Sunday Scenic Showcase July 28, 2019

Here is our re-furbished TimeSaver.......I think Gilly@N&W did a great job with it!

Alan that loading facility looks enormous.

Peter I agree Gilly did a nice job.

Schenectady Railway waiting room and offices.

Putnam Division posted:

Here is our re-furbished TimeSaver.......I think Gilly@N&W did a great job with it!

Nice! I really like actual industries with the Timesaver. It comes alive. Even as a user of simplistic largely "schematic" scenery, for me bare Timesavers almost ignore reality. 

Lew

Hi all, great projects from everyone! Summertime projects have really taken a toll on my modeling activities but I have managed to get a couple of projects wrapped up.

Here is an MTH bay window caboose that I modified to represent Union RR caboose #104. I posted in-progress shots of it several months ago and I'm glad it's finished (except for a little additional weathering on the ends and trucks).

Also completed were these scratch built Union RR slab cars. I built styrene masters for some of the parts, made molds, and cast multiple parts in resin. I'm not a production caster so the tolerances on some of the parts were all over the place. Needless to say, there was a lot of scraping and sanding. Custom decals were printed by Highball Graphics and the cars were weathered with pan pastels. I'm far, far, far from proclaiming prototype accuracy for these but I think they represent the actual slab cars fairly well.

Joe Shipbaugh

joedaddy posted:

Hi all, great projects from everyone! Summertime projects have really taken a toll on my modeling activities but I have managed to get a couple of projects wrapped up.

 

Wow! Joe, you sure captured Western Pa. The river hillside is great as are the foliage colors. Even the ballast is the correct shade.

Lew 

Putnam Division posted:

Here is our re-furbished TimeSaver.......I think Gilly@N&W did a great job with it!

Peter, may I ask about the dimensions  of this TimeSaver table....length and width ??

geysergazer posted:

joedaddy posted:

Hi all, great projects from everyone! Summertime projects have really taken a toll on my modeling activities but I have managed to get a couple of projects wrapped up.

 

Wow! Joe, you sure captured Western Pa. The river hillside is great as are the foliage colors. Even the ballast is the correct shade.

Lew 

Thanks Lew! The funny thing is I am primarily a Southern Railway modeler and that scenery is supposed to represent western North Carolina. Then Dave Minarik at Mercer Junction turned me on to the Union RR and now I'm rethinking the whole scope of my railroad! And I agree, I think the background and foliage colors will work for western Pennsylvania too!

Joe Shipbaugh

Completed another O scale Project to customers specs. This was based on Rio Grande Tennessee Pass Station. 

I'm spending more time outdoors during the summer so no major projects underway right now. During the high temps and humidity a week or so ago, I stayed inside and assembled a baggage cart kit by Bar Mills Models.

MELGAR

Alan and all, amazing projects again this week. The pictures and explanations are really appreciated.

Alan that rock facility looks similar to one that was once in use near here. 

Tom

Tom,

i think thay may have been an ho scale Walters cornerstone kit that someone gave me a picture of to produce in o scale. If it was, it may have been based on a facility in your area.

Great work everyone. Thank you for posting.

That Schenectady RR facade is a beauty. Perhaps you tell us more about how you did it. 

Nice work guys!  Din I like you Schenectady RR structure.

here is a school I am working on.  I started with a Korber 969 General office and modified it, laser cut some new windows and doors.

joedaddy posted:

geysergazer posted:

joedaddy posted:

Hi all, great projects from everyone! Summertime projects have really taken a toll on my modeling activities but I have managed to get a couple of projects wrapped up.

 

Wow! Joe, you sure captured Western Pa. The river hillside is great as are the foliage colors. Even the ballast is the correct shade.

Lew 

Thanks Lew! The funny thing is I am primarily a Southern Railway modeler and that scenery is supposed to represent western North Carolina. Then Dave Minarik at Mercer Junction turned me on to the Union RR and now I'm rethinking the whole scope of my railroad! And I agree, I think the background and foliage colors will work for western Pennsylvania too!

Joe Shipbaugh

Sorry Joe!    LOL

Both projects turned out great!

Just finished a building front - this time I used joint compound as the mortar.

Joe Fauty posted:

Just finished a building front - this time I used joint compound as the mortar.

Good looking building front and layout in progress.

MELGAR