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RIX Products tank, weathered with thinned Rustoleum metal primer and powders, then sealed with a matte finish. The containment walls were made with sintra and finished with a mix of ballast and flocking materials.
Don't mind the unfinished scenery...
Late night solo mission, silver surfer on a state bike trail. Lasted only 2 days. Never before seen photo. Done with Krylon and Rustoleum.
I was looking for a larger concave surface to coat with NeverWet and found this old satellite dish. A trip to the auto parts store got me a can of Bondo to fill the holes in the dish.
I need to work on the lighting because I don't know what I am doing.
This NeverWet stuff is a total joke as a real product. It's sensitive as hell to most any environmental conditions. I had a flat panel sprayed with the stuff sitting in my garage and somehow it lost it's hydrophobic properties for reasons I can't figure out.
Soap kills it, hand oils kill it, mild rubbing kills it. It peels easily and makes any fabric feel like sandpaper. And finally it makes any surface look like it's covered in frosted sugar. It irritates me that Rustoleum released it as a real product...
Another hot muggy day here in Camarillo. The weather forecast keeps revising the temperature up as the days go forward.
I am kind of a loss on what to do with the day as the garage turns into a sauna. It early morning inside and I am already sweating just sitting here. The mild summer is definitely over.
Got 7 full cans of 90-91 royal blue and this 67' can of copper today, all in workin order.. A random find in a friends garage...I love these days....
I don't know if anyone ever reads my descriptions, but I write them anyway, so there!!
Was out today (August 20th 2021) on a forced vacation day, from 9:30AM til' almost 4PM. 80F today but it felt like 100F. This is a very active line and I probably flicked 20 freights today. 750+ flicks. By the time I get rid of a few duplicates, and bad ones, I'm guessing it'll be about 700 +/-. 700 to straighten, fix any color issues, upload, and also ID the writers. It's lots of time and as you can imagine, it's a lot of work, but so far it's been fun. I'm trying to not rush myself to post before I'm ready. I already have the flicks, and they're timeless. So getting them posted ASAP!!!!!! is not really my concern. Duh..
Had an interesting interaction with a guy while out there. Guy with backpack had walked back and forth across the tracks a few times. The lat time I saw him he was on the other side of a set, about 100 yards away. Next thing you know he's coming closer..... Closer..... And I'm like WTF? I'm way out here minding my own business. He walks within' like 10 ft. of me and I say "How ya' doin'?" he says something, and then says "Trains?" and I say "Yep." and he says "Oh.." and walks away. I think he was feelin' me out, as there's a small population of people who's homes are shall I say, mobile. I've talked to a few of them, and have never had a bad interaction, I just don't like people walkin' up on me when I'm trying to get away from the rest of the world out by the tracks. I go out there to get away from people, not to interact.
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I follow some other amazing photographers on flickr, but for this I will talk about the ones who flick the freights. There are a few that I really love. Some it's because of the great locations they shoot at, and others it's the amazing little details they manage to capture. For me (right now) I don't have the luxury of walking the lines and seeing pieces static. 99.999% of my flicks the freight is rolling by at 10-50 mph and sometimes I don't really even know what I have until I get home, dump the memory cards and go through the photos. Because of this, most of my flicks are just straight on shots and documenting what I saw and where. I saw this freight here, on this date, here's what was on it, and i captured it. Buffed or scraped next week, well I have it on "film" for future generations (sounds corny, I know). There are times when a freight will stop in-front of me, and I'll walk up and get some shots of monikers, but it's rare.
Obviously in any area there are sidings where freights park for extended periods, I know a few spots, but as I get older, and older, do I really want to leave my car parked on the side of the road and walk 2 miles to capture some little details I might normally miss? I'd love to, but it's just not practical for me at this time, any many other people do it better than I could. Retirement is getting closer every day, maybe then, when my weekdays are free. :-)
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During the Covid lockdown, I was working from home, and I was getting out benching like 2 & 3 times a month. Back at work, I'm lucky to have the energy to get out once a month. Every time I do manage to get out, I come home and my batteries feel re-charged. It's been so f-ing hot here in SoCal though, I can't wait for cooler weather and some clouds in the sky.
As always, thanks to the writers!
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Headed out today at about 11AM. I could take the freeway to this spot, but it's a curvy scenic drive and most of the way there I can look over to my left and see the train tracks up against the side of the mountain, and sometimes cruise along with a train chugging up or down the mountain in my peripheral vision.
Arrived a little before 11:30AM. the sun was out and there was a little breeze. I want to say it was close to 70F. when I arrived, but it was probably cooler, and I didn't have a jacket and I regretted it later as the sun kept going behind the clouds and the breeze kept turning into "wind chill". Every time it got too cold for me to stay, the sun would come back out.
I seemed to be the only one up there on a rare, for me, Monday off. Some BNSF workers had trucks about a half mile down the road from me, and over the course of the day I ended up seeing them come and go a few times doing what they do to maintain the tracks.
Started off the day with one train I think and then I wanted to head over to the bridges to hide a copy of my book for someone to find. I wandered around under the bridges for 20 minutes or so, caught a few new pieces there, figured out a nice dry spot to leave a copy of the book and headed back up to the surface. Like a Morlock coming to the surface to snatch an Eloi.
This spot is pretty "railfan" friendly and I saw some people come and film trains, which seemed weird for a Monday, but.. I was out there.
Wandered down to the other end of this massive flat area next to the tracks and got some photos of the stacks of rails, ties, and other railroad related stuff that BNSF takes out of commission, and just seems to stack here out of the way.
Left at 5PM.
Got out of the house, caught some great pieces today and had some fun. Nothin' wrong with that!
Side Note: Sorry about the lack of freight uploads, work, life, and working on another book is keeping me busy.
It's been a month since I've been out to bench freights. I missed it. The noise, the smell, and seeing great pieces. Went out today 05-30-2021 to my local yard to watch them roll by. The yard is shared with a Metrolink station. I pulled in and there were a few cars in the parking lot, but over the course of about half a day, 10AM - 3PM, I only saw 3 other people. One was a security guard, a homeless guy, and some other guy waiting for the Metrolink train. This isn't counting workers loading unloading the trains. I had the whole platform to myself.
About half way through the day I screwed up and wasn't paying attention to shutter speeds and ended up having to delete about 30 flicks when going through them later. Blurrrry... Used the 7.5mm 7Artisans fisheye most of the day. It works great as I can shoot a whole car, even up to long autoracks from about 15 ft. away. The platform is only maybe 20 ft. wide. So I don't have a lot of room. If I back up any further I'm on the tracks on the other side and being run over by a commuter train. DOH!
Had fun, didn't have to deal with people, and saw some great pieces today.
As always, Big thanks to the writers !!
At the beginning of the exhibit there was a room talking about the history of spray cans & markers - mostly Rust-Oleum & Krylon paints. Cool display with some of the earliest spray cans made.
Happy Born Day Big Poppa!!!
"Brooklyn New York City where they paint murals of Biggie
In cash we trust cause it's ghetto fabulous, life look pretty
what a pity -- blunts is still fifty cents, it's intense
Tree scents is dominant can't be covered with incense"
-Black Star, Definition
Biggie aka Notorious B.I.G. aka Christopher Wallace was gunned down 14 years ago today in an L.A. Drive By. His killer was never caught.
We remember Big Poppa as one of the all-time most incredible MC's to ever touch a mic. His music still sounds fresh and current today and has clearly stood the test of time like few others before or after him.
A week doesn't pass where I don't still rock his jams to this very day.
R.I.P. Big Poppa!
Looking to trade up some shit..
I want a couple of each:
Army Green
Grass Green
Seafoam Green
Spring Green
Tranquil Yellow
Burnt Orange
Cherry Red
Sunrise Red (33%)
Female Rustos only. No used shit.
I got multiples of most of these and some other colors too.. What you got, Porkchop?
"DOLLAR CANS ARE FOR TOYS"....RAEMS AND PHAME AMFM
HA,HA!! YOULL NEVER FIND OUT WHO I AM!..RAEMS AMFM
50 CANS OF RUSTOLEUM FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO A SEVERE BEAT DOWN.
35th Birthday, 20th year painting; old sketch of flip reversal piece by good friend MASEKA624, wall painted 08142013.
Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage
One nigga front, my face on the front page
Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib
One God to show me how to do things his son did
Pure, like a cup of virgin blood; mixed with
151, one sip'll make a nigga flip
Writin names on my hollow tips, plottin shit
Mad violence who I'm gon' body, this hood politics
Ackowledge it, leave bodies chopped in garbages
Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us
Police watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knockin us
One knee I ducked, could it be my time is up
But my luck, I got up, the cop shot again
Bus stop glass bursts, a fiend drops his Heineken
Richochetin between the spots that I'm hidin in
Blackin out as I shoot back, fuck gettin hit! [more sirens]
This is my hood I'ma rep, to the death of it
'til everybody come home, little niggaz is grown
Hoodrats, don't abortion your womb, we need more warriors soon
Sip from the star sun and the moon
In this life of police chases street sweepers and coppers
Stick-up kids with no conscience, leavin victims with doctors
IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU READY TO DIE, WITH NINES OUT
THIS IS WHAT NAS IS BOUT, NIGGA THE TIME IS NOW!
Yo, all I need is one mic..
All I need is one mic.. that's all I need
All I need is one mic.. all I need niggaz
All I need is one mic.. yeah
All I need is one blunt, one page, and one pen
One prayer - tell God forgive for one sin
Matter fact maybe more than one, look back
at all the hatred against me, fuck alla them
Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shots
from twin glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two
Which means, one of my guns was holdin 17
Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you
Everybody gotta die sometime; hope your funeral
never gets shot up, bullets tear through the innocent
Nothin is fair, niggaz roll up, shootin from wheelchairs
My heart is racin, tastin revenge in the air
I let the shit slide for too many years, too many times
Now I'm strapped with a couple of macs, too many nines
If y'all niggaz really wit me get busy load up the semis
Do more than just hold it explode the clip until you empty
There's nothin in our way - they bust, we bust, they rust, we rust
Led flyin, feel it? I feel it in my gut
THAT WE TAKE THESE BITCHES TO WAR, LIE 'EM DOWN
CAUSE WE STRONGER NOW MY NIGGA THE TIME IS NOW!!
All I need is one mic.. that's all I need, that's all I need
All I need is one mic.. there's nuttin else in the world
All I need is one mic.. that's all a nigga need to do his thing y'know
All I need is one mic..
ALL I NEED IS ONE LIFE, ONE TRY, ONE BREATH I'M ONE MAN
WHAT I STAND FOR SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
Or wanna see me on top, too egotistical
Talkin all that slick shit, the same way these bitches do
Wonder what my secrets is, niggaz'll move on you
only if they know, what your weakness is I have none
Too late to grab guns I'm blastin cause I'm a cool nigga
Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? Fooled you niggaz
What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin
War gets deep, some beef is everlastin
Complete with thick scars, brothers knifin each other
up in prison yards, drama, where does it start?
You know the block was ill as a youngster
Every night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in the dumpster
For real a hustler, purchased my Range, niggaz throwin dirt on my name
Jealous cause fiends got they work and complain
Bitches left me cause they thought I was finished
Shoulda knew she wasn't true she came to me when her man caught a sentence
Diamonds are blindin, I never make the same mistakes
Movin with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straight
Swellin my melon cause none of these niggaz real
Heard he was, tellin police, how can a kingpin squeal?
This is crazy, I'm on the right track I'm finally found
You need some soul searchin, the time is now
All I need is one mic.. yeah, yeah yeah yeah
All I need is one mic.. that's all I ever needed in this world, fuck cash
All I need is one mic.. fuck the cars, the jewelry
All I need is one mic.. to spread my voice to the whole world