Weekend Update 10/17/10

[Philip H]

The closest I got to trains this week was dropping a u-boat and an extra shell off to Lee at his new place of employment - and reading this excellent thread.   

[SkipGear]

 

BTW. Does anybody know if there is a correct font out there for these? I have some that are close but I still need to modify a couple of the letters.

[Iain]

It's that time of the week again, and I actually have something to show!!!

I just about jizzed my pants.

BTW. Does anybody know if there is a correct font out there for these? I have some that are close but I still need to modify a couple of the letters.

I can draw it up in Autocad and email you a PDF or somesuch if you'd like, if you'll get me some nice side shots.

[SkipGear]

I can draw it up in Autocad and email you a PDF or somesuch if you'd like, if you'll get me some nice side shots.

Iain,
 Thanks for the offer. I am planning on drawing it up in corel tonight. I have some very good artwork from the books the gentleman gave as reference to work from. Just was hoping that maybe there was a font already out there in public domain. I'm so spoiled with the B&O Historical society offering multiple versions and variations of the B&O font's. I'm also working on the C&O script as a letter set to replace some CDS dry transfers for another friend. That one is a true PITA.

[wcfn100]

I forgot that I had done this as part of the Hiawatha logo for the Skytop car.




You're welcome to it, but it's drawn in Illustrator.


Jason

[Caleb Austin]

Great shots everyone. I don't believe I've posted any progress photos lately, so here's a couple of my Little Rock Tunnel scene.





All that really left to do is ballast the track and add a bit more vegetation.

[NorfolkSouthern9708]

I just about jizzed my pants.

LMAO Thanks! Erie Lackawanna FTW!!!

[DKS]

I don't believe I've posted any progress photos lately, so here's a couple of my Little Rock Tunnel scene.

Simply magnificent work.

[Guilford Guy]

I bet Lee will be excited that you now have a Chessie U boat!

[Packer]

I barely did anything train related this week. Spruced up some older athear bluebox 40' trailer kits by hitting the lights and stuff with permanent markers. IMO, looks pretty good. I'll get pics when I do more than 1. However, my train budget just took a massive hit.

The massive hit to the train budget came in the form of a 1994 Mustang GT I bought for $2850.



It was buy this or spend almost that much on my current car to make it look decent. Figure I can recoup some of the money selling my current car, but I am going to be moddifying the 94.

I bet Lee will be excited that you now have a Chessie U boat!

He'll be even more excited to know I have a Chessie SD40-2. Dunno if he'll be happy knowing it'll be getting a coat of green and black in the future.

[Puddington]

Caleb.......um.......ah......"wow"..................you are doin "wow" work way to often man........

Congrats ! Keep up the seriously awesome work.......this old man is learning a thing or two..........

[Caleb Austin]

Thanks guys!

I bet Lee will be excited that you now have a Chessie U boat!

I got it just for him. ;D

[atsf_arizona]

Great shots, everybody. 

I'm a little late to the game, but wanted to make this N scale public service announcement .

The November 2010 Railroad Model Craftsman: 



On pages 42-47, features the N scale layout of Kent Williams' Oregon Washington Navigation & Railway,
a freelanced N scale layout patterned after a branch of the Union Pacific with the emphasis on
prototypical operations, and is set in the USA Pacific Northwest.

If you like that article, there is a nice additional set of behind-the-scenes photos
of this excellent N scale layout that anyone can see on the X2011 West Facebook page:

http://facebook.com/x2011west

Here's a couple samples:







Hope you enjoy these additional shots of this excellent N scale layout that will be open for
tours and operations during the X2011 West NMRA National Convention, July 3-9, 2011 in the
Sacramento, California area.   More about Kent's layout is at his web site: http://ownry.squarespace.com/

Kent is a major OPSIG participant in the western US, models in Northwest USA in N scale, and is a
great guy and generous layout owner.  One of the great things about this hobby is the super people
we get to meet. 

Thx, Kent for letting us visit, and thx, RMC for publishing about N scale. 

(The Nov 2010 RMC contents are visible here: http://www.rrmodelcraftsman.com/pdf/contents.pdf )

[SAH]

Really fine work Caleb.  Keep it coming man!

Steve

[Iain]

LMAO Thanks! Erie Lackawanna FTW!!!

Not because of it being EL.