Penn Central Stockton Branch Micro-Layout

[Chris333]

DKS - I passed a boarded up store front today and the bottom edge of the plywood was frayed with a hole.  There were also patches made.  See:

https://goo.gl/maps/Sr8eY6YBdwM2

Looks like a doggy door in the corner.

[DKS]

DKS - I passed a boarded up store front today and the bottom edge of the plywood was frayed with a hole.  There were also patches made.  See:

https://goo.gl/maps/Sr8eY6YBdwM2

Oh my, they've got some big rats there...

Zoom back a little: that small piece of ply dangling at the top looks so "model-ly".

[DKS]

Tom as graf--

[coosvalley]

That's Manntastic!

A model would be a great Manntlepiece!

Is that Tom-uch?


_{I'll see myself out}

[Jbub]

Tom as graf--

Can we get Microtrains to do a special run??????? Maybe change the road to railbox 

[DKS]

Post-apocalyptic banner.

[peteski]

Post-apocalyptic banner.

I was thinking of doing that to your image yesterday, honestly.  Looks as good as I suspected it would.  I would like to see see in the rotation.

If you did the MANN graffiti image straight on (no perspective) I could print N scale decal. Not as good as what MTL can do, but still usable.  But the weathering would have to be done manually. 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

That's Manntastic!

A model would be a great Manntlepiece!

Is that Tom-uch?


_{I'll see myself out}

@Shipsure @MTL_Brandon  guys. Guys. GUYS.

[Jbub]

@Shipsure @MTL_Brandon  guys. Guys. GUYS.

Maybe even a runner pack if Tomm graffiti cars 

[tom mann]

If @Shipsure and @MTL_Brandon can take DKS' MANN graffiti design and put it on the 60' boxcar (that isn't squished), I guarantee it would sell out faster than a squished Railbox.

But the weathering would have to be done manually. 

mannually.

[tom mann]

Post-apocalyptic banner.

I love it.  I may use some of the air conditioning funds to invest in a new sign.

[Smike]

@Shipsure @MTL_Brandon  guys. Guys. GUYS.

Yes MTL do it!

[DKS]

Not sure if this could work, even if folks are serious. The artwork wasn't done for reproduction--it was done purely as a gag. The art is in two pieces, the head and the background. The background art was assembled from several scraps of real graf, plus the lettering which was done by manipulating some existing graf, and they all had the 3-D rib effect burned right into them at once. But I can't find the images I started with, so there's no original source material to use. The head was done separately, and the 3-D effect was done afterward, so that at least may be useable. But all of the art is still kind of small. FWIW, here it is.






Correction: I just found all of the source materials. The lettering was adapted from this:





The "flames" around his head came from this:



And the bits to the far left and right were swiped from this:



So, have fun, folks!

 

[peteski]

Not sure if this could work, even if folks are serious. The artwork wasn't done for reproduction--it was done purely as a gag. The art is in two pieces, the head and the background. The background art was assembled from several scraps of real graf, plus the lettering which was done by manipulating some existing graf, and they all had the 3-D rib effect burned right into them at once. But I can't find the images I started with, so there's no original source material to use. The head was done separately, and the 3-D effect was done afterward, so that at least may be useable. But all of the art is still kind of small. FWIW, here it is.



So, have fun, folks!

Maybe we should see if N Scale Enthusiast would be willing to do special run RBOX car with MANN graffiti on it.  Or better yet, maybe we could get TRW members to chip in some funds and commission MTL to do a custom run for us.  The ink jet  printed graffiti (and weathering) they do is much better looking than what I can accomplish with my Alps printer. But if not, I could still do the decal.

DKS: since you have been doing so much of your awesome artwork (banners, etc.), could you combine  head with the other image for me. I'm sure you can do much better job with it than I can. Yes, the resolution is a bit low, but with it being graffiti, it will likely look ok in N scale size.  It won't be much more then 1" high.  While Alps can print in up to 600 dpi, but lower resolution artwork should still be useable.

[DKS]

DKS: since you have been doing so much of your awesome artwork (banners, etc.), could you combine  head with the other image for me. I'm sure you can do much better job with it than I can. Yes, the resolution is a bit low, but with it being graffiti, it will likely look ok in N scale size.  It won't be much more then 1" high.  While Alps can print in up to 600 dpi, but lower resolution artwork should still be useable.

Actually, if I go down this road, I'll start from scratch with all-new art. That'll take a little while, as my "free time" has just been reduced considerably--which is a good thing.