"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
For those who have been following my caboose project and may not have seen the other thread, here are the finished products:
I got a lot of good suggestions from the other thread about things like finer brake wheels, air hoses and braces for the smoke stacks which I will incorporate into the next batch.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Bear, thanks for opening up, I know how it is when you don't get any time and have to recycle old photos.
Dave, nice fleet of cabooses, The Athearn brake wheels leave a lot to be desired, but we all advance in our modeling efforts.
This last weekend I got some time and got some work done on my project, the P&LE Hot Coil Car.Assembled the end blocks for the car by attaching the top brace to the block and then small triangular braces on the top of the block.Trimmed the end of the strip that I installed earlier so I could install the end blocks.End blocks installed, showing all the blocks installed on the frame.After installing the end blacks installed the name plates for the end lettering and the plate for the brake gear and wheel. Drilled holes for the walk over platform and a small hole at each end for some part to be installed in the future.End view of all the blocks with the name plates etc installed.Added an angle iron on the top of the frame and cleaned the flash from the auxiliary air reservoir along with drilling a hole for a pipe and installing same.Now up to page 17 of the 54 pages of instructions.Rick J
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I did a thread earlier this week on how to build a Coal loader
"> if any one missed the Video it's here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvcTuNPFDLA
if any one missed the Video it's here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvcTuNPFDLA
TerryinTexas
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Hi all,
This is my first post to WPF, but I've been following it since I became a member and really enjoy seeing everybody's projects as they materialize. Here's my own modest contribution-- this week I did some work on an old IHC 4-6-2:
Most IHCs have can motors, but this older one still had an open frame, so I remotored it with a Mabuchi and added tender pickup wires. The pilot snapped off some years ago, so I decided to wait to put that back on until I can replace the front coupler with a Kadee box. I also dropped the footboards and moved the tanks and some piping closer to the locations on a DRGW P-44, which is ultimately what I plan to turn this into:
P
aboard, P. Looks like a worthy project to me and looking forward to seeing its progress.
Great work already, everyone
Rick,
I think you need the Cliff's Notes version of those instructions
A smorgasborg of stuff this week. We'll start with some corned beef on rye. At least I think that's what this one is, as it's leftovers from a recent filming session of another of the stop motion videos a friend of mine is producing using the layout as a her movie studio back lot. I'll post up a link when it becomes available.
I built a ramp to get vehicles onto flatcars in Durango. It also serves as an emergency backup in case the overhead lift is down for repairs. Generally, my small fleet of pig flats has the fifth wheels arranged so they always face toward Durango in order to facilitate circus style unloading in Silverton. The consist can be turned in case of emergency on the loop in Durango to orient them properly to unload on the new ramp, but usually it serves vehicles getting aboard before the cut is moved to the lift crane.
I added some pins to the bottom of the crane to help it stay in place, as well as raising it just a little to better accommodate high trailers once they're loaded on the pigs. Also moved the scales to clear more area right araound the crane to facilitate loading.
Up at Animas Forks, a reverse angle shot of McKelvey's Trading Post.
In a sign of things to come, a turnout to nowhere lies at the beginning of the end of the line wye in Crater Lake awaiting resumption of HOn3 code 70 flex track production by Micro Engineering. They've had a tool and die worker fixing the mold since last fall, so hoping production resumes soon!
Keep having fun!
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Nice start to WPF! It's always a treat to see the variety of projects under way.
I finished up the structures I've been working on for my On3:
All have removable roofs or floors,so I can do some interior detail eventually.The Cumbres Station even came with interior walls:
Please show us what you've been working on,and have a good weekend!
Mike
Well, two finished Kato SD40-2s together sit on the club layout. I need to get the sound bug module for the 6385 though.
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These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
A short iron ore train.
I'm enjoying both the modelling and photography skills above.
I'll illustrate the latest and upcoming DCC efforts. First a "DCC ready" (8-pin for decoder, not room for speakers) Lifelike E6 that got my first LokSound installed, plus two HiBass speakers where the factory light board resided. Works and sounds great but opened it to do some measuring (decoder thickness) for an item below.
Next shown is a Genesis Tsunami GP-9 that is getting up an upgrade...a LokSound Direct will replace the board and I plan to replace the oval speaker with dual iPhone5 / sugarcube speakers. I'm awaiting the speakers as well as some prepped LED/lightpipes from Streamlined Backshops. Last, a Kato RS-2 that will be upgraded from motor only 8-pin TCS (ditto an RSC-2 with NCE) to LokSound Select plus dual sugar cube speakers. I know the decoder will fit over the motor and need to have the speakers in hand to figure out how exactly to get the new speakers / enclosures and LED replacements with minimal shaving of the weights.
Next shown is a Genesis Tsunami GP-9 that is getting up an upgrade...a LokSound Direct will replace the board and I plan to replace the oval speaker with dual iPhone5 / sugarcube speakers. I'm awaiting the speakers as well as some prepped LED/lightpipes from Streamlined Backshops.
Last, a Kato RS-2 that will be upgraded from motor only 8-pin TCS (ditto an RSC-2 with NCE) to LokSound Select plus dual sugar cube speakers. I know the decoder will fit over the motor and need to have the speakers in hand to figure out how exactly to get the new speakers / enclosures and LED replacements with minimal shaving of the weights.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Great work this week, all! I haven't been able to do much this week, but I am planning out a big project for sometime soon! Hopefully will get time to ballast more track this weekend.
I also ran across this from a few years ago:
Watch out for hard couplings, speeding, derailments, and giants! And yes, this was before I got my DCC system. Block controls, an MRC dual-throttle power pack, and lots of movie magic made two-train operation possible back in 'the good ol days' of my youth! (I can say that now that I'm 18, right? )
Have a great weekend!
Acela
The timbers beneath the rails are not the only ties that bind on the railroad. --Robert S. McGonigal
Impressive work on the wpf once again. I bought one of these kits last week while I was on vacation and had so much fun I bought three more. I hope to be able to get at least one done this weekend after I find that version of Rock Island Line from the video above. Good tune.
T e d
Good stuff again this week, everyone. Welcome, P., and I'm looking forward to seeing the progress on your Rio Grande P-44, one of my favorite 4-6-2's.
Heres my 2-8-0 #1185, an old brass Trains, Inc. import that I just converted to all-wheel loco pickup, courtesy of some Tomar pickups. It used to be a kind of cranky little devil, but the all-wheel pickup, plus a new NWSL can motor has turned it into a really smooth little gal with excellent control all through the speed range. Here, she's negotiating a fall stock extra downgrade over the Gold Flat viaduct.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Bear, Thanks for opening the curtains on another WPF show! Hope you'll be back at your car ferry project before too long.
Dave, Now that's a long line o cabooses, seems you're in cupola heaven.
Thanks to all, lovin' the show as usual, regards, Peter
Nice pics, guys! I love all the greenery in that photo of the iron ore train.
I'm still working on detailing the interior of my scratch-built radio repair shop, for my 1/24th scale In-ko-pah Railroad. There's more to be done but here's how it looks so far:
You can see the entire build on my website, here:
http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Mineral_Ridge_3.html
Ray Dunakin Nice pics, guys! I love all the greenery in that photo of the iron ore train. I'm still working on detailing the interior of my scratch-built radio repair shop, for my 1/24th scale In-ko-pah Railroad. There's more to be done but here's how it looks so far: You can see the entire build on my website, here: http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Mineral_Ridge_3.html
Enjoying another great WPF, great work and pics.
Ray, I must say, when scrolling down, I thought this was your shop and you were into antique radios as another hobby, fantastic detail.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Ray,
Really great job on the detail in Your shop. That floor model radio by the door, brings back memories of watching our 13'' console TV in the late 40's, I believe it was a Sylvania.
No new pic's from me this week....still plugging on the industrial area on the layout. Putting in brick streets where the black top road was.
Take Care!
Frank
Great stuff again this week guys.
Grampy, great photo as usual.
Ray, the detail in your shop is inspiring and brings back a some memories too.
Here is one I like from the BRVRR:
A rural scene. NYC F7A negotiating Pasture Curve on the BRVRR. Actually, I'm repeating myself, I used this photo in another thread this week. Its posted here because I don't have anything else new.
Keep the good work coming guys. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Heres a video of recently repainted hopper cars. I somehow managed to paint and letter 22 of them in 2 weeks, they are the first 22 cars in the first clip pulled by a Reading I-9. Other traffic is an I-10 on a freight, a L-5 on a short passenger run, an E-5 on a transfer and a K-1 with 45 car train including the caboose. All engines are kitbashed.
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60361449@N02/
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Thanks!
I like the rural scene, very nicely done.
Wow Ray:
That is amazing detail! Boggles my wee brain even though it is 1/24. How long have you been working on that?
hon30critter Wow Ray: That is amazing detail! Boggles my wee brain even though it is 1/24. How long have you been working on that?
Thanks Dave! I scribed some of the bricks for the front of the building back in August, then set it aside and didn't get back on it until early November. Been working on it since then. I started doing the interior details in mid-December, with some time off from it during the holiday.
Cheers, the Bear.
Ray:
Sheesh! You have done a lot of really good work in a very short time! I keep going back to your photo and every time I notice more details, like the power cords plugged into the wall outlets, and the extra outlets along the upper shelves.
By any chance, have you considered illuminating any of the radio faces? I have memories of my family listening to a floor model radio much like the ones you have modelled. I was very young, but I still remember being facinated by the glow from the dial face, and from the tubes inside when it was being repaired by my dad. IIRC, we went from one of the floor model radios to black and white TV when I was about three or four years old (1958?). The accuracy of your models brings back some fine childhood memories, which I guess is what most of us older types are getting from the whole hobby. When we emptied my parents home after they couldn't keep it up any more we found a bunch of radio tubes in the basement.
Keep up the great work! It gives me goose bumps!
Everybody... Great photos with impressive work !
Here is a secondary passenger train with older equipment.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I love those old time radios!
A really amazing great WPF, everyone!
mlehman Rick, I think you need the Cliff's Notes version of those instructions
Mike,
I have built or tried to build kits with the Cliff Notes version of instructions, they are still on the workbench and I pull them out and try to figure out what the instructions mean or intend and try to figure out of the exploded drawing (Athearn) or vague instructions (Sunshine - F&C) what they are trying to do.
Gene has a picture of each step, and pictures of each part sprue so you know what part goes where without guessing or the name of the part. Manufacturer's need to follow Gene's instruction format for building cars with multitude of parts and lots of piping. (Moloco and ExactRail do that with their kits).
Rick J
JaBear, thanks for kicking off WPF. I appreciate all of the nice work everyone has posted so far.
Took a picture of actual action during one of my "solo" operating sessions last week. C-15a #116 is about to tack the cab at the end of a string of empties headed west on a mine run. The power for the Southside run, H-5 2-6-6-2 #1528, can be seen just behind #116. Soon #1528 will couple to its' train to make its' westbound run to drop off empties and bring back loads to the Thurmond marshalling yard.
The train order signal next to the Thurmond station is displaying red, telling the crew of the mine run to pick up their Clearance Form A and any issued train orders. There sure are a lot of guys just hanging around in the scene!
The H-5 and C-15a are brass imports that I painted and lettered years ago. They hiss and snort thanks to Soundtraxx. The cab was offered by Division Point a while back.
Keep the great pictures/stories coming.
Joel
Modeling the C&O New River Subdivision circa 1949 for the fun of it!
This week I started kitbashing some HOn30 critters for the Boothbay Railway Village layout. My first attempt is the one on the right. Although the proportions look right, it is too short and narrow for the N scale mechanism I am using; so I started a second larger one. The lengths are 17' and 20', just to give an idea of the size. I also tested the decoder to see if it would work with a small yellowglo LED; it has a couple of small surface mount LEDs that would light the interior, but would be no good for headlights. Now to see if I can solder the new LED wires to that tiny circuit board.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
I just returned from the North Dallas Train Show, here is an image from the Sn3 Rock Ridge Layout that was on display.
More pictures of the show are located here
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