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Weekend Photo Fun 3/14/08 to 3/17/08

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Posted by New Haven I-5 on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:06 PM
 Driline wrote:
 Don Z wrote:

Here's how I spent Saturday afternoon in my layout room.....mixing plaster for more wet rock castings.

Don Z. 

Please....tell me you don't make PANCAKES this way!

Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by Driline on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:25 AM
 Don Z wrote:

Here's how I spent Saturday afternoon in my layout room.....mixing plaster for more wet rock castings.

Don Z. 

Please....tell me you don't make PANCAKES this way!

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Posted by OzarkBelt on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:39 AM
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A photo of the ole' IStL&SW

That thing needs a good wash!

I've heard that before! (mostly from visitors) The reason for the dirt is its nearing the end of its service life with C&NW and has just been bought by the IStL&SW. for the past couple years before the purchase, the C&NW has neglected washing it and assigning it to iron ore country to pull loads.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:25 PM
I think it hit a dump truck full of dirt...Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] I like the foliage!Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by MilwaukeeRoad on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:46 PM
 OzarkBelt wrote:

A photo of the ole' IStL&SW

That thing needs a good wash!

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Posted by OzarkBelt on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:45 PM

A photo of the ole' IStL&SW

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:27 AM

I got my ballast today from a company (although I think it's a millitary modeling based company) who was able to deliver it personally, as the office is in a neighboring town. I didn't have to pay for shipping that way...Smile [:)]

So, last night I ballasted some more track....very exciting, huh?Zzz [zzz]Wink [;)]

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Posted by Don Z on Monday, March 17, 2008 9:22 PM

Here's how I spent Saturday afternoon in my layout room.....mixing plaster for more wet rock castings.

Don Z. 

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Posted by cwclark on Monday, March 17, 2008 11:00 AM

 Brunton,

    You are doing an excellent job on your layout! hope to see more of it soon...same with the rest of you guys...chuck

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Posted by oleirish on Monday, March 17, 2008 10:55 AM

Cool [8D]Nice switchers you have there MP15's??

S.P. all the way!!

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Posted by jwar on Monday, March 17, 2008 9:03 AM
Wow...really good looking work everone. Kinda under the weather but tinkered with my locomotive shop a bit. wired it up and reworked the rail, and starting the walls. Take care...John
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Posted by New Haven I-5 on Monday, March 17, 2008 8:58 AM
 Well its closing time for this weekend's WPF.Sad [:(] We all had a great time, right? I saw absouletly beautiful pics this weekend. Well back to the Week's activites!

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Posted by Bill54 on Monday, March 17, 2008 7:45 AM
 Driline wrote:
 Bill54 wrote:

I finally finished wiring my staging area along with three tortoise turnouts.  I started the wiring three weeks ago.  This morning I made my last connection.  Here are a few pictures.

Wow! I forgot how much work it is to wire DC. Panels look great.

Actually it's DCC.  The reason for doing the pannel is so I can turn off each track in the staging area so that the loco's that are not in use are not consuming current.

Bill

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Posted by Pruitt on Monday, March 17, 2008 6:14 AM

Well, construction creeps along! Here's a photo of the backdrops at Glenrock as of January of this year. The white hill profile has to be painted before scenery forms go in front of it:

And here's a shot of the first section of basic landform (eight feet long) to go on the layout. It's also at Glenrock, where the mainline enters from the helix. Below is the west throat of Minneapolis staging. The two tracks nearer the backdrop will be covered by scenery, leaving only the one track with siding visible in this area:

 

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Posted by rolleiman on Monday, March 17, 2008 3:03 AM
 Driline wrote:
 Bill54 wrote:

I finally finished wiring my staging area along with three tortoise turnouts.  I started the wiring three weeks ago.  This morning I made my last connection.  Here are a few pictures.

Wow! I forgot how much work it is to wire DC. Panels look great.

Fact is, you can do just about as much wiring on a DCC layout by the time you drop all the feeders. The only difference is you don't need the block switches to turn things on and off. Start sending tortises to a panel for control and you have a pretty thick set of cables.  

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 17, 2008 2:02 AM

I finished weathering my first Norfolk Southern engine today.  I am personally very pleased with it even if it is not perfect.  Its better than the way it looked when I removed it from the box all shiny and new.   well here are some pics from start to finish.  The engine is Ho and from Kato.  I did a little bit of detailing to it too.  I painted the sill white and the handrails and steps yellow like the real unit.  I have to add MU cables lastly.  I removed the plow because in the pictures of the real unit there is no plow.

 

 Brand Spakin new

 

First few layers

Mostly finished

 

Before

After

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Posted by Geared Steam on Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:01 PM

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein

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Posted by twhite on Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:30 PM

It seems that the maintenance crew on the Yuba River Sub has been a little remiss in clearing the brush lately. 

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Posted by Kenfolk on Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:19 PM

Enjoyed the pictures..still haven't had a chance to do any work on my layout this past week. Maybe I'll have something for next weekend. I did pick up a couple of bottles of acrylic paint at AC Moore on Saturday...on sale.

Thanks for the photos all of you! 

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Posted by pike-62 on Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:43 PM

Here is a picture of a F&C hopper kit I assembled this week. I still ned to decide which road scheme to paint it in. The Erie, Erie Lackawanna and Conrail all rostered these as they got handed down thru mergers. I am leaning towards the EL as it will fit my mid 70's era layout.

 

 

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Posted by Driline on Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:36 AM
 Bill54 wrote:

I finally finished wiring my staging area along with three tortoise turnouts.  I started the wiring three weeks ago.  This morning I made my last connection.  Here are a few pictures.

Wow! I forgot how much work it is to wire DC. Panels look great.

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Posted by Bill54 on Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:43 AM

I finally finished wiring my staging area along with three tortoise turnouts.  I started the wiring three weeks ago.  This morning I made my last connection.  Here are a few pictures.

This is the back side of the switch pannel where I will be able to turn each track on or off.

This is the pannel before I installed it.  In this picture the wiring was not complete.  There is a lot of solder joints that still has to be completed.

This is what it looks like under the layout.

A different veiw that also shows the pannel where the tortoise switches are located.

This is both the tortoise and staging pannels with lights working.

Bill

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:00 AM

I see a lot of very nice work fo far, everybody.

Below is an eastbound train rolling through farm country with an SD9 and an SD7. One would think the 1/87 farmer residing in the Campbell farmhouse would be a railfan with many trains passing his farm every day.

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Posted by BRVRR on Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:46 PM

Some great stuff here this weekend as usual.

My contribution: NYC #874 is moving NYC Coach #2912 and Railway Express/Baggage Car #5020 to the station siding as NYC E-8 #4089 passes with a short Mail and Express on the outer mainline.

Edit: 2/16/2008: Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the dazzle on the corrugated sides of the passenger cars? I have tried everything I can think of.

The two streamlined cars are the latest addition to the streamlined passenger consist on the BRVRR. Both cars, Athearn BB kits, were modified to match the rest of my NYC passenger consist. The methodology is outlined on my website.

Keep up the good work guys, you are always inspiring.

Remember its your railroad

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Posted by Roseville Foamer on Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:58 PM
Thanks Don! There Athearn SD70M's, as far as I know Athearn doesen't make them anymore. Ebay or a local train show would be your best bet for finding them.
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Posted by MilwaukeeRoad on Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:33 PM

Thank you jecorbett.

I will take these into consideration.

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Posted by New Haven I-5 on Saturday, March 15, 2008 5:25 PM
 Nice work every one. My Nickel Plate 765 2-8-4 is getting preped to pull the Orange Blossom Special tomarrow.

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Posted by nittyp on Saturday, March 15, 2008 5:21 PM

 My first addition to weekend photo fun.  A little UP Police action..cell phone style! Have been lookin' for awhile. Finally got around to posting a pic! Happy Saturday! Cheers!

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Posted by jecorbett on Saturday, March 15, 2008 4:28 PM
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This is the THIRD kit I have EVER built. So, don't be too harsh! =]

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I think you did a fine job. That Atlas passenger station has been around for a long time and remains very popular. I have actually built two of those. I would offer two suggestions. The one flaw that stands out is the burrs from where you remove the various parts from the sprue. It looks like you probably broke those off the sprue leaving those burrs. It is better to cut them with a hobby knife. Also, even when you cut them, there might be that light colored spot so I would invest in a small flat file which can be used to smooth the edge and remove those distracting burrs.

Since you elected to leave the kit unpainted, as I did the first time I built that kit, you might want to do some weathering to remove the plastic sheen from the building. No matter how realistic the colors might seem, unpainted plastic looks like unpainted plastic. There are weathering powders made which can be applied to the walls and roof to tone down that plastic look. The second time I built that kit, I painted it a buff color and it looked a lot more realistic than the first one I built. Even when I like the color the plastic is molded in, I will paint it that same color just to remove the plastic gloss. Then when you weather it, it becomes much more realistic looking.

As I said at the beginning, you did a very neat job of assembling the kit. As you become more experience you will develop an eye for these enhancements that I am suggesting. It's all part of the learning process we all go through.

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