Good Morning frrom cloudy, cool and rainy Northeast Ohio!
This is the thread where modelers can show completed projects, projects under construction and new or old layout photos. Please show your work especially those who have not conrributed in the past, you and us will learn from your techniques.
Arrohead Models PRR H39 Hopper Car kit, The PRR settled on this car as the replacement for the H21 Hopper car after experimenting with the H35 and H36 Classes. Over 16,000 of these cars were built to haul coal on the PRR. Car was painted with Scalecoat II PRR Freight Car Red and lettered with a couple of Herald king decal sets for the proper lettering for a repainted car. All the H39;s were painted black, but some shop painted this car in red, and this car down to the car number replicates the picture in Teichmoller's book on PRR hoppers.
Intermountain PS 60' Boxcar kit, completed this week, will hit the paint shop this weekend and be decaled during the week.
A few weeks ago I showed a picture of my new F7B, well here it is with the FP7A;s with a passenger train on the Strongsville Club Layout.
Thanks for looking,
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
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Rick- awesome CP F units, I saw them in my town on the OCS a few years ago, very nice units.
I have been slowly working towards having a layout as usual. The foam is now glued on the first section.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IofynXjX0b4kEwzZv8XTqvDVV6UrVPpZ/view?usp=sharing
To see all my latest progress, click here.
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On another note, I will be releasing a video of the modular railroad I belong to tonight at 7:30 PM Eastern.
https://youtu.be/J422E8XnBm4
Enjoy the weekend folks, kick back, relax, and work on your trains!
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
Rick: Thank you for getting Weekend Photo Fun started for us this week. Your CANADIAN PACIFIC F units are absolutely beautiful. That has always been one of my favorite colour schemes.
Harrison: Congratulations on the progress. I am very excited for you, and a little bit jealous. Hopefully it won't be too long before my layout is underway.
I have nothing new this week. Here is an old picture of my favorite scrap load:
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Rick ..... Thanks for starting Weekend Photo Fun. The PRR coal hopper looks exceptionally nice. The 60' boxcar looks like you have anopther fun project. I really like the Canadian Pacific F-units !
Harrison .... Gald to see you are building a layout. Thanks for sharing the video.
Kevin .... I like the S&G steam switcher. Interesting load on the flat car.
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Here are my Bachmann 4-8-2 Mountain Type locomotives. On the left is one painted to be Great Northern, and on the right is one painted to be Burlington. These models are reliable and smooth running.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Rick, these CPs look terrific.
Harrison, it's nice to see that you are making progress.
Kevin, nice shot of lovely weathered loco.
Garry, I also have a Bachmann 4-8-2. I agree, a good and sweet-looking runner although a bit finicky on my track.
I will be retiring in a few months (well, pre-retirement. Who knows if I will ever retire...), and I bought myself a 3 brass loco present. Three Canadian icons (D10, Selkirk and CN Northern) that I bought locally, from the grandson of a hobbyshop owner that I remember from back in the day. Saw the add in Marketplace, total fluke.
20210412_185049b on Flickr
I will need to install DCC, but that's part of the fun. I also made a change to my still-in-construction layout. They say that there is no worst sound than a brass loco hitting the floor (was it a Rob Sprangler quote?), so I installed netting in my framework to catch those who were tempted to make the big leap...
Simon
20210412_185116 on Flickr
Garry: Those bachmann 4-8-2s are nice. Mine runs perfect, but it is missing the valve gear on the left side. It was like that when I bought it. I have since bought two brass USRA locomotives and I have not decided what to do with the Bachmann model. I might just run it counter-clockwise around the layout.
snjroyThey say that there is no worst sound than a brass loco hitting the floor (was it a Rob Sprangler quote?),
Simon: In his book, Dan Glasure said the sound of a brass locomotive hitting the floor was the second worst sound in the world.
Rick, thank for starting us off this week. Really nice hopper!!!
Harrison: Great start. Good to see progress.
Kevin: Is that an x-wing hull on the flat car???
Garry: Love the 4-8-2's. Would like to model one for the Soo Line track on my layout one of these days.
Simon: Really nice pre-retirement present.
A couple of additions for this week.
Motor car 9921 pulling train 9 east of Fondu Lac. A custom painted Bachmann undecorated that I picked up on consignment.
Here is consolidation 1901 switching in Glenbulah. It's an old IHC fitted out with marker lights on the front and on the back of the tender, the second sand dome removed and a deck plate added between the cab and tender.
Scott Sonntag
Lakeshore SubKevin: Is that an x-wing hull on the flat car???
Yes it is! It is the hull of a T65-B that was found rusting away in a moisture-farmer's field.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
SeeYou190 Garry: Those bachmann 4-8-2s are nice. Mine runs perfect, but it is missing the valve gear on the left side. It was like that when I bought it. I have since bought two brass USRA locomotives and I have not decided what to do with the Bachmann model. I might just run it counter-clockwise around the layout. snjroy They say that there is no worst sound than a brass loco hitting the floor (was it a Rob Sprangler quote?), Simon: In his book, Dan Glasure said the sound of a brass locomotive hitting the floor was the second worst sound in the world. -Kevin
snjroy They say that there is no worst sound than a brass loco hitting the floor (was it a Rob Sprangler quote?),
Oddly enough, my 4-8-2 also arrived with the valve gear broken on one side. Another Ebay surprise...I managed to fix it using parts from an old Mehano Pacific I had in my parts bin. A bit of a mismatch with the other side, but of course, no one has ever noticed!
Nice to see your car ferry again, Bear. I'm working railings for my Lake Michigan boat and was wondering how you created yours. I've got almost 8 feet of railings to create. Are yours soldered?
Scott
snjroyAh, thanks for getting the proper source for that quote!
Not 100% sure of the context of the quote in the book. Dan Glasure could have been quoting someone else, or retelling a story.
snjroyOddly enough, my 4-8-2 also arrived with the valve gear broken on one side. Another Ebay surprise...I managed to fix it using parts from an old Mehano Pacific I had in my parts bin. A bit of a mismatch with the other side, but of course, no one has ever noticed!
I toyed with the idea to streamline my 4-8-2 to cover up the missing valve gear, but other members pointed out that streamlining did not typically cover the valve gear for easier maintenance.
Great Stuff this weekend, Everyone!
Thanks for starting things off, Rick Sixteen thousand H39s! Nobody said the PRR did things in a small way.
I agree with your caution, Simon. I use Lexan strips along my unprotected benchwork. So far my concrete meets have been minimal. With brass, never (so far )
Good to see your davits all rigged proper-like, Bear!
I did some preliminary wiring on the signal bridge this week. I must be getting used to it as I fired up the power and everything came to life as expected. I have to add a bit more resistance to some of the LEDs as they're still a little too bright.
This is the spaghetti-mess the wiring looks like under the bench work:
Signal_Animator-boards by Edmund, on Flickr
There are I-R emitters/collectors imbedded between the ties for detection. The Logic Rail boards are excellent at simulating block occupancy without getting overly complicated.
I'll go through and neaten it up a bit, someday. I have the signals rigged so if the siding turnout is thrown, the signal on the main goes to red and vice-versa. Likewise I use a master east-west switch so the signal opposing traffic stays red. Next I'll wire them to the plunger switch on the draw bridge to show an absolute STOP when the bridge is up.
Wonder where I can find an HO smashboard?
Signal_DB-west by Edmund, on Flickr
Always the glutton for punishment, I began yet another signal bridge! This time, spanning four tracks. I've seen several PRR bridges that were supported by retaining walls on one side so I'm going after this look. I extended the span, too.
Wall-Bridge-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Great contributions, everyone! Keep posting. Excellent photos!
Cheers, Ed
Rick- Nice looking hopper and boxcar, I can't wait to have enough room to run 60' and up. Love the F units. One of my favorite schemes.
Harrison- Nice work on the layout! I tore mine down this week and youre starting a new one. Good luck on the build and I hope to see more progress.
Kevin- Nice scrap load. What is it?
Garry- Nice locomotives! Bachmanns are smooth runners.
Simon- Congrats on pre-retirement! Those locos look fantastic. Sometimes gifts to yourself are the best.
Scott- Always love your posts with CNW units.
Bear- Nice lifeboat! One of my favorite things is when people add tarps and wraps to models. Really brings them to life. I follow a modeler on Instagram and he makes 1/64 Diecast look abandoned and under tarps.
I want to do a small project like this one day
Ed- Wow! Thats amazing honestly. Working signals are amazing and a mystery to me.
This week the layout is gone! I tried to save the 2 Peco #5s but the rails popped out as soon as I pryed with the scrapper. Oh well, one had issues anyways.
Still a sad sight to see. But I powered up my small diorama so I can still play with DCC
Also picked up this Genesis GP38-2. CN L504 ( I think thats the one that switches burlington) Is currently powered by 2 GP40Rs in IC deathstar scheme. This is the closest I can get!
Looking forward to more great posts this weekend!
Rick Lovely looking Hopper.
Harrison. Keeping up the rogress. Well done.
Kevin. Running a favorite brings a smile.
Garry. Lovely locomotives. Here in the UK Bachmann's are considered better than most ther companies.
Simon. Sometimes things come in an unexpected way.
Scott. Great looking locomotives.
Bear A car ferry. Everytime I see something like that, I wish I did a harbor scene.
Ringo. A good looking locomotive.
I have been painting figures and a new locomotive (a Class 50.) has just arrived. I'll give it a test run, then post some pictures.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Thanks for all the interesting postings again. I've not done anything lately, so I'll dig out an older photo. This is an IHC Pacific that I converted to DCC and repainted after adding some upgrades such as handrails, number boards, upper headlight, etc. It's one of my better sound projects, due to the larger Tang Bend speaker / enclosure squeezed into the tender.
IMG_9115 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_9114 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_0598 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Enjoy your weekend!
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Rick, Thanks for rolling out the WPF, like the coal hopper, but then I've yet to see a Rick Jesionowski model I didn't like.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend, regards, Peter
Rick, thanks for the start and the picture from your club. E and F units are my favorites.
Harrison, with one layout gone, you've quickly got another started. Hope it all goes well.
Kevin, I know I've told you before, but I really like your backdrops.
Garry, great looking scene. Your foreground and background blend together so realistically.
Simon, nice work on the layout so far. I know you will enjoy retirement. I was brand new and wired a DCC system with no problems at all.
Scott, that's a nice photo of the motorcar, and of the foliage turning fall colors.
Bear, I'm so glad to see an actual photo of your work! Those railings look like a lot of work.
Ed, I know what you mean about the electronic wiring. Yours actually looks neat compared to mine. This signal towers look great.
Ringo, I agree that's a sad sight of a torn apart layout. I'm glad you're able to keep a small section that you can run and photograph.
Paul, nice work on the Pacific. You really customized it well.
I've spent some time trying to make crossing signals for my N scale layout. I first wanted to buy some, but there were very few sources, with many of them out-of-stock.
I decided to try what Mel and Ed have done and make some. I got the smallest washers I could find at Ace Hardware, attached a small plastic hood to the hole, painted them black, and installed the smallest LEDs I had.
I glued them to a metal tube, cut some styrene crossing arms, and put on some dry transfer decals.
Then came the hard part. I bought some Arduino supplies and tried to work it out. I couldn't do it, even if I just copied some work from online.
I decided to learn it myself. I took several weeks of watching Arduino lessons on YouTube, and slowly learning the basics of programming.
Finally, I am just now finishing wiring an Arduino clone nano board. I bought a bunch of them for $3.00 each, but they all work well.
This week, I will start to install the photoresistors under the track for sensors. Maybe in another two years I will have it far enough along to post the end result here.
York1 John
Peter, another nice nice photo of your work. Love the realism.
Rick, nice rolling stock, and that pasenger consist looks great on that layout.
Harrison, remember, slow and steady wins the race!
Kevin, that load looks really great! Love that it's a T-65B Easter egg!
Garry, nice meet shot!
Simon, congrats on your upcoming retirement! Very nice self-presents.
Scott, those pictures look great! Glad I could help you out last week in figuring out how to get them full size.
Bear, that car ferry is looking great! Nice modeling! Hopefully, w**k will not hold you back this week!
Ed, that wiring sure looks like a headache! The signal bridges look great though.
Ringo, always sad to see a layout have to go, but glad you're keeping the work going with that diorama.
David, can't wait to see those pictures, a new loco is always an exciting project.
Paul, that's a nice looking Pacific, the numberboards look great.
Peter, incredible shot! Love the weathering on that rolling stock.
John, I've tried to get into Arduino stuff on and off myself, but between other projects and classwork, I haven't ever made much progress. Glad to see you've got a good project going there.
As far as this weekend on my end, I am extremely excited to announce that myself and the rest of the student members of the NEB&W have begun work on our competition piece for the Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off! We may not quite have our whole railroad or our new space yet, we have been granted a small space to once again begin modeling work! Over the next week or so we'll be working on getting all the kits built and the last bits of materials together, and really start full assembly of our scene!
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
Lakeshore Sub I'm working railings for my Lake Michigan boat and was wondering how you created yours. I've got almost 8 feet of railings to create. Are yours soldered?
Good morning
Thanks for another WPF Rick. The PRR hopper looks great as I would expect nothing less from you. I really like the CP F7 ABA's.
The benchwork is looking really good Harrison although I was hoping to see the corner by the pipe.
You did a great job on the Great Northern and Burlington 4-8-2's Garry.
Love the brass steamers Simon. I hope your bank account has recovered and they are never introduced to the floor.
Nice set of locomotives Scott. I have never seen a locomotive like #992 Chicago and Northwestern. That's quite unique.
Great job on the lifeboat hanger on the railroad barge and the railing Bear. Sweet!
I see you finally got the signal lights working Ed. Nice! It appears your electronic skills may be comparable to the Oriental Wiring Master of the Far East My oldest brother was great with electronics. I know how to wire my layout and the reverse Loop but as far as what you're doing, I don't have a clue.
I'm glad you got some new locomotive recruits and I really like the Illinois Central Ringo. I saw an Illinois Central mixed with the Duluth Mesabi locomotives pulling an ore load in Duluth once. I don't know what the deal with that was. I didn't like seeing your old layout in the trash but I'm sure your next one will be even better
Great job on converting the IHC Pacific and the upgrades Paul.
Enjoyed looking at the Mount Dealba Lines in your beautiful modeling scene Peter. Interesting to see as I'm not familiar with those.
Ardvino clone nano board and photoresistors. A bit over my head John. It took me long enough to say, let alone if I tried to do it.
Good luck with your National Model Railroad build off Dennis. Looks like your club is eager and ready to go.
It's been slow go building my removable mountains on the back corners of the layout. Not a lot to see yet but I did leave room in my foam framing so I have access to clean the track without removing the mountains all the time.
I needed a little more room for the ore run that ties the two mountains together. I installed 3/4 by 1 inch rips all around the benchwork. This gave me the extra room as you can see I extended the foam on the back of the layout and made up for the 2 inches from when I extended the end of the layout before.
I carved out a little cubby in the back of the mountain to hide the ore train that will make an appearance occasionally. The split masonite fascia will have an access door to keep the ore train dust free.
I'm having some problems figuring out what I'm going to do where the multiple tunnels enter and exit the mountain so it will look cosmetically correct. As soon as my little pea of a brain gets a grip, I will continue.
TF
Don't like that temporary wiring, Harrison. Shame, shame, shame.
Rich
Alton Junction
Dennis- That is very cool that you guys are able to meet again. Let me know when the layout is up and running, I'll swing by and take a look sometime...
Rich- I have no idea what you're talking about... I don't have any wiring on the layout yet.
I don't have enough time to comment for everyone, but it all looks good!
Yesterday we got the second section of my layout up and in the corner.
Until I get bolts, the modules will be clamped together.
With the benchwork up, we cut out the foam for the module.
I tested out the backdrop using a piece of craft foam I had lying around.
Looks like everyone has been able to make progress this weekend/week, always a good thing!
Harrison Rich- I have no idea what you're talking about... I don't have any wiring on the layout yet.
New arrival. Class 50 50036 Victorious.
Ringo58
If you ever cut your grass and find a car, you might be a redneck.
Rick - Thanks for starting WPF. Good cars as usual. I really liked the PRR hopper and the CP F7s.
Harrison - Making progress.
Keven - Cool little loco.
Garry - Good looking mair of mountain locos.
Simon - Quite a gift!
Scot - Nice motorcar! Not something you see every day. Thats a goo looking consolidation.
Bear - Good job with the lifeboat, davits and boat cover. Looking forward to seeing the car ferry again.
Ed - Very impresssive and way beyond me.
Ringo - Sad to see the old layout go. The GP 38 looks good.
Paul - The little Pacific looks good. Bet it can shake the walls.
Peter - Great photo and cool loco.
John - My hats off to you. I bought my crossing signals.
Bear - Good one! I'm with you most of the new electronic stuff is beyond my ken.
TF - Progress! I like the little ore train.
David - Nie looking loco. Good job with the paint. Love your scenes.
John - Old joke, but it still applies.
I've continued with lighting and populating the cars of my George Bush commemorative train. The methods used were essentially the same and I used last week for the UP coach. I lighted two UP dome cars. Installed interiors and populated them with people figures.
UP dome car w/lights.
Dome car detail.
G. Bush Train.
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/
havent been on much. to much around the house and that pesky work thing keeps popping up. anyway. One I finished a few weeks ago. Another for the tourist train.
sits a little low. I think a shim or two is needed.
Shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space