Couple photos from the Siskiyou Line convention op session

Scott Dunlap (in front) and Joey Fugate Jr (in back) run the Seagull West into Roseburg in the Siskiyou Line op session during the 2015 NMRA National Convention in Portland Oregon. Scott signed up to operate on the layout and he's acting as engineer. Joey is the conductor this run and is handling the paperwork / communication with the Dispatcher.

The Siskiyou Line layout prep, tours, and op session will be coming to TMTV this January as part of the 25th anniversary celebration on the Siskiyou Line. The Siskiyou Line is also the cover story that issue.

Barry Silverthorn of TMTV doing his thing with the video camera during the Siskiyou Line convention op session (yep, that's camera #2, we used two cameras to catch all the action). We're expecting the coverage will encompass two acts on TMTV in January 2016. Behind Barry is Cal Sexsmith (guest operator) running Roseburg yard after getting some training and orientation from Siskiyou Line regular Jordon Dobson (not in photo).

Layouts

Evening on a Transition Era Siding.  

Allentown & Auburn

This past Sunday I was at my friends RR the Allentown & Auburn RR.......it runs from Topton to Kutztown PA............this was the "Ride the Rails for Cancer" weekend.

Somewhere in Australia

Testing the new drone, the sheep didn't seem to mind....

Big Sky in HO Scale

Montana Rail Link's Local heads downhill on the Bozeman Pass just east of Bozeman, Montana. 

KYLE 5200 (ex ASHLEY DREW & NORTHERN) ACF 50' boxcar

This TWS project for October was to take the Atlas "Trainman" series model to a higher detailed level.

I purchased the ACF 50' boxcar in the Ashley Drew & Northern paint scheme and removed all of the molded on details with an Exacto chisel blade and replaced every ladder and grab with scale gauge wire. I added a Kadee brake wheel with A line chain, Sergent E87A scale couplers, DW end ladders, apex crossover platforms, full undercarriage brake rigging, new stirrups and fabricated pin lifters w/ brackets.

I faded the model with my typical "color transition fade" method, employing 2 colors of highly diluted acrylics ( o.d. green and ochre). I then weathered the car with my traditional mediums of oils paints, pastel powders and acrylic paints. I patched the car after prototype KYLE 5200...  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=531041

Graffiti was replicated by hand with various color of craft acrylics....

Additional images at The Weathering Shop...  http://www.theweatheringshop.com/gadn.html

@ Joe: That particular trestle on your layout over the Umpqua IMO is the most impressive scenery that I've ever seen that perfectly represents Southern Oregon.

Gary Christensen

Great Photos this week

@ Gary

Very nice work, looks great ,   just like the Prototype,    and you had photos of both sides of the car to work from, that's always a bonus

@ Bouldercreek

Nice Aussie scene , good to see fellow Aussies posting here

@ Zak

great perspective down the train in your shot

Terence Boardman

Great work

Great work this week everyone

Cool Photos as always

I'm glad my favorite Thread is working again

I've mixed up two Dioramas for this effect. Hope you Guys like it. The Engines are from Javier Carcano and the Komatsu from Kamil Feliks Sztarbała (Poland).

@ Gary

I'm not trying to be funny or complimentary but I am not sure if I am seeing prototype or model photos. Please advise. If they are models, they go beyond anything I have ever seen and I've been looking for 40 years. (That part was a compliment

Gregg you are not just

Gregg you are not just whistling Dixie. I have also thought he would only be playing fair if he stuck a big yellow push pin into the scenery edge so we could readily tell the difference. I am finally getting to be able to spot a thing or two that confirms the fact that is indeed a model but they are not easy to find and require some looking.

Great photos folks very impressive and many of these show that fantastic realism can be attained.

Gary, outstanding work on

Much Thanks friends!...

I realize that I don't participate too often on these MRH forums. I spend a good deal of time at the workbench and limited time on the computer. I do read quite a few threads here at MRH and I enjoy it considerably. I can only return a simple "thank you" to all of those who comment on my models when I share them here. The feedback is genuinely appreciated.

I tip my hat to all of those who show off their models here on a weekly basis!

@ Terence: I have viewed a few of your weathered works and I must say that I am impressed. Keep up the good work down under!

@ Greg: I found your comment amusing (not in a humorous context) but rather in a complimentary manner. Hearing the reply that you left is the pinnacle to a successful submitted photo shoot. I trade your words for this "in progress" shot of the model I posted, still on my workbench awhile ago...

Thank You Greg for the nice comments.

@ James: I am certain that you know through our phone exchanges how grateful I am to your generous assessments of my works. Thank You as ever bro!

@Rob in Texas: I found a couple of yellow push pins in a junk drawer. I have them at the ready. There are quite a few elements that I personally feel can be "give aways" in my photos. It is good to know though. Never have I went to great lengths to try and 100% attempt to alter anything or create such images where the viewer might not be able to decipher. Kind of an oxymoron,..I want to create images that leave one pondering the legitimacy of the photo, however,..I also like to leave a few loopholes so that the presentations can be merely compared as model to prototype! I appreciate you r valuable input as ever Rob!

Have a great upcoming week fellas!

Gary Christensen

Gary

I like how you have that car propped up there. At first glance it looked like it was marooned on a snow bank!

That made me laugh Rick