Weekend Photo Fun 23, 24, 25, 26

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A little more progress on Château Oriole.

I got the foundation layed. The "stone" blocks, which I thought were wooden, are REAL BRICKS! :eek: Each one was laid individually. I still have to mortar the blocks of the foundation.

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Next will be the window sills, door thresholds, and corner trim. Then the etched brass doors and windows, and the deck.

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Must be a Holiday Weekend, seems a little slower in here. ;) Still some great stuff though. :)

Jeffrey~ Nice looking steam engines

Grampys~ I love those bridges. Fantastic setup with the both of them like that.

Airslide~ The conveyor looks pretty good.

Bolierbucter~ The Challenger looks sweet. Looks like some good detail in that engine.

John~ I really like what you are doing with the harbor, keep up the great work.

Josh~ The Sprinter sure looks like it would be a fun ride. :cool:

Jerome~ That E Unit looks great nice work. I agree with the rest too, friends, motorcycles, and trains are a good combo.

Rotor~ Great looking Chateau!!

Dave~ That's a good looking acquisition for the GRS.
 
Well since I don't have my layout actually finished (well a part of it finished), I will show you pictures of the two latest additions to my line. Sadly one of them (the expensive one), won't work with what I wanted without rebranding. Sorry for blurriness (which I just noticed)

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The BLI GE AC6000. I won this free from an online contest. Unforunatly I want to run UP.

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I bought this car already weather from the Nevada State Railroad Museum. It is the first RTR stock I actually have at the moment as I need to replace couplers on everything else.

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I just liked that shot.
 
Well after my weekend up in the highlands of Scotland ridding the Jacobite, Ive not done much modelling.

Ive just spent half an hour down the shed. The timber warf deck has dried a lighter colour (aided by a very light sanding).

Note I have also doubled my fishing boat fleet, thanks to the RNLI shop and for just £4.75, It needs so work to make it look a little less toy like but the general shape is there.

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Nice looking CSX AC6000 there Sparky. There are a few CSX fans on these boards so you could probably find it a home.

I like your engine yard Dave. Similar to what I am planning too which gives me some ideas...... :)
 


looking good. If I had room to spare I would love to do something like that. As it looks right now, I have to tear the beginning of my layout down. Such a shame because I was so close to being done with the basic track work.
 
Dave, your Guilford is starting to rub off on me, I've been looking to buy more & more rolling stock painted for Guilford!
 
There are so many great pix on this week's WPF thread. All I can say is, keep 'em coming! I know it's been a long time since I posted regularly on here, but it's really tough for me to get any modeling done when I spend so much time online.

Jeffery - I'm seeing alot more steam in your photos as of late, is this the start of a trend?

Grampy - I've seen many pix of your magnificent Pennsy layout here and across the street - I can only dream of ever reaching that level

Mike in Chile - at least one advantage to anybody modeling that region: They don't have to spend huge amounts of $$$ on Woodland Scenics trees, LOL

Air Slide - nice start on the conveyor

Boilerman - Your photos make me think I'm standing right beside that Challenger, fine looking machine!

Mike8963 - Welcome the the ranks of the Train Chasers, look forward to seeing many more of your lineside pics

John RJR - Great looking dock scene, sure wish I could get so much done in so little time the way you seem to do

Jerome - That #75 is mighty cute, bet I coulda fit her right inside my garage before I built my layout!:D

Josh - that's a most interesting looking train you captured on flash-memory. Hope they won't replace all the good old fashoined diesels too soon though...:eek:

Rotor - tackling a kit like that one, all I can say is, Your a better man than I, LOL!

Dave C - looks like a proud addition to your Guilford fleet, my C40-8 is one of my favorites too!

Sparky - at least it's a freebe, and a BLI to boot (waaaay better than Blue Line)!

I finished building a new slag pit, my original one was using up 6 sq.ft. of precious layout real estate. Now that I've relocated the pit, I can install a 'downtown' street scene with some merchant row kits and DPM storefronts in its place. (I still need to buy the kits though, and that may not happen for awhile because of these obscene fuel prices...)

Anyways, here is the new slag pit in action. I've always dreamed of being able to capture the look of hot slag in a model photograph, now I think I may have succeeded - using Neon Orange acrylic paint on a triangular shaped piece of aluminum foil. Of course I had to re-stage and shoot this scene 3 separate times, because I always overlooked some annoying flaw that wasn't obvious during photo time. (BTW, this image was digitally 'cooked' - click HERE to view one of the original raw frames)

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Wow! Great photos again this week. An especially big WOW to you, Ken! Absolutely cool. Or maybe that should be HOT!

What very little time I have had for model railroading this week has been spent getting the coal tower basically done. Some modifications have been made to fit the trackage and available space. It needs to still have some weathering and painting to make it look right, But I am pleased with it so far.

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SigfanUSAF said:
Thanks!
Here it is showing where the Pikestuff "the Shops" will go, as well as the sand tower and the rest of the yard track.
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Dave!!!! I too am using "The Shops" as my enginehouse and have been struggling to make it "just right" in my head as to it's exact location. Placing it in the corner similar to yours might just work. :cool:

Ray~ Nice work with the coal tower. It does look like a tight fit but, it also looks good like that. Good use of space.
Jeffrey~ Great work on the park man, looks to be coming along very well.
 
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Ken, I'm impressed, thats undoubtedly the BEST "action" I've seen modeled in still, in, well, a LONG time. Amazing work!
 
That playground scene kinda brought up and idea I Have. They have models to make up an amusement park. Lakeside in Denver has a Live steam train that you can ride around the lake. I was thinking of including such a park in my Layout. I was going to have a z scale train but kit bash it to look like a ride in the park with HO scale people riding on it maby around a lake.
 


suprduc said:
Dave!!!! I too am using "The Shops" as my enginehouse and have been struggling to make it "just right" in my head as to it's exact location. Placing it in the corner similar to yours might just work. :cool:

Ray~ Nice work with the coal tower. It does look like a tight fit but, it also looks good like that. Good use of space.
Jeffrey~ Great work on the park man, looks to be coming along very well.
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what's the size difference between pike's stuff "the shops" and the walthers engine facility? i'm looking at the walthers kit, but if the pike's stuff is just as big and cheaper i'll just go that way.
 
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