
Just remember practice makes perfect
Secondhandmodeler
All new now!
Well, my layout isn't much to look at right now, so I'll share my latest acquisitions.
My train show find. A P1k F3 AB in C&NW
Omaha Road 40' box car from accurail
My ebay purchase, Athearn heavyweight passenger train. I will be repainting these in C&NW colors as soon as I get an airbrush. The area in between the tracks is where my depot will go. As you can see, I have some work to do!
My train show find. A P1k F3 AB in C&NW
Omaha Road 40' box car from accurail
My ebay purchase, Athearn heavyweight passenger train. I will be repainting these in C&NW colors as soon as I get an airbrush. The area in between the tracks is where my depot will go. As you can see, I have some work to do!
johntealon30
Member
More details added for me this week
A carefull look at previous pictures will reveal only about a third had curtains or blinds, I also had to prop table mats up behind them to stop you seeing the dinnig room through the windows.
Today I have added all the rest of the curtains, blinds and nets, along with blackout out or transclucent patches to stop you seeing through. In a couple of cases the windows do reveal some interior detailing (not many !)
One window seemed rotten so Fred is up his scaffolding replacing it, (scaffold scratchbuilt from left over girders and plastic rodding) His wife wont be pleased though he has left her best rug down inside.
And here is a "night" shot
John
RJR
A carefull look at previous pictures will reveal only about a third had curtains or blinds, I also had to prop table mats up behind them to stop you seeing the dinnig room through the windows.
Today I have added all the rest of the curtains, blinds and nets, along with blackout out or transclucent patches to stop you seeing through. In a couple of cases the windows do reveal some interior detailing (not many !)
One window seemed rotten so Fred is up his scaffolding replacing it, (scaffold scratchbuilt from left over girders and plastic rodding) His wife wont be pleased though he has left her best rug down inside.
And here is a "night" shot
John
RJR
rhoward
S.L.O.&W. Trainman
Looking at where the layout was a year ago and what it looks like now is always a fun thing. This year the Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western RR went as follows:
The area at the end of the Yard lead looked like this last May.
And now looks like this.
Yard track at Hopewell Junction looked like this back then.
Now has a few changes......
The farm at the top of the hill looked like this last January.....
Now looks like this (from the other side).
The area at the end of the Yard lead looked like this last May.
And now looks like this.
Yard track at Hopewell Junction looked like this back then.
Now has a few changes......
The farm at the top of the hill looked like this last January.....
Now looks like this (from the other side).
enjineerbill
Avid People Watcher
Happy New Year!
Great stuff, nice variety.....
Caught the MadCoW moving one of the newly painted Ringling cars today. This is the generator car, on the way to another shop for final detailing........
Happy Modeling....
Johnny
Great stuff, nice variety.....
Caught the MadCoW moving one of the newly painted Ringling cars today. This is the generator car, on the way to another shop for final detailing........
Happy Modeling....
Johnny
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
MLW the front of the hotel is a Chooch "Ultra Scale" resin casting, the sides and back are scratch using Evergreen .040 sheet stock covered with N Scale Architect O Scale brick sheet. On the Thornton Building (the other building that I am working on) the front was built up using Evergreen sheet stock over brick.
MLW
Active Member
Ultra Scale is right!! It's an amazing, well detailed, and real life looking building. Makes my building look like crap!
I am being lazy here (not looking it up) but do they make the same thing in HO? And for the side of the building,
your scratch building skills are very good
Wow! Well done and thanks for sharing.Please feel free to post more
Hathaway Browne
Intrepid Adventurer
mdcustom those buildings are a thing of beauty right now - they're going to look amazing in their settings.
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