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[quote user="8500HPGASTURBINE"] Turbines didn't pruduce "smoke'. It was a extreamly violent blow of exhaust. ALL Turbines produced it. Some was greater (Big Blows) then others. So puffing smoke coming out of a Turbine exhaust would look just wrong and stupid. Sound would be great, but anything other then that would not cut it. Mike [/quote] Steam turbines produced smoke. The GTELs didn't. Be specific! O gauge baby-turbines usually have smoke units, but produce a constant
I want a PRR S2 6-8-6 turbine please!!!
I love European motive power. I've gotta get more of it in N scale, but it kinda sticks out like a sore thumb with my collection of US-home railroad equipment. But who cares? It's all for fun!
That was one of my favorite parts of working at Purkey's Toy Trains was the little kids watching the layout I was running. The setup had two independent loops, the bottom was DCS and usually had two trains running, the top was a folded dogbone that extended into a second room with one train running back and forth. I loved watching the kids stand there watching wide-eyed as the trains talked to them (all MTH ProtoSound 2) or I would talk to them through the microphone on the DCS controller. Many
Could use Gerbil/Mouse tubing and exercise balls if you wanted to make an underwater city. They look like bubbles and whatnot that may surround buildings. It'd be pretty neat to see how you'd pull it off!
I've never seen any of his work in person nor will I probably ever meet the guy. But the magazine that last featured his layout I bought just because of the cover issue. To me, his modeling looks spectacular and I wish we could see more of it. Being an armchair freelancer, freelanced railroads like his I love to read about, see how other modelers put their creativity into this hobby in ways no one else does. I love freelancing because every little thing about the railroad comes down to your choice
lvanhen wrote: Go to http://www.northlandz.com/ . This is a giant layout that has 35' (a little over 10m) of vertical height. Maybe not the highest quality modeling overall, but very interesting. Some very funny scenes and a copper pit mine that's at least 10' deep!! Looks like some impressive modeling to me! I'd love to visit Northlandz.
The curve wouldn't be that harsh, whatever a Big Boy could manage since the boiler is hinged. My guess is (depending on how it's built) that a Quadruplex could handle a relatively tight 24" curve. I've thought about how to go about 'bashing one of these myself. I have the original article in an issue of Trains & Locomotives from Kalmbach circa 1934, if I remember right. What I would do, is place three engines under the boiler. The boiler would be made in two parts, connected
I was thinkin' about building a Thomas layout in N scale, but the items are not as plentiful as they are in HO. Wouldn't be too hard to kitbash a couple of the characters from European models, just making the face might be a little daunting of a task. If you could get any of those pictures in a little better lighting; I'd like to see Henry in his original shape. I may be 19, but I still have a soft-spot for Thomas the Tank Engine.