Thanks for a great thread, everyone! See you on Friday.
-Crandell
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cowmanRay, which gezebo and figure set did you use for the band? Played in enough of those little bands so I have thought of having one too.
Hi Cowman! Figures for the band are from Preiser: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/590-20259
The gazebo is a scratch build using scale lumber from Kapler.
cowmanLike your march selections, but don't forget the SSB to either open or close your program.
But of course! They start every concert with our National Anthem! One thing I should add in the park by the gazebo is a U. S. Flag.......
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Nice work everybody.
Ray, which gezebo and figure set did you use for the band? Played in enough of those little bands so I have thought of having one too.
Like your march selections, but don't forget the SSB to either open or close your program.
Hae fun,
Thanks, (From a fellow Submariner)
Springfield PA
Hamilton, I love that light up Pabst sign!
Jason
Modeling the Fort Worth & Denver of the early 1970's in N scale
Here are some 1st shots from my new Pentax K-X. These are the best two out of about 30 shots at different settings. I have lot to learn to get the best settings for my lighting. Yes these were taken with a tripod.
Here's more progress on the Thomas Sub...An overview I took of the new storage tracks... These tracks will eventually serve a couple of coal mines in the immediate area of Thomas, West Virginia. They will also allow longer trains to be broken up to "double the hill" on the helix up to Elkins.And the scene is starting to come into focus now that I've moved all the tools off the roadbed...Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Crandell:
Is that bridge over the river a kit?
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Forty NinerI do have one question and it in NO way reflects on your modeling skills, what happened to the outside rear view mirrors on the vehicles? It would never show except everythig else is 'soooooo" realistic. Actually the pick up is the one I noticed, it looks sort of naked without them.
We have no need in Iowa for side mirrors. It's all those other bad drivers that do
Actually these particular Busch and Trident brand cars did not come with side view mirrors. There were no pre-drilled holes either on the vehicles for them??? It will be some detail I'll add later......
pennsy-gg1 Hamltnblue If you have time , could you share this photo over on the thread "Fitting a yard to bnchwork" in the "Layouts and Layout Building" section -- http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/176167/1935074.aspx#1935074 along with your technical data of track radii, brand of switches, switch radii, and length of spurs, plus your experience of coupling and uncoupling of cars? Your info sure could help a lot of us who are reading that thread!! Thanks in advance. Pennsy Thanks pensy. I basically just reach over and lift the rolliing stock a hair to uncouple. I don't use anything else for uncoupling. However the radius used is 15-18 inch. The turnouts used a re Atlas #4's. I trimmed some of each turnout down so that the tracks would be closer together. Be careful not to trim too much though or they will go out of gauge.
Hamltnblue
If you have time , could you share this photo over on the thread "Fitting a yard to bnchwork" in the "Layouts and Layout Building" section -- http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/176167/1935074.aspx#1935074 along with your technical data of track radii, brand of switches, switch radii, and length of spurs, plus your experience of coupling and uncoupling of cars? Your info sure could help a lot of us who are reading that thread!! Thanks in advance.
Pennsy
Thanks pensy. I basically just reach over and lift the rolliing stock a hair to uncouple. I don't use anything else for uncoupling.
However the radius used is 15-18 inch. The turnouts used a re Atlas #4's. I trimmed some of each turnout down so that the tracks would be closer together. Be careful not to trim too much though or they will go out of gauge.
NS AS-416Hamltnblue Very impressive use of space. What size is your layout, 5x9?
Thanks NS AS-416. The section here is an 8x8. It joins with a 7x10 U shapped section.
Here's a video of the whole thing being traveled by my M1a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QubOJ9-Ca4A
MotleyI used the Busch Asphalt road
I read on this forum they do not adhere very well. Did you have a positive experience?
Use them else where on your layout.
Bob
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Driline
Seriously, I did a double take when I saw your photograph of that BN box; based upon an attempt I made some years back to heavily rust a 1940's era box I can assure others that it is one of the more difficult of weathering projects. I've always been a little unhappy with my endeavor; your accomplishment raises the incentive for me to give it another try.
Keep up the good work podna'!
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
LOL. It was moved there over night by a group of college students.
I'm getting ready to rip the surface of the layout up. I just put it aside for now.
That's a nice looking little layout! I do have one question though...what's that switcher doing sitting in that lot? :P
-Tim
A Model Railroader's Credo: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Some pics of the original portion of my layout before I rip it up. I'll be posting in another thread the details.
MTH Berkshire alongside Blueline M1A
I had that same loco as a kid. It didn't survive the times though. Good to see one still on a layout. :)
Crandell, What a great scene.
An old Tyco commemorative locomotive that I purchased in the '70s with a small train set for my son. It is now just a dummy and in poor overall condition. But it has some sentimental value.
Keep up the good work guys. You always make this the best thread of the week!
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
zgardner18
Nice! So jealous of this consist!
Rob
Willjayna, that is some fine weathering. Very nicely done.
Not much happening on my layout as of late. Did have a small batch of unplanted trees that finally found homes this week
I'll echo others' sentiments - this is a really fun thread each week.
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
rclangerMotleyRix highway overpass The overpass blends so nicely with the background. It really looks like the model extends beyond... What did you use for the roadbed? The lines are so straight. Good work.
MotleyRix highway overpass
The overpass blends so nicely with the background. It really looks like the model extends beyond...
What did you use for the roadbed? The lines are so straight.
Good work.
Thanks Bob. I used the Busch Asphalt road
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Montana is testing out an inner-state commuter train. San Diego Coaster is on loan for the testing photo'd here exiting Bozeman Tunnel on its way down toward Livingston to stop in at the old Northern Pacific Depot which used to service the Yellowstone tourists. The dopot just might once again. (Hey, I once heard talks that this could be possible in Montana. I think I even heard it from the Trains Forum)
This is called bringing my two favorite places together: Montana (where I'd love to be) and San Diego (my home town)
--Zak Gardner
My Layout Blog: http://mrl369dude.blogspot.com
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Ok, thanks for the explanation Ray.
Jarrell
howmus jacon12 What a great little scene, Ray...., lighting effects and all! And, how did the Papec Band get their name? Jarrell Ask and thou shalt receive...... The Papec Machine Co. aka: Pneumatic and Propeller Ensilage Company was a farm machinery company in Shorstville, NY (Not far from where I grew up) that made silo chopper filler machines... Well, one of these: Put together, they looked more like this (scratchbuilt for the farm on Bare Mountain). You can see it at the bottom right of the photo with the pipe going up the silo. We had a couple of them on the farm when I was a kid. more about Papec here: http://wellssouth.com/blog/?p=46 Anyway the Papec Company was very community minded and formed a band which used to play concerts in the nearby communities which all had the park gazebos for the purpose as well as marching in parades. My Father played for several years in the Papec Band before he went to Ithaca College as a music major. He was the first oboist to ever graduate from Ithaca College. This whole section of the SLOW has a bunch of family puns and jokes. It also has the names of a lot of the family on it as business owners. If you look close you will see "Rose's Dinner (the wife of Don Howard, my dad's cousin and the owner of Don Howard's Farm Machinery Dealership). Next door is Nina's Beauty Salon. The sign is a copy of the sign which I still have of my mother's hairdressing shop. Miller's bed and Breakfast is a tribute to my sister Rev. Janice Miller who runs a boarding house for foreign high school students. And many more down the street..... 73
jacon12 What a great little scene, Ray...., lighting effects and all! And, how did the Papec Band get their name? Jarrell
What a great little scene, Ray...., lighting effects and all! And, how did the Papec Band get their name?
Ask and thou shalt receive...... The Papec Machine Co. aka: Pneumatic and Propeller Ensilage Company was a farm machinery company in Shorstville, NY (Not far from where I grew up) that made silo chopper filler machines... Well, one of these:
Put together, they looked more like this (scratchbuilt for the farm on Bare Mountain). You can see it at the bottom right of the photo with the pipe going up the silo.
We had a couple of them on the farm when I was a kid. more about Papec here: http://wellssouth.com/blog/?p=46
Anyway the Papec Company was very community minded and formed a band which used to play concerts in the nearby communities which all had the park gazebos for the purpose as well as marching in parades. My Father played for several years in the Papec Band before he went to Ithaca College as a music major. He was the first oboist to ever graduate from Ithaca College. This whole section of the SLOW has a bunch of family puns and jokes. It also has the names of a lot of the family on it as business owners. If you look close you will see "Rose's Dinner (the wife of Don Howard, my dad's cousin and the owner of Don Howard's Farm Machinery Dealership). Next door is Nina's Beauty Salon. The sign is a copy of the sign which I still have of my mother's hairdressing shop. Miller's bed and Breakfast is a tribute to my sister Rev. Janice Miller who runs a boarding house for foreign high school students. And many more down the street.....