WPF 11/2-4

[rs2mike]

Is that your paint scheme or did you cut a nose off of something and reattach it to that body?  Is it in the finished state?  Looking at the pic your left numberboard is crooked, the hole for the bottom light is out of round a little, and no front coupler or do you not run with a front coupler.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Last week I was doing some decal work on some of my locos. Here's one of them.

jeff what is that?

Athearn Blue Box PA2. It has a DCC decoder and one of my super bright lights.

[Canondale61]

I would love to see more of Al Churella's layout. I live in Farmington Me which is the start/home of the Sandy River and Rangely Lakes and I can only imagine what this railroad was like.

Kevin

[rs2mike]

Last week I was doing some decal work on some of my locos. Here's one of them.

jeff what is that?

[spectratone]

N Scale road repair crew.The sign on the left is part of a burma shave billboard just in case you were wondering.

[rayw46]

Ray, the sign is neat, especially since every model railroader can use it just about anywhere on his or her layout.  Check out that grass behind the sign; it looks just like fake fur.

Ray-not you but me

[howmus]

I forgot about putting this photo up.  Might be a good coversation starter.  This is actually a sign on the Finger lakes Railway near Auburn, NY.  According to one of the employees of the FGLK, it appeared in Trains Magazine not long ago.  Does make you stop and think, doesn't it?

 

[jon grant]

Spent the weekend playing trains 300 miles away from home - at Colchester Model Railway Exhibition, England.









Jon

[rayw46]

Every November the Piedmont Division the NMRA in northwest Georgia hosts the Piedmont Pilgrimage when members open their layouts to visitors.  This year over 60 layouts will be opened for viewing.  Today, Sunday, November 4th. I visited three outstanding layouts.  The first was Al Churella's On2 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes RR.

Next there was Rob Kemp's OO scale Sandbourne British Railway.

And finally, Bill Dischinger's Three Rail O Scale Layout.

It's a really great month for one of the most active divisions of the NMRA.

Ray

 

 

[howmus]

Not really anything to show from my layout this week, but I have a couple from the Syracuse Train Fair I went to yesterday that you folks might enjoy.  A couple of shots from an n scale modular layout:

I think that this one shows what the hobby should really be about!

Road to and from the show on:

Do I look like I am enjoying the ride?

How could I help when I was hanging out with this guy!

A fellow train nut and Musician..... 

To see more of my photos from the excursion, go here: http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h259/slow_rr/SyracuseTrainShow07/ 

[Tom Bryant_MR]

Great stuff.

Art, you are really using the 3rd dimension with all that foam construction !

Yoshi, yes. Mark B's work on his helix is an inspiration. I should not have chickened out and did my original plan.

Good idea on disguising the Atlas switches Mr. B.

And, CNK931, I just love those older buildings.

After returning from a 30 day vacation, I cleaned up the layout to re-focus on what was next.  With everything out of the way, I decided it is a good opportunity to finish painting my track.

First, cut an access hole so that I can get to that area in the back. My grandson thinks I cut this just for him

 

Next, start gathering up the cars from around the layout and place in Taylor yard where the track is painted.

 

Regards,

[CNJ831]

Something I don't believe I shown here before

(click to enlarge to a more appropriate viewing size) 

CNJ831

[Anonymous]

Well

I dont have the most pretty of pictures, but here's my project for the week

turn this

to being able to start laying track by next week atleast on the main, modeled section of the layout (the 2x16 long strip)

cause i cant stand for these

to sit there and collect any more dust

 

The plan is to get everything cut with the exception of one facia panel that needs to be cut to fit with the scenery by hand, tommorow afternoon once i finish work, and maybe get all the plywood attached to the layout, then monday though the weekend will consist of priming and painting the facia and backdrop, and getting it, and the needed foam attached to the layout, then the next week i can start laying track,and hopefully by december i will have my Starucca Terminal layout (credit to GG for name and for major help with the track plan) running some trains

 

one quick question though

Do you think I would need to add more than 1 Digitrax UR90 IR recievers to the layout being that its 16 feet long, and i need to get around to the staging area aswell (my zephyer system will be located with the staging area) I already have one,  and a UT4 throttle, i dont mind buying a second one though, but the $30-40 to get another one could be spent elsewhere in the many other things i need to buy

 

Great work everybody, some really nice pics this week 

[MisterBeasley]

Did Jerry Seinfeld help you with that scene?

Sue

Uh, could bee...

[gear-jammer]

MrB, 

Did Jerry Seinfeld help you with that scene?

Sue

[railroadyoshi]

Thanks for the kind comments everybody. Mark (Brunton), the helix is made for just 1 track. Your beast (a beautiful one, I might add) was an  inspiration. The track will just be caulked down directly to the plywood in the interest of clearance and cost.

Donald and Mark R, fantastic work! Mark, you're submitting that first one for publication, right?

[DonaldAgne]

C&O Fan wrote:  What are the speakers for on the control cabinet ?

Terry,

Thanks!  The speaker boxes and the speakers installed in both ends of the control cabinet are for an MRC Sound Station.  I wouldn't say it was a complete waste of money, but....  I guess it's better than no sound at all.

Don

[Chuck Geiger]

Orange picking and shipping time in the Central Valley of California:

[tomkat-13]

Men at work!

[MisterBeasley]

I went to a club layout open house last weekend.  They had some dealer tables there, too, and I found the Woodland Scenics "Beekeepers" set for a great price.  I cleaned up the yard of this house and started work on the family "beesiness."  I'm planning on a small roadside stand to sell the honey as well.

 

[Guilford Guy]

Zak: You cheated! No photos of real trains!!! Great work!!!

Mr Beasley: Can I steal your idea and use it for my layout? 

Great work everyone else too!

I've been working on New Poland, NH recently, adding a golf course. I'm not sure if I posted that other photo of it here, so here it is, if I already did, sorry for the re-post.

I know the sign is messed up; I already fixed it:

 

Here's the new golf course:

 

Great job on the scenery my friend. 

[Anonymous]

Zak: You cheated! No photos of real trains!!! Great work!!!

Mr Beasley: Can I steal your idea and use it for my layout? 

Great work everyone else too!

I've been working on New Poland, NH recently, adding a golf course. I'm not sure if I posted that other photo of it here, so here it is, if I already did, sorry for the re-post.

I know the sign is messed up; I already fixed it:

 

Here's the new golf course:

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Last week I was doing some decal work on some of my locos. Here's one of them.

[MisterBeasley]

  You must have laid those down a long long time ago.

No, I put them down quite recently.  They are, however, very old.  They're all in the 40-50 year range.  Atlas hasn't changed their snap-switches much, though, so these still mount exactly the same way.  It also says a lot about the reliability of these old babies.  Sure, they haven't been in continuous service, but even making something that will keep working after 40 years in an attic is an accomplishment.  I pulled all of these off of my old brass track, since it was cheaper to buy manual NS Atlas snap-switches and add my own old powered machines.

On of my errors in the trial-and-error process was to mount the old machines too close to the track.  The old ones mount in the holes provided, not the snap-in connection like the new ones.  Atlas used to provide an extender to shift the machines outboard by another half-inch or so, to provide additional clearance.  If you look at the throwbar, you'll note that there are two slots where the actuator arm from the switch machine can go.  The outer one is positioned for old switch machines with the extender on them.  Anyway, once I pushed the machines away a bit, I then have plenty of clearance for the covers.

[Guilford Guy]

[zgardner18]

Okay, I've know that I've posted this shot at other streads on this forum but I just wanted to add it in here this time with my MRL units to glorify Montana's railroad.  I'm hoping to do more work this weekend so by Sunday I should have some progress pictures.  I really need to start getting my freeway started. because that is really the only thing lacking in this area (plus power poles, signals and some other little things).

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f77/zgardner18/IMG_2369.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f77/zgardner18/IMG_2361.jpg

Zak - excellent work.  The models and the diorama look great.  Were the shots taken outside?  Nothing beats natural sunlight. Great photography too.

jktrains

Hey, thanks!  I agree with you about natural sunlight be the best and that is why I made my diorama in the garage with rollers on the legs, but I have to admit that these shots haven't been outside with natural, but I am using one of my construction flood lights.  I use the flood light to work on the diorama with because I only get my nights to work, and the lighting in my garage is not great.

[selector]

jktrains, I just noticed your brass steps...very nice...and the rest of the loco is looking scrumptious, too!

-Crandell

[Driline]

Scenery has begun on the "Driline". Roads, Roads, and more roads. I am using for the most part Hobby Lobby foam and spackling mixed with an acrylic color (Gray in my case).

 

Foam:

Fast N Final spackling from Wally World

Road #1

Road #2

Road #3

Styrene Road (not yet complete) Not sure if I want to use Kadee street decals or "Lektroset" tape.

[secondhandmodeler]

I've been trying my hand at making sidewalks from drywall mud.  Obviously they're not finished yet.  I had to 86 the wooden boardwalks.  I'm working at introducing more greenery to my barren land.  I also added a ton of trees to my hill, bet you can't tell!