a picture a day....

Dallas, that is very cool.. Keep your chin up'... She'll be back before you can whistle Dixie'... Nice shot of your station and patrons... Nice work'.. 👍😉

Spotting some freight for loading latter.

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Dallas, that is very cool.. Keep your chin up'... She'll be back before you can whistle Dixie'... Nice shot of your station and patrons... Nice work'.. 👍😉

Thank you and if you could hear me whistle you would have to wonder if my CEO ( 💖 ) would ever get back.

FOR TODAY:  Unloading tires for the Ford dealer.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Well ,,,,,,my picture today from the layout shows my CEO ( 💖 ) sitting in her white dress at the Twin Bridges station getting ready to get on the Amtrak headed for NYC.     

  FANTASY...........earlier today.........REALITYSEE YOU LATER CEO ( 💖)

God Speed all for this nice October day.

@Dallas Joseph - I'm imagining that you love this scene with the model of your "CEO" in it!  Nice picture.

There was a lady, trainsformations, years ago that would custom make figures.  I had her make figures for all 28 of my family members and she nailed all of them.  The one of my father (RIP), when my sister saw it, she cried - that's how perfectly it was made.

That's how I know you love that scene of yours.

- walt

@Dallas Joseph - here's a shot of my Mom and Dad and the model of their house that I made.  That Nash was the car that they owned when they bought the house in 1954.

- walt

Dallas and Walt, the models of family members are great!

@walt rapp posted:

@Dallas Joseph - I'm imagining that you love this scene with the model of your "CEO" in it!  Nice picture.

There was a lady, trainsformations, years ago that would custom make figures.  I had her make figures for all 28 of my family members and she nailed all of them.  The one of my father (RIP), when my sister saw it, she cried - that's how perfectly it was made.

That's how I know you love that scene of yours.

- walt

I do love it Walt.

  Boy, your sister's response expressed more than words ever could.

@walt rapp posted:

@Dallas Joseph - here's a shot of my Mom and Dad and the model of their house that I made.  That Nash was the car that they owned when they bought the house in 1954.

- walt

Amazing modeling Walt.  Like seeing all your examples .

@Mark Boyce posted:

Dallas and Walt, the models of family members are great!

Thanks Mark.  Gotta keep busy  ( working x  😆 ) playing on the layout.

Here's my entry for today - a candy train.  I hosted the 'Train Party' for all 28 of my local family members for 24 years and when kids started arriving I began making a candy train every year.  I thought it would make for a fun time grabbing stuff from train cars instead of bowls.  they actually started asking each year if I was going have one!!!  I liked that.

- walt

Good friend Steve Maier and I were on our way to Trainstock several years ago and spent the night near Roanoke. Visited the VA Transportation Museum on our way north. 1st time for me and was great meeting the club members and several of you guys face to face. Sunday we headed to the city and I really enjoyed Steve's vast knowledge of NJ and downtown Manhattan!

The last time I had seen 611 was many years ago (30 perhaps?) in Chattanooga when my boys were little. We stayed at the 'Choo-Choo' and 611 was there preparing for a trip the next morning.  I met a medic from New England who was part of the crew and was firing her up the evening before. He invited me up in the cab and we talked. I really appreciated him doing so.

She pulled out on time with 23 mixed passenger cars in tow. Sure wish I had had a camera to catch her crossing one of those beautiful bridges!

@c.sam posted:

Good friend Steve Maier and I were on our way to Trainstock several years ago and spent the night near Roanoke. Visited the VA Transportation Museum on our way north. 1st time for me and was great meeting the club members and several of you guys face to face. Sunday we headed to the city and I really enjoyed Steve's vast knowledge of NJ and downtown Manhattan!

The last time I had seen 611 was many years ago (30 perhaps?) in Chattanooga when my boys were little. We stayed at the 'Choo-Choo' and 611 was there preparing for a trip the next morning.  I met a medic from New England who was part of the crew and was firing her up the evening before. He invited me up in the cab and we talked. I really appreciated him doing so.

She pulled out on time with 23 mixed passenger cars in tow. Sure wish I had had a camera to catch her crossing one of those beautiful bridges!

C.Sam, How fascinating it must have been getting a tour inside the cab of that fabulous locomotive.  Incredible'..

continuing with the candy train idea from a few posts above, some more images of candy trains that I made each Christmas for my grandkids, nieces and nephews to enjoy.

- walt

@walt rapp posted:

continuing with the candy train idea from a few posts above, some more images of candy trains that I made each Christmas for my grandkids, nieces and nephews to enjoy.

- walt

This is nice Walt .....but......can't we get some stuffing and turkey and cranberry sauce before we do all the sugar ? 

@Dallas Joseph posted:

This is nice Walt .....but......can't we get some stuffing and turkey and cranberry sauce before we do all the sugar ? 

How about some nice rabbit Dallas? Nothing like rabbit on a open fire

FOR TODAY:  Laying over for tonight.   Crews from different railroad layover for the night.  Several games of poker will begin in about a half hour.  Bunky and Chester have both brought a wad of cash and plan to go home with an even bigger wad.   Time will only tell.

night scene showing 4 of the 6 model houses that I built, along with a special Miller's sign - he wasn't going to make the Westinghouse 'W" sign due to lack of info and I was really disappointed.  So I did bunch of research, including photos and facts about the sign, mailed it to him, and he landed up making the sign and giving me one as a thank you.

- walt

@farmerjohn posted:

Here is a few more pic of the wall hugger buildings .sorry I posted them separately. 

John the wall huggers look fantastic!  What brand did you use or are they home made?

The bridge in a later post is unique.  I've never seen one like it before, model or prototype.

@Jim Teeple - I don't know how I missed seeing posts of your beautiful modeling in the past, but the last few weeks I have been admiring them so much.  When I have time I'm going see if I can find older posts of yours.

thank you for posting images of models that you made.  Truly inspiring to a person like me who also enjoys making models.

- walt

Here's my picture for a day.  I made a model of my parents' house in Port Vue.  I found a model of the car that my Dad owned when we moved into that house.  There was a lady (trainsformations) that used to make models of figures given a picture of the person.  I had her make a model of every relative that I had at that time.  There are 6 more in later years.

- walt

The model of my Mom and Dad are near the front of the car.

@walt rapp posted:

Here's my picture for a day.  I made a model of my parents' house in Port Vue.  I found a model of the car that my Dad owned when we moved into that house.  There was a lady (trainsformations) that used to make models of figures given a picture of the person.  I had her make a model of every relative that I had at that time.  There are 6 more in later years.

- walt

The model of my Mom and Dad are near the front of the car.

Very cool Walt!  What scale is this great display... Those Nash autos later becoming Ramblers, were very popular in their day... My Mom had a brown and tan two tone.  I used to wax it for her'...

Here is an O scale model  of my house   the way it was built in 1929 .

built using individual coffee stir sticks for the siding , Roof and porch floor .

Still working on a way to simulate  the original slate roofing .

@walt rapp posted:

Here's my picture for a day.  I made a model of my parents' house in Port Vue.  I found a model of the car that my Dad owned when we moved into that house.  There was a lady (trainsformations) that used to make models of figures given a picture of the person.  I had her make a model of every relative that I had at that time.  There are 6 more in later years.

- walt

The model of my Mom and Dad are near the front of the car.

Walt, the house is a great model.  Those model figures she made for you are fantastic.  The Nash looks great as well.

@Jim Teeple posted:

Here is an O scale model  of my house   the way it was built in 1929 .

built using individual coffee stir sticks for the siding , Roof and porch floor .

Still working on a way to simulate  the original slate roofing .

Jim, your house is fantastic as well!

While on the subject of models of our houses, I will post some photographs of my Boyce 'homestead' as I remember it in about 1960.  Besides me, my dad, and grandpa also grew up there.  Grandpa was born there.  The first part of the house dates back to 1888.  I estimated the dimensions from photographs I took in the late 1980s, and then backdated to my memory of about 1960.  I will also add that I built it in N scale since that is the scale I was modeling at the time.

@Mark Boyce posted:

While on the subject of models of our houses, I will post some photographs of my Boyce 'homestead' as I remember it in about 1960.  Besides me, my dad, and grandpa also grew up there.  Grandpa was born there.  The first part of the house dates back to 1888.  I estimated the dimensions from photographs I took in the late 1980s, and then backdated to my memory of about 1960.  I will also add that I built it in N scale since that is the scale I was modeling at the time.

Wow Mark N scale! Nicely done! My first interest in trains many years ago was N scale, that’s when the eye sight was much better. Now I use a magnifying head band with O scale, go figure.😳

Gene

@Genemed posted:

Wow Mark N scale! Nicely done! My first interest in trains many years ago was N scale, that’s when the eye sight was much better. Now I use a magnifying head band with O scale, go figure.😳

Gene

Thank you, Gene!  I do still dabble with N scale.  Yes, at 68 my eyes aren’t what they used to be.  You have to have a very different approach to the large difference in scales. 🥸

Step by step . . .

All coffee stick structures are fun to build and a very realistic distinctive and authentic look.  Here's a couple I built 11 years ago... Jeeze, how time flies..

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Dallas, that is very cool.. Keep your chin up'... She'll be back before you can whistle Dixie'... Nice shot of your station and patrons... Nice work'.. 👍😉

Well.....I couldn't  " whistle Dixie " sir but Amtrak made a special delivery four days later.   CEO ( 💖 ) was chipper and full of life. 

God Speed 

I sided this barn with popsicle sticks.  Fun to work with them

- walt

@Quarter gauger 48  - everything is scale 1:48.

@Mark Boyce - This is the first image of your work scratchbuilding that I can recall seeing. beautiful!!!!

@Quarter Gauger 48 - outstanding piece of modeling

- walt

@walt rapp posted:

@Quarter gauger 48  - everything is scale 1:48.

@Mark Boyce - This is the first image of your work scratchbuilding that I can recall seeing. beautiful!!!!

@Quarter Gauger 48 - outstanding piece of modeling

- walt

Walt, thank you very much!!  I am building an O scale church by scratch right now.  You can fin it on my Blackwater Canyon Line thread.
https://ogrforum.com/topic/new...square-feet?page=115

Hungry Bear time for chow

FOR TODAY:   Transferring mail and bulk crates.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Well.....I couldn't  " whistle Dixie " sir but Amtrak made a special delivery four days later.   CEO ( 💖 ) was chipper and full of life. 

God Speed 

Ok, chin down'..She indeed looks very happy to be back home'... and you survived OK.. So now, how many pounds did you loose...??? LOL. I always loose a few when my CEO/CFO Travels....

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Ok, chin down'..She indeed looks very happy to be back home'... and you survived OK.. So now, how many pounds did you loose...??? LOL. I always loose a few when my CEO/CFO Travels....

I Lost 6 pounds............Reba and Toby (  🐕🐕 ).......well let's just say they pretty much have me " in their little furry back pockets " .   

How is it that we lose weight in these occurrences ? 

Some night images from my 2022 Christmas layout

- walt

My nephew made this for me as a thank you gift for hosting the family "Train Party" for 24 years.  "Rebuilt and Better" because he made me a different one years earlier.

the earlier one on the right

Keep an eye on the herd

@Steve Tyler posted:

Step by step . . .

...inch by inch...