WPF NOV.30 - DEC.3

[MRH044]

MRH044 beautifully detailed units you have there. Do they have Phoenix sound systems? I'm a G guy too. I'll post some snow shots that I got this morning if you guys want.

 Thanks. There are two Pheonix sound systems for the 4 units. More detail shots can be found on the Aristo Craft forum.

[wm3798]

I finished installing a decoder for a friend, then spent the afternoon test driving his RS-1. This one was a bear. The shell is pinch narrower than the DZ-123 board, and with the flywheels in there, there ain't a lot of room to cut. But we got it. I had to do the remove the inner bearing block trick to compensate for the motor being pinched a bit, but it runs smooth and quiet, and actually pulls surprisingly well for there being very little frame inside there.

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

My latest project (not finished yet) is painting an Athearn BB SD40-2 to  look like a reasonable facsimile of KCS 666.

Yesterday I started with the undecorated loco and gave it a coat of the KCS gray paint.





As of 4:30 pm today I've gotten to this point.

Yes, I know the herald isn't straight. That will be corrected.



There's still more to do.

[spectratone]

this picture almost worked except for the eclispe behind the mountain and no grab bars on the front of the engine. My entertainment shelf is sitting over the corner of the layout. casting a shawdow. Somebody in this house is going to be missing a light soon......

N-Scale.  canon A510

Glenn

 

 

 

[Hawks05]

A simple contribution - P2K CB&Q GP7 with additional details added and lightly weathered.  The Q tended to keep their equipment looking good.

I have this loco, it will become part of my regional railroad over winter break probably as I plan to repaint that one and another GP7 and some other locos.

Nice looking engine.

[howmus]

I'm sneakin' in late with a few quick photos of what I've been doing.  Some great work as always!

I finally finished the rebuild of the wall at the far end of Hopewell Junction in front of the Yard lead.  Ruined several of the sections cutting them.  Ended up using 12 sections to get the 9 sections I needed.



I've been putting some finishing touches on the Caboose project.  I didn't like the large open windows on the old kit so I made some window frames out of scale 2 x 2s CAed in place.  Here they are before I painted them (otherwise some of you would wonder where they were....?).



After being painted to try to match the paint I used on the sides:



And one last one showing more of the interior details.  The windows are still wet.  They are made with the Testors Plastic Cement and Window Maker stuff.  I like this material for making old time looking windows (1925).



Photos were taken on my workbench, hence all the junk in the scene......  Need to get the weathering and some other stuff finished on it this week as I plan to take it to a NMRA local meet next Saturday.

[jguess733]

Ray, great work. What kind of kit is that caboose of yours?

[howmus]

Ray, great work. What kind of kit is that caboose of yours?

Thank you Jason!  That was built from an old MDC/Roundhouse kit I had sitting on the shelf for over 20 years.  I had bought 4 of them way back and only got one put together, ruined another one back then and it sat on my workbench for 17 years (most of which I wasn't doing anything in the hobby) till I finally threw it out.  A couple of months ago I found the ones that were still in the box and decided to get them ready for operation on the SLOW.  The last one I figured I would would try my hand at some super detailing and hope it can be judged towards the Master Builder - Cars NMRA AP award.

[doctorwayne]

A truckload of chickens, headed to market:

 

That never made it...

 

The driver and passenger survived (they were trying to push the stalled vehicle off the crossing), but most of the chickens were not so lucky.  The train crew, however, ended up with a nice chicken dinner.

What was left of the Model T ended up in a MoW scrap car:

 

Wayne

 

[philnrunt]

   WOW! All of this stuff is great! You guys are doing some really first class work out there! MR and RMC and the rest should never have a problem finding material for articles. You guys need to let them know about your work and see if they can use it!

   Jeffrey- Isn;t that unit AKA as "the devil's own six axle"?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

   Jeffrey- Isn;t that unit AKA as "the devil's own six axle"?

Indeed it is. It's also known as the 'devil engine' and 'the triple six'. Some of the more superstituos guys on the KCS won't go near it. As far as I know it's never required anything more than routine maintenance. Last time I checked it was a -2, don't think it was modified to -3. Try finding it on the KCS roster. That's a hit and miss thing. It doesn't appear on the one I have but do a search on Google and you'll see it all over the place.

[MisterBeasley]

   Jeffrey- Isn;t that unit AKA as "the devil's own six axle"?

Indeed it is. It's also known as the 'devil engine' and 'the triple six'. Some of the more superstituos guys on the KCS won't go near it. As far as I know it's never required anything more than routine maintenance. Last time I checked it was a -2, don't think it was modified to -3. Try finding it on the KCS roster. That's a hit and miss thing. It doesn't appear on the one I have but do a search on Google and you'll see it all over the place.

That's because they keep it well lubed with WD-666, the spray lubricant of the beast, and use Phillips 666 motor oil.

[philnrunt]

  The best thing about that WD666 is it's not flammable, guess it was made to work in a hot climate! And doesn't the Phillips 666 oil protect to 5,000 degrees?