Sunday Scenic Showcase April 15, 2018

While I was waiting for the glue on something else to dry, I slapped an OGR Burke building together straight out of the box (which takes 5 minutes). Then I ended up running with it until it was done. I need to get a Miller window sign at York and figure out what to do with the inside, but the outside is finished.

This is the “something else that was drying”. Just the upper floor stack is assembled, I wanted to paint the brick before I put on the ground floor (which isn’t brick). This is also OGR Ameritowne, a mix of $1 breakups from York and some complete walls that I pulled out of kits that I had.

Now to start painting all 72 windows 😭

Good Morning. Fabulous work Alan and BOILERMAKER1. I start fixed and painting some 3D printing house & bridge parts. 

Good morning guys. Been a few years since I joined in!

A scene I am working on for the new layout....hope you all have a good day!

Donald

Finished a project that had been sitting for almost five years.  Still have to do final detailing. 

The new URR SW1500s from MTH. 

Gone fishing

Great work everyone,

I kit bashed the Korber Power plant office building and made it into a power plant to fit a triangular space between my main line and yard. (I was not able to find the power plant model at York a few years ago, so this was plan B).  It acts as a view block to help separate the yard from the main line.

I added some interior details using a mix of HO cranes & HO power plant details including a boiler room, some generators, HO smokestack and some roof details. The coal conveyor is an HO conveyor kit. The coal bin is removable, so the coal load can be easily picked up and poured back into the dump car.  I added lighting using LED 14VAC bulbs.

Excellent work everyone.  

Alan I've had a DPM kit (kite factory I believe) and extra panels waiting to be assembled for years.  What do you use for interior support?

Boilermaker "something else" is one prodigious structure.  I can't believe you put that Ameritowne building together while waiting for glue to dry.

Johan nice pieces you printed up there.

DAve, great attention to detail as always.  Whenever I see one of your locos I always look for the crews cooler outside the cab.

Joe K very imaginative use of kit and space. 

Another great showcase. All the wonderful projects. Thanks everyone.

Joe K, That is an amazing kitbash. Any chance you could post few more photos?

Thanks

-Tom B

Coach Joe,

when I build dpm buildings, I just cut 3/8 Inch wide strips of styrene and glue them on the horizontal joints between each floor. I make up one sidewall at a time and do not glue the vertical brick posts on the ends until I am putting the sections together. As far as internal support, the only thing I do is brace the corners with .040 to .060 inch thick styrene triangles. This is just to hel square the corners. The only wall to wall bracing I may use is on the roof to support it. 

I would not use horizontal styrene bracing until the building gets longer than five sections ( 15 to 20 inches)

alan graziano

Everyone has great looking projects this week. I didn't get much done this week other than ballasting track and weathering this MTH bulkhead flat. I lowered it using Dave Minarik's excellent technique for lowering MTH gons (that switcher looks sweet Dave, can't wait to pick mine up!). Sorry for the lousy pics, I need better lighting.

Joe Shipbaugh

Great stuff again this week everyone!  I did a little more work on my photography diorama this week...adding the simulated “cut block” wall to the face of the elevated mainline.  Here are a few cellphone pics...

joedaddy posted:

Everyone has great looking projects this week. I didn't get much done this week other than ballasting track and weathering this MTH bulkhead flat. I lowered it using Dave Minarik's excellent technique for lowering MTH gons (that switcher looks sweet Dave, can't wait to pick mine up!). Sorry for the lousy pics, I need better lighting.

Joe Shipbaugh

Joe,

Real nice here. I have a few of those flatcars but haven't started weathering any of my rolling stock yet. I certainly will be using this as a reference.

Is there anyway we can see more of your layout?

Dave

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luvindemtrains posted:

joedaddy posted:

Everyone has great looking projects this week. I didn't get much done this week other than ballasting track and weathering this MTH bulkhead flat. I lowered it using Dave Minarik's excellent technique for lowering MTH gons (that switcher looks sweet Dave, can't wait to pick mine up!). Sorry for the lousy pics, I need better lighting.

Joe Shipbaugh

Joe,

Real nice here. I have a few of those flatcars but haven't started weathering any of my rolling stock yet. I certainly will be using this as a reference.

Is there anyway we can see more of your layout?

Dave

Dave,

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I'd love to show more of my layout but right now the only area with a base layer of scenery is what you see in the pics. I just finished a bit of ballasting this week and will be adding basic ground cover over the next few days. Next week I'll include a few overall shots of the layout, including areas without scenery. I spend a lot of time operating the layout also, using the operations program available from jmri.org (it's a free download) and that cuts into time that I should be using to cover areas with scenery!

Joe Shipbaugh

joedaddy posted:

luvindemtrains posted:

joedaddy posted:

Everyone has great looking projects this week. I didn't get much done this week other than ballasting track and weathering this MTH bulkhead flat. I lowered it using Dave Minarik's excellent technique for lowering MTH gons (that switcher looks sweet Dave, can't wait to pick mine up!). Sorry for the lousy pics, I need better lighting.

Joe Shipbaugh

Joe,

Real nice here. I have a few of those flatcars but haven't started weathering any of my rolling stock yet. I certainly will be using this as a reference.

Is there anyway we can see more of your layout?

Dave

Dave,

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I'd love to show more of my layout but right now the only area with a base layer of scenery is what you see in the pics. I just finished a bit of ballasting this week and will be adding basic ground cover over the next few days. Next week I'll include a few overall shots of the layout, including areas without scenery. I spend a lot of time operating the layout also, using the operations program available from jmri.org (it's a free download) and that cuts into time that I should be using to cover areas with scenery!

Joe Shipbaugh

Joe,

Trust, I understand more than you know. The encouragement by some forum members has been a strong motivation with me getting things done, on the layout, most recently.

By all means, if the scene turns out as good as this one does please take your precious time. We'll be patient. However, I will anxiously await more pics of your layout. Thanks for the address to the operations web site. Ultimately this is what I want to do more of on my layout.

Dave

Todays project is a bridge under construction scene.  

joedaddy posted:

Everyone has great looking projects this week. I didn't get much done this week other than ballasting track and weathering this MTH bulkhead flat. I lowered it using Dave Minarik's excellent technique for lowering MTH gons (that switcher looks sweet Dave, can't wait to pick mine up!). Sorry for the lousy pics, I need better lighting.

Joe Shipbaugh

Joe,

The flat car looks great!

And I am sure that when you get your URR SW1500 done, it will look nicer than mine!

See you Tuesday!

Dave

Just spectacular today, everyone!

Peter

Guys,

some great work this week!

What a week! You guys are amazing!

Two DPM kits,  sprues for piping, plastic milk bottles (two with extenders) for vertical tanks.

Our rendition of a Carnegie Library built with DPM modules.  The roof was a bit of a challenge. Chimney is an inverted small plastic bottle.

John in Lansing, ILL

Just finished up on a new design for my line of building fronts. This one is the Express Freight Storage Facility. a companion model to the Express Freight office building.

Joe

                            Think we should just drop the Sunday title, don't ya think?