Wpf 11/25-12/2
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jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Very nice looking loco. Great paint job.
Secondhandmodeler
All new now!
You don't see a lot of Atlantics out there. Nice work!
My work is a little more mundane. I added fire escapes to my hotel. I only bought the escape kit a year ago!
My work is a little more mundane. I added fire escapes to my hotel. I only bought the escape kit a year ago!
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Nice job on the fire escapes. Were they altered to fit?
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Just some old ones this week.
GrampysTrains
Member
Just a yard shot with a trio of switchers. DJ.
psychobeagle12
Member
@GrampysTrains: You and Selector shouldn't be allowed to post anymore pics because you make the rest of us look bad!!! Seriously though I always appreciate seeing a thread w/ ur work in it.. as a PRR modeler myself it is nice to see what someone w/ skill can do for the roadname!
Seriously though I always appreciate seeing a thread w/ ur work in it.. as a PRR modeler myself it is nice to see what someone w/ skill can do for the roadname!
Secondhandmodeler
All new now!
Thanks Jeffrey. I had to shorten the stairs in between the floors. These are designed for Walthers buildings which are scaled a little bigger than DPM.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
They both put up great work@GrampysTrains: You and Selector shouldn't be allowed to post anymore pics because you make the rest of us look bad!!!
and succeed well at making my 2nd class work look more like 3rd class.
GrampysTrains
Member
Thanks, guys. Yeah, Alan, that's why I didn't count it.DJ.
DJ.
Roy Buchanan
Member
That is one beautiful engine, Selector.
Roy
Roy
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
TrinityJayOne
N gauge fan
Great pictures from everyone as usual. Jeffrey, do you have a count on how much rolling stock you own? You always have things to post, I'm jealous.
I was hoping to get the Mars lights done on my F7 A & C units today, but the rain has been bucketing down so I can't ride over to the new LHS I found for supplies. Instead I have a quick video of some more Aussie freight.
As some may remember my desk at work has a decent vantage point of the yard leading out behind a major train station in the Melbourne CBD, including two bypass lines that freight trains use. Well on Friday evening I heard the rumble of a diesel engine but much louder than normal, so I whipped out my phone incase it was something good. It was!
[YOUTUBE]nVSlkfPTGfw[/YOUTUBE]
(HD available if you click through to Youtube)
Normally only ever see the standard blocky BL class, so it was nice to see something a bit more vintage. Leading is either an X or XR class (mostly mechanical differences, hard to tell from so far away) followed by an A class streamliner, the model of which you may remember from last week's WPF. Both are owned by Pacific National but are still in the Freight Australia livery. Couldn't stay at the window to record the entire thing as I had a client on hold at the time.
I was hoping to get the Mars lights done on my F7 A & C units today, but the rain has been bucketing down so I can't ride over to the new LHS I found for supplies.
Instead I have a quick video of some more Aussie freight. As some may remember my desk at work has a decent vantage point of the yard leading out behind a major train station in the Melbourne CBD, including two bypass lines that freight trains use. Well on Friday evening I heard the rumble of a diesel engine but much louder than normal, so I whipped out my phone incase it was something good. It was!
[YOUTUBE]nVSlkfPTGfw[/YOUTUBE]
(HD available if you click through to Youtube)
Normally only ever see the standard blocky BL class, so it was nice to see something a bit more vintage. Leading is either an X or XR class (mostly mechanical differences, hard to tell from so far away) followed by an A class streamliner, the model of which you may remember from last week's WPF. Both are owned by Pacific National but are still in the Freight Australia livery. Couldn't stay at the window to record the entire thing as I had a client on hold at the time.
Selector
Well-Known Member
Thanks, fellas. Yes, it is the latest issue from Sunset Models in HO. It was announced in the summer of 2008, and I knew enough to forget about it after posting a modest deposit. Then, in April, it was updated to 'go' status, but a much more limited run than hoped, and a price increase. (gulp!) It was to have been sent out for delivery to clients in late July, but it was not sent out to resellers until late early October. So, while I wisely forgot about it for two and a half years, when it sounded like it was a go, it took forever to get sent overseas, stored, distributed, and then shipped by those resellers to customers with mine being one of the very last.
It is a honey, but it doesn't like my slightly wavy roadbed (should have anchored it more often on risers and planed it better with a surform file), and it doesn't like my smaller curves. So, as I type, it is back in its carton, on a shelf, and it will see no sunrises or Sunsets for a while.
It was to have been sent out for delivery to clients in late July, but it was not sent out to resellers until late early October. So, while I wisely forgot about it for two and a half years, when it sounded like it was a go, it took forever to get sent overseas, stored, distributed, and then shipped by those resellers to customers with mine being one of the very last.It is a honey, but it doesn't like my slightly wavy roadbed (should have anchored it more often on risers and planed it better with a surform file), and it doesn't like my smaller curves. So, as I type, it is back in its carton, on a shelf, and it will see no sunrises or Sunsets for a while.
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