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Post by mlehman on Jun 29, 2014 4:54:01 GMT -8
Hope everyone is having a relaxing summer weekend...and maybe devoting a little time to railroading. A meet at Rockwood.  A 15-car freight leaving Durango to climb the Silverton Branch.  Along the High Line (such as I had room for, river mostly not included  ).  I started a thread on building open loads. You're invited to show off yours: EZ to Complex -- Building Loads for Open CarsI'll be posting some pics of how I made this hay load in a moment.  |
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Post by dti406 on Jun 29, 2014 6:11:31 GMT -8
Due to an infection on the middle finger of my right hand, I have not done any modeling since last week, so here are a few pictures of some ExactRail 4780CF Covered Hoppers that I did last year.  An Erie Western car, with the correct shade of green on the stripe, versus the RTR car of the first run of cars. (Corrected on the second run of RTR cars.) Scalecoat II White with Herald King Decals.  A Lousiana Midland Covered Hopper, not yet offered as a RTR. Painted with Scalecoat II White and lettered with Herald King Decals.  A Dodge City Coop Covered Hoppper, from my research the only car decorated in this scheme. Painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Orange and lettered with Oddballs Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick |
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Post by fr8kar on Jun 29, 2014 6:28:59 GMT -8
I've been slowly chipping away at this Mopac EV caboose project from the Atlas caboose. Still much to do, but the body is back together. It actually turned out square! That's a first for me.   |
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Post by nebrzephyr on Jun 29, 2014 7:47:35 GMT -8
Mike.....quite a "forest" on the mountain. I can't tell how many trees are real and if any are a photo backdrop. In any case, one impressive scene! Bob |
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Post by mlehman on Jun 29, 2014 7:53:38 GMT -8
Rick, Hope the finger heals quickly. I hate when that happens. Bob, There are somewhere around 7,000 trees on the layout. Most are bumpy chenille trees, including on the mountain in the pic. Individually, they don't look like much, but when you have a lot of them together, they look fabulous. Here's another similar scene on my Cascade Branch where they were used with similar effect.  |
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Post by SantaFeSammy on Jun 29, 2014 8:42:26 GMT -8
Great start, guys! I love that MoP caboose - it looks like the one that ran behind my house that I grew up in.
I've been fooling around the last few weeks running some longer than normal grain trains on my layout.
See here for a video of a run by of the train:
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Post by onequiknova on Jun 29, 2014 10:09:16 GMT -8
Nice work all around. Impressive grain train Sammy.
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Post by icrr3067 on Jun 29, 2014 11:15:36 GMT -8
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Post by valenciajim on Jun 29, 2014 14:21:47 GMT -8
Very impressive everyone! Isn't today the 29th rather than the 27th?
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Post by mlehman on Jun 29, 2014 14:27:25 GMT -8
Very impressive everyone! Isn't today the 29th rather than the 27th? Jim, Good catch, I think the coffee must've still been soaking in this morning.... |
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Post by carrman on Jun 29, 2014 16:38:28 GMT -8
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Post by carrman on Jun 29, 2014 16:43:41 GMT -8
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Post by TBird1958 on Jun 29, 2014 21:14:54 GMT -8
Beautiful Milwaukee Road shots, what club is that?
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Post by gtws00 on Jun 30, 2014 5:03:22 GMT -8
Nice selection of photos this week. Thanks for sharing
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Post by carrman on Jun 30, 2014 15:31:26 GMT -8
Beautiful Milwaukee Road shots, what club is that? Rogue Valley Model RR Club, Medford OR. rvmrc.net/Dave |
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Post by TBird1958 on Jun 30, 2014 16:41:16 GMT -8
Very nice club, thanks for the link, great looking Milwaukee stuff!
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