Sunday Photo Fun 11-06-05

[Anonymous]

Nice pics guys. Our local Historical Society here in North Central Wisconsin recently purchased a steam locomotive and are in the process of restoring it. They have it sitting on some tracks at the museum that they run. The locomotive thay they have is similiar the ones that used to run through here, although not one that actually did. Will try to get some pictures of it and post them as soon as I can. Our local newspaper had a nice write-up of it but I was not able to access it. May be something about copyright or something else. Had hoped to post thier web address for others to access and see what they had done. I was able to get on their website but the story about the locomotive was not to be found.

[Blueberryhill RR]

I don't think I posted these, new ones, since I added the inside loop.
So, if I did, here they are again.






Chuck

[Blueberryhill RR]

I had to post a car or truck, as it seems the " thing ".
This is a 1954 Corvette Nomad with the experimental 265 c.i. V-8.
Cost of this car was substantial. It was never put into
production. The Nomad name went to the Bel-Air series.





What do you think, Jim Duda?

Chuck

[tmcc man]

Blueberry, that is one great looking car. I wish it would have went into production, and to see it today would be awesome

[Blueberryhill RR]

Here are some small pictures of the Cadillac Sixteen V-16.
It was fashioned after the Cadillac of the 1930's except it's
engine is a 13.6 L V-16 which produces 1000 h.p. and
1000 foot pounds of torque. It IS in production.......







pictures are a little blurry.

Chuck

[Jim Duda]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Blueberryhill RR

I had to post a car or truck, as it seems the " thing ".
This is a 1954 Corvette Nomad with the experimental 265 c.i. V-8.
Cost of this car was substantial. It was never put into
production. The Nomad name went to the Bel-Air series.

What do you think, Jim Duda?

Chuck

The Corvette Nomad wins!
Duda's choice of Christmas presents:
1. 1954 Corvette Nomad
2. Leg Lamp (suitably boxed)
3. Red Ryder 200 shot repeating BB gun
4. Lionel Polar Express train set

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jonadel

Tim, SUPER JOB!! I really enjoy seeing the progress shots and how it all comes together. You did an outstanding job on the water w/waves. Could you share with us how you did that? I have some ideas on how it happened but I would sure like to hear how YOU did it.

Looks like you are having a good time[:)]

Jon

Thanks Jon, For the compliment.
I actually built up the waves with plaster before I painted the lake bottom. No particular pattern, just thought that would work better than other methods I have seen, and I think it does. The "water" is Realistic Water from scenic express and I will be using it again as it is easy to work with....Tim

[daan]

Finally batteries where charged...

Home made decals for the NS engines.. I made those from photo's, where I copied the Logo's into paint and enhanced them to pure black and white decals. Then printed them and glued them on the engine with white woodglue.
The engine number will be made with stick-on numbers. I don't know if the decals will stand the test of time, but for now, they are fine..

The result after a bit of fiddling with different sizes of decals.

The railway station gets shaped. Lights are on and the platform is gaining height..

The other side, with in the front the MTH molten iron car and the freshly serviced and repainted GP9

The repainted SD28 rounds the curve to the southern junction.

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pigseyes

QUOTE: Originally posted by jonadel

Tim, SUPER JOB!! I really enjoy seeing the progress shots and how it all comes together. You did an outstanding job on the water w/waves. Could you share with us how you did that? I have some ideas on how it happened but I would sure like to hear how YOU did it.

Looks like you are having a good time[:)]

Jon

Thanks Jon, For the compliment.
I actually built up the waves with plaster before I painted the lake bottom. No particular pattern, just thought that would work better than other methods I have seen, and I think it does. The "water" is Realistic Water from scenic express and I will be using it again as it is easy to work with....Tim

Tim, Another great project. Thanks for sharing. Did the Scenic Express Realistic Water "shrink" as it cured? I used it on a stream and as it cured out, the water level decreased by about 1/8".

[spankybird]

Hi Jon,

I don’t have every 4-4-0 that was made, just a bunch of them, both Lionel and MTH

Here is a UP caboose that may work for you.




http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=30-7729


Tim – great shots, thanks for sharing

[FJ and G]

GREAT photos as usual, guys.

Sorry don't have any train operation photos as I'm into construction phase, but perhaps these pictures might interest 1 or 2.

Spent weekend working on the office section of my nearly 12-ft long general merchandise warehouse.

Spent entire Saturday morning trying to make windows with brass and really messed up a bunch of windows.

Ended up sledghammering my telephone and pulling out the frame around the keypad to use as one set of windows.

And, destroyed a $2000 computer (which is now obsolute) to extract more window material from the frame (see pictures).

Then, annoyed the neighbors again with the table saw ripping O scale cedar paneling for the sides and then painting with honey-colored Thompson Water Seal and glueing with waterproof wood glue to insulative sheathing, attached to framing.

The sheathing is the same stuff used to build my 1:1 house, so I figured if it's good enough for my house, then it's good enough for my miniature house.

For the office portion of the warehouse roof, I made my own roofing by laying down a coating of waterproof almond paint, sprinkling play sand on it and then sealing with waterproof glue mixture. I may add another coat of paint over it b/c I don't like the sand look.

I went out to the Virginia hinterlands yesterday photographing old warehouses on the Southern RR (now NS). Here's some pictures I'm gonna work off of for door detailing and stuff.

I'm not at all sure what doohickies belong on the roof of these old warehouses-antennas, chimneys, vents, pipes, walk-in door traps, air conditioning units, etc etc. I can't find any plans for roofs of the 40s and 50s, the time period I'm modeling and I'm unsure if the roofing stuff these days is what they had in old days.

[jonadel]

Tom--thanks for the idea about the Bobber Caboose, I just checked the product locator through MTH and one dealer has it. Believe it or not, he's about 40 miles from me so a road trip will take place tomorrow, what a small world!

Buckeye--I've used several bottles of Realistic water and everytime it shrinks and loses height. I think part of my problem is that I don't let it cure long enough between applications and humidity in my basement. I need to become more patient as the water is to expensive to waste but I sure enjoy it's convience and ease of use.

Jon

[ChiefEagles]

Tim, great job. Great photos guys. Scott, great job. Daan, NS has changed their logo on us. I'm converting some of mine. www.nscorp.com go to Logo Lingo. Can get those horse heads from a company if you have too. The "leg" of the N next to the stripes has to be widen adn then the horse head goes over it.

[laz 57]

Nice PICS GIZ,
SCOTT how did you get the MTH General already?
That's my next purchase.
What did you pay?
laz57

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jonadel

Buckeye--I've used several bottles of Realistic water and everytime it shrinks and loses height. I think part of my problem is that I don't let it cure long enough between applications and humidity in my basement. I need to become more patient as the water is to expensive to waste but I sure enjoy it's convience and ease of use.

Jon

Jon, I've waited six months between applications of the water and it still shrunk. I thought at first is was leaking out the bottom of the layout. [:)]

[flick]

Jon

I love the buildings in the background! Very European looking. Are they Dept. 56?

Peter

[tmcc man]

Chief, I heard about the logo change.

Blueberry, at the Philadelphia Auto Show, I got to see the Caddy 16 up close and personal. The car is gorgeous.

When I came home from school, I saw in a small repair shop, that fixes older cars, a 1970 Corvette Stingray. It was a beautiful bright yellow, and it looked fast sitting there.
It was awesome. It was in great condition

[Anonymous]

Since 1938 Packard 12's are hard to come by,



It's a Ford, folks. This will just have to do.





Performance
0-60 mph: 3.3 sec
0-100 mph: 8.6 sec
Quarter Mile: 11.6 sec @ 128 mph
Skidpad: 1.00g
Top Speed: 205 mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: 117 ft
Slalom Speed: 69.5 mph

Engine
Type: Supercharged V8
Displacement: 5409 cc
Horsepower: 550 bhp @ 6500 rpm
Torque: 500 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm
Redline: 6500 rpm

BTW, great pictures from everyone today. Sorry I wasn't able to get to see them until today.
I too, like the new GG1's.

[jonadel]

Peter--

The bldgs. are all D56 from my wife's collection. When we were designing the layout we made a special effort to include those bldgs. and it's worked out great. Part of the fun of having a permanent layout is shopping for the accessories and how they all work together. It's been great fun having her support and enthusiasm in building the layout.

I'm including our album page (yes I know, it needs to be updated) so you can see where we started.

Jon

http://jands.logicalgeek.com

[tmcc man]

Well 30swillgo, look at these new cars, by all means GM POWER





Engine=V8
POWER=505bhp@6300rpm
0-60=3.9 seconds

For more info, see the new Road And Track.

Now for old muscle.


1965 Corvette Convertible
gorgeous

In my opinion better that the Fixed Or Repaired Daily company.

[philo426]

I like that '67 vette cwith a 427!

[daan]

@ chief, this is the picture I used to make my decals from. As you see both types of logo's are on this photo, but I decided to make the older one. Paint is a program giving drawings in little dots and the horsehead came out not smooth enough.. (The small horse on the front is too small to see dots, but the big one on the side logo comes out nasty..)

[ChiefEagles]

Daan, I'll try to locate the info on the decals of horse head. I'll send it to you. They are decals and you just float them over the others.

[scottsmith]

The 4-4-0 was taken at York on the back of a Ryder Rental truck. I talked one of MTH's people into letting me take a photoof it outside for the internet.
Scott Smith

[ChiefEagles]

Great shot Scott.

Jon, big Dept 56 warehouse and distribution center behind Cablea's at Rogers MN. A monster building.

[jonadel]

Chief--it's a good thing we didn't see it on Saturday or we would still be there! Actually, the corporate headquarters are in Edina and at the Mall of America is a very nice store, glad we had a tight schedule[:)]

Jon

[Jumijo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter

QUOTE: Originally posted by jonadel

Buckeye--I've used several bottles of Realistic water and everytime it shrinks and loses height. I think part of my problem is that I don't let it cure long enough between applications and humidity in my basement. I need to become more patient as the water is to expensive to waste but I sure enjoy it's convience and ease of use.

Jon

Jon, I've waited six months between applications of the water and it still shrunk. I thought at first is was leaking out the bottom of the layout. [:)]

Guys, try using gloss medium instead. It goes on thick enough to add dimension to your river or lake, and has some ability to dry with a wave or ripple pattern. To make that look truly wet, apply a top coat (or several) of good old Future floor polish. It's acryllic based, dries to a spectacular gloss, and can be tinted, painted over, thinned with water, airbrushed, and is generally idiot proof. As far as I know, it doesn't creep like Envirotex does.

Jim

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter

[i]Tim, Another great project. Thanks for sharing. Did the Scenic Express Realistic Water "shrink" as it cured? I used it on a stream and as it cured out, the water level decreased by about 1/8".

No shrinkage here, I also used the "Water Effects" for the waterfall. Poured it on wax paper, then siliconed it to the hardshell. I think next time i'll use plain clear silicone and fluff it up some. It's a lot cheaper than the Water Effects..Tim

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