Amazing Sn3 Model Railroad - Gil Bennett's Narrow Gauge Denver and Rio Grande Western
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- Gil Bennett is one of America's best known railroad subject artists. But he is also known in the model railroad community for his amazing Sn3 three foot gauge model of the Denver and Rio Grande Western - Rio Grande Southern.
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Many of his locomotives and his rolling stock are by PBL. PBL has been promoting Sn3 for years as the perfect three foot narrow gauge scale, and the track is so similar to HO, not just in gauge, but in curve radius. If you can fit HO standard gauge, you can fit Sn3.
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From their web site:
To say that there has never been a Scale Model produced to this level of detail might be a stretch, but only because the term "Scale Model" can be used to describe anything from 1:1 on down...
But even the casual viewer will be doing a double-take at this photo of a for-real actual 3/16's inch scale model because it's truly that amazing!
www.p-b-l.com/
From Gil's his web site:
Gil is an industrial illustrator that has had over 30 years of experience. He began painting from a young age, and after receiving a degree from the University of Utah, began his own studio in the Wasatch Front.
Gil began working in industrial illustration after meeting and working with famous illustrator Howard Fogg. Since that time, Gil has been featured in numerous magazines in the US and abroad, has received dozens of awards for his model building and paintings.
Gil has had work featured in rail road museums in Utah, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Wisconsin.
Gil has completed over 2000 watercolor and oil paintings that have been purchased and featured by the likes of W. H. Miner, Tidemark, Xerox, Union Pacific, Utah Railway, and various other publishers and private collectors.
Gil currently lives and works in Saratoga Springs, Utah where he enjoys the company of his dog, Jack, his wife Gayleen, and his four sons.
gilbennett.com...
I was a huge fan of Leaning Tree cards...... Long before I ever met Gil. I could spend an hour at the grocery store looking at every card. The art work on these cards is amazing! I find that all of Gil's art work has a calming effect. I don't care how stressed I am... All I have to do is look at one of Gil's paintings, and I feel great!
Karyn Felix-Angell That's how I felt today....home sick in bed for 3 weeks now with the flu/cough/congestion that keeps trying to come back! How refreshing to watch your videos. Gil's work is totally amazing! Thank you for the cheering up!
Hopefully, you will begin to feel better soon! Some herbal tea, a humidifier, some soothing music, and a few of Gil Bennet's paintings will sure aid in the recovery process! Thanks for watching! :D
Gil Bennett's layout is great. And I love his art work on trains. He did a good job.
We need to get back there! He pretty much finished the railroad up for the national NMRA Guy convention! I hear it’s spectacular!
Man I wish I could afford one of his paintings. I looked him up and wowza I couldn’t spend that much on a painting its worth it though his work looks like it was taken by a camera. Maybe one day haha.
I lived in Utah for a few short years, an yes, it dose look like I've been in Gil's paintings and backdrops. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve been living in Utah on and off my whole life. It’s actually a wonderful place if not a bit peculiar at times. But I love that brand of peculiar
I love having the great circle of friends that I do.... so much talent around here.
HI Adam. Hope all is well with you guys. Still grieving about missing that K-28. You have a treasure there. Want to see yur new layout! Backdrop is looking good.
Hey, Adam! I feel the same way! As far as talent... My skills lie in other directions.. This last episode is going to require a repair man.... Hummm... If you're going to do a thing... Make it a project, I always say. And I did!!!
"Well! That's another fine adventure you got us into, Ollie." I have seen Gil's paintings for years. It is even more of a treat to watch the artist paint; be it only for a few seconds." Backgrounds appear to be acrylic or oils. He does his paintings in watercolor and watecolor Guashe`. Thank you for this trip. Greg and Jeanne
Happy Birthday y-all! Gil is sooooooo very good at this AMAZING. He painted his backdrop right on the wall at his old house, and just left it there when they moved. THEN his WALL turned up on eBay!!! THey cut out the section. Pissed him off!!!! Now its all on hard board.
Fantastic artist with paint and trains!
Very nice thank you
Wow! Loved the art show. You two are broadening the horizons of railfannery, one episode at a time. High art.
Thanks!!!!!!!
I adore railway paintings. I'm going to order a print of a my favorite work "The Fall of London" by Grant Regant. It's a painting depicting the last train carrying refugees out of London in War of the Worlds. The city is burning, Tripods are approaching, the train is steaming away as people are still trying to climb aboard. The fireman's wielding a shovel to fight off someone trying to get into the cab. So intense and yet beautiful.
www.artstation.com/artwork/q291y the site of the artist.
WOW. sounds great. Love War of the Worlds. Amazing fun story
You two (your own skills aside) know so many talented people.......who are happy for you to have their door keys! ;-)
We are lucky to know such friends.
So awesome! I love the weathering he's done on those engines... the grease stains around the stacks that is to rare to see in a model... but what really kept getting my attention on those engines, was that firebox flicker!
Wow.
Sound Traxx. but the mounting of the firebox lights are perfect. I want to model like that when I grow up.
Toy Man Television Since when are you going to grow up?
I'm going to.... At some point..... I just have some important screwing around to get done first!
Very enjoyable, Thank you guys, Thumbs Up.
Gil has done it!!! Wow. He's adding too, and fast. Wants to be 1005 done for the 2019 NMRA.
Thanks!! :D
Lets hope you can re-visit in the future too!!
Beautiful work!
Can't wait to see MORE
The only reason I can think that someone would give it a thumbs down is they're just negative Nellie's. Another great video! I wouldn't know what to tell you that could improve the show. Maybe less self promotion but if did that you would have none so I don't know what say so I say nothing. Again great show stay safe, healthy and wise until next time Lord willing.
We love to promote stuff that we really like. If we run into something that’s cool we like to share that with people. We have great hopes for the upcoming Train shows. Just blown away at the upcoming stuff, especially the big boy! Clear back when I was in high school they had the hundredth anniversary of that real Road and the jury rig to locomotives to take the part of the Jupiter in the 119 out of some Virginia in Truckee engines. But what an amazing time that was! And the next year and a half seems like it’s going to really be an amazing thing all these great Train Shop is in events coming up
An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
Hi. And thanks!!!
Wow! Impressive work for sure.
"Wow" seems to sum it up nicely! Amazing man! :D
Wow, that guy has some talent!
Nice to be able to make a living at what you love to do.
How true!!!
This is absolutely true!
That is some modeling at it finest!!!! This is definitely the epitamy of the term "Model Railroad!!!!!"
One of the best!!!
Love the backdrops. Great video.
We keep learning more about them too. Not just talent or even skill there is a system.
I've spoken with Gil at train shows. He's a fantastic artist. I wish him luck with S scale since the rolling stock choices are pretty limited.
AND expensive!!!! On30 is a good way to get some great looking stuff for way less. But, OMG!! What realism!!!
Very talented man, with a beautiful layout.
Just amazing right?? That upper area......
I'm leaving HOn3 for Sn3. It's the perfect size!
Beautiful, the layout is great, but some painting are even more life like. I look for the backdrop how to session (maybe I should really redo mine, but I have other projects for the moment).
Hard to redo a backdrop in place. BUT it can be done. We have a few fun ideas for ours. Hop that works out.
Wow amazing art work detail train layout.
And art work
Amazing indeed! I found that I have a lot to learn!! :D
I love it i love Colorado. that was beautiful we went to Colorado in may and it was nice and beautiful the entire trip. I have the Rio Grande steam locomotive number 74 HO scale.buy the way what is his website ?. I absolutely love his painting of Colorado
The word artist shouldn't be mentioned only if it has Master artist in front of it because he is incredible he is a master artist incredible work incredible railroad to
He loves what he does and it shows. And we love what he does too
Very Neat! Thanks for continuing to capture, do all the work editing, and sharing these videos!!! At the 5.00 mark, spot in you video, it looks exactly like the real thing. If I did not know it was a model with background at that point, I would swear it was real. Only the smoke from the locomotive is missing.
I have a question for you. And you have probably been asked this before, but, here goes. I know the video is available for how Steve does his trees. Have you considered expanding on that? Such as, for instance, instructional videos of how Gil does his rocks, or his paintings(which I know he sales). Instructional videos of how Steve for instance, from start to finish, comes up with, develops, builds, paints, details his scratch built buildings. And I know you and Al, do rolling stock from scratch and know others that do, so that is another instructional video possibility. To be sold along with Al's tree video on the O scale guys web site. Seems with you skills in film and video, that would be a good area for you. (How can anyone down thumb these videos?! That is really beyond my understanding! They are wonderful! And the individuals you feature, events, and locations, are wonderful indeed!)
Google no longer lets us sell on UA-cam. BUT Al has his tree video on DVD. I love making these, and we are planning more "how to" videos. Gil did a backdrop show which will be up in 3 weeks I think. AND this is one of many backdrop shows. We are doing backdrop shows as we are working on that on out railroad. We have a play list for those. BUT we are planning shows on scratch building, working in brass, and other stuff. I did put up a show on using PhotoShop with model photos, add ing a snow storm. FUN but not a lot of people looking for that. BUT its a good show!!! ua-cam.com/video/GKwp0NZjKA4/v-deo.html
will you two be going on a fall colors trip on cumbres and toltec?
Planning to. Hope so.
Cool. 🚂🐢🚂🐢🚂🐢
I believe the new term is dank.... DANK????????
Great episode. I especially love the transition from the painting to the actual model at 11:02. It feels so real! By the way I hear you guys mention it all the time and I've only been around here for only a year or so I think. What is Garage Mahal?
Garagemahal is our shop. Was our recording studio many years ago. Here is a show on its history... ua-cam.com/video/Rf8JBYp1HsE/v-deo.html
Toy Man Television Awesome. Looks like having the old recording setup was fun. Anyways I can't wait for the next episode. See you then!
Have some good fun stuff coming up too!!
If you are free around June 9th to check out 261 will be running from the Twin Cities to Duluth MN and back
Wow! Beautiful locomotive too.
If you do come out and ride the train and take a look what is here you could have content for 2 months on trains alone
RIGHT!!!!!!! So much to see and do. Unless its cold...... We don't do -40!!
Because the shop boss had to mix colors, the DRGW boxcars were varying colors of brown-ish. Over time, some of the cars became a lighter brown and some would fade to shades of pink, especially if the stretched the brown paint by adding red.
Some DRGW slides from the 1950s:
eriksenphoto.smugmug.com/Trains/DRGW/1950s-original-35mm-slides/i-JKcGSX3
GREAT SLIDES!!!
Where are you guys from?
We are in Salt Lake City Utah. Karyn is from central Utah, Sanpete County. I grew up in Salt Lake and moved around, ending up in Ojai California. Moved back to Salt Lake about 6 years ago.
You're too full of yourself. Cut 98% of the talk and show the videos, and we don't need to see you so much. WAY too many comments!!! Video work of the train was good.