Toad, I have plans and supplies on hand to make some whistle posts. It will require the use of a jigsaw to make. Right now, my wife has rightfully taken away the saws because of the depression and dizziness I am experiencing because of my injury and the harassment I am dealing with because of my injuries, that and the vicodin is wreaking havoc on my mind.
I have the letters for two more crossbucks and 4 whistle posts. I have the posts and wood for both crossbucks, and a small sheet or 1/4" thick aspen sheet (6" by 4')
Here is some photos of the engine work.
Here is a photo of me and my son, Terry with #42 "Cheyenne".
Here is a photo of Nicholle and Terry, with #42 "Cheyenne".
Here is a photo of the tender's transmission:
Here is a photo of the tender's innards. The round drum is the service brake. The transmission is right below the brake drum.
The following photos show the articulation of the 4-4-0's drive wheels, allowing for extremely sharp curves.
I will post more as work goes on. I will be able to get more done after I get the medical help I need and can get off of the narcotic pain killers.
James
So many scales, so many trains, so little time.....
Got to have some W post! Great cross bucks, like to have a buck about a 12 point!
Toad
Well,
Because of the depression the drugs I am on has left me not wanting to do alot right now, little progress has been made on the 4-4-0.
I did manage to get my first sign completed.
It may not be perfect, but for being doped up on vicodin, and having spent the last 3 weeks in the worst pain I have ever been in, I think it turned out pretty good, especialkly for less than $15 in parts and supplies.
Enjoy!
Here is the crossbuck portion of the sign being nailed together. (each piece is $1.25 each)
Here is the sign post ($2.95)being prepped for it's primer coat of grey, followed by metallic silver:
Here is the finished product, with the final paint applied to the sign (Ford White Oil-based tractor paint with 3" Hy-Ko vinyl letters 46 cents each, $7.36) with a 1.5" carraige bolt (4/$2.00) On top is a reflector to simulate the lights that some cross-bucks have.
And for the guys out there, another one of Nicholle's goof-off shots. Enjoy!
I know that they are not perfect, the letters have a few bubbles from me being impatiet. (The tractor paint takes a while to dry.) But for how much I paid for the sign parts and the fun that I had making it, I would say it was worth it.
I would be more than happy to share plans for this if anyone wants.
Toad, I will probally call later. I am expecting a call from a complaint group regarding the poor level of care I have received during the past 3 weeks.
Email sent again James.
Well, that has worked out pretty well, I just have to start IE to post photos of my work.
It's amazing how little sleep one gets when on a depressant painkiller. (Vicodin)
I have slept about 18 hours out the past 5 days.
Here is the work on Possum Central Car #21866 Jacob Hottman
Here is the car as it looked at purchase:
Here is the gondola after the letters were removed, the car was sanded and stripped and a few coats of grey primer applied.
Here is the gondola with a few coats of Teal applied.
Here is the gondola painted, with trim paint and letters applied, with suffed toy possums on for the ride.
Here is one of the ends of the gondola with the drawbar style coupler highly visible. They are not the most realistic, but they allow for coupling and uncoupling without picking the car up. That or pay a lot of money for operating knuckle couplers, I have no intention of changing the couplers out. Simple, cheap and effective.
Also with the last one, the brackets I installed to strengthen the sides of the car, as the nails are not very effective in holding the sides together. The body of the car is plywood and the frame is steel.
Here is the locomotive with a ferret "engineer". (Katya is part of the Junior Engineer Program)
Final photo on this post, the 21866 with "passengers": Allegheny the cat with Casey Jones the rat. Rat B-stard III is visible in the photo, as well as the tail of Casey Jones Jr.
Enjoy. The next set will probally be of the locomotive.
I hate the fact that copy/paste does not work with firefox, which is what I use to surf the web.
I hate Internet Explorer as it is slower than firefox and does not do tabs like netscape and firefox.
Here goes:
Possum Central Logo (our made up railroad, an 8 3/4" gauge oddball road (think large scale tinplate.) )
One of the three switches that came with the set (RH, LH, and Wye)
The train the way it was when we bought it.
Lets see if that works.
Railroader_Sailor_SSN-760 wrote: Once I can get the copy and paste feature to work with these blasted posts, I will post links.I follow the instructions and they do not work.
Once I can get the copy and paste feature to work with these blasted posts, I will post links.
I follow the instructions and they do not work.
Byron C.
The gondola is 100% complete and on her trucks.
The teal paint with black trim and lettering looks nice.
The loco is closer to final assembly the smokestack and sand done are attached, as are the handrails.
The loco was assigned the number 42. Name: Gloria McLaughlin after a dear family friend.
The gondola is #21866. Name assigne: Jacob Hottman, after my grandfather, the only person in my family that nurtured my love of trains, much to my grandmother and mother's disgust.
The caboose has not been assigned a number yet, only a name: Cheyenne, after a good cat that fought feline leukemia hard and died in my arms.
I should have time to get photobucker figured out tomorrow.
The gondola is approx 95% complete. A few touch up sections of paint, and it will be complete.
The caboose is also nearing completion approx 80% complete. It needs wiring, lights, trim pieces re-installed, and lettering.
The loco is in the process of final assembly the boiler is back on it's frame. All the frame needs is the cowcatcher and cylinders painted, and a few sections of the boiler touched up.
Trim parts are painted and awaiting cab installation and wiring of the headlamp.
I am looking into a compressor set for the whistle I bought for the loco.
I bought a brass steam dead man's whistle off of ebay that I will install on the loco.
I want to get a better headlight and I am working on the bell. It has some gunk in the hinges.
Photos will follow when I get the work done.
Toad,
I have not received an such number at this time.
James,
Sent you a email with my number so you can call me about photobucket. Give me a call.
William AKA Toad
I am putting the entire rail-bending thing on hold for now. When I finally go to get more steel for track I am going to ask what they would recommend.
I am going to keep myself occupied with the restoration of my loco. My wife helped me pull her apart last night. There is a lot of rust on it. I am treating the frame with a generous portion of RUST-Be-Gone to treat the rust, especially the cast iron weight it has.
I took Nicholle's good off photo off of photobucket.
She wants it back up when we get our own website. We are trying to find the best company to go with, I want to make up sections for each peice of rolling stock, especialy the restoration process.
We are assigning names to each article of rolling stock, except for the tender, as it is "assigned" to the loco and that is not normal railroad practice to name tenders.
The loco will be named the "Gloria McLaughlin" after the wife of a dear friend of ours, Terry "Mac" McLaughlin" a guy who served in vietnam and the first gulf war, and was gassed by iraqi forces, and as such succumbed to "Gulf War Syndrome", he ran a model train booth at a flea market, and sold/gave us his entire American Flyer Collection for $1300. (Massive collection at that with about 2 dozen steam locomotives and two diesels, and several large boxes of track and accessories and parts. It has the 234 C&O GP7 Diesel)
I have plans on making a large diesel type loco which will be named after him.
The caboose will be named after Cheyenne, a cat that I had that suffered from feline leukemia that struggled to stay alive to see me come home from deployment. (She crawled into the bathtub with me, started purring and then stopped breathing.)
The gondola has not been assigned a name yet.
We have a list of names of people and cats that have meant a lot to me and Nicholle (or at least me) to assign to the cars.
We have plans to make a bobber caboose for our train (for a 4-wheel electric) and naming it Nena, after another cat that we had that also died in similar fashion, except she crawled into bed with me and the died while purring. (She died after my 2005-2006 deployment, while Cheyenne after my 2007-2008 deployment)
I know it may seem kinda morbid, but it is how I decided to memorialize those two.
I am thinking of naming the gondola after a friend I had that joined the Marines and got shipped back in a body bag.
With the curved track, I plan on getting more of it after I get a place of my own after I leave the Navy. I am planning on going back home to the south (I used to live on a farm in GA), and go back to having a small farm with chickens.
I already have a small tractor, a small 1969 Ford 120 LGT. I will post photos on photobucket.
I appreciate the concern, it is helping me keep going right now.
My wife has written to her congressman twice, my dad wrote to his, and her mother the same. I have filed many complaints, and I am getting nowhere fast.
Right now, my trains are the only thing keeping me going, my wife is still sticking up for a freind that ridiculed my injuries, and my kid is too fussy, and has taken advantage of my injuries several times. (I tried to take him away from a ferret he was harassing and he punched me in the groin, I pick him up and he kicks me there and giggles.)
I really appreciate having people like you trying to keep me going.
Thanks
Rail benders, ok, you can make one but don't think you want some of these. Just a idea.
http://www.harmersteel.com/catalog/4/19/rail_benders.shtml
http://www.allenrailroad.com/RailQuick/rail_benders.htm
www.rdso.gov.in/machine/Spec/TM_5.doc
http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazine/48.html
http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/A-forsalepages.htm
My wife was in the waiting area, as she was not allwed in the exam area with me.
And it does not hurt them as much as it hurts us.
I have been writing a lot of letters and made a lot of calls, and nothing.
These durgs I am on are destroying my mind and my life.
I have filed complaints with the state medical board, I am waiting for a response from the hospital regarding my request to see the medical review board. They do not have any sort of link or contact info on their website.
As it stands right now, the right one is really painful and swollen up. Even on the vicodin and motrin.
Between the pain, crap from work, and the narcotics, I have had a lot of suicidal thoughts over the past few weeks, and the main thing keeping my mind focused and off of such thoughts are my trains - all scales.
Railroader_Sailor_SSN-760 wrote: It isn't life threatening enough to warrant futher care. I have already been turned away by an ER doc (Dr. Catherine Glazer at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, New London, CT) who told me that I should have not gone to the ER for the swelling and pain, and she rolled her eyes at me when I told her that I could not stand the pain. She did not even examine me, past taking pulse and BP. She also told me that "Every time a guy gets hit down there, they think it is the end of the world."When the nurse pressed on the swelling, and I screamed in pain did she actually take my pain somewhat seriously. However, she had a crap-eating grin on her face after I screamed.
It isn't life threatening enough to warrant futher care. I have already been turned away by an ER doc (Dr. Catherine Glazer at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, New London, CT) who told me that I should have not gone to the ER for the swelling and pain, and she rolled her eyes at me when I told her that I could not stand the pain. She did not even examine me, past taking pulse and BP. She also told me that "Every time a guy gets hit down there, they think it is the end of the world."
When the nurse pressed on the swelling, and I screamed in pain did she actually take my pain somewhat seriously. However, she had a crap-eating grin on her face after I screamed.
That pisses me off!!!!! I wished your wife and someone esle was there then file on her sorry but not with the hospital but State level!
I have had to go about three Dr.s for my illness and found one I could relate to and get right scripts too.
Just keep looking for Dr.s!
BTW if she got hit there she would go down and tears in her eyes also, I know I was a ex-texas peace officer and had to do that to a woman who was going to stab me with a stake knife. Ask your wife, she will tell you, it hurts them too.
Get well sooner than you want!!!!
Ole Toad
Railroader_Sailor_SSN-760 wrote: Whoops!That was a picture of my wife goofing off in front of one of her friends.She had a couple of friends of hers help out with unloading track to it's present storage location because I cannot lift much because of the extent of my injuries and the complications I am presently having.(I can't pick up the caboose by myself at this point in time.)http://boards.msn.com/Healthboards/thread.aspx?threadid=662623I already told her that her goof off photo made it into the gallery, and she said she doesn't care.I am more embarassed than she is.
Whoops!
That was a picture of my wife goofing off in front of one of her friends.
She had a couple of friends of hers help out with unloading track to it's present storage location because I cannot lift much because of the extent of my injuries and the complications I am presently having.
(I can't pick up the caboose by myself at this point in time.)
http://boards.msn.com/Healthboards/thread.aspx?threadid=662623
I already told her that her goof off photo made it into the gallery, and she said she doesn't care.
I am more embarassed than she is.
Let's see if that'l work now.....
I am already in hot water because I am not well by now. It has been almost 3 weeks. My command wants me backat work, but I cannot go back because I need narcotic painkillers to function on a basic level.
I have tried to get help, I have written a lot of letters, made a lot of calls, and nothing so far.
The thing is that I am damaged and I need surgery, otherwise I risk becoming completely sterile or worse.
Just giving me pain killers and telling me to take it easy is not a cure. The healing process without surgery will not end. In order to function I need to take a lot of motrin and vicodin each day.
The ONLY thing keeping me going right now is my trains.
I read the entire thread regarding your medical problem. Do whatever you need to do to get this fixed because it sounds as though you're on your own. When you're well again, then worry about who pays what.
But a word of caution ..... you're part of a very in-bred society that lives by a really strange set of standards. Anyone who steps out of the circle is regarded with utmost hostility. So be very careful what you do and what you say. Make sure you have good records and are on solid legal ground because I'm afraid that you will ultimately have to seek redress from civilian rather than military authority.
Most civilians are very sympathetic toward members of our military. We understand that you are all under much pressure these days and be assured that most of us are totally behind you.
Good luck to you.
Walt
No matter what I do, I cannot seem to get the photos to work, I have followed the instructions given.
Funny, that was my wife's reaction. I took the photo down, she insisted it go back up. So, enjoy.
I started the boiler repaint.
I am now unsure what I will do to maintain my sanity once I finish the restoration. I need the light duty project to keep my pain-killer addled mind occupied.
I am still having problems with posting using photobucket.
-James
Railroader_Sailor_SSN-760 wrote: I already told her that her goof off photo made it into the gallery, and she said she doesn't care.I am more embarassed than she is.
Hey, ain't nothing to be embarassed about there!
Well, the loco is mostly pulled apart. The poor thing had a big mouse nest in the boiler.
The paint has been stripped off of the boiler and silver paint apllied to the boiler front and smoke stack.
The wheels will be cleaned up and fresh red paint applied. The cylinders and cowcatcher will be given frech coats of red as well. The smoke box will be silver, handrails gold, and the rest a gloss black.
I am trying to figure out how to repair the headlamp, or to get a replacement. I am also looking into installing an air cylinder inside of the boiler to provide for an air whistle.
(I know I could use a motor, I may do that as well, use a compressor set to provide air for the whistle), and and repairs to the bell.
I will post photos on photbucket of the work and try to get the photos to work on here.
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