Thanks Jim, Those posts are all square toothpicks soaked in black/brown leather dye and rubbing alcohol mix I made. But the fence wires, whew man, dont know about that just yet.
Thanks John I downloaded a image manipulation tool and did this with a photo, sure took a lot of time though. Here is one before and after. Cant say if it was worth it or not really.
Very nice artistic tweaking (not to be confused with twerking) of the photo. Great job on the sky and exhaust.
Thanks Jim, Seems this tweaking stuff is OK after all. This photo editing stuff is addicting, here is another shot after tweaking. Almost looks fake, buts its not, only the smoke, clouds and a bit of dust around the traction motors is added. Thanks for looking,
Thanks William, It is kinda weird. The lines between the power and sky or most anything seems almost surgically crisp. I took the picture, uploaded into Microsoft Picture Picture Manager, which is what I have used for years, hit auto correct, then converted it to "gimp2" photo imaging. Added the smoke and stuff, but it looks weird, like I say. Is it because of the digital imaging?
Those mules must be pulling hard! The clouds and dust are nice touches and I think you've found a great way to enhance images of your modeling achievments. Keep it up.
Tom, you mentioned the grade crossing just past Linn. You might check out the Azatrax Crossing Controller and its associated IR detectors. I have installed three sets of these on Steve Priest's new railroad, and I really like them. The Azatrax MRX2 controller makes hooking up the LEDs on crossings easy; your don't have to worry about polarity - the controller figures it out. That controller will not only control LEDs or Bulbs, but Tortoises or Servos for crossing gates or wig-wags. It can also deal with trains stopped just short of a crossing and then proceeding again.
Thanks Keith, I will look into it, I would really like to install a gated set of lights on that crossing.
Really enjoyed the video. No derailments is a testament to your track laying skills! Thanks for showing the 1976!