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I love those post and cable guard fences found along the roads of the era. Mark Country: USA | Posts: 13728 Mike Hamer Engineer Posted - 07/29/2015 :  12:08:30 AM       James, those low angle shots are so dramatic...they draw the viewer into the scene. I feel like a true railfan! Mike Hamer Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://www.bostonandmaine.blogspot.ca http://www.craftsmanstructures.blogspot.ca http://modelrailroadsivisit.blogspot.ca Country: | Posts: 11492 Dutchman Administrator Premium Member Posted - 07/29/2015 :  09:09:03 AM     I love the cable guard fence, James. And I agree with Mike, the low level photos are terrific. Country: USA | Posts: 31337 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 07/29/2015 :  11:09:43 AM       Thanks, gentlemen. I've concentrated on the Heubach Farm in E. Bexley and now it's almost finished. Mrs. H's kitchen garden will be hard to see behind the house: I used Alkem etched corn, Busch laser-cut rhubarb and JTT cauliflower and broccoli. I hoped the phragmites tufts would look more like asparagus ferns, but I suppose they're OK as some sort of allium. The picket fence is elderly Atlas (why it isn't pure white). The little patch of flowers is a snippet of a 'wildflower' grass mat surrounded by a fiberglass window screen scrap painted white. Two jobs remain: The collage photo of the "Blue Tombstone" (Harvestore silo) behind the barn needs to be reprinted in color, and I need to make a 'barnyard pole' with light and electric meter. But if I want it actually lit, I should spend the hot part of the day digging around on the web for the right 1/8" audio jack/socket combination to mount it removably. Edited by - jbvb on 07/29/2015 11:19:03 AM Country: USA | Posts: 5977 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/05/2015 :  11:50:19 PM       Here's a try at 'night' photography by turning my camera's exposure compensation down. This is about -1.6 stops with only the 'walking around' LED strips for room lighting. Mr. Rice's new 'yard post' light isn't very bright, but I think that'll change when I build the real power supply for it. Here it's powered by the 'Diode Test' function of my multimeter. Country: USA | Posts: 5977 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/06/2015 :  11:26:56 PM       Passing by Robinson Rd., I saw an Alco switcher working the east end of Bexley yard. When they stopped on the main beside the Heubach farm, I tried a time exposure in the last bit of twilight: Today's work included making two rectifier/current limiter LED supplies and finishing & wiring the associated yard poles. On a roll, I took a look at doing one for Rowley Depot. DC power is already available, but I must remove a chunk from the stick of wood that holds the big tree in place before I can mount the socket. Country: USA | Posts: 5977 Orionvp17 Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/07/2015 :  09:26:26 AM     Annnnnnd... we're moving toward "O. Winston Van Bokkelen!" Nice image! You're obviously having a lot of fun with this, and the results are good. Keep plugging! Pete in Michigan Country: USA | Posts: 6775 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/07/2015 :  11:35:37 AM       Thanks, Pete, though I have a long way to go to get anywhere near Mr. Link. For one thing, the only equipment I used was camera & tripod, and I didn't do any post-processing... Country: USA | Posts: 5977 Orionvp17 Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/07/2015 :  12:42:39 PM     And no series of little flash bulbs along the track, and.... I still like the images, and it sounds like you're having great fun with the process. Pete in Michigan Country: USA | Posts: 6775 nhguy Fireman Posted - 08/07/2015 :  4:15:07 PM         Very nice job on the farm and photos. Bill Shanaman New Haven RR Hartford Division in Colorado. Country: USA | Posts: 4763 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/12/2015 :  11:37:04 PM       Thanks, Pete and Bill. Alas, I find I've opened a Pandora's Box by starting with lights. The Rowley depot's outside light won't look good in a picture till I've also lit the station interior and the platform shed. And the Clam Box positively cries out for lights. It also looked easier, so: I finished the kit (in a now-locked challenge thread from 2012) with no thought of lighting. But years ago I'd bought a set of extra-long drills. The 1/16" was long enough to drill completely through from the roof to the floor. And a #30 solid wire fits into 1/16" brass tube. Here I've soldered the cathode of one LED to the tube. I'm about to solder the + feed to the anode of the other LED. In between them I'll have another joust with #38 magnet wire. I decided the time to have used a plug/jack to connect the wiring was long past. I'll put a small terminal strip under the layout and hope nobody (least of all me) picks the structure up abruptly. Country: USA | Posts: 5977 deemery Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/13/2015 :  09:47:10 AM     Makes me hungry for fried clam strips :-) dave Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to) Country: USA | Posts: 7835 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/13/2015 :  11:45:20 AM       Now would be the time, Dave. But I'll be making a scouting trip down the coast about March 28 next year, so I can let Fine Scale Expo attendees know what's open that early. Country: USA | Posts: 5977 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/17/2015 :  11:08:49 PM       I only managed a couple of hours of RR work today, but that was enough to finish outside lighting for the Clam Box: Here the #38 wire is soldered from the left LED's anode to the right's cathode (note color marks to keep track). I made sure both would light before cutting off the unused leads, but because they're in series my meter's 'Diode Test' setting wouldn't do. I used the current limiter already in place for the Rice farm instead. Next step was 'galvanized' paint for the LED bodies and leads. Here's the finished scene. Unless I decide to illuminate the Rowley platform shed & interior, I'm done with lights for this part of the RR. 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