M Graff
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I've built another one, the 1:72 Albatross, with decal-camo, and I found the Lozenge-decals were a bit fragile after a few years in storage.
I re-coated some of them (with some product that Micro-Mark sold...) just to avoid problems.
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The trick is to cut the decals into manageable sections and take care lining them up, and use a sharp knife!
That may be all well and true, but an old decal will not be as elastic and easy to work with....
Many a kit has been ruined by old decals......
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Hello Malcolm,
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This is probably a case of "biting off more than I can chew"! When I opened the box I couldn't believe it - the entire camouflage scheme is supplied as decals, designed to cover the whole aircraft.
Just the thought of applying them all correctly is going to give me a few sleepless nights...One of the reasons it's still in the box, under the bed, with no plans to start building it in the near future.Don't wait too long though.... the decals on those are not easily applied when old........
Just a pointer. :-)
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My latest effort:
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Don't get caught up in the bidding frenzy.
O-16.5 NARROW GAUGE 0-4-0 DIESEL SHUNTER - Hornby CHASSIS - GOOD CONDITION
OMG!!
that one made my day completely!
A real contender for "please bin it now!"
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Here is my latest painting:
Again inspired by a picture of K. Burkholder.
Acrylic on canvas, on a 8" x 8" 3D-frame (painted on the sides as well).
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I found these two oldies, 15 maybe 20 years old.
This was a sketch for a commission.
I have somehow lost the pics of the finished work....
Rather funny to go back and watch the older pieces as well....
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Here is my latest (made today
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Size 6" by 6". Acrylic on canvas.
Original photo by Kevin Burkholder.
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Michael,
Do you have a fiddleyard at ,say, the left hand end of your layout?
I must admit to not checking your main thread/blog!!!!
Cheers, Pete.
No, I use the carfloat instead.
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Very interesting thread!
I agree that there is a difference in U.S. Vs European design for U.S.-style layouts.
I searched the web for inspiration when designing my layout, and got tips from Forums both here and in the U.S.,
wich in the end resulted in a layout wich suited me perfectly:
It is an urban style layout, 10' by 16".
A regular operating session takes 90 minutes, and is very fun to do with two operators.
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Lovely work y'all!
[
]I suspected that we could have much fun with this thread.
Not railroad related as such, but a study for a stucko-building in preparation for a painting I'm working on.... and that will have trains!
This one is just 6" x 6", and was made today:
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Thanks for the contributions one and all.
I love to see the different approaches on the subject.
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It's fixed now, it seems to be related to the slow performance of the site....
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As there are so many talented people here on RMWeb, I suspect we have a lot of artists as well?
I thought it could be a good idea to have a thread where we show our railroad related artwork.
I'll start with this painting:
It depicts the port at night on my HO scale layout.
I wanted it to look like a painting of a model instead of a painting of reality.
Almost like the old Lionel ads from the 40's.
It is 12" x 16" and is acrylic paint on canvas.
No airbrush, only classical techniques.
Join the fun!
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I have been into many other model hobbies...
More recently I have been into ships and airplanes (RC).
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To those that would need the ground to shake: Please contact the good folks over at Soundtraxx, and ask them to show you the Surroundtraxx system.... 'nough said I think :-)
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Firstly, let me say that sound, as all other things we have on our layouts, is scaleable!
:-)
Most of the time that I show my sound equipped layout, people buy that the sound is less bass oriented, as they have a preconception that small models are more pitched in tone... I don't know why, but they buy it!
Secondly, there is a need for ambient sounds on the layout!
I have it, and my friend Troels Kirk have it (and his is most realistic!), that is a thing that makes the whole illusion c
ome together in my opinion.
To have sound equipped loco's running around in a silent world, isn't at all as "real" as to have them
both sounding! :-)
To hear how it sound see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXkCoj4aYY0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vPXTiYz6pc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Considering that you own a ECoS, I would recommend that you at least buy one sound decoder (of quality), just to find out if it's the way you want to go with your hobby.
I would recommend that you buy a ESU V4 as it is both state of the art and very easy to use with the ECoS.
I have almost went all-sound myself, and I find it most fascinating!
What I have noticed, is that I don't run my non-sound locomotives much, and that I try to drive the sound equipped ones as realistic as I can!
Sure it's expensive to equip a whole fleet of locomotives, but then again, it's not necessary to do them all at once.
I have been sound equipping my locomotives for close to 12 years now, and at a pace of about 2 each year, it doesn't feel expensive.....
The worst part of that way of doing it, is that I, at some point, will have to start replacing the older ones as they aren't as good as the later ones......
My first sound decoders were ESU loksound V2 bought back in 1999, and they were state of the art (to say the least) back then, but not so today.....
So try it out, if it's something you like, go for it. Otherwise it's not hard to sell it.....
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HI
Was this sold like that or is it a joke?
All too real I'm afraid!
And some people asks why Märklin went through a bankruptcy......
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That's what I said...
Isn't that effectively what Dutch_Master suggested in post #7?
Nick
edit: he beat me to it
Yes but it didn't work until I made an update....
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I found another way to do it as well, when doing the tap/hold on the image and get the window with save/view, and select view. It opens in a new tab, and if I copy the URL it works too!
I made this one like that:
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Thanks 30801! It works!
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So far so good, now a big one:
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Let's see if it works then:
Non-railway modelling
in Modelling musings & miscellany
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Micro-set and Micro-sol are very much a must on these decals!
I used some spray made for making your own decals and just re-coated the decals, as the ones I had tried to use, had a tendency to break up into small pieces.....