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Weekend photo Fun 9/20-9/23
Posted by Jimmy_Braum on Thursday, September 20, 2018 9:24 PM

its that time of the week.... weekend photo Fun. This thread is where we show what we've been working on during the week(end). Any scale, any gauge, even 1:1 has been posted here as long as it's been a hobby. 

 

Well, here's what I have....I haven't switched gauges, but I'm building this car for a reason. Its one of my dads kits....I'm building it in honor of him, and for the memory of the trip we took out to Colorado in 2002. 

 

Yhis is is a Model Railroad General Store HOn3 kit... a craftsman almost.  I painted, assembled everything from off the sprue, and even decaled it.  I'm waiting on the interior kit and marker lanterns, as well as trucks.  Hope I did a good enough job on it. 

 

So, let's see what everyone is doing 

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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).  

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, September 20, 2018 9:37 PM

Looks great Jimmy,  good job.

I posted some bridge progress a while ago in the Diner. I'll catch up with you guys here tomorrowSmile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, September 20, 2018 10:30 PM

Thanks for starting off the WPF for this weekend, Jimmy! I also have memories of visiting the Colorado narrow gauge country back in 1966 and again in '68 with my dad. Great looking model!

Well, I posed a scene for use in Show Me Something so that's my contribution so far...

 Mixer_mishap_sm1 by Edmund, on Flickr

The GMC wrecker just arrived from Artitec. A beautiful machine. I've had the Athearn Mack B cement mixer for a while. Glad I got it when I did. They command a pretty good ransom on the auction site.

One little project I made progress on was to get these  tiny  0402 LEDs stuffed into this PRR position-light dwarf signal.

 PRR_PL by Edmund, on Flickr

I found them a few months ago at Shapeways. I'm a fan of having realistic looking signals but when I saw the size of these things I never thought I'd successfully get one put together.

Here it is compared to a Kadee #5

 PRR_PL1 by Edmund, on Flickr

You can get four aspects out of these things.

 PRR_PL2 by Edmund, on Flickr

About a dozen more to go Indifferent 

I did manage to get the old B&O Q4 on the rails and she's breaking in on helper duty. So far, runs like a sweet machine! I had to do more surgery at the pilot wheel/coupler clearance. Many brass engines come with a decorative knuckle coupler up front. I had to tap a new hole and also cut away some of the pony truck frame to get clearance.

 BnO_Q4_sm by Edmund, on Flickr

 

On to more great stuff, fellows!

Cheers, Ed 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, September 21, 2018 6:09 AM

Jimmy: Thank you for starting us out this week. The caboose looks great. I have always been fond of the RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN logo. I would love to find a set of custom model railroad decals in a similar style.

Fiddler: I saw the bridge in the diner thread. Great project.

Ed: You are more brave than I am! I would not attempt that signal project. I have also done minor surgery to the pilots of a couple of brass locomotives to get a 20 series Kadee in there.

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I managed to shake together three more of the Billboard Reefer Train Miniature kits I have. These are fun.

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Lets keep the good stuff coming. Happy weekend to everybody.

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Posted by dti406 on Friday, September 21, 2018 6:59 AM

Jimmy thanks for starting us out this week, and a beautiful looking caboose, I too visited CO in 1977 for the NMRA convention, then lived their from 1983 to 1987 before moving to Alaska.  I have some narrow guage kits to build in the future.

Fiddler, did not see your bridge, I will have to look it up!

Ed, as I said I will bring over my Q4b for you to fix up.  I too have done minor surgery on pilots so I could have a working coupler especially on 2-8-0's.

Kevin, I remember when those kits first came out and I have serveral. Everybody thought there was something wrong with them as they were smaller than the standard Athearn kits, but they were prototypically correct and gave a better appearance to the train with the different height roofs.

Still working on moving etc. so a picture from the archives:

Athearn NKP GP9's with a General Freight train on the Strongsville Model Railroad layout.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, September 21, 2018 8:57 AM

Jimmy.... Thanks for starting the thread. Nice work on the caboose. 

Ed ..... It's remarkable you could light those tiny signals. I bet you are gald you are not doing thta in N-scale. 

Kevin .... The TM Reefers look great . 

Rick .... I like the GP9's. 

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Yesterday I was operating the layout. Here are a couple of industries being switched. 

A Baldwin switcher is working at the bread bakery. (Stayle Bread Company) 

A GP7 is working at the freight house. 

GARRY

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, September 21, 2018 2:13 PM

dti406
Ed, as I said I will bring over my Q4b for you to fix up.

...and I can get started on it right at the beginning of my next lifetime Whistling

Heartland Division CB&Q
Ed ..... It's remarkable you could light those tiny signals. I bet you are gald you are not doing thta in N-scale.

These signals are actually 25% larger than HO scale! I was actually holding off building one in hopes that someone would make it in S scale. I feel the frustration of the N scale folks who want good-looking scale signals.

Now that I have put one together, the rest will be easy... well, easier.

19 more to go!

Thanks to everyone Yes

Let's see some more photos!

Ed

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Posted by tbdanny on Friday, September 21, 2018 2:45 PM

Some excellent modeling here.  Here's one that I recently completed:

It started as a HO scale Roundhouse 'Old-Time' 2-8-0.

The Location: Forests of the Pacific Northwest, Oregon
The Year: 1948
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Posted by Renegade1c on Friday, September 21, 2018 3:15 PM

I have been collecting a bunch of undecorated units and finally got around to painting them all. They are all Proto 2000's (except the GMD-1, which is a Rapido). There is a SD-9, two low nose GP-18's, a high nose GP-18 and a GMD-1. I got the 3 GP-18's for a steal since they all had cracked gears. Athearn gears to the rescue. They also all got NCE decoders (except the GMD-1, which has factory sound in it)

Anyway I hope I don't offend our Canadian modelers with the home railroad scheme on the GMD-1. I think its one of my favorite oddball locos and I happen to find an undecorated one last time I went to Vancouver. 

I am almost done with the decalling. The Front Range part of the logo is one big decal and the last one I did had a bunch of bubbles under it which i am slowly getting settled down. Once the decals are all done and sealed I'll work on finishing up all details like painting the fans black, grab irons, air hoses, etc. and of course windows!

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Colorado Front Range Railroad: 
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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, September 21, 2018 8:46 PM

Thanks Kevin

Nice-looking modeling everyone. Customizing rolling stock and locomotives is something I've never tried my hand in. Very nice.

I finished the better part of this bridge a while back. It's a triple section single bridge that accommodates a radius. I had to cut the foam away and get it on the ground to see exactly where the footings go to keep the pillars plumb.

The cork on either side of the bridge had to be removed as it needed to be readjusted a bit. It came off nice though,  I had it glued down with Alex Plus.

I mocked the bridge up with bamboo skewers so I could see if the footings were lining up where the bridge shoes and support plates would be affixed.

I had the Micro Engineering white metal Bridge shoes. They looked great but gluing white metal to styrene was not my bag of tea, so I quit screwing around and tossed them back in their packages. I cut C channel and made my own bridge shoes out of styrene. Close enough for the naked eye in N-Scale.

The bridge support plates are boots that cap on to the pillars so the bridge is removable. I made all my bridges removable thus far. I cannot take credit for that idea, DoctorWayne shared that one with me..... I guess it's time to make some abatements next.

Keep on modeling allSmile, Wink & Grin

PS  A passenger train will have clearance on the inside radius underneath the bridge but I doubt if it will on the outside. That's just the way it goes sometimes. I'm sure there's places on railroads where that's prevalent as wellWink

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Posted by "JaBear" on Saturday, September 22, 2018 7:32 AM
Thanks for kicking WPF off Jimmy, a nice tribute to your Dad.
 
Actually, both those trucks are good lookers Ed, I can still remember some of those 6x6 War surplus GMCs as farmers trucks in the early 60s.Like those signals as well.
 
A friend of mine recently picked up a whole lot of those Train Miniature reefers at a train show, (you wouldn’t expect to find them in these parts) Kevin, he enjoyed assembling them as well.  
 
Hope the move is not creating any hassles, Rick.
 
Always a pleasure to “visit” your layout Garry.
 
For a narrow gauge locomotive, it certainly has some “heft” tbdanny. It looked good in your video on your other thread.
 
I hope this doesn’t come out wrong but I like your Front Range colour scheme, Renegade !c, simple yet elegant.
 
Track fiddler, call it the ramblings of a still slightly sick mind, but would tweaking that outside track give you clearance to run passenger cars? Though you do note that I’m volunteering you to actually do the work!Whistling
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 Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:43 AM

Track fiddler, call it the ramblings of a still slightly sick mind, but would tweaking that outside track give you clearance to run passenger cars? Though you do note that I’m volunteering you to actually do the work!Whistling

on Flickr

 
 Cheers, the Bear.Smile
 

That's a good observation JaBear. I did think of that. Two still slightly sick minds think alike. The problem is I have a 4-8-4 Northern that has a 5/8 inch rake from center on the front end. My clearance to the left rear pillar is 3/4 from center.

I like my 4-8-4 better than a passenger car. The pillar tolerances are very close for either one. The footing heights are not an issue as they are below locomotive and rolling stock projections.

I must admit the pillars are cosmetically, a little beefy. Maybe reducing the thickness of the pillars and tweaking the roadbed a little may give enough clearance for both steam locomotives and passenger cars. I'm sure glad I'm a slow modeler and haven't laid any track yet.

Tell Ed to check that cement truck drivers cell phone records. He obviously has been texting and driving. Ed does not need a cement truck driver like that on his layoutOff Topic Next thing you know he'll drive over to my layout and run into one of my pillars.....That could fix the whole problem if he hits the right one thoughLaugh

 

 

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:57 AM

I made a few minor changes to my DB class E 41 BoBo boxcab electric, enhancing the looks of the nearly 40 year old engine. The model has been produced since 1960, when super-detailing was not yet in fashion.

The loco was equipped with finer, more prototypical and correctly colored pantographs, new truck frames and couplers, plus a dab of paint here and there.

I think the lady is still good looking for her age!

Happy times!

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, September 22, 2018 12:03 PM

Jimmy, Thanks for starting the WPF.  Good work, a model built in remembrance takes on special meaning that grows deeper thru the years.  

Ed, Cool scene, but like in the movie "Jaws", those guys might need a bigger wrecker.  I agree, those Artitec vehicles are really nice.

Had a bit-o-fun with a Showcase Miniatures Down-line regulator kit.

Thanks to all the contributors, have a good Autumnal Equinox weekend, regards, Peter 

   

 

 

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Posted by Jimmy_Braum on Saturday, September 22, 2018 6:17 PM

Great work everyone.  Very inspirational stuff, So much to mention but Velo, that shopping cart completes the scene, where did you find that? Shapeways?

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:25 PM

Jimmy_Braum
that shopping cart

Thanks Jimmy, the cart is made by Gold Metal Models, etched .010 stainless steel.  Set of four comes in a flat sheet that requires folding to shape.  I understand that there's a tool available for folding thin etched metal, but so far I've been getting by with a a couple thin 6" metal rules and single edge razor blade.

 Regards,  Peter

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:42 PM

HO-Velo
Thanks Jimmy, the cart is made by Gold Metal Models, etched .010 stainless steel.

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GMM also made that model in N scale! I had one set of them on the "Dream House" layout.

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GMM made some really nice etched metal kits in N scale.

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, September 22, 2018 10:52 PM

This week, I finished stripping, painting and decaling an MEC boxcar for Boothbay Railway Village. From a Rondhouse kit. I found an old Walthers decal set in our decal collection, decads old, but still worked fine. Shown at Phils Power Equipment on my layout

I decided to have a bit of fun with this from an operational standpoint, can anyone see what?? Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, September 22, 2018 11:26 PM

Tinplate Toddler

I made a few minor changes to my DB class E 41 BoBo boxcab electric, enhancing the looks of the nearly 40 year old engine. The model has been produced since 1960, when super-detailing was not yet in fashion.

The loco was equipped with finer, more prototypical and correctly colored pantographs, new truck frames and couplers, plus a dab of paint here and there.

I think the lady is still good looking for her age!

 

If I could understand what you posted I surely would. I am not fluent with everything in the hobby. Looks good though.

Good job AlrichWink

 

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:07 AM

TF - other than the wire grab irons and, of course, the working pantographs, there is no separately applied detail on the locomotive shell. The roof detail as well as any underbody detail is simply cast on. The only place where the lack of separate details really becomes apparent are the cast on grab irons on the front of the engine. In 1960, when the loco entered the market, it was quite sufficient, but certainly not these days. Today´s model is a fully equipped (DCC & sound) super-detailed model, a lot more fragile, and a lot more expensive. The separately applied details contribute over $100 in labor cost alone...

I am quite happy with my old lady - I paid less than $ 20 for her - NIB!

Happy times!

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Posted by RR_Mel on Sunday, September 23, 2018 6:12 AM

Good start Jimmy, very nice Caboose!
 
Ed: Good looking vehicles, I really like your micro signal.
 
Kevin: As usual very nice work!
 
Rick:  Three winners in a row.
 
Garry:  I like the name “Stayle Bread Company”.
 
TB:  Looks much better than my Roundhouse Shays.
 
Renegade: Lots of very nice paint jobs there.
 
TF:  Great bridge, go with shorties.
 
Tinplate:  Great “Old Lady”, more power to you with the overhead.
 
Velo: Speaking of power those transformers are over the top as is your scenery.  Gotta sneak in that bus every time, I really like your bus.
 
George: Fabulous Shot, slick looking fence . . .  very nice bushes.
 
I don’t know if this is worth posting but when I have Arthritis flare ups I can’t do much on my layout so I’m either at my workbench or computer.  The past week I’ve been working on an upgrade for my control panel on my CAD.  I’ve added a lot of things to my layout since the last upgrade so it’s that time again.
 
This is a CAD rendering of my control panel from the summer of 2017.
 
 
That upgrade was adding the controls for my camera car and DCC track meters.
 
 
By changing the toggle spacing I was able to squeeze in 7 additional switches, I had three spare toggles but I needed more.  I have added 8 additional Arduino Random Lighting Controllers.
 
It will take a considerable amount of elbow grease to redo the control panel, I think the last time I did an upgrade I drilled 72 quarter inch holes in the Plexiglas/Aluminum panel, there will be a few more this time.
 
This is a during construction picture of the 2017 upgrade.  I gave up counting wires.
 
 
The eight slot Mel Arduino card shelf was installed on the last upgrade.  It's full now.
 
 
Mel
 
 
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Posted by RDG Casey on Sunday, September 23, 2018 8:57 AM

The fleet made it out into the public yesterday at the Reading Railroad Modeler's meet at the Reading Heritage Museum. My Reading B-8a ended up taking best in show in a popular vote.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, September 23, 2018 10:13 AM

Looking good everyone! I'm glad we're all having fun. 

I woke up this morning and started looking at my many hours of difficult efforts. All of a sudden out of nowhere it dawned on me how people come up with names for parts of their layouts. 

Alligator Pass.... do you see it?  Wow,  I'm not really sure if I like what I'm seeing here or not.  I better like it after a hundred hours plusTongue Tied

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, September 23, 2018 10:59 AM

Jimmy - Thanks for starting off WPF again this week. An interesting caboose.

Ed - Cool trucks. The signal is something I wouldn't even attempt.

Kevin - I like the reefers.

Rick - The GP9s look good.

Garry - As usual great photos.

tbdanny - Thats a good looking loco.

Renegade - Batch painting is the way to go. I like the muted orange.

Track Fiddler - That a good looking bridge and the curve makes it even more interesting.

Bear - Like your comments. So true too.

Ulrich - I like the boxcab loco.

Peter - I like the detailing.

George - Good looking boxcar, but not track?

Casey - Good for you.

I'm working at driving myself to drink. I started the radio telephone antenna installation on my Bachmann Pennsy FA2:

The little stanchions are driving me crazy and I haven't even tried to thread the .015" wire antenna through the holes in them yet.

Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, September 23, 2018 11:45 AM

Thanks Allan

 

Locomotive is looking good. I don't have a clue with that kind of stuffIndifferent

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, September 23, 2018 8:43 PM

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