Some more DCE Convention Photos...

[pbrooks]

Well, the Louisville Derby City Express Convention is over, but what a blast!

With the number of modules and models there was no way to see, let alone photograph it all.

I posted a few snapshots of modules and models to the link below-

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/pbrooks137/DCE%202008%20NTRAK%20Louisville/

Thanks especially to the KSONS for being such excellent hosts. what a great time!

If anybody would like a high-rez version of any of these photos, just drop me an e-mail through this board.

Take care,

-Phil Brooks ;D

[nscalesteve]

great shots - thank you for posting them... 

[Iain]

Ok, I need to do some weathering



That Cotton Belt boxcar is from Verne Niner.

[Norm P]

I loved that scrap yard, I took several photos of it when I saw it. I'd like to model something similar on my layout.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Who's modules were those? I agree, that's top shelf work there.

[Sokramiketes]

Who's modules were those? I agree, that's top shelf work there.

Roman Urbanski.  He's a member of Northwest N-Trak here in Chicagoland. 

Every so often he'll come into the store with a new piece, like the clothes racks in the Woolworth store that have individual pieces of construction paper cut for the shirts hanging on the racks.  And the shoes in the window display that were cut from Preiser figures.  The modeling is beyond incredible. 

[chuck geiger]

It is the shiz!

[pbrooks]

Thanks for Roman's name, Mike.

I drooled over his modules for a long time. Just incredible.

Here's a zoom-in of a couple of the stores...


Just INSANE detailing.

The photo doesn't do his work justice. The lights are really natural in person, but the camera exaggerates them.

Some really great modeling coming out of the windy city area.

I also went all "fan-boy" on Bill Denton. Real nice guy. I ran up to him on Saturday as he and his wife were strolling around the N-Trak layout. His (I'll screw it up, but I think) SDL39? was just amazing. wire grabs, soldered handrails, beautiful weathering. He also had a passenger train in the favorite train contest that was really striking.

Thanks for clueing us in to who made this masterpiece,

-Phil

Who's modules were those? I agree, that's top shelf work there.

Roman Urbanski.  He's a member of Northwest N-Trak here in Chicagoland. 

Every so often he'll come into the store with a new piece, like the clothes racks in the Woolworth store that have individual pieces of construction paper cut for the shirts hanging on the racks.  And the shoes in the window display that were cut from Preiser figures.  The modeling is beyond incredible. 

[Iain]

Thanks for Roman's name, Mike.

I drooled over his modules for a long time. Just incredible.

Here's a zoom-in of a couple of the stores...


Just INSANE detailing.

The photo doesn't do his work justice. The lights are really natural in person, but the camera exaggerates them.

Some really great modeling coming out of the windy city area.

I also went all "fan-boy" on Bill Denton. Real nice guy. I ran up to him on Saturday as he and his wife were strolling around the N-Trak layout. His (I'll screw it up, but I think) SDL39? was just amazing. wire grabs, soldered handrails, beautiful weathering. He also had a passenger train in the favorite train contest that was really striking.

Thanks for clueing us in to who made this masterpiece,

-Phil

Who's modules were those? I agree, that's top shelf work there.

Roman Urbanski.  He's a member of Northwest N-Trak here in Chicagoland. 

Every so often he'll come into the store with a new piece, like the clothes racks in the Woolworth store that have individual pieces of construction paper cut for the shirts hanging on the racks.  And the shoes in the window display that were cut from Preiser figures.  The modeling is beyond incredible. 

I happened by as he was explaining how he did it to someone else, and I got to see the roof off.  He has a grid under the roof supporting the LEDs, at each intersection of the lines.  I seem to recall that he hid the wire in the front corners.

Excellent work.