Sunday Scenic Showcase 5-10-2015

some how the first video did not remain???? here goes again.

Nice videos Steve, thanks.

Don

Here are some photos of the wood bridges on the suspended layout outside. Photo 4 shows a post missing; this was intentional. My son Mark, who helped, wanted to depict a fire damaged section, so he lit the bridge on fire. Photo 5 shows the new post ready for replacement. Somewhere, I have the carpenters who were assigned to the repair, but they have not been seen in years after taking their break!

I just cleaned the track, and blew off several years of cobwebs. I still have more cleaning to do, as the test engine is not making a complete lap around either line.

Don

My dairy.

Love the Divco's, Spence.

 

 

Weathered car #972

 

 

SIRT
Very nice!  Like the debri left behind in the car.  Very realistic.

finally got around to relighting a favorite building that has been out for a few years.

 

My contribution this week to this fun thread is a video. As some of you may know, the "weathering bug" has really hit me over the past year or so.  Instead of working on new cars today, I decided it was time to round up some of the freight cars I've done so far and make up a completely weathered train. 

 

The only issue is I don't have a good video camera, so I had to record this slow-moving "roll-by" freight train with my iPhone.  I apologize in advance for the not-so-great video quality, but here goes...

 

good job thanks.

Making Lemonade when I have lemons.  

 

I've removed all the buildings, etc., from the former autopark area of my layout as I get ready to install 'Streets and put in higher-density devleopment.  It's going to be a while until I get to it.  So this quick vignette of the old Shiny diner site as it is being "cleaned up" so redevelopment can begin - the diner itself has been moved onto a shelf, right now, until I find a new place, but the foundation, kitchen shed in back and entire site are still a mess and this crew is hard at work . . .  

 

 

Great as always Steve. Is the W.R. Grace car from Atlas?

 

Very nice work guys, all interesting.

 

Thanks Lima, yes, that is an Atlas O car (WR GRACE)

Nice weathering Joe, and nice video. You'll have to add the Atlas gondola in the next edition.

Don

 

Thank you Don & Steve!  It was interesting (but not surprising!) to line up these cars and see the progression of my weathering skills over a relatively short period of time.

What I thought was a pretty good job say 6 months ago now looks "bad" in comparison to my recent attempts.  And I'm pretty sure I will say the same thing about today's work a year from now.

The bottom line, however, is that learning how to weather has been a ton of fun...and I encourage everyone who has thought about giving it a try to go ahead and DO IT!!