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So as you all have been out there trying to thaw out, Me, Plush and Teror have been at it.. a couple of quickies.. been a minute since the last time i did all red.. Plush decided he wanted to paint a section of the Temple white and do some realistic lips.. when we saw it.. "cant let that go to waste." so we ran a train on her... yup..
this was at the very tail end of 09. got more in the kitchen..
ingredients:
Rustoleum regal red.
Rustoleum gloss white.
Rustoleum gloss black
Rustoleum MIX straw pink (white and regal red.)
Krylon watermelon.
Krylon MIX straw hotter watermelon.
Krylon MIS straw baby baby baby pink..
Out by myself again, in the desert, but not all that far from the road. Having a heat stroke, but having fun at the same time.
There were times when there was an hour or so between trains. I almost gave up, but my philosophy is, "Just one more train!" I usually leave when I run out of water and/or snacks.
Far before MTN, Ironlak, Belton, etc. and all these other brands that make spray paint specifically for graffiti art existed, these were the tools of the trade. Back when you didn't order shit online. Back before graff became damn near legal like it feels now. Back when it was still a secret amongst the underground. Back when you made your own tips, or boosted them from other products, and altered them to fit. Back when graffiti was an apprenticeship-based craft. When you had to be let into this culture by another established practitioner of the craft. And if you were a toy and you weren't part of the true street culture and had some real street cred, you'd catch a beat down instantly, and get ridiculed out of the game and labeled a toy if you were soft. Back when the internet didn't exist, and you learned about other dope writers and crews and different letter styles outside of your area by traveling, or by hearing a report back from your homies who traveled and brought the news back to your hood. Graff magazines were a luxury and one of the most valued possessions of a writer, shared amongst each other. Back when real writers from different cities sent packages of hard copy flicks to each other through the mail, and shared the flicks with their homies in their area. This is how we evolved the culture before the internet existed. Much love to the heads that laid the foundations before me, and to all the homies that I came up with. To the new generation: You got some big shoes to fill. Do your homework and learn your history of OG's from all over. A lot of people made a lot of sacrifices before you in order to evolve this culture to get it to the point it's at now. Learn your history, pay your dues, then keep the torch going and hand it down to the next generation. Keep it true.
Caught this MERS piece a few times over the years. Surprised some toy hasn't painted over it so far. Found a painting out there to leave next to it.
Went out today with one goal in mind. Leave a copy of my book, sealed in a bag next to an awesome piece of graffiti, and then come home and post a photo of the piece and if anyone knew where this piece was, they could come out and grab a free copy of the book.
Planned on leaving it by a really cool MERS piece that I've been seeing for a few years now, ended up leaving it by a newer writers piece @she.bombs she's only been at it for a short while from what I understand, but she's doing awesome work and getting up.
Found a way to climb up and leave a sealed, in a bag copy up high enough that it would take a little work to find it. Cool. On the way out, I planned on benching at one of my favorite spots for a few hours and then heading home.
Got to my spot, got out my HAM radio to listen for trains, got out my camera, and within' a few minutes some dude is walking towards me. I'm alone, and there's really nowhere I can go. As he gets closer I say "Hey, how ya' doin'?" Dude replies "I'm okay". I turn a bit so that he can easily see that I'm armed, and then I notice that he's got a plastic bag in one hand, and a rock the size of a softball in the other hand. He walks within' a couple feet of me, and once he's passed by 6 feet or so, looks back and says "It's ok to be hiking out here right?" "Yep!" I say, and he walks off.
I hear, and then see a UP train coming, which means I need to grab my shit and head to the other trestle and catch it from the other side. Lighting issues.. As I'm flicking this one, I duck down and look under the trestle and see that a BNSF freight is on the other set of tracks. GRRR. The UP ended up being like 25 cars. As I run back to my spot I see an elusive (to me) ICHABOD piece roll by... Missed it.
I catch the last 10-15 cars on the BNSF. Within' 10 minutes or so, I see another sketchy dude walking around under the trestle I was just under, and he's walking around with some sort of stick.
Seriously, I don't need this. I have bills, and I need to be at work on Monday. I left, and drove back home. I felt defeated. In the end, I did what I set out to do, and that was give away a book. ...But the freights.... They'll roll through again one day, or not.
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This Solar-powered Pallet House Address project recycled and upcycled several things, and only cost 8 dollars, but took creative shopping to keep the price down. This project only needed ONE pallet board, too, so drag out those scraps!
How to make your own Solar-powered Pallet House Address:
Consumable Supplies Needed:
One broken wall clock (or shadow box frame – but should have a GLASS front
House numbers in any style you like (or make your own and skip this purchase)
Solar “dollar-store” yard lights
Scrap piece of wood – any type
Scrap piece of THIN plywood or THIN backer board (if your frame has a good backer board, skip this)
Finish nails
Screws (should come with the house numbers if you buy those)
Water-resistant glue – I used Titebond III PVA wood glue
Clear Silicone Sealant – I had leftover silicone from sealing around our sink and faucets
UV-resistant outdoor spar varnish (optional – if you fully paint your wood you wouldn’t need this)
Heavy-duty construction adhesive – I used “Power Grab” brand (optional)
Wall-hanger (if your frame doesn’t already have one)
NOTE: For all paint, stains, and colorings – these are OPTIONAL. You can just use the natural wood and seal it. I wanted natural wood, but I stained it, and then did some decorative edge painting, etc.
Outdoor Craft / Hobby Paint & fouling paint
Wood Stain – I used two tones for this project
Plastic paint – I used Rustoleum plastic spray paint
Exterior gloss paint – I used Rustoleum oil-based paint from another project
Tools Used:
Small craft paints brush
Small craft foam brush
Sandpaper/sanding sponges
Pencil
Table Saw
Miter Saw
Band saw (jigsaw or scroll saw would work too)
Utility knife
Hand files
Small hand plane
Rotary craft tool (Dremel or similar) OR a plastic cutting tool like a Hot Knife if using a plastic frame
Screwdriver (electric and manual)
Drill
Wood clamps
Solar-powered Pallet House Address – Backer board:
FYI: the “Raincross Bell” is my city’s logo. Use your city’s logo, favorite shape or maybe your initials if you choose.
Step 1. Prepping your frame:
I had a broken wall clock that had a glass face and sturdy plastic frame, so I gutted it.
Find a shadow box you want to use
Set the glass aside somewhere safe
Spray paint the frame if needed (mine did – I used Rustoleum spray paint for plastics in matte black)
Allow to dry
Step 2. Replacing the backer board:
The clock I gutted had a cardboard backer plate, so that was no good other than as a template for a wood replacement so don’t throw it out yet. If you’re using a shadow-box style frame, hopefully, you find one with a backer board sturdy enough to glue too if needed, and it needs to be water resistant.
Use THIN plywood. I used approx. ¼” thick plywood, reclaimed from the top deck of a pallet
Use the cardboard backer board and a pencil to trace out the proper size onto the plywood
Cut the plywood with a band saw or jig saw
Pre-drill the holes out if it covers the mounting locations
Step 3. Prepping the backer board:
Sand the plywood gently and correct any crookedness that happens from the band saw with hand files or by hand-sanding
Wipe all the surfaces down with a very slightly damp cloth to remove the sanding dust * Make sure it is dry before applying stain or paint
Stain or paint it any way you want (I stained mine using Minwax Golden Pecan)
Set it aside to dry for now
Solar-powered Pallet House Address – The background design:
Step 4. Plan your design and address frame clearance restrictions:
Measure the depth from where the backer board sits when installed to the front of the frame
You may need to put your glass back in for a moment to double check this measurement
If you make your project too thick, it won’t sit into your frame correctly, and you’ll be re-sanding to adjust it
Step 5. Cut and begin assembly of your background design:
I made the city logo and used oak scraps from a splintered, broken board that wasn’t much good for anything else. Our city logo is called the “Raincross Bell”, so I searched for images and picked the one that was very simple. Our logo is fairly simple anyways, but I wanted it as easy as possible.
Rip a deck board down into narrow, workable strips – about 1” wide. I used a1x4” deck board
This size will depend on your frame and design
Use the cardboard backer (or your frame) to trace the frame size onto a piece of plain paper * This will give you your maximum design height
Sketch out your design on the paper. Make it as big as possible * You could use a computer and size up or down the design of your choice
Step 6. Start trimming your strips down:
I cut down the strips into small pieces, dry-fit them and set them directly onto my sketch. Next I used files and a small hand plane to adjust any fit issues.
My design consisted of the following pieces:
Two small bars on the top of the “double-cross” * The topmost being shorter than the next one down
Foursquare pieces:
One at the very top of the double-cross
The next between the two bars making the double-cross
The third at the bottom of the cross
And the last one between the top bar of the frame and the top of the bell
Two horizontal bars – the top being narrower than the bottom to create the bell frame
Two vertical bars, equal length to create the bell frame
The bell shape itself
The additional bell clapper shape on the bottom – just a half-circle shape
I also cut two pieces of blocks and painted them black – they’re visible in the photo – they’re where the bottom of the logo sits, so it’s entirely visible in the glass and stabilizes it. I used hook-and-loop tape to doubly-ensure it’ll stay in place.
There were some angles on the outside edges of all the horizontal pieces. I set a miter saw to the angle I wanted and cut them all.
Step 7. Glue your background artwork together:
I used a good-quality, water-resistant PVA glue again (Titebond III). Additionally, I stabilized the top of the cross with a long, thin finish nail down through it all. **NOTE: You may have to glue individual components of your design together and then finish it after the smaller parts are dry, OR you may be able to use a jig saw or a scroll saw and cut it all out of one larger piece of wood. I only had scraps in the color I wanted (to match a bench I made for my front porch), so I had to piece my design together.
Attach your background artwork pieces together with glue
Use any additional fasteners you need to further stabilize your design
Pre-drill anything you are going to nail or screw together
These little pieces want to split!
Stabilize your project with wood clamps while it dries
Solar-powered Pallet House Address – The House Numbers & Final Assembly
Step 8. Create outline cutouts of your house numbers:
We used standard brass numbers we found at a swap meet for a dollar apiece – still new in package. I wanted to highlight them.
Put each number onto another scrap piece of oak and trace them out
Exaggerate the margins to about 3/8” or so in order to make them more visible from the street
No need for exact measuring!
It doesn’t have to be perfect because no one will be that close to it
Just make it please your eye
Of course, you can pre-print everything and use them as templates instead
Step 9. Cut out the house numbers:
Cut them out using a band saw (or jigsaw), and hollow out the centers with a jigsaw (or scroll saw).
Sand down the rough edges with hand files (if necessary), a sanding sponge and then finer sandpaper.
Step 10. Prep for sealing and/or painting:
Use a very lightly damp rag to remove the dust
Allow to fully dry
Do any pre-drilling necessary and re-sand as required
Step 11. Sealing and/or Decorative touches (optional):
I sealed all the wood pieces with a UV-resistant Minwax spar varnish. The photo will show it assembled, sealed, and then the slops of paint on the back of the wood. Next, I painted the number outlines using Rustoleum oil-based outdoor gloss paint – Sunset Red color, that I had left over from another project.
I used more Rustoleum oil-based outdoor gloss paint, this time in Hunter Green, to paint the dried Raincross symbol. The Raincross bell was painted using a bronze craft foiling paint and let it dry.
I also painted a little rope shape at the top of the bell on the little block with craft/hobby paints.
Apply decorative finishes (I used foil paint to outline the numbers)
Seal or paint with whatever you choose
Solar-powered Pallet House Address – Light it up:
Here’s where you can have fun finding things in your local dollar store. I happened to upcycle some Halloween solar lights that we bought for 1$ each piece and used four of them in this project.
Step 12. Removing the Solar Cell Assembly:
Carefully open the light up
Remove the solar cells and the connected circuit board/battery assembly
You may have to use a rotary tool like a Dremel with a cutting wheel to carefully cut wider around the solar cells to free them from the plastic they were molded into
Hand-trim with a utility knife or a hot knife, or even with a rotary tool and a grinding wheel
The soft plastic cuts fairly easily, but wear good gloves and eye protection just in case! **NOTE: You need to avoid flexing the solar cells and be cautious of the cheap, fine-gauge wires. The solder joints are commercial-grade, so they’re not the best.
Repeat for however many lights you want to put in
Step 13. Prepping the frame for the lights:
Drill a small hole for each solar cell assembly
You only need the holes to be big enough to accommodate the wires and/or the base plastic – some of them have a little circle-shaped plastic collar at the base – and if it has that, just make the hole big enough so that the collar fits in snugly
Create a small, narrow slice to the edge of the plastic frame (or saw a narrow slice into a wood frame)
Step 14. Sealing the frame back up/mounting the solar assemblies:
But wait! Now there are holes in your “waterproof” frame! Silicone was my product of choice because we all know those cheap, dollar-store style lights eventually fail, and I wanted to be able to simply cut them out.
Apply a clear, flexible outdoor silicone sealant around (and into) the holes
Gently mount the solar cells on the outside of the frame
Reinforce if necessary
I used more hook-and-loop tape to secure the solar cells to the outside of the frame as extra support in the summer heat
You may want to add another small bead of silicone around the sides where you trimmed the solar cells free to protect the now more-vulnerable cells
Once they are in place, seal the small slices that allowed the wires to be wiggled into the holes with more silicone
To finish, use hook-and-loop material and put a small piece on the inside of the frame, and more on the back of the circuit boards to secure them.
They look ugly in the photos, but from the street, you can’t see the circuit boards. The front edge of the frame hides them enough. You could install battery-powered lights or permanent low-voltage lighting that you could wire into your house if you chose. I kept it low-cost and used what I had around already.
Solar-powered Pallet House Address – Final assembly:
OK! Now that everything is dry, it is time to assemble! I secured the bell inside the Raincross logo with a long, skinny finish nail that I ran up through the clapper portion. The top of the bell was secured well with PVA glue already, but the bottom seemed a little weak, so the nail was insurance.
Step 15. Mount the brass numbers:
Install the numbers onto the pre-painted wood number shapes using the brass screws that came with the numbers
You can use construction adhesive too if you don’t have hardware
Step 16. Installing your wooden number assembly:
Attach the wood numbers to the background artwork with heavy-duty construction adhesive (Loctite Power Grab Instant Adhesive) that has a very fast set time
QUICKLY align the numbers – you have seconds with construction adhesives
You could use fasteners too as an option
Attach any blocks or supports inside the frame with the construction adhesive at this time too
Allow to dry a few minutes
Step 17. Final Assembly:
Apply more adhesive to the back of the artwork and attach it to the backer board
This wasn’t totally necessary, because I had pre-fit the Raincross logo and it actually sat against the frame and the thickness matched the backer board recess. It was just extra reinforcement.
Clean the glass well – you won’t have access to it easily after this
Assemble your project into the frame
Attach a wall hanger to the back of your project frame if it didn’t already have one
Of course, I up-cycled it instead of buying one (used the old one from the clock) and attached it to the back of the plywood
Step 18. Hanging it up:
My husband got the job of getting out the large ladder and installing it on the peak of our little house.
I hope this long-winded description helps you easily make your own Solar-powered Pallet House Address too!
Long session today (9:30AM - 5:30PM) at my least favorite spot to flick graffiti, but one of my favorite spots for the amount of traffic this spot gets. There's also a crossing here, so lots of horn action! The engineers also know "railfans" come out here so sometimes they get a little creative with the honking.
Grand total of flicks taken, 803, total being posted, 616.
Right out of the gate I fucked up big time. First train I saw go by as I arrived was an Amtrak. Got down to the spot and immediately I hear the horns coming from behind the hill. Get the camera out, lens cap off and 30 seconds later and what do I see, autoracks, and lots of them. Sweet! I get in position, and they're coming by quick. I'm just barely framing them up and snapping the flicks. Saw my first Ichabod E2E car, Green/Black. Woah dude!! Cool. (my inner SoCal surfer came out). and then it's gone.
Sat down and looked through photos on little 3 in. screen on back of camera, not good. I zoom in, but I can't tell if photos are sharp or not. Lighting seems ok, but can't tell if sharp. Go to take a quick snap of a little tag on a fence post and camera will not focus. WTH?? Camera was switched into manual focus mode from a project I was working on days previously. ARRRGH!! So out of like 30-40 autoracks, they're all blurry.
Still posting 3 of them, just to document, but I will call them out as bad photos. I was so pissed that I almost went back to the car. Glad I didn't. Throughout the day I caught some really nice pieces from some of my favorite writers. I didn't give up, and came home with gold, as you'll see going through this latest set.
FYI I managed to catch up with some of the day's last autoracks and got shots of them in way better light. So 8-10 pieces shot today have doubles that were shot in two different locations.
Also ended up meeting up with (YouTube) Railroad Fans of the Cajon Pass. He was just down the road from where I was and came down for a bit. He even brought that vicious dog "Buddy" with him. Glad I survived the encounter.
If you want to see some of these cars rolling, here's the videos he shot while I was there. If you look close or not so close in one vid, you might see me in action down the line. Anyway......
As always, thanks to the writers, fellow benchers, old, and new friends, Stay safe out there!!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Full set of 2012 Welling Court Street Shots here:
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Ad Hoc Gallery Owners Garrison and Alison Buxton once again curated one of the best Street Art/Graffiti events of the year at Welling Court, Queens.
Over 60 Artists from around the world came and hit the spot!
1953 wrought iron porch railings after a much needed paint job. The last time they were painted was around 1985.
Rustoleum Regal Red
Uploading these WAY late. Sorry. Moving to new PC after being on the same Win7-Pro machine for like 8+ years (I don't like change!), and it's been a mini-nightmare. Caught these a couple weeks ago at my local BNSF / Santa Fe yard.
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FYI.
These were shot with a 7.5mm fisheye lens because of the location, and poorly corrected so they look somewhat normal...
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Decided to head out to my local yard on a Saturday, got there at 9:30 and I was the only one out at the freight side platform. After a half hour I noticed someone down at the other end that I thought I recognized. Messaged him, and yep, it was him. My dude PasadenaSubColin.
We were both out there to just enjoy the day, me catching freights, and him freights & Metrolinks. He's a good dude to have around, as he lets me know when something cool is on its way into the yard, and I appreciate that he's all plugged into the grid to give the "heads up" when something's coming soon.
Well, this time I had, or rather found out, the "Heads Up" about 15 mins before he let me in on what would be the joke of the day. There apparently was a bicentennial engine coming through the depot today on its way to a RR museum in Perris, CA. The 5704!!!!! Big whoop.... One dude chatted me up asking if I knew when "IT" was supposed to come through. I had no idea what he was talking about and told him I don't follow trains. :-)
15-20 mins. later Colin messages me an FYI, that there's a "Special" train about to roll through. I've been in this situation before. I'm there benching graff, and all of the sudden 20 cars pull up and a bunch of "Railfans" jump out of their cars, run over, take a few photos of the "Special" car(s), engine or train, and when it's gone, they're gone. I feel like these are the people who only get out of bed when something "cool" is rolling through town. I really doubt they care about day-to-day operations of the RR. And honestly there's no way they give a shit about the graff.
Most people out at the tracks are cool, but there's a certain group of people who seem to have zero social skills when something "Special" is coming through, and we had at least one on this day. Some dude that kept walking past us, standing in my spot, like he was going to shoot from there when I got there at 9:30, and he got there at Noon. Walking past us by inches, and not saying a word, head down... Walking in front of cameras that were filming, hanging around my backpack and gear while I was like 30 feet away, just weird, un-cool shit. I'm not down with any of this. But I don't want to burn this spot as a bencher and didn't start any trouble, even though I wanted to punch this dude.. GRRR!
Will not be posting flicks of this special train car. Sorry. I saw it, I flicked it, but the whole experience was crap, and it was just one engine, big deal. I was there for the graff that you're seeing me post.
Was hot, no clouds, and at my end of the platform I had a 2ft. x 3ft. spot of slowly moving shade that was cast by one of the platform lights. After a while Colin and I were sharing this tiny moving spot of shade. No worries, we get along just fine.
BTW: PasadenaSubColin is a FOAMER!!!!!!!! ;-p
Managed to re-flick a few cars that I caught at the beginning of the month at the other end of the valley. Anyway........ I'll be back to try and ID these pieces soon. Might take me a little longer than usual as, like I said before, new computer, new crap to deal with..
Stay safe out there homies.
And..... As always, Thanks to the writers!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
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Center scroll detail on our 1953 wrought iron porch railings after a much needed paint job.
Rustoleum Regal Red
This is the stove base of the maple syrup evaporator my grandfather bought for me around 1985 or '86.
The base is constructed from a 55 gallon barrel that's been flared at the top to hold a pan. There's a hinged door with a simple damper for loading firewood, and it stands on simple bent metal legs. I've seen similar homemade designs. I'd burn mostly pine to get a fast-burning, hot fire under the pan.
It was made in Vermont by a local company (now defunct) called Ascutney Forge. I used it for a number of seasons, and it was pretty rusty after years in storage - not to mention years of hot fires and the water I'd dump inside to put out the fire at the end of the day!
I recovered it back in January from the now dilapidated shed back in NH where I ran it in the late 80s through the mid-90s when I moved out on my own. I had around 30 taps back then, and made a few gallons of syrup each season.
I've been slowly restoring it, using lots of sanding and about 6 cans of Rustoleum paint and clear acrylic. The next project is cleaning up the boiling pan and warming tank that sit on top. Those are made of galvanized steel but they're dingy from soot and disuse.
I'm not sure what I'll do with sugaring equipment in TN, where it's almost totally impractical. There a few tiny sugaring operations around, but this really isn't the right climate for sugaring. We're too far South. There are a few sugar maples on our property, but probably not enough to bother with trying. One ridiculous idea I'm considering is keeping it in my small home office. :)
Nikon is 100 yrs old this year. The D3s is a low megapixel DSLR that has been to space as chosen by NASA. They commisioned their D3s' in white. Maybe I will head to the hardware store for a can of white Rustoleum....
Got out today, 10-09-2021 at about 9:30AM.. Hiked out to one of my spots, and then hiked out to a few spots I've never been out to before. There's so many cool areas around here. I need to find a spot where all four rails come together. As it is now, there's two busy rails, one kinda busy and another that many one or two freight roll by during the time I'm there. Two tracks together, one about a 1/4 mile away, and another about 1/2 mile away. I can't just be running between all of them. I'm too old and slow. Caught some wall graff I hadn't seen before, and also hit up a bunch of my usual spots, and saw all the changes that had taken place since the last time I'd been out there. Reminder: Pick up your fucking cans/trash. Keep throwin' your shit out there and they'll start crackin' down! It's a beautiful area. Let's keep it that way.
After straightening and fixing photos from the 9th, it's already 10-21, and I'm doubting I'll be able to get out again before the end of the month. Is this what happens when you're back to work. Benching once a month? This sucks.
As always, thanks to the writers! Stay safe out there!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Long session today (9:30AM - 5:30PM) at my least favorite spot to flick graffiti, but one of my favorite spots for the amount of traffic this spot gets. There's also a crossing here, so lots of horn action! The engineers also know "railfans" come out here so sometimes they get a little creative with the honking.
Grand total of flicks taken, 803, total being posted, 616.
Right out of the gate I fucked up big time. First train I saw go by as I arrived was an Amtrak. Got down to the spot and immediately I hear the horns coming from behind the hill. Get the camera out, lens cap off and 30 seconds later and what do I see, autoracks, and lots of them. Sweet! I get in position, and they're coming by quick. I'm just barely framing them up and snapping the flicks. Saw my first Ichabod E2E car, Green/Black. Woah dude!! Cool. (my inner SoCal surfer came out). and then it's gone.
Sat down and looked through photos on little 3 in. screen on back of camera, not good. I zoom in, but I can't tell if photos are sharp or not. Lighting seems ok, but can't tell if sharp. Go to take a quick snap of a little tag on a fence post and camera will not focus. WTH?? Camera was switched into manual focus mode from a project I was working on days previously. ARRRGH!! So out of like 30-40 autoracks, they're all blurry.
Still posting 3 of them, just to document, but I will call them out as bad photos. I was so pissed that I almost went back to the car. Glad I didn't. Throughout the day I caught some really nice pieces from some of my favorite writers. I didn't give up, and came home with gold, as you'll see going through this latest set.
FYI I managed to catch up with some of the day's last autoracks and got shots of them in way better light. So 8-10 pieces shot today have doubles that were shot in two different locations.
Also ended up meeting up with (YouTube) Railroad Fans of the Cajon Pass. He was just down the road from where I was and came down for a bit. He even brought that vicious dog "Buddy" with him. Glad I survived the encounter.
If you want to see some of these cars rolling, here's the videos he shot while I was there. If you look close or not so close in one vid, you might see me in action down the line. Anyway......
As always, thanks to the writers, fellow benchers, old, and new friends, Stay safe out there!!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Went out on Saturday to get flicks at a local graffiti spot, and came home feeling like I wasted my time out there. Got in a nice hike, thought I was going to be eaten by coyotes, but it was just one coyote and he didn't want to eat me. Maybe next time. So... Drove out to another spot Sunday where trains are coming/going all day long. Kinda' Pulled up as the first freight was almost gone, then I waited.... and waited.... Next freight seemed to take forever. Then it was like an hour until the next one. So three hours, and 2-1/2 freights. Not the worst thing in the world, but I was hoping for some more action than that. Caught a couple of cool pieces, wasn't at work, and wasn't cooped up at home, so all good!!
Seriously. If all you have to do is drive for a little while, park, and have art delivered to you while you sit in the comfort of your car. This could be considered by many as the perfect benching spot.
Most places I hike out to. It's hot, it's sandy, it's dusty, there's a chance of snakes, spiders, coyotes, and more importantly, there's a chance of sketchy people. The older I get, the more I try to avoid sketchy people, so this might actually be my perfect spot if it wasn't for the lack of a scenic backdrop, and tons of car traffic.
As always, thanks to the writers! Stay safe out there writers, and fellow benchers!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Out for a beautiful day of spotting graffiti with my Sister. As always, saw some great pieces, and some not so great pieces. Most importantly, Had fun!