“The flowering of the carnations”

If you thought the flowers opened by themselves, you had no idea.

Eventually, you thought it was little fairies like Tinkerbell who took care of them. But that's in children's movies.

The reality is more pragmatic, there are…

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📅 14 June 2017

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R
🎞️ ISO 200, ƒ/16, 4/5s

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Scenery progress on my HO scale 2-in-1 model railway layout in July 2023.

#modeltrains #modelrailway #modelrailroad #hoscale #modelrailwayscene

“Biohazard”

A strange asteroid has crashed... scientific investigators are trying to understand its composition and the potential health risks for the population!

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📅 30 November 2021

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 LM OIS WR Macro
🎞️ ISO 200, ƒ/11, 7/10s

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Petra depot scene progress, and a fuel storage I've been working on, for my 2-in-1 HO scale model railway layout.

#modeltrains #modelrailways #modelrailroad #hoscale #scalemodelling

The stone conveyor #structure I've been building for a while is almost completed. Just have the walkway fencing to finish, then it can be permanently installed on my HO scale '2 in 1' model railway layout. These photos are of the structure in place on the layout, but not yet permanently fixed to it.

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“Fahrenheit 451”

Guy Montag, the fireman disillusioned with his role as censor of literature and destroyer of knowledge, has quit his job and is now committed to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.

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📅 17 April 2023

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 LM OIS WR Macro
🎞️ ISO 160, ƒ/16, 1/2s

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A #structure I've been working on for about a week for my 2-in-1 HO scale model railway layout. It is a covered 'over the track' conveyor for crushed stone, and a small #building at the end which houses a chute which is used to load railway hopper cars.
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The model is made from #balsa , corrugated #cardboard painted to look like corrugated iron, match stick like wood pieces, and printed industrial door.
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#hoscale #modelrailways #modeltrains #scratchbuilt #scratchbuilding #modelrailwayscratchbuild #modelrailroad

“Sweet colors”

Did you really think that candies were colored as soon as they were made?

Specialized painters are appointed to finalize the decoration of these delicacies according to the trends of the finest gourmets!

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📅 12 December 2021

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 LM OIS WR Macro
🎞️ ISO 200, ƒ/5.6, 1/30s

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Ok it’s time for me finish this DC-DCC conversion of an Athearn Genesis GP9. I started this a few years ago but never got back to it as my workbench turned into an office desk. Things to do;
- build a speaker enclosure,
- replace the original grain of wheat bulbs with LEDs,
- Program the ESU Loksound 4 decoder,
- reassemble it without breaking it,
-and finally weather the model.

#ScaleModel #ModelRailway #HOScale #Trains #ModelTrains #GP9 #ModelRailroading

Ok it’s time for me finish this DC-DCC conversion of an Athearn Genesis GP9. I started this a few years ago but never got back to it as my workbench turned into an office desk. Things to do;
- build a speaker enclosure,
- replace the original grain of wheat bulbs with LEDs,
- Program the ESU Loksound 4 decoder,
- reassemble it without breaking it,
-and finally weather the model.

#ScaleModel #ModelRailway #HOScale #Trains #ModelTrains #GP9 #ModelRailroading

Tada! Here is the completed load on the flat car. I think it turned out pretty well. I learned a few things that I would do differently next time, mostly trying to be more careful to keep the things straight and more unform (but not too uniform).

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Tada! Here is the completed load on the flat car. I think it turned out pretty well. I learned a few things that I would do differently next time, mostly trying to be more careful to keep the things straight and more unform (but not too uniform).

#ScaleModel #ModelRailway #HOScale #Trains #ModelTrains #BulkheadFlatcars #F68AH

I installed the vertical load stabilizers down the middle of the load with a small amount of wood glue. I had originally cut the bearing pieces too short, so I had to trim them back and then install some small pieces to extend them out past the edge of the load. I then installed the guide rail using a scale 2”x4”, gluing it to the bearing pieces and then trimming them to length.

#ScaleModel #ModelRailway #HOScale #Trains #ModelTrains #BulkheadFlatcars #F68AH

I installed the vertical load stabilizers down the middle of the load with a small amount of wood glue. I had originally cut the bearing pieces too short, so I had to trim them back and then install some small pieces to extend them out past the edge of the load. I then installed the guide rail using a scale 2”x4”, gluing it to the bearing pieces and then trimming them to length.

#ScaleModel #ModelRailway #HOScale #Trains #ModelTrains #BulkheadFlatcars #F68AH

I installed the vertical load stabilizers down the middle of the load with a small amount of wood glue. I had originally cut the bearing pieces too short, so I had to trim them back and then install some small pieces to extend them out past the edge of the load. I then installed the guide rail using a scale 2”x4”, gluing it to the bearing pieces and then trimming them to length.

#ScaleModel #ModelRailway #HOScale #Trains #ModelTrains #BulkheadFlatcars #F68AH

Work on the flatcar loads continued with gluing the top section to the bottom sections. The banding was added to join the 2nd and 3rd rows together. I pushed the end of the chart tape in with a dental pick and secured the ends with a drop of CA glue. I also made the vertical spacers out of scale 1”x4”s and 2”x4”s as one piece, then I cut them so the 1"x4"s were about 2 feet long.

#ScaleModel #ModelRailway #HOScale #Trains #ModelTrains #BulkheadFlatcars #F68AH

“Makeshift telephoto lens”

When you don't have a telephoto lens and you want to have a big magnification factor, you have to improvise with the means at “hand”.

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📅 17 April 2023

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 LM OIS WR Macro
🎞️ ISO 160, ƒ/16, 1s

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Mistakes were made banding the lumber piles together. I glued 2 layers of the piles together Then using some 1/64” inch Chartpack charting tape, I added the steel interlacing bands. I secured the ends of the tape using CA on the underside of the load. The tape works out to a scale 1 ⅓”, not bad as the spec is 1 ¼”. I did not notice the order of the plies and I have made 2 sections that can't stack.

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I brought out The Chopper to cut the 2x4 dunnage spacers for the piles and then glued them to the underside of the wooden blocks. I am following the AAR Open Top Loading Rules Manual for bulkhead flatcars because everything is a model - Even a lumber pile. 😀 I also sealed the bottoms of the completed piles with Varathane so when it comes to the strapping, the CA does not wick away into the wood.

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After cutting the paper into strips to wrap the blocks. I located the block on the center of the paper and then scribed where the long edges were with the back of a No. 11 blade. This will create a sharp crease when the wrap is folded over the edge. I then used a glue stick to glue the paper onto the blocks. Next, I cut some relief cuts to make the end folds easier. Voila! Little lumbers piles!

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