"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
This is what I did with my summer so far:
Narrowgauge container system for about $15...yes, the total I spent was right around that if you assume the one oddball leftover from another project container here cost the same as the Menards M-B trucks. This is what i started with.
Fairly complete build pics to come soon in my Menards/Denver Models 1:87 M-B double axle straight van review thread. http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/269915/3072234.aspx#3072234
Great to see Bear bearing down at the bench again. Those were interesting cars and looks great so far, but I'll bet it's a Olympic size slippery slope. Looking forward to that and all the other great projects.
This is my 4th attempt to post tonight - they should take away my computer license? Do they make keyboards with those giant buttoms like the old folks phones? Still having fun even if I'm all Thumbz these days. Anyway, I wrote lots of grateful prose for all the sharing people do, this is just a great communuty.
Now if I can figure out how to get Kalmbach to get my attention to renew my e-edition? Not blaming them, except I just seem to ignore what metods they use to get this done since I signed up. I'm usually behind on reading it, so I eventually stumble across the fact that I should've re-upped, but its now too late to get it in e-form from what I gather, thus setting off a search of the stores to find a paper copy...I think this is a plot to get everyone to read at least one paper copy a year. Not sure if that works as well for overseas readers. Just kidding, but I'm too young to bethis old. But I am apparently missing all the cues that exist. Maybe the email gets buried in the deluge of other stuff I delete? Makes me yearn for that monthly wait for the hobbyshop to get the next edition bundle of MR. Never missed a month then.
Good thing we can rely on regular editions of WPF to fill the holes in our MR life.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
The first part of the road has been installed. I will be working on the grade crossing some time this week.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
Wow. So many cool items. I find it interesting that folks (and I) do things just for the heck of it, to figure out how it can be done, or just to try. Most examples are pretty fine here, but I will post my modest items for interest and because it is fun.
Looking through closet kits bought without a particular plan, I built this Kibri crane this week. It includes a LED but that made it hard to fit an operator also so let's pretend someone left the light on in the control booth. It's next to an icehouse and I haven't figured that out yet. Mabe getting past the refrig car era and the icehouse is idle and to be torn down.
IMG_0727 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_0729 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Next came a Walthers Industrail tanks kit, some silver ones placed by one building and the black ones next to another. One pipe piece intended to connect to a building faced the wrong way. It was (over)heated and twisted, not too well. If you visit you are required to stand 3' away. The grandkids never notice these issues.
IMG_0731 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_0739 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
The extra pieces from the horizontal tank became primed steel products, with temporary locations. If steel, the staked truck with two cylinders would probably have broken suspension.
IMG_0733 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Enjoy your upcoming week!
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Mister Mikado pulling out of his newly completed AHM engine shed, good as new.
Terry, that speeder is looking good!
I am working on roads on my layout today. I am using creatology craft foam from michaels. I will be starting with the Rt. 9 underpass.
A couple new photos from Bootbay Railway Village this week
The Portland Press Herald Newspaper office is the next building I completed in the buildings on the right side grade series. Shown next to the Burgess Forbes Paint Factory which has a Miller Engineering EL sign
One of our guests must be a Porsche fan; he took a half dozen pictures of this car and shared them with me
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Added a KA 3 to the tool trailer and some weight for better pickup for my speeder project
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
JaBear.... thanks for starting the thread Inside joke you get it. I'm very proud of my new bridge. I do believe I am going to start manufacturing my pillars before the agony of making all those gusset plates.
I think I can speak for all when it comes to this. Us scratch Builders are a different breed. I went to Scale Model Supply in St Paul today to buy bridge shoes.... Who does that?
If you brought that up in conversation with non model railroad people, they would look at you like you belong in an asylum. Well I got my bridge shoes and I'm going to start working on my pillars.
JaBEAR: THANK YOU!
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I finally had one of my pictures captioned by the master. This is probably going to be the high point of my weekend!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Bear - Thanks for starting off WPF. The water car looks to be a good project.
Rick - Good looking cars as always.
Kevin - I like the Garfield Central Cars, Particularly the gondola.
Garry - Great job with the scenery. The hidden access is a great piece of work!
Jimmy - Your caboose looks to be a good MOW car.
NSTB - It appears you have a good start on your switching layout.
Adam - Good luck with our layout. You appear to have a good start.
Peter - Interesting photo.
I've been working on numbering my new FA-2. Progress is slow and the small numbers at the rear are driving me crazy.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Bear, Thanks for the WPF start-up. Now that's one happenin' looking work bench.
Going to be 104 and windy today, but a good way to beat the heat and hayfever is to stay indoors and work on the layout.
Reaching into the library again for another Photoshopped pic.
Thanks to all the contributors, regards, Peter
Hi all,
Bear, Good luck with the project. Looks like fun.
Rick, The kits look great. Awesome work.
Kevin, Love the coil loads.
Garry, Scenery looks great. Strong work with the access section.
Jimmy, Caboose looks great.
As for my contribution. Im working on a new N scale layout. It is 30"x48". It will include a divider down the center wtih plans for an urban/industrial side and a mountainous section. The plan came out of The Complete Book of Model Railroading by David Sutton. I redrew the plan in N scale with the Atlas software.
I am extremely limited on space but I think this will give me some operation potential and some good old roundy round action
Adam Thompson Model Railroading is fun!
Jimmy_BraumWhered you find a bowser kit?
I am pretty sure I picked that one up in Riverdale Station Hobbies in Atlanta, Georgia. The owner is a Pennsylvania RR fan and has a pretty good selection of anything PRR related.
Normally you have to follow the directions, exactly as listed in Steve Otte's sticky post.
However somebody posted a hack for google images. You right click and choose View the Image. Right click again and choose Copy Image. Then in your post you click Edit and Paste, or just hit the control and V buttons at the same time. The picture appears
Viola !!
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Thank you BigDaddy. I have no idea how to post images on here.
Check out the Balfour and Colucci Creek Southern Railroad, my proto-freelanced N scale model railroad, at bccsrailroad.weebly.com or on Youtube on my channel, N Scale Train Boy.
-Dennis
edit my hack worked yesterday, but not today. see link above for the pic.
Hello everyone! I've recently been working on a 1' x 6' N scale switching layout. I am now starting to focus on improving the scenery since the track work is done, including a couple of roads and some trees. Everyone's work is amazing, and thanks for the opportunity to share all of our work.
bear, good to see you back at the bench.
Rick- the freight car looks great.
Whered you find a bowser kit?
Gary, scenery workWork looks great
heres what I have to I offer
A MOW designated caboose for my freelance
(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).
Bear .... Thanks for starting Weekedn photo fun.... Your off to a good start with the AHM car ... Good luck with it and the slippery slope.
Rick .... More great freight cars from you. I like the 50' box car and the covered hopper.
Kevin .... Your feight cars look great.
I'm working on scenery. I needed to include access to a long tunnel behind rock strata ...
This photos illustrate what I have done so far ...
The small piece of plywood slides up and down.
Pieces of foam board are fastened to the plywood and surounding rock strata with construction adhesive. The pieces on the plywood overlap the other pieces.
I lifted up the plywood and placed it above the opening to check if it raised up oaky. .
Next, I spread patching plaster over the foam board pieces, and I carved into it. Then I painted it as follows. First I brush on a layer of flat white latex to cover any blue foam that was exposed. Then, I applied various thin washes of acrylic paints waiting for each layer to dry before applying the next.
Open Seseme !
The removable piece of rock strata is leaning against the stone wall next to the bridge abutment. The mine bulding on top is removable along with a foam board base whic hcovers the top side access hole.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Bear: Thank you for starting us off this week. It is good to see you back at work on model trains again.
Rick: That boxcar is sharp looking and the covered hopper really is a bright eye catcher. Great job on both.
I finished two more freight cars that I have decorated for the GARFIELD CENTRAL.
The First is a Westerfield kit that has a SANTA FE car as its prototype.
The second car is a Bowser kit that I added different details to and fitted with a Chooch coil steel load.
Please keep the good stuff coming!
Bear, thanks for starting us out and hope you get back to work on modeling soon!
Managed to finish a couple of cars I had been working on this week!
Branchline 50' ACF 50' Boxcar with Tabbed Sill, with 4-4 Dreadnought Ends I salvaged from a 40' Boxcar kit to match the prototype, added A-Line Sill steps, then painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Speedwitch Media Decals, car was built in 1945 to replace worn out pre war equipemnt, repainted in 1958 at East Rochester.
Intermountain 4550 CF NSC Covered Hopper kit, substituted a Plano Roofwalk for the cast plastic one, painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red and lettered with Herald King Decals. Car was built in 1978 for hauling potash.
Now lets see the really good stuff!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!