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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2014, 09:02:34 AM »
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Andy:  Not seeing your photos here or on your website . . .

Tim

Try these..   They look better than the others anyway.    Amazing what turning a few lights on does to improve things :oops:



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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2014, 09:30:24 AM »
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  Amazing what turning a few lights on does to improve things :oops:


Amazing indeed, that is art on the wall. Stunning!

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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2014, 10:57:15 AM »
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Very nice and clean BC Rail. Interesting choice of fascia color, I don't know that I've ever seen gray fascias before. I like them. Not as in your face and contrasty as black and yet crisp enough to define the diorama effect. Nice work on the backdrops too.
Mark, that mill scene is really coming together well, like the backdrop, too.
As to scenic fly fishing next to the railroad, there are places along the upper Colorado River along the old D&RGW Dotsero cutoff that are just amazing. I rode the Zephyr through there yesterday on my way to Denver, with glorious fall colors everywhere...
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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2014, 11:02:36 AM »
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Try these..   They look better than the others anyway.    Amazing what turning a few lights on does to improve things

Thank you - looks great.  You have me wondering about the suitability of photo backdrops for my layout.

These photographs are obvious candidates for your display board . . .

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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2014, 11:26:32 AM »
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These photographs are obvious candidates for your display board . . .

Tim

Yes they are.   Display board content is the priority now.  I think I found the font you all use on your boards  "Copperplate Bold".   It's my new favorite.
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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2014, 02:11:20 PM »
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Foundation for the Roca Elevator is ready to go.


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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2014, 02:30:29 PM »
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In case anyone is interested Canadian Pacific recently relettered these cars with the coaches now being CP [img=http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3832639]http://51[/url] and 52 while the business car has become CP 50.  Makes me wonder if they will soon be repainted into CP's new bright red passenger car scheme, as shown on CP 1, ex-CN Sandford Fleming.



Bill, whose coach is it that you used?  Hate to admit it but I don't recognize it... definitely some really fine work!!!

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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #22 on: October 19, 2014, 02:58:38 PM »
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I think I found the font you all use on your boards  "Copperplate Bold".   It's my new favorite.

Yes, that is the one we use. 

Tim
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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #23 on: October 19, 2014, 04:09:46 PM »
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Do you mean to say that ex CP 2200 coaches have made there way back into CP ownership and might yet be repainted back into CP colours?

Illustrates the lesson that you can't run from your history!

Geoff

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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #24 on: October 19, 2014, 04:19:25 PM »
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"Bill, whose coach is it that you used?  Hate to admit it but I don't recognize it... definitely some really fine work!!!"

I'm still trying to get over being pretty sure that is a Lowell Smith business car he painted over.

The coaches look to me like the Walthers NYC coaches (smooth side version), could that be?

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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #25 on: October 19, 2014, 04:58:52 PM »
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Yes, they are Walthers coaches and a Lowell Smith business car. They're not mine, I just did the paint job.
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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #26 on: October 19, 2014, 05:51:54 PM »
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Progress has been slow, but the town of Tehachapi is starting to take shape. Roads, curbs, and sidewalks are next.


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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #27 on: October 19, 2014, 07:29:41 PM »
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Do you mean to say that ex CP 2200 coaches have made there way back into CP ownership and might yet be repainted back into CP colours?

Illustrates the lesson that you can't run from your history!

Geoff

I would be drooling to see tuscan 2200's Geoff!!!!!
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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #28 on: October 19, 2014, 07:36:44 PM »
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Try these..   They look better than the others anyway.    Amazing what turning a few lights on does to improve things :oops:





Those photos look great and I know taking them and laering them together was a lot of work.

Have you given any thought to selling the images for individual use on other's layouts?

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Re: Weekend Update 10/19/14
« Reply #29 on: October 19, 2014, 07:43:34 PM »
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Yes they are.   Display board content is the priority now.  I think I found the font you all use on your boards  "Copperplate Bold".   It's my new favorite.

Andy,

You are correct.  Copperplate Bold is what I have used almost exclusively for adding photo captions and layout diagram text on the display boards.  For the "Layout Statistics" sheets, I have used Arial.

Cheers,