:thumb: and those locos that you put infront of it really bring the scene to life.:thumb: :thumb: AWSOME job guys, team work makes perfect work!!:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: . Steve, I love your mountains, you are a true artist. How did you do this pueblo?:thumb: . And Deano, your engines look great in front of this gorgeous scene. Do you really think that 10 pictures are enough? Give us some more!! 
) ) but I really leaned heavily on Deano, and because of the type of person he is, he patiently put up with me. I wanted to thank him in some way and when he decided to do a new diorama with removable scenes, I decided to make Deano a rock-wall. Deano chose a desert scene and I have done my best to make one that will show his engines off to their best advantage. As I worked on the scene, I would send him update photos...BIG MISTAKE!!! with every photo, Deano would say he wanted to do something for me. By the time I sent the final pic...Deano was sending me (I could not talk him out of it) not 1 but 2 fully "DEANO-IZED" Northern Pacific F-units. Deano put everything but the kitchen sink (grabs, hoses, antenna, Kadee couplers, F-plates, etc) on these units. Did I mention he put MRC Brilliance decoders in them?! Did I mention he programed, ran and tested them?........Oh yeah, he also thought he didn't do enough so he bought 2 box car kits and assembled and then weathered them for me! I'm sure I've forgotten something......suffice it to say: after my thank you gift.......I'm more in debt now than I was when I started!sign1 , THANK YOU, for the STUPENDOUS WORK!!! Hey, you know i eat, drink, sleep AND breath UP!, did you honestly think i wasn't going to do a UP box up for ya. i enjoyed doing those engines up for you, it was a fair trade off for the FANTASTIC JOB you had done for me. well, the nose grabs on the F7 was a real bearopsdon't ask), and matching the paint on the F7 add on parts was quite a task too. but the other work i had done to both units, like installing the F unit coupler cut bars, sunshades, mirrors, roof grabs, decaling, antennas, wipers(on the F7), installing the sound decoders and lights, and the paint work i did on the add on parts for the F3, was quite enjoyable:thumb:. AGAIN, THANK YOU STEVE! it was well worth it! , cant wait to see the pics of the NEW phase of your layout!:thumb: the last two pics don't go with the rest, but i noticed i haven't posted many pics of my UP F-E-F Class 3 Northern, so i put one of it in here:thumb:. and the last pic IS NOT A GREAT PIC, but i kinda liked it, its the rear of 3 of 4 of my UP steamers:thumb:. left to right, F-E-F Class 3 Northern, 1(of 2)of my Challengers, and my BIG BOY!:thumb: HOPE you folks enjoy the pics. -Deano View attachment 33074 View attachment 33075 View attachment 33076 View attachment 33077 View attachment 33078That's funny... because that's my favorite pic!:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: and the one before it ain't too shabby neither...although the background in your other shots could use some work (just a little "constructive" criticism)tooth1 ENJOY IT! It was and is my pleasure!:thumb:and the last pic IS NOT A GREAT PIC, but i kinda liked it, its the rear of 3 of 4 of my UP steamers. left to right, F-E-F Class 3 Northern, 1(of 2)of my Challengers, and my BIG BOY!
HOPE you folks enjoy the pics.
-Deano
, I'm glad you liked the steamer shots, not great pics, but...is there really a bad shot of steamers?tooth1 BTW, i think the background in the other pics is nothing short of STUPENDOUS!:thumb: kindly keep your criticism on it to yourself tooth1 sign1 THANK YOU! -DeanoOK Steven, here's three pics of the FANTASTIC rock work Steve had done for an add on, on my dioramaviperman said:
. as you can see, it fits GREAT, and can be put on, or taken off very easily:thumb:. hard to believe all the different scenes i have been able to do on this board with a piece of track on it so far:thumb:, and i still have TONS of plans for it. -Deano View attachment 33158 View attachment 33159 View attachment 33160.-Deano View attachment 33233 View attachment 33234 MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLKS!!! i hope ALL of you have a GREAT Christmas, and a HAPPY New Year!!!:thumb: , hope you all have a SAFE and HAPPY HOLIDAYS:thumb:. -Deano View attachment 33328
