Sirt I was figuring caulking and was wondering how you got it so thin. I haven't gotten to you link yet but I guess you just let it drip out of the glue gun, getting nice thin strands, cut to length then how do you attach it to the under side of the bridge, or eave or where ever you want icicles.
Yes Joe, after you have made a few, super glue them to the desired location.
Hope to see your results. Quick and easy! Boom - done!!!!!!!!! 
Don't forget to buy and cut up some holiday cinnamon brooms to make some Winter trees. Also some rope and wire for the pine trees too.
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tr18 posted:SDIV Tim posted:
Pretty cool. How many attempts before you got it right?
In all Honesty it was only 1 attempt
p51 posted:Timothy Sprague posted:Just a few photos from the NETCA show last week. Hope to see everyone in March!
Wow, if I had been able to model a city on my layout, I'd be asking who this vendor is. Nice looking flats, something the hobby doesn't have enough of!
Yah, they looked to be printed sheets put on some kind of foam core or balsa, with added details in 3D. I've always thought this process would look cheap, but I stand corrected, he does a really nice job.
These have got to be my favorite pics of my recent photo shoot....
Peter
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SIRT posted:Sirt I was figuring caulking and was wondering how you got it so thin. I haven't gotten to you link yet but I guess you just let it drip out of the glue gun, getting nice thin strands, cut to length then how do you attach it to the under side of the bridge, or eave or where ever you want icicles.
Yes Joe, after you have made a few, super glue them to the desired location.
Hope to see your results. Quick and easy! Boom - done!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget to buy and cut up some holiday cinnamon brooms to make some Winter trees. Also some rope and wire for the pine trees too.
Love it! The brooms are a great idea. What did you use to make the snow? I'm so tempted to make do a winter layout but I'm just not sure of what to do about snow. You HAVE to have some snow if it's winter!
Bob Anderson posted:I've been working on an operational 3-bay open hopper car and coal trestle. A Lionel diecast hopper came with spring-loaded bay doors, and they just begged to be used. So I fashioned a way to (manually) operate them, then built a coal trestle with openings between the rails for the coal to fall through. I just posted a brief video showing the whole scene in operation, and showing how it was done, which includes use of shotgun shells and fishhooks.
Always love your videos Bob.Hope Joe is doing good.Nick&Janet
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Here are some pictures from our Christmas setup.
Hope everybody has a Merry Christmas and wonderful holiday season!
Greg
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John Sethian posted:
Evening shots and what great effect. looks almost real or is it Memorex.
BobbyD posted:
Switch to nowhere. or is this the spot where the PE hits the main from the north Pole?
Hey JOEDADDY --- cool videos
Keep them coming
Christopher2035 posted:SIRT posted:Sirt I was figuring caulking and was wondering how you got it so thin. I haven't gotten to you link yet but I guess you just let it drip out of the glue gun, getting nice thin strands, cut to length then how do you attach it to the under side of the bridge, or eave or where ever you want icicles.
Yes Joe, after you have made a few, super glue them to the desired location.
Hope to see your results. Quick and easy! Boom - done!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget to buy and cut up some holiday cinnamon brooms to make some Winter trees. Also some rope and wire for the pine trees too.
Love it! The brooms are a great idea. What did you use to make the snow? I'm so tempted to make do a winter layout but I'm just not sure of what to do about snow. You HAVE to have some snow if it's winter!
SIRT always wondered what you had used for trees on your winter module. Hopefully when I can finally start my new layout the results will look half as good as yours.
Any way as usual a lot of great pics and as usual finger is some what numb. Even some ideas to use. Here is my contribution. Been experimenting with the effects in the Movie program. Four tries to get this far.
Christopher2035 posted:"Hope everyone had a good week!
Had a lighted billboard custom made from a 'Greetings from Red Bank, NJ' ( My old home town as well as my wife's) - perfect for my NY&LB look I'm going for"Hi Christopher,
Always fun to find another NY&LB fan!
Here's a link to some photos of my version of the NY&LB to date. Just starting to make some progress with ballasting, lots to do before I'll have anything approaching scenery, but I can run trains!
https://goo.gl/photos/xVJtAb7oB3eyXQEs8
Regards,
Gary F.
SUZUKOVICH; Thanks!
tr18 posted:
John Sethian posted:
Awesome signal bridge. Is that the MTH bridge made wider or something else?
Its just the MTH bridge made wider. It will eventually be replaced with one that is compatible with the catenary.
Really great picture's of trains and layouts guys!!!!
Had my first train party with visitors turned out to be pretty cool and I took a panorama shot before everybody got here 
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C Sam, That's my favorite BNSF paint scheme.
Absolutely fantastic photos and videos.
Alex
Now that I am learning how to use my camera correctly, here are a couple of recent pictures:
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Tried to get an overall shot of The Trackers layout at the Manassas Candy Factory but the lighting is horrible. You'd think with all those can lights the room would be evenly lit but there's hot spots and cold spots everywhere. This was "the best" of many photos at various angles. Oh well, it was a nice holiday setup and lots of local attendees even though I failed to capture that.
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nylbfan posted:Christopher2035 posted:"Hope everyone had a good week!
Had a lighted billboard custom made from a 'Greetings from Red Bank, NJ' ( My old home town as well as my wife's) - perfect for my NY&LB look I'm going for"Hi Christopher,
Always fun to find another NY&LB fan!
Here's a link to some photos of my version of the NY&LB to date. Just starting to make some progress with ballasting, lots to do before I'll have anything approaching scenery, but I can run trains!
https://goo.gl/photos/xVJtAb7oB3eyXQEs8
Regards,
Gary F.
Cool Gary. My new layout is just very loosely based on it, but I wanted to try & capture a bit if the flavor.
Just looked at the pics - wish I had the room you do! 
abbrail posted:"It's the hap-happiest season of all..."
Great pic......and orange &blue!
Peter
Found another public layout in my area. This one is located at the L.L.Bean flagship store in Freeport Maine.
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Running my El Capitan / Super Chief on the Paradise and Pacific RR yesterday. It ran great for the 6 hours I was there.
An older video of the early Amtrak version of the train before the cars were repainted high balling a passenger extra during a busy holiday season. By 1972 the FP45s were starting to get painted in the freight scheme.
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CHARLES7777 posted:Had my first train party with visitors turned out to be pretty cool and I took a panorama shot before everybody got here
WOW. You have some nice room for a large layout. Very impressive, would like to see more pics in the future. Nick T
t8afao posted:CHARLES7777 posted:Had my first train party with visitors turned out to be pretty cool and I took a panorama shot before everybody got here
WOW. You have some nice room for a large layout. Very impressive, would like to see more pics in the future. Nick T
Thanks Nick I do have a few videos check out my YouTube page at Charles M123 but I'll try to post one right now and see if it works but thanks a lot sir Merry Christmas Share this video
https://youtu.be/Df5nCnOyrlE
Remembering Christmas Past. 
Bruce
My son help me put this movie together this morning hope you enjoy it Merry Christmas from the train �� room.https://youtu.be/3ONCgpINqJ8
