WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 2-12-16-??

Some interior photos of a few DTD kits.  I couldn't get a great pic of the interior of the bar (I think I added people in there since I took the pics).  The other is a Pawn Shop.

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

PRR LIMA HAMILTON #8945 at Cape Shark..

Wow - great detail.  Is that a real junk pile or a background photo?

breezinup posted:

PRR Joe posted:

I spent yesterday upgrading a Williams PRR J engine.  Added front and back marker lights.  Cut out the inside of an old Rail King steam engine to retrofit in the cab so you can't see the engine.  Added ERR Cruise and Sound.  I enjoy doing this even though I believe PRR never owned a J.

Looks nice. No, the Pennsy never owned any Js. These engines were built in-house by the N&W. But the Pennsy owned a number of streamlined steamers, so close enough.  Where did you get the front and back marker lights, and what did you do to install them? I'm thinking about a similar procedure.

The front marker lights came from Lionel parts store.  You have to buy the housing, lens, & LED's seperatly.  The rear marker lights are small LED's.  William's already had the holes in the tender.  LED's were wired directly to 18 volts AC, 2 in series with a diode and 820 1/2 Watt resistor.

Thanks to everyone for sharing your pictures ! 

Scott, as discussed last Friday, here is a pic of the Std Gauge layout we did last Xmas using 084 and 072 curves which allowed us to double head 408's and 400E's.

jcovert posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

PRR LIMA HAMILTON #8945 at Cape Shark..

Wow - great detail.  Is that a real junk pile or a background photo?

Thanks jcovert,

 The junk pile is a background photo. 

-Johan

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

jcovert posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

PRR LIMA HAMILTON #8945 at Cape Shark..

Wow - great detail.  Is that a real junk pile or a background photo?

Thanks jcovert,

 The junk pile is a background photo. 

-Johan

Hi Johan-

Excellent the way you were able to blend the background photo into the scene.  Where did you get the background?

Jeff

Did some brick wall work by the mill area.

jcovert posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

jcovert posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

PRR LIMA HAMILTON #8945 at Cape Shark..

Wow - great detail.  Is that a real junk pile or a background photo?

Thanks jcovert,

 The junk pile is a background photo. 

-Johan

Hi Johan-

Excellent the way you were able to blend the background photo into the scene.  Where did you get the background?

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

Thank. We use this one+some own pics. https://www.rd-hobby.de/en/Catalog/Detail/9614 

It´s take time and use photoshop hours and hours, but the results are quite nice.

-Johan

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

jcovert posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

jcovert posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

PRR LIMA HAMILTON #8945 at Cape Shark..

Wow - great detail.  Is that a real junk pile or a background photo?

Thanks jcovert,

 The junk pile is a background photo. 

-Johan

Hi Johan-

Excellent the way you were able to blend the background photo into the scene.  Where did you get the background?

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

Thank. We use this one+some own pics. https://www.rd-hobby.de/en/Catalog/Detail/9614 

It´s take time and use photoshop hours and hours, but the results are quite nice.

-Johan

Educate me, Johan. I'm curious. Honestly. Why go through all that photoshop procedure? Why not just model it with your hands using physical (actual junk pieces) resources, unless the building in the foreground is a photo, too, and you are limited by a shallow depth there in the layout? Is all  of that a photo, then, from the rear-most track edge and beyond?

FrankM.

SJC posted:

Christopher2035 posted:

Haven't posted in a while, as I've been busy working on the new layout.  I decided to go back to all postwar. The kids really like it better & while the scale stuff is very nice, there's just something magical about these classics that I can't really put into words. Anyway - here are some pics from the last 2 weeks. 

 

 

Added the back wall panels & started the framework

Had my little helpers along with me -

 

 

end result -

then started figuring out the track plan -

Got the board & front shelf painted in the base green color -

Finishing up the wall/closet/floor today -

Chris,

I look forward to your postings every week. Postwar has never really been my "thing" but I'm getting interested again in the "basic" stuff - conventional 0-31 type operation or as I call it "No bulls**t"! Just run trains.

Thank you for sharing each week with us. Love the look of your layouts and your work. Thank you!

Thanks!   Yeah I tried the scale thing (again!)  in the end, the kids & myself just enjoy the postwar stuff a lot more.  There's something cool to just let the trains run & kick back & relax w/ a beer on the couch  

Moonson posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

jcovert posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

jcovert posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

PRR LIMA HAMILTON #8945 at Cape Shark..

Wow - great detail.  Is that a real junk pile or a background photo?

Thanks jcovert,

 The junk pile is a background photo. 

-Johan

Hi Johan-

Excellent the way you were able to blend the background photo into the scene.  Where did you get the background?

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

Thank. We use this one+some own pics. https://www.rd-hobby.de/en/Catalog/Detail/9614 

It´s take time and use photoshop hours and hours, but the results are quite nice.

-Johan

Educate me, Johan. I'm curious. Honestly. Why go through all that photoshop procedure? Why not just model it with your hands using physical (actual junk pieces) resources, unless the building in the foreground is a photo, too, and you are limited by a shallow depth there in the layout? Is all  of that a photo, then, from the rear-most track edge and beyond?

FrankM.

FrankM,

Thanks for your interested questions. That module is not ready yet and i am gonna put there some "real" junk piles. There is  about 3-4 cm deep area near the edge where i am gonna put them and after that we have more 3D effect there. Maybe we must put there some Gantry crane also, let´s see?  

-Johan

Well, it sure looks like you know what you are doing, Johan/BAR GP7#63, so I'll be interested all along to see your triumphs as they progress.

FrankM.