WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 19 - 20 - 21 Sept
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GrampysTrains
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Hi all: Here' a dump truck "bash". I installed a 1949 Ford cab on a late model dump truck chassis.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Recently I got a couple of old Mantua flatcars from a friend. They both looked rather toylike with the scale ten inch high lip around the tops of them. I cut the tops down and leveled them with wallboard joint compound. After they had dried I repainted them both teal blue and flattened the finish with Matte-Finish.
The two flats went from this:
To this:
I needed a couple of gravel roads and kinda turned the glued down sandpaper idea on it's ear. I made a basic roadway with wallboard joint compound and gave it a semi-smooth appearance. After it had dried I spread 1:1 white glue over it and applied a generous layer of fine WS gray ballast. I finished up by sprinkling a little green blended turf on it.
Here's my gravel road:
The two flats went from this:
To this:
I needed a couple of gravel roads and kinda turned the glued down sandpaper idea on it's ear. I made a basic roadway with wallboard joint compound and gave it a semi-smooth appearance. After it had dried I spread 1:1 white glue over it and applied a generous layer of fine WS gray ballast. I finished up by sprinkling a little green blended turf on it.
Here's my gravel road:
kjd
Go make something!
Dash 9 out to pasture?
My only photo is the one I put in for the photo contest.
I tried to make it like the hand tinted photos my parents have from back in the day...
Selector
Well-Known Member
If there were one diesel I would have from the modern era, it would have to be that BNSF Heritage engine. I would guess that many males interested in railroading would balk at the "purdy colors", but I really like them. 
I like the images from DJ and from kjd. I want to look back over my shoulder to see who is taking the photos!
Jeff, you have the most interesting layout. You amaze me with all the angles and scenes you manage to produce from week to week. It must be a blast to operate...and to image as well.
Best shot, Steve? I sincerely hope I haven't produced it yet, or I'm in a world of hurt. But, a recent decent is this one:
I like the images from DJ and from kjd. I want to look back over my shoulder to see who is taking the photos!
Jeff, you have the most interesting layout. You amaze me with all the angles and scenes you manage to produce from week to week. It must be a blast to operate...and to image as well.
Best shot, Steve? I sincerely hope I haven't produced it yet, or I'm in a world of hurt.
But, a recent decent is this one:
JeffShultz
Stay off the tracks!
Paul, I think you just like the manufacturer of that switcher... Love the brickwork on the building behind it.
BTW, missed you at the op session - we were definitely running light-handed.
Love the brickwork on the building behind it. BTW, missed you at the op session - we were definitely running light-handed.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
It's like many other layouts out there, just enough scenery to suffice and not over-detailed to the nth degree like some layouts I've seen.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
I've already changed the wheels on one of the flats to blackened metal wheels.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
They were made for carrying culvert pipe, at least the ones I had when I was a kid were.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Who says Bachmann EZ-Track can't look good?
rhoward
S.L.O.&W. Trainman
Great work everyone! Great start to the weekend.
I have been doing a lot of little odds and ends this week including some weathering of my USRA 0-6-0 #135. She has been hard at work as always breaking down trains and sorting cars. You see here near the end of the lead at Hopewell Junction with a long string of reefers.
Had to go all the way to the switch at the main with them to clear Track #6 where the first few cars need to be placed.
You probably have guessed that like some others have posted, these are the also rans for my entry in the Monthly contest. Still have a bit of work to do on that one.........
BTW, the switch target actually works, changing as the turnout is thrown.
I have been doing a lot of little odds and ends this week including some weathering of my USRA 0-6-0 #135. She has been hard at work as always breaking down trains and sorting cars. You see here near the end of the lead at Hopewell Junction with a long string of reefers.
Had to go all the way to the switch at the main with them to clear Track #6 where the first few cars need to be placed.
You probably have guessed that like some others have posted, these are the also rans for my entry in the Monthly contest. Still have a bit of work to do on that one.........
BTW, the switch target actually works, changing as the turnout is thrown.
Gramps, nice kitbash backdating that dump truck. Came out looking real good.
Jeffrey, I like your gravel road idea. That pickup truck looks like someone's been growing a lawn in the bed. Must be all that rain you've had.
Mike, nice little diorama for a programming track. Mine's just a few pieces of E-Z track mounted on a shelf but a diorama might look good.
Paul, nice MACK critter you've got there. Any relation to the family?
Crandell, very nice looking CP van. Who made the kit? That paint looks so good I won't even complain that it looks too clean.
Jeffrey, you've illustrated what I hate most about E-Z track switches. As you've shown, you can ballast E-Z track and have it look good but you need to leave that slot on the side of the switch clear or you gum up the works. I wish they gave you an option of a remote switch machine.
Ray, very nice little 0-6-0 you have. I really like that switchstand. I like those rail lines in the bottom picture too. Are they being laid or torn up?
Jeffrey, I like your gravel road idea. That pickup truck looks like someone's been growing a lawn in the bed. Must be all that rain you've had.
Mike, nice little diorama for a programming track. Mine's just a few pieces of E-Z track mounted on a shelf but a diorama might look good.
Paul, nice MACK critter you've got there. Any relation to the family?
Crandell, very nice looking CP van. Who made the kit? That paint looks so good I won't even complain that it looks too clean.
Jeffrey, you've illustrated what I hate most about E-Z track switches. As you've shown, you can ballast E-Z track and have it look good but you need to leave that slot on the side of the switch clear or you gum up the works. I wish they gave you an option of a remote switch machine.
Ray, very nice little 0-6-0 you have. I really like that switchstand. I like those rail lines in the bottom picture too. Are they being laid or torn up?
kjd
Go make something!
Unfortunately not, but my father-in-law's first childhood house in Philadelphia was about 2 blocks down Brouse Street from the Mack's and he would go trick or treating there.
Jeff, I didn't get an invite but couldn't have made it anyway as I was in Idaho for my dad's 70th.
Nice photos all, keep it up!
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jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
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