General Discussion (Model Railroader)

Wow, lots of smiles today, from a Caboose Named Soo to a fish grinning from ear to ear.  (Do fish have ears?  Locomotives do.  They're called engine ears.)

Over the years I've accumulated a number of Jordan kits, but until now they've been mostly just kits, saved in their little white boxes until I had time to build them.  I got this one out and started work a couple of weeks ago, finishing it a few days back:

Happy (and safe) Fourth of July to everyone!

Mr. B said: Do fish have ears?  Locomotives do.  They're called engine ears. Ha Ha...

Don't forget steam locomotives can not sit down. They have a tender behind.

BTW, Mr. B....... That truck scene is fantastic !!!!!!!

Heartland Division CB&Q:

Mr. B said: Do fish have ears?  Locomotives do.  They're called engine ears. Ha Ha...

Quit while you're ahead.  That actually made me laugh.

I'd share my photo of the week but I don't want to gross anyone out...it's an x-ray.  Yours truly broke his left heel bone wakeboarding Wednesday night. 

Please keep the pics coming, it keeps my mind off the pain.

 Good stuff so far.

Some newly acquired items:

A KCS covered hopper. I think the maker is AccuRail.

A 50 foot plug/sliding door BN boxcar, Athearn RTR.

The M.T. Arms Hotel from DPM. This will be cut in half along it's long axis to make two relief flats.

 John........I thought about doing a video for youtube, but I decided not to.   I tell people you gotta stick with the weathering and you will see an improvement.  Thanks for the comment.

Great work everyone.

A Geep working Now Messenger.

Very good start for this 4th of July weekend!

Traffic on State Highway MO. 47 & on the outside siding at Prestage Tool & Gear Hawk Point Mo.

"Sonny" Richards foreman at the MFA Elevator stops to "Shoot the Breeze" with M&A (Missouri & Arkansas Railway) switch repair crew.

Thought I would post some to keep with the american holiday theme.

Okay, so I'm still recovering, you would be too.

So yesterdday I come home from work and my garage door is hanging open and there are several piles of stuff I've been meaning to talk my wife into getting rid of  in the driveway and on the lawn...

I get out of the car and she meets me with a tasty beverage and welcomes me into the garage, which she has styled into a man cave.... (The plot thickens....)

She's set up the folding tanles I plan to use as a base for my railroad in one corner, and in the corner opposite she's set up an entertainment center where I can watch movies and use my computer...

Several crates of my train stuff and a printout of my trackplan were close by...

I picked up some foam at the home center and cut it to fit my tables this morning... Then I did some organizing, then I unpacked some of the HO stuff and put some of it out just to "decorate"... Since the PB&J will be an N scale railroad I figured there was no harm in putting out some bigger stuff...

I hope everyone is having a good 4th of July weekend no matter where you are! I thought I would share a project of mine since it is patriotic.

Santa Fe SD45-2 Bicentennial in 1:29 scale.

PB&J RR:

Okay, so I'm still recovering, you would be too.

So yesterdday I come home from work and my garage door is hanging open and there are several piles of stuff I've been meaning to talk my wife into getting rid of  in the driveway and on the lawn...

I get out of the car and she meets me with a tasty beverage and welcomes me into the garage, which she has styled into a man cave.... (The plot thickens....)

She's set up the folding tanles I plan to use as a base for my railroad in one corner, and in the corner opposite she's set up an entertainment center where I can watch movies and use my computer...

Several crates of my train stuff and a printout of my trackplan were close by...

I picked up some foam at the home center and cut it to fit my tables this morning... Then I did some organizing, then I unpacked some of the HO stuff and put some of it out just to "decorate"... Since the PB&J will be an N scale railroad I figured there was no harm in putting out some bigger stuff...

Cry, cry,cry, sniffle, sniffle, cry cry. I just cannot get myself composed after reading this.

You dog!

New York Central L-4a Mohawk #3101* pulls into the freight station for the first time.

*[My first BLI Mohawk arrived with a serious running problem.  BLI completely replaced it with the new one above.  Although I was out my locomotive for nearly a month, BLI gets for customer service.]

Tom

It's a thing of beauty, Tom.   I feel badly that its debut was blunted a bit, but at least this one is a winner.   The 'other' never happened.

Umm...you're up awfully late.  Are you by any chance playin' wit dat t'ing?

-Crandell

Crandell,

Yea, I was tweaking the startup voltage (CV2) to get it to run better (which it does) and played around some with the momentum (CV3/CV4).  I'm afraid I've been spoiled by my Trix Mikes.  I'd love to get my Mohawk's QSI decoder to start out as slowly as my Mike's Loksound decoder but not sure that I'll get there.

Tom

In theme with the 4th of July, heres a pic from me: