claycts wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: claycts wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: claycts wrote: Chip is that the table saw from Micro Mark?Yep. As I've said before, I know tools. There's nothing wimpy about this little sucker. Thank you Mr Mouse, I ordered one tonight.Oh, uh, did I say Micro Mark, uh , I meant, I mean uh, I was talking about my Makita. This one was a prize I got for 6 Sponge Bob Cereal box tops and $7.95 shipping. It went UP, They want 10 Tony Tiger Box tops AND a power Ranger decoder ring!!! plus shipping!!
SpaceMouse wrote: claycts wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: claycts wrote: Chip is that the table saw from Micro Mark?Yep. As I've said before, I know tools. There's nothing wimpy about this little sucker. Thank you Mr Mouse, I ordered one tonight.Oh, uh, did I say Micro Mark, uh , I meant, I mean uh, I was talking about my Makita. This one was a prize I got for 6 Sponge Bob Cereal box tops and $7.95 shipping.
claycts wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: claycts wrote: Chip is that the table saw from Micro Mark?Yep. As I've said before, I know tools. There's nothing wimpy about this little sucker. Thank you Mr Mouse, I ordered one tonight.
SpaceMouse wrote: claycts wrote: Chip is that the table saw from Micro Mark?Yep. As I've said before, I know tools. There's nothing wimpy about this little sucker.
claycts wrote: Chip is that the table saw from Micro Mark?
Chip is that the table saw from Micro Mark?
Yep. As I've said before, I know tools. There's nothing wimpy about this little sucker.
Thank you Mr Mouse, I ordered one tonight.
Oh, uh, did I say Micro Mark, uh , I meant, I mean uh, I was talking about my Makita. This one was a prize I got for 6 Sponge Bob Cereal box tops and $7.95 shipping.
It went UP, They want 10 Tony Tiger Box tops AND a power Ranger decoder ring!!! plus shipping!!
...and then he'll find out that they want him to "Drink more Ovaltine"...
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
gear-jammer wrote:Thanks. I will be in town for an oil change on my car today. I will check out that type of paint. It seems like every type of surface requires a different type of paint. What did you use for a primer on the figures? Sue
Sue
Typically, I use a flat black---but sometimes I forget. It doens't seem to matter.
Great work. I bought an artist set from Sam's that had all the colors and then some. Oil for the leads and latex for the balance.
SpaceMouse wrote: oleirish wrote: ChipBecarefull now,the next thing they will want is an fence out back, for the times they have to many nips and woun't fall of the hill!LOL Good job With the popcyle stix,I have used them in allmost every stage of model railroading!JIMI've already planned the handrails. Popsicle sticks and...an unbeatable combination.
oleirish wrote: ChipBecarefull now,the next thing they will want is an fence out back, for the times they have to many nips and woun't fall of the hill!LOL Good job With the popcyle stix,I have used them in allmost every stage of model railroading!JIM
Becarefull now,the next thing they will want is an fence out back, for the times they have to many nips and woun't fall of the hill!LOL Good job With the popcyle stix,I have used them in allmost every stage of model railroading!
JIM
I've already planned the handrails.
Popsicle sticks and...
an unbeatable combination.
A table Saw ? Man that's cheating
What happened to The olde razor Knife and a box of bandaids
TerryinTexas
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SpaceMouse wrote: gear-jammer wrote: You guys have some great pictures. I learn so much from other peoples photos.SpaceMouse, Thanks for the encouragement. Two coats looked good until the paint dried. I think that I am needing a broader paint color choice. What color did you use on your saddles?SueI use Liquidex acrylic paints in squeeze bottles. My main colors are Umber, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Taupe, and Grey and have the primary colors around as well. I mix just about everything to get the colors I want. Usually, I blend 3 different colors mixes to get an effect. To be honest, I don't know what color I used. It was probably a mix of Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber.
gear-jammer wrote: You guys have some great pictures. I learn so much from other peoples photos.SpaceMouse, Thanks for the encouragement. Two coats looked good until the paint dried. I think that I am needing a broader paint color choice. What color did you use on your saddles?Sue
You guys have some great pictures. I learn so much from other peoples photos.
SpaceMouse, Thanks for the encouragement. Two coats looked good until the paint dried. I think that I am needing a broader paint color choice. What color did you use on your saddles?
I use Liquidex acrylic paints in squeeze bottles. My main colors are Umber, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Taupe, and Grey and have the primary colors around as well. I mix just about everything to get the colors I want. Usually, I blend 3 different colors mixes to get an effect. To be honest, I don't know what color I used. It was probably a mix of Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber.
Thanks. I will be in town for an oil change on my car today. I will check out that type of paint. It seems like every type of surface requires a different type of paint. What did you use for a primer on the figures?
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Tom Bryant_MR wrote: This thread always helps to re-inspire me after some hiatus from RR work.Great work as always. My other work has usurped all of my time the last couple of weeks and I am waiting on some TOs to complete mainline around my town of Smithville TX.There have been several threads recently on industries/structures and how they fit into the overall plan. While I had these on my CAD plan, I decided to spend some time laying them out to see in 3D how the stuff stacks up so to speak. So, another aspect of RR modeling - city planning manager Regards,
This thread always helps to re-inspire me after some hiatus from RR work.
Great work as always. My other work has usurped all of my time the last couple of weeks and I am waiting on some TOs to complete mainline around my town of Smithville TX.
There have been several threads recently on industries/structures and how they fit into the overall plan. While I had these on my CAD plan, I decided to spend some time laying them out to see in 3D how the stuff stacks up so to speak. So, another aspect of RR modeling - city planning manager
Regards,
Tom, I love that curved facia! Looks great!
JaRRell
Nice work Jeff
The interior detail looks great
The diesel shop is nearly complete. Now I need to connect the track, wire up the lights and finish the landscaping around the otuside.
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Sue,
Rusty, the horse you saw pulling the train, took 10 hours to paint.
Looks like everyone is having a productive weekend.
Where are your horses and cowboys tonight, SpaceMouse? I really like the horses at the hitching rail that you suggested. However, they take many coats of paint. I am working on a few buckskins, a palomino and a bay. I could not get them completed this weekend. I did get some vegetation on the layout.
P.S Yes, I need some weathering on the herefords.
"Mrs. Ridge surely got a bee in her bonnet this time," said Jason McNeil, foreman of the Rock Ridge Mine.
"We were promised, ladies," said Mrs. Ridge standing at the church podium and addressing the miners wives, "when we moved here, that we would have all the amenities that we had in Philadelphia. Yet still, we have to go up and down these step just to get from one building to the next."
"Furthermore, it is just plain degrading to walk through the mud in the middle of the night and ruin our clothing, just to use the little house."
In the end, the menfolk, under the pressure of abstinence, relented. They hired SpaceMouse, general contractor, to build, using the highest quality popsicle sticks, a level catwalk, joining the buildings and in the back a walkway giving the ladies dry access to the outhouses.
The problem: Uneven porches.
Keep up the good work guys.
Some fantastic modeling and photos here today!
The first photo is a meeting of NYC GP7 #5809 and NYC F7A #1663 at the Rt. 82 crossing in Berea. I've been working on the perspective of the road into the backdrop. Not sure I have it right yet, but it is certainly better than blue sky.
The second is an improbable meet between UP 4-6-6-4 #5985 and NYC GP7 #5809 near the Redwing Milling Company on the BRVRR layout. The 4-6-6-4 belongs to my grandson and was re-numbered from #3964. Zachary wanted the 'Famous Engine' but I couldn't find one. This is the best I could do.
I love this thread! You guys are inspiring!
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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Operations:
Three special Sunday excursion trains meet at the Fish Camp wye for a special tri-tip BBQ.
Structures:
Leaving no one at the usually busy logging company supply warehouse at Yosemite Forks ... (a recent build of a Campbell kit ...)
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bighead wrote:hey can you post instuctions on how to make a ball signal?that would help me very much. i think it is great work and if it is ok with you i wold like to make one. what scale is it for i may have over looked that part. thanks very much. -bighead
hey
can you post instuctions on how to make a ball signal?
that would help me very much. i think it is great work and if it is ok with you i wold like to make one. what scale is it for i may have over looked that part. thanks very much.
-bighead
Bighead,
Yes, I'm working on that right now. I have a schematic of the ball signal drawn up in Word, but I still need to tweak the design slightly. The ball shroud and pulley positions need to come down and out a smidgeon, respectively. Now that I have things written down, fabrication should go both smoother, more quickly, and look better. (I was pretty much figuring it out as I went so I didn't get too bummed about "mistakes".) The ball signal prototype (and my layout) is in HO.
Bighead, give me a couple of weeks. In the meantime, drop me a reminder and your e-mail address and I can e-mail the schematic to you when I get it done. I'll eventually post a "How-to" tutorial on my web site for easy access.
Tom
also if anyone has any planes on makeing a coal mine for HO could you pass em' on? thanks! :]
that would help me very much. i think it is great work and if it is ok with you i wold like to make one. what scale is it for i may have over looked that part. thanks very much
Great stuff as usual guys!
begle55 - I am using dial-up and have no problem posting digital photos. My ISP won't allow too large a file so I always resize them to about 10" x 8" and 72 pixels per inch. The file usually comes out at a 100-150 kb and transmits quickly. Most monitors won't display more than 72 pix/inch so you don't loose much in the translation (depending on the algorithm involved).
tstage/tom - great signal! I've been toying with an idea for some of them too. Just lights, not moving parts. If it works out I'll post pictures.
C&O fan - nice looking freight house and depot. I have a small space for a freight house too. Still looking for the right kit.
howmus - I can remember using those gravity pumps in small towns in Michigan in the 1960s. Today, OSHA would have a cow.
Alan_B - I like your tower model. I have one similar. Atlas kit. I lighted mine, white light on the ground floor, red light in the tower. I put a man up there too.
Nothing new from me at the moment. Maybe later today.
Keep up the good work guys. You are always inspiring.
My first scratch built car is complete - based on the Dolly Varden prototype, with a few alterations from the model I saw in garden railway scale.
Ian
Hi Guys.A Little more from me ,Just adding some detail
Carl.
NS2591 wrote: ezielinski wrote: If your modeling Post 1994 you need Ditchlights and a strobe, If you model Pre 1994 just the strobe is fine. I've got working strobes on my HO CNW Proto SD45s, My CNW GP18, and my CNW GP38-2. They're great. No Ditchlights and no strobe aside thats a really good looking SD40-2. The only CNW SD40-2 I have is one of the old Kato Falcon Service units. I'd like to get some regular SD40-2s
ezielinski wrote:
If your modeling Post 1994 you need Ditchlights and a strobe, If you model Pre 1994 just the strobe is fine. I've got working strobes on my HO CNW Proto SD45s, My CNW GP18, and my CNW GP38-2. They're great. No Ditchlights and no strobe aside thats a really good looking SD40-2. The only CNW SD40-2 I have is one of the old Kato Falcon Service units. I'd like to get some regular SD40-2s
I still need to add the beacon, MU hoses, and paint the brake wheel green. I'm not good enough at kitbashing yet to add the nose "gong" bell. I wanted to add the ditchlights, but the prototype photos I found didn't show any (or I can't see them to verify their placement).