ahh well no problem hope you find one didn't even know I had that car way too many but now maybe just paint that beam replace the trucks and gel super glue some 148 kds and put in service although I like the look of that monon gon better
Mike
I'm just going to be on the lookout for one to add to my Tyco train. I would want a plastic underframe so it would be easy to convert to Kadees.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190What really interests me in that picture is the UNION PACIFIC flat car with the steel beam load. I am going to need one of those.
So what plans did you have for this one I will never use it so and those are all the mantua ones with the metal frames
Great stuff every one.
Welcome to the forum ucf_knight.
Track Fiddler, I know what its like to get hooked on a specific car type; I've got a thing for the TYCO 'VIRGINIAN' hoppers. I think I have more than a dozen now and still looking at train shows.
Thanks to everyone for their contributions this week. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
ucf_knight Well, I don't have any scratch-built marvel or outstanding layout to share. In fact, I just got through purchasing my first HO scale products since I was maybe 12 years old (many years ago). I've got plenty of early 60s era O scale equipment, but decided to go slighty more modern when dipping my toes into HO. Some may laugh at my "Carpet Central", but I was happy to get a loop setup of 31" radius Kato Unitrack, a Scaletrains ET44AH, 2 sets of Kato Maxi-IV double-stack well cars, an assortment of containers to load them up with, and an ESU CabControl DCC system to run it all.
Well, I don't have any scratch-built marvel or outstanding layout to share. In fact, I just got through purchasing my first HO scale products since I was maybe 12 years old (many years ago). I've got plenty of early 60s era O scale equipment, but decided to go slighty more modern when dipping my toes into HO.
Some may laugh at my "Carpet Central", but I was happy to get a loop setup of 31" radius Kato Unitrack, a Scaletrains ET44AH, 2 sets of Kato Maxi-IV double-stack well cars, an assortment of containers to load them up with, and an ESU CabControl DCC system to run it all.
Looks like my post from Friday night was held in limbo for approval until this morning since it was my first post on this forum. I'll add one more blurry cellphone pic of some of my new HO acquisitions:
Things have changed quite a bit in both detail and electronics since I last purchased HO scale equipment. This is my first foray into DCC/sound in addition to the mentioned first HO stuff in years. I'll have a lot of learning to do on all of this. From what I've read about I think I'll try to setup JMRI with DecoderPro to poke into some of the decoder settings. Let's see how badly I can mess things up... that will be a project for next weekend.
Thank you to all the contributors for making a great edition of Weekend Photo Fun!
I will see everyone again next week.
Be safe.
SpaceMouseWhat location are you modeling on your layout? The cars are foreign, right?
Ya' got me Chip, scene is from a defunct previous layout of no particular place or time. Yes, European team cars, VW Golf & Ford Sierra. Hoping to someday stage another bike race upon my current switching layout. Btw, nice tiny house for Rover.
Thanks to all and happy week ahead, regards, Peter
I couldn't resist either.
I have one of those goofy novelty cabooses from the 70s too. And when I won the bid I wasn't quite as proud as other ones. 3 bucks and a steal at that!
Once I get the M/T trucks on this thing it's going to be a real gem! And the funny thing is I will do it.
I think it might just fit on my heavyweight depressed center flat car
I just hope it doesn't depress my flat car too much
Those one nightly buys that made so much sense at the time
TF
mikeGTWThat's the wrong caboose here's the one you need
I am actually quite fond of the Tyco/Mantua bobber caboose. I have a couple I am planning to use the STRATTON AND GILLETTE after some rework and detailing.
What really interests me in that picture is the UNION PACIFIC flat car with the steel beam load. I am going to need one of those.
Kevin
That's the wrong caboose here's the one you need
I have two of the CN engines both never run and the SF also never run theprice on the CN $4.88 price on the box of SF $12.48 in Jan 1962
https://imgur.com/a/7a6iuOy
Michael: I see what you mean about the doors not looking like doors on that model. The hinges look like they are just attached to the car sides.
Peter: I like the bicycle race scene. Great contribution as always.
Chip: Your weekend structure looks good too. Fast and impressive.
Donn: You did a remarkable job on the finishing on the Walthers General Store. That looks very reallistic. You have convinced me that I will need to add that structure somewhere.
Fiddler: I know what you mean about a certain type of freight car grabbing your fancy. I was grabbed by billboard refrigerated boxcars about a year ago, and went on a two month buying spree.
My Tyco SANTA FE caboose showed up in the mail yesterday, so I just had to pose it with the F unit.
Okay Ed
With that I'm going to hit the rack as it's High Noon.
Unbelievable
This lad will sleep well tonight with good boxcar dreams as I'm sure you will
Track fiddlerI'm starting to think you're some kind of magician
Ha! After sixty-four years on God's green earth you pick up a thing or two along the way
That, and just dumb luck
Track fiddlerMaybe the Luck of the Irish or the Scottish Bagpipes I guess
Glad you like the photos, TF Be Happy
Cheers, Ed
Fascinating Ed
I must have good taste in box cars but I don't know how you do it. You've done it three times. Once with the exact same caboose. Another with the same DWP.
But this time I just got this in the mail today from e-bay with my MR magazine. My third American Transit car.
Ironic is the numbers match again with the picture of The Real McCoy you just posted
I'm starting to think you're some kind of magician
Maybe the Luck of the Irish or the Scottish Bagpipes I guess
Track fiddlerFor some reason I really like these American Transit yellow cars.
They were the epitome of advanced technology for their day:
9353 002 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
9353 001 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
All the modeling is looking really good here guys!
I get stuck on certain boxcars and buy many of them which is common to see in a long train. My last rut was Northern Pacific. Now I seem to be stuck on old wood sided box cars to pull behind my Steamers.
For some reason I really like these American Transit yellow cars. It may be the highlighted black hinges and ladders that stand out. The road numbers do matter as they are large. I have two more coming and I'm looking for more.
The funny thing is I don't even have plans for a dairy processing plant. Oh well, ...Maybe they're just passing through
Finished (for now) my Walthers Smith's General Store kit, renamed Van Deren for a family name. Someday the front deck will get an awning, and the building will get a little more weathering. But it will do for now.
This kit is interesting in that it snaps together. I had to do a little filing to get the corners flush, but overall it works okay.
I probably have a few too many Coca-Cola signs already in the town, but what can I say, I like it!
Great stuff as always this week. Bowline knot challenge: can you tie one around your own waist with one hand while holding the line with the other?
Cheers!
-Donn
TF--Nice memory locomotives.
Peter--What location are you modeling on your layout? The cars are foreign, right? Nice bike rally/race.
I built another house today. This one only took 3 hours.
Tomorrow I start framing the livery stable I am building.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
SeeYou190 -Kevin
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Kevin, Thanks for the WPF opening. No telling how many eager youngsters happily found a Tyco train set under the tree. The train around our tree was always Pop's O scale Marx, but I do recall my brother and I sharing a Tyco slot car set one Christmas.
Ed, I like seeing brass, and it machines nice too.
Phil, Wonderful scene, pulls together well, especially the vegatation, creek, track and train.
John, Your radio station reminds me of nights in the 60s catching Wolfman Jack on the hop.
Chip, Nice hoosegow, doubt an inmate would agree.
Allez! Allez!
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend, regards, Peter
Track fiddlerI do have a memory and will never forget. You make a loop with the rope. The rabbit comes up out of the hole, goes around the tree and back down the hole
The little brown eel comes out of the cave...
Thanks for starting WPF Kevin.
Who could not like the Santa Fe Red Warbonnet Scheme, especially restored out of a Tyco Nice!
I think Tyco was only HO scale unless I may be corrected. N scale as I know was Bachmann back in the day.
I got this set to replace the one that doesn't work anymore from my dear old Grandad.
Replaced this one that is appx. 45 years old I still have.
And the bowline knot Bear.
Yes, Thanks for the memory. I definitely got a chuckle but it meant more to me than that. It was a man named Leo Neiser that was always old when I knew him. How I loved that man and still do. He taught me how to tie knots on his dock at his Milacs Lake Resort when I was very young still in grade school, among many other things that he taught me.
I do have a memory and will never forget. You make a loop with the rope. The rabbit comes up out of the hole, goes around the tree and back down the hole
A fond memory of my friend Leo
JaBear I’m sure it was the Atlas HO Masterline 36-foot wooden reefers had opening doors. While I marvelled at how the intricate door opening mechanism worked like the prototype, I also thought it was far too dinky for the Bears paws, gimmicky, and eye wateringly expensive!!!
I have a brass Overland refrigerated boxcar with operating doors.
They will be glued shut when I paint it. They whole thing is flimsy, not easy to latch closed, and will be broken very quickly.
MotleyI just found this on ebay. I thought hey Tivoli Beer is a Coloardo Beer. This is a Atlas Masterline and I paid $30. Atlas masterline should have good detail right?
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
York1Another Bear entry. I never think fast enough to come up with things like you do. I'm not real quick.
Not at all...
Ed: Good luck with your K4 problems. That sure sounds like a lot of troubleshooting. Hopefully the root cause can be identified and everything will be OK in the end.
Bear: Thank you for the humor. It is appreciated and needed.
Phil: Your new camera is working well. That is a beautiful picture.
Jimmy: Thank you for checking in. I look forward to an update.
Ringo: The weathering on the boxcar was a success. That box of goodies sure looks like a lot of fun.
Chip: The Tyco unit should run great with that Proto-Power-West chassis under the hood. I want to get the train together now, but all my freight cars are packed away.
I love your buildings. I can't wait to see them in scenery. Sometimes I do the same thing with kits. By the time I am done, you cannot tell what I started out with.
John: I had a few of those days this week. Work on drywall for 10 minutes, find a bunch of mistakes, think about if for two hours, make repairs for one hour, then do 10 more minutes of work. Not much progress like that.
I do switch between hobby aspects quickly and abrupty. I can go from craftsman resin kit to Tyco train sets without coming to a stop. If my mind had a gearbox it would be completely stripped out by now.
Michael: That car has doors. They open up on hinges with a center locking bar, they are kind of like the rear doors on a semi-trailer. On the model they are not functional. Sliding doors did not seal well enough for refrigerated boxcars, so insulated hinged doors it was. I only have a couple of Altas Master freight cars in my collection. They are hard to convert to Kadee trucks, and the coupler boxes are awful.
I just found this on ebay. I thought hey Tivoli Beer is a Coloardo Beer. This is a Atlas Masterline and I paid $30. Atlas masterline should have good detail right?
But... where's the door? Do they load the beer in the roof hatches?
Also the coupler box doesn't have any screws. I will have to cut the coupler box off to install Kadee's. I found out Atlas agiuired some line of cars like 10 years ago.
This should not be sold as Masterline, and not worth $30.