May 2008 Photo of the Month Contest

[TallDude]

Its time for another Photo Of The Month Contest!

First lets go over some rules.

1. The prize: The winning photo will be featured on the front page of the forum for the month following the contest. You get bragging rights!!

2. Each month will have a theme (Thanks TrainNut for that suggestion). The submitted photo should follow that theme.

3. Only ONE photo per month per person can be submitted, so make sure the one you submit is the one you want everyone to vote on. Having multiple submissions per person just makes voting difficult, so lets keep it simple.

4. At the end of the monthly contest, I will post a poll that will be open for 7 days in which everyone can vote for their favorite photo. The person with the most votes wins. In case of a tie, I will pick the winner. Depending on the number of entries, I may have to narrow down the choices in the poll.

5. Everyone is eligible.

6. This is supposed to be fun! Who knows, maybe we'll make a calender of the winning photos or something for the next year.. who knows!

7. Photos must be submitted on the monthly photo of the month thread (i.e. April 2007 Photo of the Month thread) started by me (TallDude)

8. The picture MUST be taken by the person submitting the picture. Please also include a short description if the scene. We do not want copyright issues etc.

9. Adding/Removing of features (sky, smoke, etc.) via Photoshop or other graphic program, is not allowed. Everything in the photo must exist in the scene being photographed. (Added 12/14/07)

10. Rules are subject to change if they need to be.

Ok.. now that we have the rules out of the way... onto the photo contest!!

Mays's theme: Weathering!! ! Submit a photo of your best weathered locomotive, piece of rolling stock, or building on your model railroad and try to win a spot on the front page of the site!

Note: If you previously entered the photo contest, please submit a different photo for this contest.

Contest End Date: May 31st 2008 11:59:59 PM Eastern

[Daryl]

Guess I'm the first

the shay is not complete yet,because I'm still waiting for some plumbing parts to arrive.

[Eastern Roads]

Here we see a rusty PRR 8774 switching out a pathetic looking Pennsy Boxcar, but as we look around, maybe they don't look so bad after all!

[CPrail]

Wow Guys these are just great,both so far very well done looking forward to seeing a great month of pictures.

Mike

[ak-milw]

Here is a 1934 Ford dump truck that has been sitting on the back lot of the Portage yard, looks like it has been mostly parted out.



Weathering was done with washes of acrylic craft paints.

[stevechurch2222]

Great photos so far guys,keep them coming.Gonna be a good month of photos,hard to choose from,they all are unique in their own way,and represent the scenes,where the photos are taken.

[thogan3]

All weathering done with 100% pastels/chalk.

[TallDude]

Daryl,

Unfortunately per the rules, its only ONE entry per person.

Kevin

[CPrail]

Hey Guys great stuff so far,am loving each one the level of modeling is fantastic,this is going to be a tough Month for sure.

Here's my offering.


Even though the Southern Interior & Cascades is in Canada,the powers that be have decided to buy this old Rock Island BL1 and see if they can use it on one of their spur lines,a Mechanic and his forman are having a look to see what it may cost to get it running,or leave it right here on the RB Scrap yard track for the torches... the motor should be ok.

(A older Proto 1000, washes and chalks,pastels)

Mike G

[domiluk]

Well I though it was time to put in my entry .
this is the engine I painted awhile back it is weathered with chalk I used white and orange mixed together