Over the weekend I finished the two plant switchers that will work the potash mine on my future layout.
The first is a Bachmann 70 Tonner that I lettered and heavily weathered.
The second is an Athearn GP7 that I chopped the nose on, painted and letttered.
wedudler More work with my gates at Diamond Valley. Now they're ready. Here's the video! You see, the men at oil dealer are lazy, even in the 60s they used an electric motor for the gates.
More work with my gates at Diamond Valley. Now they're ready.
Here's the video! You see, the men at oil dealer are lazy, even in the 60s they used an electric motor for the gates.
Wolfgang,
That gate mechanism is really impressive. Good work!
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
wedudler -The fence and gates look great! The green color is a nice touch.
cudaken Looks great folks, to bad I am going to move. Does not seem worth the effort to work on a bench that is going to come down. Cuda Len
Looks great folks, to bad I am going to move. Does not seem worth the effort to work on a bench that is going to come down.
Cuda Len
This will be a great opportunity for you to start over and do it right from the beginning instead of building it from your existing race track. Just imagine what great benchwork you'll be able to build around walls and perhaps a center island. Oh the possiblilites
But don't get rid of the "Liberace" candles.....we're gonna miss those.
Wolfgang
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HEdward RRCanuck: Since we're being persnickity, RadioShack's logo didn't change until several years after the TRS-80 Model II pictured in your scene. The "circle R" logo wasn't part of store signage until 1998. (BTW-when I left their stock was at 39 and everytime I buy some small item there it shoots up, then falls right back to under 10 within days.-just weird)
RRCanuck:
Since we're being persnickity, RadioShack's logo didn't change until several years after the TRS-80 Model II pictured in your scene. The "circle R" logo wasn't part of store signage until 1998. (BTW-when I left their stock was at 39 and everytime I buy some small item there it shoots up, then falls right back to under 10 within days.-just weird)
Thanks for the info, and I'm sure you're right. I couldn't find a vintage logo at the time, so combined a modern logo with an old product that I actually owned at one time (the TRASH 80). Furthermore I lack the discipline to limit myself to a single era, so my layout has numerous anachronisms depending on what I'm operating at that moment.
On a different note...
There was a prior comment as well by a different poster (I think it was Stebby) that I should have TWO left turn signs. In fact the car approaching from the intersection (driving from from the left to the right) is on a 2-way, 2-lane road (one lane in each direction)...thus, I think that as that car approaches a one-way that runs in the opposite direction, a single left turn sign would be appropriate.
Anyway, cheers everyone, and thanks for your feedback.
Nice photos all!
I would have a video of railfanning the WRS at night (shot this morning in the pre-dawn hours before the sun lights up the layout), but the camcorder seems to be broken, so my 45 minutes of filming went entirely to waste. At least I know the camera angles and lighting setup I should use once I get it fixed...
CSX 2749 working the B738 out of Lansdale, PA backs a hopper of plastic pellets through the crossing at Schwab Road into Jet Plastica at Hatfield, PA
I hate Rust
Most of my MR time this weekend has been spent trying to keep the flood waters mopped up down there. Yesterday all the snow we had (close to 8") melted plus we have had over 2 inches of rain since Friday..... Finally the water has stopped seeping in and the floor is drying up nicely. So today I did a bit of painting to "rust" the new railbars (Details West) I have added this last week. I removed the larger ones (Code 83) and used the Code 70 ones. They seemed to fit the web of the rail better and look more correct even though I am using code 83 track.
Here is the before:
And here is the after:
Oh, and this is what a similar type shot of the area looked like about a year and a half ago..... (Before I replaced the Oversized manual turnout throws, ballasted the track, and added details.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
A lot of beautiful work shown here tonight. I'm out of my league I think.
With the Christmas Holiday I have had some time to work on the layout. I am continuing with my grain elevator project. The large Walther's grain bin I intended to use seems too big so I thought I would experiment a little.
My grain elevator and the raw material for a couple of smaller grain bins.
The two small grain bins I fashioned from the tin can and a couple of pieces of .030" styrene.
The plastic was difficult to form, I think something thinner would work better. I tried poster board, but I don't think it is rigid enough. The bins still need assembly, painting and some detailing, but I think they are going to work.
Keep up the great work guys. You are always inspiring.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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Lots of great photos this week. this thread is great for getting the creative juices flowing following the holidays.
CNJ831: Nice shot! ClinchValley SD40, seems like I've been there before.
JE Corbett, that's a nice looking covered bridge--I got for Christmas an n-scale laser kit of a covered bridge, and am anxious to start on it.
Dave, that consist is really a new sight on your layout. Looks great on your door.
Now for something a little different, since I've spent more time with family this week than in the train room:
Here's the new layout ON the Christmas tree (gift courtesy of son & his wife).
Recently completed Notheastern kit of GN caboose.
Barry, its a good start. I would add some black to the trucks. Maybe some black on the vents and alittle to the top.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
This is what I meant by using a logical victim---this THING had been sort of in the family for eons so I quite frankly have no clue to what happened---I think it may have been one of those--gee, what would happen if----OOOPPS moments---PS the back is a liitle 'chewed' up as well.
Oh---the missing parts are either being cannibilized for spares or we are looking for them---take your pick!
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blownout cylinderI'm attempting to clean up the streakiness---so much fun---I've been attempting some weathering---it appears that something might be working here...
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Hey Dave, You could run an F-3 B unit behind your GG-1 and say its the generator car for the tour run. I saw something like that in Astoria, WA. They have a genuine restored trolley which pulls a generator car behind to make-up for lack of catenary.
I've been attempting some weathering---it appears that something might be working here...
I'm attempting to clean up the streakiness---so much fun---
Played with my new Broadway Limited set from Christmas. I also recently added DCC to my GG1.
I know, I know... no catenary! I'll eventually hand this train over to a pair of E8s, although I did haul them briefly with my kitbashed M1 4-8-2.
Man, these cars are SWEET! Here's the diner/kitchen/dormatory set...
And the Mountain View... Unfortunately, the photos wash out the detail on the drumhead:
Also just messed around with my other Pennsy stuff, giving my Conrail fleet a break. Here's a meet at LEW Interlocking between my kitbashed N scale M1 4-8-2 and a local:
The Digital Macro setting is cool for close-ups witha limited depth of field... Here's that M1 again:
The close-ups do show the imperfections of the model (the boiler is about the diameter of an index finger) but do convey the monstrous size of the prototype well.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
reklein, just wanted to say what a great job on the buildings in the backgraound, that are drawn/painted on the backdrop. I also wanted to say what a great job all of the modellers do on this thread. Right now my layuot is just two 4x8's in an "L" formation, track and vey little details. Each weekend I go through this thread to get ideas and explanations on the different weathering techniques, as soon as i set up a photobucket account I will be able to post pictures. Again, I wouldlike to pass on kudos to all who contribute to this thread and to let you know you do a wonderful job of teaching those of us who are less experienced. P.S. I may fall into that "lurker" description of the past post.
RRCanuck steemtrayn In it's present location, the sign prohibits vehicles from entering the intersection, thus requiring them to make a U-turn. Why not eliminate it altogether and just run traffic in the other direction? Actually the sign forces the cars to make a left turn unless a Do Not Enter and a Left Turn Only sign contradict each other. True, you make a good point that I could indeed make the one-way street go in the opposite direction, but I already have a bunch of One Way signs posted that point the other way... I admit I'm too lazy to change them all. Cheers.
steemtrayn In it's present location, the sign prohibits vehicles from entering the intersection, thus requiring them to make a U-turn. Why not eliminate it altogether and just run traffic in the other direction?
In it's present location, the sign prohibits vehicles from entering the intersection, thus requiring them to make a U-turn. Why not eliminate it altogether and just run traffic in the other direction?
Actually the sign forces the cars to make a left turn unless a Do Not Enter and a Left Turn Only sign contradict each other. True, you make a good point that I could indeed make the one-way street go in the opposite direction, but I already have a bunch of One Way signs posted that point the other way... I admit I'm too lazy to change them all. Cheers.
If we are going to pick nits here, I believe the correct configuration would be to have two Left Turn Only signs on the overhead, one for each lane. The Do Not Enter sign would be mounted at street level, probably on the lamp post opposite.
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Shouldn't that car be silver??? Lookie good. Jamie
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The water is beginning to rise in Moose Bay.
The large body of water called Moose Bay has been painted, and now it's time for the Envirotex. Here it is after the first of many pours. One thing to remember when "making water" is not to make the pours too thick, or you'll get permanent bubbles. Another thing to remember is not to run out of Envirotex. That's why I've only got this one small area turned into a wading pool so far.
Really nice work this week. Being from Bedford, Masschusetts, I love the shot of Bedford Falls with the old covered bridge. And that icicle breaker would have come in real handy about a week or two ago as winter came in full force.
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Here's my contribution... Since this particular car got my drawers in a bunch, I thought it would be appropriate to offer some MOW equipment that I've modeled...
This is the washroom lobby car I did using an MT troop sleeper and a couple of prototype photos, that apparently I'm the only one to possess...
I built this tool car using an Atlas 40' box as the base. It also has a track cleaning pad hanging below the floor, cleverly concealed by the walkboard... The end doors came from a couple of Life Like FA's I had in the junk box.
My favorite... an icicle breaker. This car would be at the head of trains of open auto racks as they traversed the 5 tunnels between Hagerstown and Cumberland during the winter months.
This is an old steam tender, one of several that survived into the 1970's as part of MOW and wreck trains. Coal and water were needed to support the systems of the crew cars to keep them heated and to keep the washroom cars functioning.
It always adds a bit of interest to schedule an MOW train during an operating session... And with the cleaning car, it actually helps take care of the layout!
Happy New Year, one and all!
Lee
My gosh, great pics and absolutely fantastic modeling everybody! and again
Todd
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Ozark: I'm guessing that the gates are controlled by hand using a push-pull knob on the fascia. MR had a section on that on their back page (when it was used for modeling tips, I don't remember the name) and I seem the remember reading something on the WT site that showed how a gate for another industry was constructed using that method. Could be wrong though. Wolfgang?