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Your golden-era model railroads!
I broke out the good camera and experimented with shots of both the outside and the interior of the hut. It worked to have the light on for just a couple of seconds on a 90-second exposure: And of course I had to make a 40’s-looking shot out of it:- p51
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Your golden-era model railroads!
I finished my Quonset Hut project over the weekend, with full interior and lighting. It's replaced the Nissen hut which really wasn't accurate for stateside WW2. The front has the usual names sign for the chain of command. “J Stuart” is my nephew’s first and middle name (he’s also a real...- p51
- Post #163
- Forum: The Display Case
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Your golden-era model railroads!
ET&WNC 11 takes a short commuter train past the Grindstaff store at Sadie, TN, blowing for the upcoming grade crossing...- p51
- Post #162
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Your golden-era model railroads!
I didn't even use Photoshop on this shot. I only cropped the photo, all the FX are in real time in the shot!- p51
- Post #161
- Forum: The Display Case
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Your golden-era model railroads!
Last night, I was playing around with my cell phone and managed to get a halfway decent shot with the main lights out... I've not done much with the layout recently as I'd had a pinched nerve in my neck that made my left arm very uncomfortable, but it's much better now. Very soon, I fully...- p51
- Post #160
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Your golden-era model railroads!
Greg Nidifer runs his train past an opposing commuter train bound for Buladeen with 'Captain' Cy Crumley waiting out back impatiently.- p51
- Post #159
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Your golden-era model railroads!
I took these videos on the layout a few days ago, using my tripod head for my cell phone: https://youtu.be/aeoZ6LO0DhA https://youtu.be/VVD8wpDirlE- p51
- Post #157
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Your golden-era model railroads!
Last week, I took some photos for a layout feature for O Scale Trains magazine, and while shooting a cover shot, I got this shot which didn't work as there's fascia on each side. So, I put it through some filters and really like how it turned out:- p51
- Post #156
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Your golden-era model railroads!
A big surprise came in the mail yesterday, an ET&WNC spike recovered from work on the right of way just before you get to the first tunnel and covered Deck Bridge while heading toward Hampton from Elizabethton, just shy of milepost 13 on the old 3-foot gauge line. The man who sent it to me is...- p51
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Favorite WWII song? Lili Marleen.
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Favorite '30s and '40s photos?
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- Post #52
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Your golden-era model railroads!
Recently, I finished what I think will be the last new hopper cars for the layout. These are 3D prints made by Western Rails. Each had to have 20-22 individual decal placements, so that of course took a little while (thankfully the board and vertical support placement made getting them in the...- p51
- Post #154
- Forum: The Display Case
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Your golden-era model railroads!
Okay, I have some updates... My layout is now on Trainmasters TV, if you know anyone who's a paying member: https://trainmasters.tv/programs/mylayout-lee-bishop?categoryId=228 My presentation to a NMRA affiliated group was edited down to this in case you might be interested: Right after that, I...- p51
- Post #153
- Forum: The Display Case
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Your golden-era model railroads!
FYI, a photo of my layout is in the Trackside Photos section of the March 2021 Model Railroader. I goofed when I added the caption with my cell, it auto corrected my first name to "Ashley" instead of Lee, but otherwise it's all there. Yesterday, I realized I had the right kinds of pilots for my...- p51
- Post #151
- Forum: The Display Case
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Your golden-era model railroads!
Thanks, guys! Here's looking down Stoney Creek Road on a sweltering summer's day in 1943 while waiting for the next ET&WNC train:- p51
- Post #150
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Your golden-era model railroads!
I added this to the wall over the weekend: It's an aluminum casting made by the Age of Steam Roundhouse museum off their original. I drilled attachment holes and painted it to match how it'd look in service in WW2. It's hanging on the wall of the train room. I used clevis pins attached to...- p51
- Post #147
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Your golden-era model railroads!
A few random close-in shots around the Buladeen depot over the weekend...- p51
- Post #146
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Your golden-era model railroads!
It's November 11, but on my layout, veterans are never forgotten: Lee Bishop Captain, US Army 1998-2006- p51
- Post #145
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Your golden-era model railroads!
I added a new gas pump at the Grindstaff store. It's a very small detail but I found a very good looking model of the right Texaco brand pump for normal leaded gas that would have bene in use in rural areas in the 40s. It's 1/43 scale so it's a little bigger than it should be, but these pumps...- p51
- Post #144
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Your golden-era model railroads!
At the Hunter, TN depot, and a lovely local gal is waiting for her sweetheart to arrive with a 72-hour pass at Camp Forrest: The old men are inside arguing about checkers and the war "across the water" at the Grindstaff store near Hurley Hollow, at Sadie, TN The commuters wait for the...- p51
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