Weekend Update 10/29/17

[peteski]

I thought all were doubles , otherwise there would an ever increasing slanting of the pin , and that leads to more risks .

To be honest I  have never seen the 1:1 loco-to-tender drawbar arrangement. But when I saw the photo, all I could think of was the N scale Kato GS-4.

[x600]

Standing on PA 611, watching all the trains go by ...

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It took my brain a minute to sort it out. I knew exactly where it was, having worked and lived near Mt Pocono in the late 70s, and being a DL&W/E-L modeler, but a few items did not compute.

HOWEVER ( , )
we can't always completely duplicate reality, but when a modeler can capture that reality in a scale model so those observing can be fooled , even for a moment,
we have the essence of the art of our hobby that many of us only hope to achieve.

Scott L. I presume?

I stand and applaud, as the golden  goes to......

[Joetrain59]

Whose tender is that? Looks like it's being readied for transport. Yeah, the drawbars look familiar to some I've seen made for N.

Bravo, Bryan! Fooled me for a few seconds, then I saw gloss on lineside poles. But standing in the road for a shot is risky man! LOL

 Joe D

[nkalanaga]

I didn't notice the wires - too busy trying to figure out what year it was taken, to get such clean boxcars.  Then I noticed the stirrup on the second car...

[bbussey]

WOW!  I had to do a double take triple take quadruple take to try to figure out whether this was a model or the 1:1 scale photo!  If this is N scale - I'm speechless.

It is.  From the ESM X65 product photo/video shoot on @Scott Lupia's craftsmanship this past weekend.  Yep, Mt Pocono is the locale. 

[MK]

I've been had by Brian!   

[SAH]

Beautiful work on the PA 611 shot Brian.

An AC&Y 3900 series box car stands ready for the next load of Goodyear tires.


I've had a respite from my travels this week and decided to finally get the ACY 3900 fleet to the weathered state.  This project started four years ago  with my post asking about resin casting methods for freight cars.  I was headed toward the flat casting method but the "spirited" discussion that followed pushed me to try one piece casting.  Thanks to the usual suspects (notably David K Smith, peteski, wazzou, bbussey) I managed to pull it off.  Proof of the greatness of The Railwire. 

This is actually the second version of this casting.  Much better than v1.0.  Here's the Walthers body that served as the parts donor.



Steve

[Spades]

It is.  From the ESM X65 product photo/video shoot on @Scott Lupia's craftsmanship this past weekend.  Yep, Mt Pocono is the locale. 

Scott Lupia  and Ryourstone? work just stand out like no others.

[Point353]

Details regarding the construction of that scene (and more) by Scott Lupia here:
https://www.facebook.com/ErieLackawannaScrantonDivision/

[davefoxx]

After painting myself into a corner on this project, I installed my first Tortoise switch machine.  Actually it's a Smail, which is a Tortoise and an integrated DCC decoder:



More on the Seaboard Central 3.0 thread in the Layout Engineering forum.

DFF

[up1950s]

WOW!  I had to do a double take triple take quadruple take to try to figure out whether this was a model or the 1:1 scale photo!  If this is N scale - I'm speechless.

Me too , that's why I didn't say anything . The mouth needs to recover from slack jaw in order for speech resume .

[arbomambo]

I'm finally getting off of my duff and beginning to start the weathering process on the cars that will be the 'oldest' on my layout; the woodside cars. I'm experimenting with the best wash to start the process (my weathering process involves almost every medium: wash, drybrush, airbrush, oil stains, fade, dry pigment, matte coat, and lower body 'dust/earth' spray).
I'm satisfied with this formula-50% isopropyl, a drop or two of acrylic black/brown and a drop or two of flat black...
 Here are some samples with the wash applied and dry, but before I use an alcohol-moistened Qtip to rub some of the wash off of the larger flat areas; leaving the grimy wash in the crevices/corners.










Here is an example of the next step; here, the wash has been removed from the major panels with a Qtip (this was a throwaway IM reefer I scored on Ebay, thinking it was in kit form-it arrived partially assembled in a shoddy fashion-no wonder it was $4)

[craigolio1]

Standing on PA 611, watching all the trains go by ...

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That's one of the most realistic scenes I've ever seen. I thought it was real at first.

Craig

[Scott Lupia]

Thank you everyone for the compliments on the Mt. Pocono scene that Bryan shot.  The afternoon that Bryan came over to shoot the product shots was the first time I really got to enjoy the scene with moving trains.  I’m settled in a new house so good things for EL fans are on the horizon.  Thanks again guys.  It means a lot coming from the Railwire crowd. Home of the best modelers. 

Scott Lupia

[peteski]

Thank you everyone for the compliments on the Mt. Pocono scene that Bryan shot.  The afternoon that Bryan came over to shoot the product shots was the first time I really got to enjoy the scene with moving trains.  I’m settled in a new house so good things for EL fans are on the horizon.  Thanks again guys.  It means a lot coming from the Railwire crowd. Home of the best modelers. 

Scott Lupia

@bbussey , could you give us more details how this scene was shot?  Natural lighting or indoors?  Focus stacking?  What camera?  The composition, camera location and angle all seem to be the very important parts of this very successful photo.  Of course none of this could have happened without the model itself. Excellent job Scott!