Sunday Scenic Showcase February 14, 2016

Nice job as always, Alan...and thanks for starting the weekly SSS thread!  I'll be back later today with my contribution.  It's minus lord knows how many degrees up here in MA today, so I'll be staying inside working on some weathering.

Love It! 

Here are a couple of railroad customers in the town of West Valley on my railroad.  Click on any of the photos to see a larger version.

With the freight cars out of the way, we can see the businesses better.  This is the West Valley Farm and Fuel Supply company.  It's an MTH granary with some new paint and weathering.  I added a scratchbuilt loading dock to the front.  There is a spot for a coal hopper further to the right down the siding (the "fuel" part of the name).  Future plans call for a partial interior so that the loading doors can be open.

ACME Metal Drum Corp. is a postwar American Flyer oil drum loader accessory.  It has some new paint, weathering and some scale drums of different sizes added to the dock.  The loading man still works since the additional drums were placed so that his operating path was clear.  Note that the ties of the track are completely buried, as is fairly typical of industrial spurs after years and years of use.

Great round house Alan. Just visited Alex Mallae yesterday and he is working on two RH's. Perhaps you and he should have a MASTERS showdown. 

Steve

Very nice photos and yes, thanks for starting the post.

Lionel's new resin loading - unloading ramp 6-82870

Nice piece for 20 bucks!

Been a busy weekend project wise. As usual. Things getting started but nothing yet finished. Modeling the WW2 era I decided to set up a scrap drive. With a few tire piles from Model Tech, Bar Mills, and some individuals from Die Cast direct I started a quick mockup. Ran out of fencing but at least it's somewhat setup to get the feel of how it will look. Need a few more piles as well as some signage.

I picked up what was labeled a coal cart at the Big E show. For 8 bucks I figured I'd give it a shot. Laser cut wood. If nothing else I figured it would test my patience. Everything was easily cut away and there are some small pieces. I've been looking for a cart or wheelborrow to bring the sand from the bin into the drying house. This will do the trick. Just needs some paint and perhaps a pile of sand.

This was a scene I did on an older Christmas layout before I installed the wood trestles on my suspended layout.

Don

SIRT, amazing realism.

Dave, great scene. Love that cart.(who sold it at Big E?)

Don, good looking bridge.

Really nice stuff again this week!  I'm a little bit late to the SSS party, but here's my contribution as promised earlier this morning.  I spent part of the brutally cold day today weathering two Lionel Legacy D&H GP38-2's.  A few minor finishing touches left to do, but here are some photos...

Joey,  really nice job on those D&H units. I'm firmly entrenched right now in 1944 with Boston & Albany steam. Not really anything left to buy as not much is available.  My layout is pretty much freelanced. Would like to switch out to an early diesel era to operate for a few months. I've always liked the paint scheme of the D&H diesels. After seeing these weathered up. I'll have to keep an eye out for future offerings.

DMASSO posted:

SIRT, amazing realism.

Dave, great scene. Love that cart.(who sold it at Big E?)

Don, good looking bridge.

Don, good looking bridge.

Thanks Don, Christmas is really the only time I can get creative since I don't have an indoor layout.

Don

Dave_C posted:

Joey,  really nice job on those D&H units. I'm firmly entrenched right now in 1944 with Boston & Albany steam. Not really anything left to buy as not much is available.  My layout is pretty much freelanced. Would like to switch out to an early diesel era to operate for a few months. I've always liked the paint scheme of the D&H diesels. After seeing these weathered up. I'll have to keep an eye out for future offerings.

Thank you, Dave!  I've always liked the D&H's "lightning stripe" paint scheme, and as crazy as this may sound, I think it looks even better when weathered.  The light gray color in particular makes for a great weathering "canvas" where all the details can really be brought to life!

CNJ #1601 posted:

Dave_C posted:

Joey,  really nice job on those D&H units. I'm firmly entrenched right now in 1944 with Boston & Albany steam. Not really anything left to buy as not much is available.  My layout is pretty much freelanced. Would like to switch out to an early diesel era to operate for a few months. I've always liked the paint scheme of the D&H diesels. After seeing these weathered up. I'll have to keep an eye out for future offerings.

Thank you, Dave!  I've always liked the D&H's "lightning stripe" paint scheme, and as crazy as this may sound, I think it looks even better when weathered.  The light gray color in particular makes for a great weathering "canvas" where all the details can really be brought to life!

ditto on the D&H Weathering!!!

Thanks, Steve!