P-K Acquires L&N #99
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Other than you are in the wrong scale 
that is looking good Jon. What is the mountain made of??? :thumb:
that is looking good Jon. What is the mountain made of??? :thumb:Balou Foam
The spot behind Mack is magic foam insulation, which I didn't care for the results of.
Balou foam carved with nichrome wire held between the gargantuan aligator clips on a big battery charger
The spot behind Mack is magic foam insulation, which I didn't care for the results of.
Balou foam carved with nichrome wire held between the gargantuan aligator clips on a big battery charger
Originally posted by Tyson Rayles
Other than you are in the wrong scale
Geeze mike, how the heck do ya spect me to make critters than actaully run in N scale ?!?!?
The 15 ton Mack is a little to big, thinkin' bout a 7 ton plymouth 
New Camera!!
I like the first shot Jon besides the 'magic foam'
Kidding about 'just' leaving the shutter open four times longer?
Drew
I like the first shot Jon
besides the 'magic foam' Kidding about 'just' leaving the shutter open four times longer?
Drew
Thanks guys.
Yup, the first shot was 2 1/2 sec and the next ones were 10 sec, all F8 ISO 50, regular flourescnet lighting. No adjustments after the fact except crop/resize, and the first one I did some magic to finish some unfinished foam and to extend the backdrop
The gondo is an old tyco cheapie and I have 6 or 8 more to batter. I basically took a heated scribe and gouged it up and heated the plastic to press in the dents. I burned through and had to "weld" in the patch in the middle. Weathering is covered here:
http://www.the-gauge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3849&highlight=*johnny*
By the time you add decent trucks, wheels and couplers, there probably isn't a huge savings over using a newer quality gondo, but it's a lot easier to take a micro torch to the $2 ebay special!
Yup, the first shot was 2 1/2 sec and the next ones were 10 sec, all F8 ISO 50, regular flourescnet lighting. No adjustments after the fact except crop/resize, and the first one I did some magic to finish some unfinished foam and to extend the backdrop
The gondo is an old tyco cheapie and I have 6 or 8 more to batter. I basically took a heated scribe and gouged it up and heated the plastic to press in the dents. I burned through and had to "weld" in the patch in the middle. Weathering is covered here:
http://www.the-gauge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3849&highlight=*johnny*
By the time you add decent trucks, wheels and couplers, there probably isn't a huge savings over using a newer quality gondo, but it's a lot easier to take a micro torch to the $2 ebay special!
Looks great Jon, I also really like the way your track looks, old and poorly maintained ballasting, (is it still called ballast if there is no ballast left?? hmmm).
Thankyou fine gentlemen. I moved this over tp photography, because it started as a looky at what I bought thread, and turned into me thinking out loud about photography and sharing my experimental photo's.
I bought some 150 watt hallogens to experiment with. First off, I shot a set of pics with the same overhead flourescents as last nights rounds, same settings, but 3.2, 5 and 8 seconds exposures. I thought 10 seconds was too bright. Here is the 8 sec., which I thought was best on my monitor.
I bought some 150 watt hallogens to experiment with. First off, I shot a set of pics with the same overhead flourescents as last nights rounds, same settings, but 3.2, 5 and 8 seconds exposures. I thought 10 seconds was too bright. Here is the 8 sec., which I thought was best on my monitor.
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Nice shots Jon,
I vote for the Auto setting first, tungsten second.
Better get out the weed killer that hillside really took off
I vote for the Auto setting first, tungsten second.
Better get out the weed killer that hillside really took off
Thankyou, Drew, that's good to know, because I'm slightly color blind (no joke). Also my monitor was getting real bad. I've spent most of the weekend rebuilding my old PC, had a catastrophic fail, one power supply and both hard drives are as dead as it gets. One drive let out a cloud of smoke after I replaced the power supply! Anyway, I plugged my newer linux machine in it's place, and with it's higher resolution, I soon realized how poopy my old monitor was getting, completely out of focus and faded. I've reassigned it to the shop for testing and building PCs. RIP. Now I can see the pictures!
I think it was the light
Better get out the weed killer that hillside really took off
I think it was the light