Cool site for reference/research
  • BillBill November 2011
    Posts: 202
    I stumbled onto a neat collection of pictures and reference info tonight that I wanted to share. I used to find prototype pictures boring. But when it comes to putting a scene together, I'm realizing their value over pictures of models (you never know if a modeler got it "right" or what he might have missed). This site has some of both.
    http://www.buffalocreekandgauley.com/index.html
    The logging stuff is found mostly here: http://www.buffalocreekandgauley.com/STRUCTURES/SWANDALE/Swandale.html
    and here: http://www.buffalocreekandgauley.com/OPERATIONS/ERCLOps/ERCLOps.html
    What's nice is a lot of the pictures can be enlarged, and they also have a good amount of old color pictures--those bad, 1950's & 60's color pictures. Don't these almost look like scenes from a layout? Nope. All prototype shot in old color film:

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    I just spent an hour browsing through these pages.
    Have fun!
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  • adminadmin November 2011
    Posts: 236
    great shots... thanks for the reference - now get back to modeling!
    Brett
    972-618-5563
    sierrawestscalemodels.com
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  • BillBill November 2011
    Posts: 202
    I hear ya, Brett. Lots going on right now that's slowing me down. It's one thing after another. Then, I go to look for ONE frickin picture on the interwebs and this entry is the result!
    (I did get a little done today, but nothing worth posting!)

    Hey...send that email BTW!
  • GregInOz March 1
    Posts: 14
    G'day all.
    Here is a lovely little film from 1946 about redwood logging.
    It helped me to understand how it was done in America....



    Regards
    Greg
  • Karl.AKarl.A March 2
    Posts: 306
    Great video Greg, many interesting facts and scenes when looked at closely.

    Thanks for sharing,

    Karl.A
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