Mine complex and windows

[Chris Rock]

Hi, I'm trying to get this to work. Please be patient with me. Thanks.

https://link.shutterfly.com/euWuqzCBrbb

[Chris Rock]

Nope. I'm trying to get the image to appear here and not as a link.

[Chris Rock]

https://link.shutterfly.com/FX1fFEICrbb



Nope, still not working.

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https://link.shutterfly.com/MpwuOQ5Drbb

[J. S. Bach]

Does Shutterfly allow "hot-linking"?

[Chris Rock]

Dave, I'm not sure.

At Shutterfly I click on my photo.
Then I hit the share button.
It gives me options for e-mail, Facebook, Create Link, and Share Sites.
I click on create link and I've tried copying and pasting the link into the "Img" and the "URL" after clicking on those boxes here at MTJ.

The link works back to Shutterfly but not sure how to actually get the photo to appear here. When I past the link into the image box I get a question mark.

I'll have to wait and see if Bob can give me some direction. He seems to have the process down alright.

[Chris Webster]

How's this?

[bob turner]

First, select the photo, with the little "plus" sign on the right.
That brings up a slightly larger image.
Then right click - you will get four options. The third one down is an address of some sort. Click on it.

Then come back here, select Img from the top right on your attempted post, and hit control V or whatever is "paste" in your computer.

Then post, and presto. I would say "voila" but that has now become wa-lah, and I cannot do that.

[bob turner]

I just double-checked that, since it was from memory. Fourth one down after you right-click. It will have the word "address" in it. Actually, let me look . . .

It says "copy image address." Do that, and paste the address here. I expect an image in your next post?

[Chris Rock]

https://link.shutterfly.com/BLu4Qyj4rbb

Thanks. No can do. I am working on a Mac so I guess it might be different. Chris got it to work but he might be on a PC too.

It should be voila but in my case I got wa-lah again.

[De Bruin]

Yeah it can be frustrating, same as Photo-puke-it.
I right clicked on the images in your link's folder , selected "view image" and then copied the https://etc address into the {img}-placeholder here one at a time.
Great modeling Chris!




Awesome looking coal loading facility. I know at least two guys that would covet this for their own layouts, not for just the visual but for the "layout-within-a layout" switching opportunities it structures track wise.

Feel like I'm somewhere south uh Nitro, West Virginia here, Well done Sir!

[Chris Rock]

Thanks for posting the photos and the comments. I'll keep trying to figure it out even if I have to send notes to Shutterfly.

I posted some photos of the mine complex on OGR a few months ago so some of this might not be so new to people who post there.

Since then I made the foundations out of styrene and I decided to make the windows out of styrene from scratch. The windows became a big challenge because I wanted them to open and close. It was much more difficult than I thought it would be.

The next projects will be to build a powerhouse, build the bridge and tracks into the head house, paint, install the windows, apply the corrugated sheets to the entire structure and add a few more details. The paper on there now will be removed.

[bob turner]

That is an impressive structure. How do you make windows that delicate? I shudder when I have to make cab windows.

[Chris Rock]

Bob,

I made printouts of the windows and was able to weld the .015 x.020 styrene window panes together on the paper. Then they were scraped off the paper using a chisel blade and then a little sanding. I didn't feel like I had to be stressed or TOO careful since most will be viewed from several feet away, and I figured imperfections might add some character.

[Chris Rock]

I think I got it. Thanks, Bob for suggesting this site. It is easy now. It is a little different on the Mac but I knew I had to keep trying to figure out what I was overlooking.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The windows became a big challenge because I wanted them to open and close.

So how well does that opening & closing work?

For some reason I'm not seeing you climbing up on the layout to close the windows on those cold snow days....