"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Progress is slow on my end this week. A little bit more time spent on the shell for my P-44:
I added the domes, chiseled off some of the molded-on detail and shortened the stack a bit. I actually shortened it too much the first time and had to replace it with one from another shell. Waiting on some details in transit now-- aux dome, headlight, bell/bracket, injector, marker lights, and generator. Also starting to think about replacing that unmistakable IHC smokebox front with a scratch styrene front.
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Well nothing completed last week but did not get a lot done this week, but here are a few pictures of the completed work on the P&LE Hot Coil Car!A couple of views of the brake gear air lines after adding an auxiliary air tank and bracket along with its air lines, the dirt collector and an air line that goes up into the car interior. No Brake rods as the car has truck mounted brake gear.Picture shows one of four jacking pads I installed along with a pulling eye that was formed from brass wire wound around a #61 drill bit.
Installed the jacking pad braces and one of the walkway braces that have a hole drilled for the main air line. The other end is similar except for no holes for the air line.Rick J
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Bear ... I like the GN locomotives and the CB&Q tracor/trailer.
PT714 .... Nice progress with your steam locomotive.
Rick .... Your coil car will be a masterpiece with outstanding workmanship.
Below is a GP7 switching mail and express cars.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Bear, thanks for starting things off again this week. A good beginning everyone.
A little something from the BRVRR:
NYC road power awaiting assignment at the Black River yard.
Keep the photos and ideas coming everyone. Together you make WPF the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Looks like we're off to a great start.
Bear, even though it's from the archives, it's still a cool shot.
Pt714, your steamer is coming along nicely/
Rick, awesome rolling stock projects as always
Garry, I love the urban scene
Allan, nice NYC road power.
I've been working away at the east portals of the Gallitzin and Portage Tunnels. The background trees and tunnel portals are in place. Still so much more to do though but it's the journey, not the destination.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
Looking like another great WPF. Great projects underway, too. I wrapped up a couple of projects this week. One was a quick and dirty conversion of a F B-unit shell into a Steam and Power Generator car for passenger trains. Some of my narrowgaueg diesels don't have steam generators, so this allows them into the mix of passenger motive power when needed.
The finished car
A longer term project was building some XML and RBL to improve service for food and beverage traffic on the narrowgauge. They were hacked from Tyco caboose roofs and Athearn LO sides. No prototype, but was sure a bunch of fun building them.
One of the RBL, which have a slightly narrower door as the main spotting feature.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Just a yard shot, today.
As always, beautiful work shown in this thread. Grampy, I do love your work! Just looks right.
I have gotten a bit more scenery done at the Girder Bridge Scene:
Enjoy!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Work is going on on my high lift rotary coal dumper in Nscale, just build the first floor and prepare de upper floor for all the pulleys.
More on our sister community "Layout & layout buiding" / Modeling a small yard in Nscale,
Beautiful work so far, everyone! Marc, I think it's brilliant using magnets to hold the pieces together and keep them square as you build. I'm going to steal that technique when I start to delve into building structures.
Bringing the goods this weekend huh? Well, here's some of mine
First- my first scratch built model following photos, drawing up a blue print, and building it to exact scale. CITY tower on the former PRR Monongahela division-south of Pittsburgh pa. It stood until the late 80s
I still need to build steps.
Second I bring a Wheeling & lake Erie boxcar.
Started as an Accurail undec
I still need to assemble the car.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Great stuff, everyone!
Grampy, I like your highway bridge over the yard tracks.
Since I got my second camera that I won I
put a camera on each end of the train and shot a split screen a video
called coming and going
Enjoy the ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO9H-Bo07A8&feature=em-upload_owner
TerryinTexas
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http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
Great work as usual, this week. Mike, I really like that NG steam-generator car!
Here's 4-8-4 #1802 bringing the eastbound "Royal Gorge" out of South Yuba Canyon. 2-10-2 #1400 is running light down the westbound track after helper service on Yuba Pass.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Here are a few pictures of the wood chip un-loader that I have been building. It's not 100% done, still need lights and drums and details on the platform, but a problem with the building that houses the layout is forcing me to tear down and rebuild so, I will have to wait for the next layout to finish it up. It used to live on a siding in LaGrange Maine when I was a teenager and put chips in trucks to send to the paper mill in Old Town. It was eventually torn down and moved to the mill itself.
Have been making a bit of progress on the scene I am creating. Added a wooden guardrail to the side of the highway:
Yes, I know I have a lot of stray weeds I need to clean up on the road....
An overview of the area:
With the exception of the figures (Cows, Bear, and people... See if you can find them), the crossbucks, and the truck which is a Jordon Kit, everything in the scene is scratch built. Track is ME code 83 hand laid and detailed.
A shot from the other side. You are looking at the parking lot and driveway of the dairy which is to your right out of the picture.
Bear, Thanks for igniting another WPF. Guessin' you're still "up against it"? Glad to see the old GE unit out front.
Hobbez, Nice rendition of the wood chip unloader, but sorry to hear that you,re tearing down, but for what it's worth, rebuilds can be loads of fun.
Pizza parlor that my son built and gifted me, now if I only had the town to put it in, someday....
Thanks to all, regards, Peter
HobbezHere are a few pictures of the wood chip un-loader that I have been building
Russell
Great work examples again this week. Impressive imagination on some items and superior skills demonstrated.
I'll include a shot of GP9 and RS2 that got LokSound and speaker conversions recently, and I got them playing together quite well, though managing the directional headlight workings properly had me puzzled. I figured out a way to make it work, but could not get it to do exactly what I wanted ala the instructions
And the next victim arrived today, a Lifelike Proto 2000 SD50 that will get a LokSound. Thanks to some prior threads, I figured out how to get the shell off. I'm currently evaluating what speaker option will provide the most oomph. With some weight grinding I'm sure I can put at least dual small (LokSound) ovals, but my leaning is that 4 13x18 sugarcubes would be better. I understand the fuel tank is on with doublestick tape and fear prying it until something gives, but it has to come off for a good lube and to tinker with the weight.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Photo taken on the club layout. A member wanted to show is latest acquisition, a Genesis SD70ACe.
Jack W.
That's a great shot of a very nicely modeled scene!
You guys have been busy with some great work.
GP9: Thanks for commenting. Your Pennsy looks good.
Mike L : ... Teh steam generator car is impressive
DJ Grampy ..That is a great yard shot.
Ray ... Your scene is fantastic
Marc ... Great workmanship framing your structure.
Jimmy ... Nice yard tower. Good it wa scratch built.
Terry ... The split video is great.
Alan ... Alwys good to see your NYC.
Tom White .... Your steam locos are always good looking
Hobbez ... You wood chip loader is outstanding
Peter .... I'll have pepperoni please. .. I like the pizza parlor
Paul .... I like the UP locos
Jack ... The SD70ACe is good looking.
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I am trying to shoot videos of trains on the layout. It takes a lot of coordination which I don't have.
Here is trains running on the layout.. Atlas SD24's with Sountraxx Tsusami sounds. BLI E7's with factory sound; Intermountain F7 with MRC EMD 567 sound with P1K non sound F3's
My scratch-built radio repair shop in place on the layout, at twilight:
Imagine how great this scene will look when all the buildings have interiors and lights:
Ray D.... That looks real !
Heartland Division CB&QMike L : ... Teh steam generator car is impressive
Thanks, Garry, appreciate the comment. I tried to play your video, but my XP's mojo is just about gone, so it was probably just me.
Ray,
I agree with Garry. Awesome night scene makes that already great model look even better.
I was playing around with a recently finished 18"x30" diorama taking pictures of finished engines. I have been meaning to get around to having a piece of scenery to take pictures of finished projects.
A Lehigh New England freight (mantua frames, scratch shells).
A Reading K-1 on a coal drag (IHC base).
I thought this one turned out the best. A Reading I-8 (Bachmann Spectrum base, scratch shells)
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