Sturgeon-Phish wrote: Do you know where I can find some hobos in "S", I'd like to have some on the layout also.Jim
Do you know where I can find some hobos in "S", I'd like to have some on the layout also.
Jim
looks like Artistta has a full range of "s"s cale folks - there are a few hobos I can spot in there
Frank53 wrote: Can't ever have enough hobos on the layout. This one is going to try and hop the Santa Fe
Can't ever have enough hobos on the layout. This one is going to try and hop the Santa Fe
laz57
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
MartyE wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: MartyE wrote: Marty, your photos are what I like about Sunday photo fun. It is not just the item that you are photographing, but many times it is what appears in the background. In this case, the coal tipple is really a neat structure. Did you make your coal tipple? Did it come weathered like that? If it didn't, how did you weather it?Thanks for any info. To all the photo posters this week, a quote from the Lionel Hot Box Reefer Car, "Great job guys!" If you mean the coal tower... that is standard issue plasticville with just some shades of paint on it. I played with it for a few days adding color, smearing it, making darker and lighter. No ryme or reason. Used some left over landscaping paint.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: MartyE wrote: Marty, your photos are what I like about Sunday photo fun. It is not just the item that you are photographing, but many times it is what appears in the background. In this case, the coal tipple is really a neat structure. Did you make your coal tipple? Did it come weathered like that? If it didn't, how did you weather it?Thanks for any info. To all the photo posters this week, a quote from the Lionel Hot Box Reefer Car, "Great job guys!"
MartyE wrote:
Marty, your photos are what I like about Sunday photo fun. It is not just the item that you are photographing, but many times it is what appears in the background. In this case, the coal tipple is really a neat structure. Did you make your coal tipple? Did it come weathered like that? If it didn't, how did you weather it?
Thanks for any info.
To all the photo posters this week, a quote from the Lionel Hot Box Reefer Car, "Great job guys!"
If you mean the coal tower... that is standard issue plasticville with just some shades of paint on it. I played with it for a few days adding color, smearing it, making darker and lighter. No ryme or reason. Used some left over landscaping paint.
Thanks, Marty. I was hoping that was the standard issue plasticville tower. I have one in the box ready to build.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
csxt30 wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: Chuck, I know you are a very sharing person, so I would suggest you send the 100 Year Bridge to me. I will take it to the Ohio State structural engineering lab and test it until failure. Then, because I would not want to hog all the credit, you could publish the results of the testing on the forum so that everyone can see how much load it took for your new bridge to buckle, tear itself apart and then hit the floor. Maybe we could get CTT to put before and after photos in the magazine with your smiling face in the background. It would be smiling, wouldn't it???? An excellent experiment, Buckeye !! Then perhaps after we get the results of that bridge under load then Chuck could purchase their new 71 & 3/4 '' bridge, selling for only 199.00 now & have you test that as you did the other !! That way if Chuck could possibly use the longer one, he could just order another 71 & 3/4 " one !! There's nothing like knowing the real strength of your bridges !! Oh, Buckeye, could you get us a reading on your new Hellgate Bridge too ? !! I'd really like to know in case I want to get one !! Of course that would mean you could just order another one after that !! Thanks, John ( on vacation having too much fun !! )
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Chuck, I know you are a very sharing person, so I would suggest you send the 100 Year Bridge to me. I will take it to the Ohio State structural engineering lab and test it until failure. Then, because I would not want to hog all the credit, you could publish the results of the testing on the forum so that everyone can see how much load it took for your new bridge to buckle, tear itself apart and then hit the floor. Maybe we could get CTT to put before and after photos in the magazine with your smiling face in the background. It would be smiling, wouldn't it????
Chuck, I know you are a very sharing person, so I would suggest you send the 100 Year Bridge to me. I will take it to the Ohio State structural engineering lab and test it until failure. Then, because I would not want to hog all the credit, you could publish the results of the testing on the forum so that everyone can see how much load it took for your new bridge to buckle, tear itself apart and then hit the floor.
Maybe we could get CTT to put before and after photos in the magazine with your smiling face in the background. It would be smiling, wouldn't it????
An excellent experiment, Buckeye !! Then perhaps after we get the results of that bridge under load then Chuck could purchase their new 71 & 3/4 '' bridge, selling for only 199.00 now & have you test that as you did the other !! That way if Chuck could possibly use the longer one, he could just order another 71 & 3/4 " one !! There's nothing like knowing the real strength of your bridges !!
Oh, Buckeye, could you get us a reading on your new Hellgate Bridge too ? !! I'd really like to know in case I want to get one !! Of course that would mean you could just order another one after that !!
Thanks, John ( on vacation having too much fun !! )
I'm so lucky to have friends like you guys. I'm sorry,though, I lost the shipping box, Buckeye. Darn. And, John, my wife said if I get another bridge, she will shoot me. Thanks anyways , Guys.
Trying to update my avatar since 2020
MartyE and Kodi the Husky Dog! ( 3/31/90-9/28/04 ) www.MartyE.com My O Gauge Web Page and Home of Kodiak Junction!
cnw1995 wrote:All hail the Rail King!I find everyone's work inspirational.Chuck - is that 100 Year Bridge unsupported - I mean, did you run a base underneath it or just secure the ends?
Yes, Doug, it is unsupported. I was surprised how strong it is. Made out of steel. The one pictured in Dec. CTT was unsupported also. I may make a couple of beams to attach underneath, to make it look more realistic. But it will support my two largest engines with cars. They ( 100 Year Bridge Co. ), make a strong bridge.
Chuck
It's going pretty slowly. I'm not sold on my progress so far. I can't really build a shelf system because you won't be able to see much of the train, but honestly, I really don't like the openness of my design, especially the turnout section that I just started building. I think I might put a piece of ply in between the track and the mounts to see how I like it.
I think it's the contrast of the big 3/4" mounts and the little tube track that I don't like. Hiding the track might solve this issue. I might loose too much visability though.
In the meantime, I have been working on moving the workshop into the garage so I can clean out that room and start work on a more conventional bench layout. I still need to find solutions to the ceiling train before I dig into another project though.
Wes
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
I love Sunday Photo fun...
BB the guard dog is guarding my new scratch Plymouth
underworld wrote: MartyE Very cool old pic!underworld
MartyE Very cool old pic!
underworld
COOL MARTY.
Heck of a great job y'all!
Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.
More CCF3 old school!
Frank
You might consider installing a "dropgate" bridge. Basically a roadbed of 1/2" plywood hinged on a piano hinge and fastened on the strike end with spring-loaded Transome Catches that can be released underneath via a handle on a pivot bolt with bike brake cables[won't stretch] reaching to, and attached to, the Transome Catches to release them and drop the gate for walk through. Then you can fabricate sides to the plywood floor to make a thru-steel plate bridge .
guilfordrr wrote: johnandjulie13 wrote: The RailKing looks like the king from the old "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" show.Huh. You're right, there is a bit of a family resemblance...
johnandjulie13 wrote: The RailKing looks like the king from the old "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" show.
The RailKing looks like the king from the old "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" show.
Huh. You're right, there is a bit of a family resemblance...
Sort of a cross between King Friday and Borat!!!
Latest layout changes:
Added third track to trailer/train siding.
Used 072 switch instead of 054 to narrow the grain sidings to look better.
[notice the Anti-Yankee defense item ]
Oil siding added [the backdrop will go between this siding and the coal mine]
Now Frank53 will be screaming with excitement!!!!!
Post War 2065 is catching big diesels as they get to tunnel.
2065 passes big diesels coming out of righthand tunnel.
2065 is getting ready to pass big diesels.
2065 passes the big diesels again.
Then again in the curve.
[Anti-Yankee defense is ready]
sk3213 wrote: csxt30 wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote: laz 57 wrote: What is a fair price to pay? Saw them on Ebay for about $50.laz57LAZ....my wife bought me that one, a few years ago for $29.95. I think the price has gone up since then.I shouldn't tell you guys this, but I got one in August for my Grandson for only 14.95 from one of those little catalog companies in the mail. You can find them at all sorts of differnt prices sometimes !! They are pretty neat !! http://www.collectionsetc.com/Index.aspx?WT.mc_id=OUTS07B&WT.srch=1Thanks, John I typed Lionel Coin Bank into google and several sites popped up offering this item. The As Seen on TV site listed them at $29.95. Hope this helps.SK
csxt30 wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote: laz 57 wrote: What is a fair price to pay? Saw them on Ebay for about $50.laz57LAZ....my wife bought me that one, a few years ago for $29.95. I think the price has gone up since then.I shouldn't tell you guys this, but I got one in August for my Grandson for only 14.95 from one of those little catalog companies in the mail. You can find them at all sorts of differnt prices sometimes !! They are pretty neat !! http://www.collectionsetc.com/Index.aspx?WT.mc_id=OUTS07B&WT.srch=1Thanks, John
Blueberryhill RR wrote: laz 57 wrote: What is a fair price to pay? Saw them on Ebay for about $50.laz57LAZ....my wife bought me that one, a few years ago for $29.95. I think the price has gone up since then.
laz 57 wrote: What is a fair price to pay? Saw them on Ebay for about $50.laz57
What is a fair price to pay? Saw them on Ebay for about $50.
LAZ....my wife bought me that one, a few years ago for $29.95. I think the price has gone up since then.
I shouldn't tell you guys this, but I got one in August for my Grandson for only 14.95 from one of those little catalog companies in the mail. You can find them at all sorts of differnt prices sometimes !! They are pretty neat !! http://www.collectionsetc.com/Index.aspx?WT.mc_id=OUTS07B&WT.srch=1
Thanks, John
I typed Lionel Coin Bank into google and several sites popped up offering this item. The As Seen on TV site listed them at $29.95. Hope this helps.
SK
Thanks, GIZ, I'll check it out.
Great pics!
SK3213:
Nice benchwork! Very neatly done.
Highrailjohn:
Nice camera. What kind is it? It appears to have a large sensor, at least 8MP. Is that accurate?
GuilfordRR:
Regards,
John O
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