Weekend Photo Fun 7/27-7/29

[Guilford Guy]

Everything is looking great! Electro, I can smell the sawdust.

Guilford Guy added some sounds to one of the videos I posted earlier. I think it made quite a difference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oVV9801zps 

 Yea Guilford/Pan Am, makes funny noises sometimes

what not pics of my awesome ballasting?  

[simon1966]

Almost too late for WPF, but my Internet connection has been playing up all weekend.  Anyway, just catching up now and as usual there is some excellent work.  Sue the video is excellent, some fine modelling on display there.

My little Ice-cream parlor has moved on a little, but there has not been much modelling time as of late.

Exterior details and fire-escapes have been added. 

Lighting has been installed on all 4 floors to show off the interior details.

I used these really neat small LED's and was able to get one into the lamp on the office desk.  I had to drill out the shade and was able to fit it in so my office manager is able to see his work.   My wife thinks I am mad by the way!

With 4 separate circuits inside I needed to get the wiring below the layout and to be able to disconnect the thing for maintenance in the future.  I used and old broken Ethernet cable (4 twisted pairs of wires) and an RJ45 jack to allow disconnect.  There is a ton of usable wire in a broken network cable so don't throw them away!

When installed on the layout it will come out the bottom of the structure.

I am almost done with this now, just the roof to go and the structure can go onto the layout.  I have documented a good portion of the build at  http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=16755888&uid=3608462

 

[NZRMac]

DCC staging update, IT WORKS!! laid some track and have been testing loco's over the gap, really pleased with the results

Ken.

Ken

How are you working the track alignment? IS there some kind of switch or just 20-20 eyeball? It looks great, how many tracks do you plan?

not quite 20-20 but yeah just eyeballing it. 9 tracks 74" each, plus I could put some fixed tracks off each side too. someone suggested infrared leds and computers for alignment, but I think a limit switch at each end and eyeballs for track alignment will do me.

Ken.

[NZRMac]

Very interesting. Do you have more pictures?

Great work everyone. 

DCC staging update, IT WORKS!! laid some track and have been testing loco's over the gap, really pleased with the results


A video of it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tle-weT2uE

Ken.

No more pics so far, it's a bit messy underneath just some twisted wiring and good luck!!

Ken.

[ezielinski]

Ezlielinski, looking good. How did you make the spark arrestors? I need some for my SW1500. Also, where did you get, (or how did you make) the bay window?

The bay window is an All-Weather Cab Window by Detail Associates (Walthers Part # 229-2301), and the spark arrestors are from Custom Finishing, listed as "Large, Round Style Spark Arrestor" (Walthers Part # 247-131).  This style of spark arrestor goes into "backordered" status quickly through Walthers so order them quickly.  Otherwise it's about a month before they get more.

If they are sold out of the Custom Finishing #247-131 spark arrestors, I have also seen WC SW1500's with the large round style (Detail Associates "Round Type" Walthers Part # 229-2102).  It's then up to your personal preferrence.

Enjoy.

[railroadyoshi]

Everything is looking great! Electro, I can smell the sawdust.

Guilford Guy added some sounds to one of the videos I posted earlier. I think it made quite a difference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oVV9801zps 

[MisterBeasley]

MisterBeasley nice job on the City Classics Market! Now I know where I can go to get a S&H Green Stamps book for the stamps I found. Buy the way that shopper with the cart makes it pop.....who makes it?.....

Yes, indeed, it's the City Classics market.  The signs all come with it.  They provide both 1950's and 1930's prices on separate sheets.  There's a small sheet of paper enclosed that lets you order market-specific decals for a couple of dollars from one of the NMRA divisions.  I did that, and put on the A&P decals from the supermarkets of my youth.

The figures are Preisers.  There are a few others in the set, including a guy with another shopping cart.  I'm going to put lights and interior details in the building.  If you look carefully, you can already see the grocery racks inside.  Once the lights are in, then I can see if the interior will show off the figures, or just hide them.  If the good figures don't show up well, then I'll just put them outside and put some second-quality folks inside the store.

[tomkat-13]

MisterBeasley nice job on the City Classics Market! Now I know where I can go to get a S&H Green Stamps book for the stamps I found. Buy the way that shopper with the cart makes it pop.....who makes it?.....

 

"tomkat,  Are those castings from rusty rails?"

The gondola load is by Chooch....

Figures & Misc junk  by Woodland Scenics

Shed is an old Magnuson Cast

Pickup is Life-Like

Signal Box by Model Power

[G Paine]

DCC staging update, IT WORKS!! laid some track and have been testing loco's over the gap, really pleased with the results

Ken.

Ken

How are you working the track alignment? IS there some kind of switch or just 20-20 eyeball? It looks great, how many tracks do you plan?

[gear-jammer]

S & H green stamps?  I love it.  The grocery cart is a great touch.

Sue

[gear-jammer]

Ed,  The log bridge is 12" on the right section and 6" on the left.  There is a stream below the longer section.

Electro,  You are sure going to town with that benchwork, but it will be worth it.

tomkat,  Are those castings from rusty rails?

I haven't done anything outside today, but here is my stockyard.  Once it is dry I will get to aging it.

Sue

[MisterBeasley]

It wasn't a lot of work, because I've been working on the structures and other stuff for several weeks now, but this weekend the Saint Anne Street area came together.  First, the area as it looked on Saturday afternoon, after I poured and smoothed the Durhams Water Putty roads:

 

That evening, I painted the road, and on Sunday morning I installed the sidewalks, a second layer of styrene painted a slightly different gray, and marked with a pencil grid.  Then, I put in the fire hydrants and streetlights in the holes I'd drilled earlier.  Finally, I put in some cars and figures.

 

[MilwaukeeRoad]

I was waiting for Tomkat's weekly installment. Love it as always!

[tomkat-13]

Men at work!

[electrolove]

Very interesting. Do you have more pictures?

Great work everyone. 

DCC staging update, IT WORKS!! laid some track and have been testing loco's over the gap, really pleased with the results


A video of it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tle-weT2uE

Ken.

[NZRMac]

Great work everyone. 

DCC staging update, IT WORKS!! laid some track and have been testing loco's over the gap, really pleased with the results


A video of it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tle-weT2uE

Ken.

[electrolove]

Sue,

I really enjoyed the movie. Very nice!

[RR Redneck]

Nice pictures everyone.

[electrolove]

This is what I have been doing. Building benchwork.

[WCfan]

Ezlielinski, looking good. How did you make the spark arrestors? I need some for my SW1500. Also, where did you get, (or how did you make) the bay window?

[slow train Ed]

sue that is gr8. one question if I may.How long is your accual timber bridge? I see your piller and the two timber crossin there .Is the right timbers longer than the left ones.Thank you for a gr8 film of it.

Slow train Ed

[gear-jammer]

Mike,

Thankyou.  Thankyou.  I love the activity on the layout, especially in the barnyard. The functioning lights are a nice touch.

Sue

[SilverSpike]

Great job everyone!

And it looks like a lot of excellent model railroading is happening across the great expanse.

Sue, I meant to comment earlier, great Shay and logging scene you got there! As always excellent work! What video editing tool did you use to create the patina view?

Ken, that is quite a "before and after" on the loco, great job there! Looking forward to more details on that one...

Now, here is my You Tube video I was trying to upload yesterday, the full 2:34 short video on my Southern Top Gon empty consist.

Enjoy!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3DNuqGA3uA4

 

[mikesmowers]

   Sue, Here are a few more pics as promised, I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I did building it.   Mike

 I still have some work to on the red barn, I want to put in a side door and paint the trim then weather it.  

[Tom Bryant_MR]

Thanks Terry.  Yes it is.  Took photos into PhotoShop to touch up and then printed using some shareware poster printing s/w.

Regards,

[ezielinski]

Well, I finally got all the pieces and parts from Walthers to finish my Wisconsin Central GP7M.

Here are the prototype photos:

 

Here is my attempt at modeling it...

Edited: 

I darkened the side vents, painted the frame around the brakeman's window, and painted the edges of the front and rear stairs today.

I still have to fix the number boards, add the rear ditch lights, and lightly weather it.  But otherwise, this is my first attempt at a truely prototypical model.  I know I didn't correct the front window, but like I said before, I'm new at this.

[C&O Fan]

Tom i really like your back drop !

Is it a photo ?

[Tom Bryant_MR]

I've been in a dry spell with work eating up all of my time and then some.  Yesterday, I started to get some basic ground cover down over some plaster that has been sitting for over 3 weeks.

 

Regards,

[Anonymous]

Alan, I always like to see your town scenery.  Is that a Proto 2000 0-6-0?

Sue

Thanks !  Yes it is one of the three P2k 0-6-0's that I now run.  It, and the other 2, have now been re-branded to the BAH RR.