Weekly photo fun 4/18 - 4/24

[railroader9731]

Wow its sunday and no photos??????? Any way I heard that the Hudson bay line bought a gp60 up and she was heading for the paint shop, I cought her sitting on the line relaxing.

[mountaingoatgreg]

Finished up detailing my Ludgren Equipment machine shop, I still need to fix the figures, weathering and add lights.

[Charlie B]

SUPURB, not much more can be said. Finding these details is a job by itself, but placing them as they should be really makes a great scene. The hand tools laid on the bench, and the roll around tool box really caught my eye too.



Charlie

[Sumpter250]

What Charlie said !

[modelsof1900]

Great! Absolutely great!

[mountaingoatgreg]

Thanks guys!!

Every time I am at a train show I dig through the detail parts and pieces and usually can get a bunch of parts for little to nothing. I had one where they had a huge box with everything was $1.00. I think I picked up two hundred dollars worth of details for $30. I also bought some of those parts organizers and I mark them out by type. So when I am decorating an office, I have a little drawer marked "office." I then place the parts on tape and paint them white with my airbrush, I then hand paint everything using craft paint. It is time consuming but worth the effort. In the scene I would say the 50% of the details are from the manufacturer, 25% are scratchbuilt and %25 are kitbashed. I find that variety is what makes it believable.

[Charlie B]

Years ago the Erie railroad from Niles to Lisbon, Ohio was crossed by the Y&O railroad.     Railcop and I went out to see if we could find the spot and sure enough right on the trail where the GPS said the crossing was, were the pillars for the bridge support. The right of way is still visible in places. The Y&O was removed in 1931 and the Erie went shortly after Conrail was formed.    
Charlie

[Brakie]

Here's a project I did awhile back.Its a AM models wooden dock kit.

[cn nutbar]

Memories from a great railfanning adventure with Charlie B. and Doctor Wayne back in 2012

[e-paw]

I just came across some old in progress shots of my 4-8-0 camelback.
All these shots are from back in 2004, by Toptrain.