Weekend Update 9/29/13

[central.vermont]

Finished my fourth B&M Geep today. This one is a GP7 with a modified horn to match the prototype more accurately. Painted in the Bicentennial scheme and weathered with chalks. Also put MT1015's on as well.

Now that all four are done they need new homes. 

Jon

[ednadolski]

Nice work all around.  Mark's winter scene is always amazing to see.

I completed construction of the Train Cat PRR G22b.  Most of the construction was done with CA but I soldered the stirrups and the brake wheel. 

Now about those DECALS????

Doug Nelson

Now that's a real eye-popper!   


Ed

[Roger Holmes]

Here's the prototype.

The new Railwire Motto?

As a kid in the late 50's my parents used to drive us over "The Old Rickety Bridge" which I think carried a major street across the Proviso Yard.  I grew up seeing the Milwaukee Road's Bensenville Yard frequently but was much less familiar with C&NW's Proviso Yard. Am I recalling correctly?

[soo]

Some awesome stuff being posted here this weekend.

  I have walked across that bridge at proviso plenty of times. Below the bridge is a double crossover, in the picture posted,, the photographer is facing east. And the hump yard is to his right. Behind and to the left is the engine shop area.
 
  Here is what I have been doing. I was able to get the rest of the yard lead and throat finished. Which allowed me to start on the engine facility.

  Before:

 I am not quite happy with the way it came out.

  After:

  I like this arrangment better... still not written in stone. I thought about putting a modern steel building to the right of the backshop kit. Still noodling over that.

  Once again,, Great job everyone!!!

  Wyatt

[davidgray1974]

A lot of great work this week guys.  And Mark Dance, your junction looks outstanding!  Been weeks since I've been on here, but now that the summer is over, I will be spending more time on the layout.  Not only has the summer been keeping me away, some of the reason has also been lack of motivation and inspiration. Spent around 5 hours today making scenic express trees and then breaking them down into smaller ones to fill in the area around the river.  Surprising how little there looks to be done with the time that was put into it.  I actually did add some more crushed shale to the scene prior the before pics.  Just felt there wasn't enough in the scene.  I did however forget to take a recent pic of this, but oh well, you get the idea.  Here are some before and after shots for your viewing pleasure.

Before:



After:



Thanks for looking!

David

[DKS]

Wow, just between you and Mark Dance, we have so much incredible win right there; everything else is bonus.

[Dave V]

Continued sampling Colorado's narrow gauge awesomeness with a trip to the Georgetown loop.  Snow's in the mountains above 12,000' already.

[mmagliaro]

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After:



Thanks for looking!

David

David,
This is still one of the most magnificently done scenes I ever see on Railwire.  I enjoy it every time you post!
The little trees do add some more to it.

[mmagliaro]

FWIW, I have the Micro Mark equivalent of the same tool. More costly than the Harbor Freight version, but I imagine they perform about the same.



I use it to cut styrene all of the time. In fact, I could not have accomplished many of the things I have for the JCIR without it (example below). I use the standard blade that came with it; in fact, I think a finer-tooth blade might cause melting as it wouldn't remove material as efficiently. To say it doesn't "melt" is to say that it makes very clean cuts (often so clean I don't need to sand or dress the edges), but depending on the type and thickness of plastic, there will be a ridge of melted material along the bottom edge of each cut, which comes right off just by brushing it with your fingers.

Hard to say, but I think the Micro Mark one looks like it's a little nicer machine.  The HB one came my way at a train
sale; that's why I bought it.   I was thinking about cutting metal mostly, which is why I ordered a specially-made
thin, fine-tooth blade. 

[timwatson]

Such a beautiful little layout you're building David. Please keep up the great work (and posting the pics).

After:



Thanks for looking!

David

[timwatson]

Been working over the weekend on getting an acceptable Brooklyn NYC belgian block texture. I was going to use the monster modelworks stuff (and I still may) but I have some high hopes for this as well.

[TrainCat2]

Added the Proviso Yard walkway.

I recognize those . . . . . Ingenious use for them!

[TrainCat2]

HAWT!! Fantastic work Doug.

[Dave V]

Glad to hear she's getting a work out.
Judging by the picture, I might suggest a re-think on your blue walls with the new lighting scheme...  It's a tad bilious. Are you considering fading it toward the top of the wall for a better sky effect?

Lee

Lee,

It's worth remembering that Eric isn't modeling PA.  He's modeling PRR through the Rockies.  After living a few months out here in Colorado I can vouch the the skies are often bluer here than you could ever imagine.

Then again, Eric, another constant out here are clouds over the mountains.

[chicken45]

Nice work all around.  Mark's winter scene is always amazing to see.

I completed construction of the Train Cat PRR G22b.  Most of the construction was done with CA but I soldered the stirrups and the brake wheel. 

Now about those DECALS????

Doug Nelson

Looks great! My pair suffered a cat attack last week. I had them on the very top of my compuyter desk. The cat never goes up there. I come back in the room and there are DB4 containers everywhere. Nothing was ruined, but I do need to glue some things back together.
I'm glad to see you positioned your trucks the opposite way MTL instructs you to. Looks like I'm not the only one thought the trucks need pushed in towards the center.