Teen Model Railroad Place February 2010

[RailfanS]

It's that time again:

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/170153.aspx

New trainroom

[Anonymous]

Looking good, Alex! Keep us posted!

[IVRW]

Back! Midterm is DONE! My Birthday is tomorrow, but instead of working on the Railroad, Ill be flying out to Florida! I dont like trips, they take me away from my Model Railroad, lol. But, I am discovering the new TAMR Yahoo group. And other member amenities.

[Packers#1]

 Alex, sweet Soo project, looking forward to the photos!

Joe, I'll get some pics soon hopefully. probably next weekend

[Railfan Alex]

Back to model railroading it is:

It's been a while since I've been able to work on any projects, but thanks to March Break the production line is rolling once again.

I'm working on a "secret" SOO GP9 for a friend, i.e. he doesn't know about this very late (or by this time very early) birthday present.  I've started with a GP18/20 from LL, and backdating it. It is one of the late GP9's with partial skirting and repositioned fuel filler.

Prototype:

I started with a painted MP model, so I removed most of the ugly (to me) P2K details and stripped the shell in 99% Isopropyl alcohol.

Here's a photo of the stripped shell, and a few of the details purchased:

It's a pretty simple project, and I hope to finish it by the end of March break. 

[ns3010]

Now I want photos from all of you!
Now I feel like the only one who hasn't accomplished something...

Going back to those names of people who you guys used to hang around here but don't anymore, I saw the SD60M guy (whoever he is) in that "who is online" box on the main page. Maybe some of those guys are still hanging around- just quietly...

[Packers#1]

 Well, today's checklist:

1. Roof problem fixed (check)
2. Cinders begun being put down (half check. one section has conders, one painted, the middle section needs paint etc).
3. Pile of stacked lumber built (check)
4. Pallets put down (check)

I've also built 1 crossbuck and two rails tops to see how they turned out. I'll probably build more tomorrow, and solder a lot of wire trees. I'll hopefully get more cinders down on the roof tonight.

[Anonymous]

WCfan

TrainManTy

WCfan

That reminds me, some time I need to get pictures of my new rolling stock purchases.

Yes, you do. We're counting on you to bring this thread back around to trains! No pressure or anything...

Trains? Who here likes trains?

 

Aha! The brutally honest truth comes out! 

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My building is done -- I'm just waiting for the my scenery glue to dry so I can finish it up. But the basement is pretty chilly so it usually takes the ballast about a week to be fully dry.

[ns3010]

WCfan

Who here likes trains?

Ooh! Pick me, pick me!

[WCfan]

TrainManTy

WCfan

That reminds me, some time I need to get pictures of my new rolling stock purchases.

Yes, you do. We're counting on you to bring this thread back around to trains! No pressure or anything...

Trains? Who here likes trains?

[ns3010]

Wow, snow days fly by! Two gone, and I got nothing accomplished, except for shoveling! Every time I would go out, there would be another foot! Well, I guess that's better than shoveling 30" all at once..

I don't remember any of those names Jordan mentioned... I musta been too late for whoever they were (I was late 08).
But this troll wasn't nearly as bad as some other times, although it seems like this one took a long time to clean up. There was one a few months ago, where the guy went into every thread on the first page and posted a picture of a guy making a particluar gesture... Luckily, that was gone relatively quickly...

cdog, nice buildings

John, looks like the layout is coming along!

[IVRW]

Wow, it has been a while since I posted. I have been worrying about a midterm on monday, but in the wee hours of the morning, I can at least post an update.

This is a view over the mountain watching my train running.

This is because of Rail-Zip (highly recommend it) and my first track cleaning car.

After getting more supplies, I have continued ballasting

While the glue was drying, I moved to the other side of the layout and I cleaned up Irvine. It is now clean!

My favorite thing that has happened is after cleaning the workbench up, I made the "Crash of 92, 1892" a reality.

This will soon go on the layout. Cdog, nice buildings, Tyler and Sawyer, You both have buildings to build, so keep us posted. WCfan, you too. Monday is midterm, Tuesday is flying out to Florida, and school continues, so until then, I'm out. Happy Model Railroading

[Anonymous]

WCfan

I remember Jerry's thread that he started a little while back, with "quality" modeling. The modeling was nice, but the thread didn't last very long.

 

I think that was the thread where he told me that teen modelers' work would never be as good as that of adult modelers...or was that WPF?

ANYWAY...moving past gossiping about past trolls...

I scratchbuilt a new industry for Lebanon this week. Right now I'm waiting for the glue to dry on the scenery, then I'll airbrush the ballast and add trees, and I'll have some photos to post here.

WCfan

That reminds me, some time I need to get pictures of my new rolling stock purchases.

Yes, you do. We're counting on you to bring this thread back around to trains! No pressure or anything...

[WCfan]

Neat buildings. Now all they need is a layout for them to reside on...

I remember Jerry's thread that he started a little while back, with "quality" modeling. The modeling was nice, but the thread didn't last very long. Does Jerry still hang around here? Or has he moved onto bigger and better things? I don't post much on TRS anymore. I only really participate in TRP and TMRP.

That reminds me, some time I need to get pictures of my new rolling stock purchases.

[Packers#1]

 Cool little buildings.

I joined too late for when Mayo was a regular poster, but dang JKTrains (Jerry) hated me when I joined up lol. Al and Jerry found my youtube page but I eventually blocked them. Trolls are jsut guys who never grew up past 3rd grade.

Anyways, I got a package today from the hobby shop I got runner-up in the trackplanning contest for. I now have some Osborn models details for the layout; I'll hopefully get around to adding them tomorrow or Sunday. We have an early release day Wednesday and also a three day weekend next weekend, so the layout should be worked on very soon.

[cdog565]

oh ok thanks. here are my buildings i bought. 

 

[Anonymous]

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[cdog565]

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[cdog565]

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[Guilford Guy]

UPChuck was gullible... That's why I told him to use that as a username.  I remember Mayo, but I was posting under the name "BMTrains" back in 04/05.

[IVRW]

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[cdog565]

Hello everyone i haven't had time to build my layout yet but i got some buildings.

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[Anonymous]

Noah Hofrichter

Don't tell me that makes me one of the few (or the only?) teen member of this forum who remembers Mr. Mayo from back when he used to actually be a regular poster and not just a troll - that'll make me feel old!

 

Sorry Noah - must have been a 2004/2005 thing. I joined in '06 (it's been four years already?), Jordan joined in '07, and everyone else here as far as I can see joined in '08 or '09. I do remember UPchuck...but only because his username made me wonder why anyone would name themselves "Upchuck" and not even notice his typo by capitalizing the "P" as well!

[WCfan]

Noah Hofrichter

Don't tell me that makes me one of the few (or the only?) teen member of this forum who remembers Mr. Mayo from back when he used to actually be a regular poster and not just a troll - that'll make me feel old!

Noah, I think your the only one in this thread. I've known Al, but I never actually saw him as a regular poster.

This may be a little old for the new members, but does anyone remember UPmanaic/UPnut/UPchuck? He always use to big a pretty big pain around here. Now that I think about it, there are a few members that use to participate in TRS that don't come here anymore. SD60M, CPRailModeler, and Milwaukee Road are a few that come to mind.

[Noah Hofrichter]

Don't tell me that makes me one of the few (or the only?) teen member of this forum who remembers Mr. Mayo from back when he used to actually be a regular poster and not just a troll - that'll make me feel old!

It seems like it's been a while since the forum's had a troll attack like the most recent one, though I guess I don't visit the MR side as much as I used to. It seemed like they were happening once a week for a while there a few years back.

The Utah Railway is on my list of things to see someday (even if it is in G&W orange) though I'm guessing it's a pretty good stretch that it'll ever happen. Those MK5000Ds, or whatever they are designated, are too cool not to shoot, no matter what the paint scheme.

Noah

[WCfan]

IVRW

Whats going on?!? Who is the troll? Is he connected with the chaos? Why would he do such a thing? What is the √π (square root of apple pie)? ;) But on the troll, could someone explain to me what is happening.

Al Mayo came back. He's been trolling on here before I was a member, even before Tyler and Alex were members of TRS. He stops in every now and then to say hello.

[ns3010]

Yeah, I was wondering why that came up in the "Recent Threads" box...

[Anonymous]

He's lost his touch too - did you see the "insult" he posted in the November TMRP? What a sad attempt.

[Railfan Alex]

And that was in the wrong thread too! I was wondering why I was getting automated emails from Trains.com about posts in TMRP November 2009...