WARNING: SERIOUSLY BOOTLEG SETUP BEYOND THIS POINT
So I got sick of not being able to run any trains while I'm working on stuff.... so I did something about it. I just got a bunch of new stuff in the mail yesterday: The SF SD-24 and Rio Grande Geep, the two Virginian hoppers, and a set of 4 PRR hoppers that I bought at my LHS's estate sale for a friend of the owner that died (which I need help identifying!! i have no clue who made these awesome hoppers)
Also, I need to know what the thing is called underneith the SD9, the two tank thing right behind the front trucks. I have another SD9 that doesn't have it, and I want to buy one for it.
So, what we have here is my layout table (phase I) with some track layed out just so I can run something; theres too much junk to discern my track-plan ideas haha. The SD9's trucks were dry-brushed with SP Lark Dark Gray. The SF hopper was dry-brushed with that, as well as flat black, and rust. The wheels were done with an initial full coat of the SP Lark Dark Gray and then dry-brushed with rust.
haulin' coal up Foam Grade
new toys!!
who made these??? I like the air hose detail...
another pic....
Okay, here you can see the results better. For whatever reason, these pictures always look like total crap on my camera after I take them. the flash over-exposes them a bit, or else the screen is just too small to display any relevant detail. oh well... but yeah. Carbody was drybrushed with SP Lark Dark Gray, flat black, and rust. The wheels and trucks both got a base coat of the dark gray, and then were dry-brushed with rust. This is also where i need to know what the dual-tank thing is right behind the front truck on the SD9.
This is a weathering project I just finished, I like the results. I was talking about it in another thread recently.
Bootleg!!! haha. that is SO a Bachmann EZtrack power pack hooked up to some ME code 70 flex. I had to put earplugs in because the ME track just wouldn't let me hear the end of it. It won't ever accept any more of my blind date set-ups again....
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loathar wrote:I believe those tanks are air reservoir tanks I think for the air brakes. They are located in different areas depending on the model of loco. Make sure that's where they go on your other loco first.
Cool, thanks man. Its the same engine that I have, it just doesn't have those tanks underneith, but I want to put them on.
delray1967 wrote:Hold a small, white, piece of paper directly on the surface of the flashbulb. try not to block it with your fingers too much (fold it around the body of the camera, it doesn't have to be tight against the flash, but really close). This should diffuse and cut the flash down a bit. Or, set up some bright lights fro picture taking. I use 300 watt clear bulbs in clamplight fixtures. It's a start... Try turning on the 'macro focus' function on your camera too.
Cool, thats a good idea, I'll have to try that out.
The "dual tank thing" that sits transversely mounted between the front truck and the fuel tank should be main reservoir one and main reservoir two. These items provided main reservoir air for the brakes, control air and other air related functions on the locomotive. Pressure was kept at 130 to 140 psi. The intercooler piping for each was customer specific, some showing, others inside the engineroom.