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Teen Model Railroad Place Winter 2010

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Posted by Packers#1 on Thursday, March 3, 2011 3:25 PM

Ok, so I feels tupid b/c I didn't say Happy B-Day John! 

Joe, thanks man. It's based off of a cut downtown. Although it has road brides over it...oh well. I like my version. Looking forward to the progress pics. It always feels good to get something accomplished on the layout!

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Posted by ns3010 on Thursday, March 3, 2011 3:26 PM

Thanks, John!

TSR Construction Blog: Photos!

Enjoy!

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Posted by modelbnsfer on Friday, March 11, 2011 6:48 PM

Hey Guys,

Everything is looking good! I might have pictures in the next few days since im on spring break!!! And the gf is out of town so a week to get soem stuff done.

 

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Posted by Packers#1 on Saturday, March 12, 2011 11:43 AM

Taylor, GET WORKING!!!!! No gf for the week, perfect time to get some model RR work done!

Joe, looks good!

Well, I'm officially broke for the rest of the month. Bought Red's latest CD at winterjam last night. Had $10, it cost $10. So I'll end up focusing on a lot of projects I have the stuff for, I just haven't worked on them yet.

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Posted by ns3010 on Sunday, March 13, 2011 5:08 PM

Made a stop by the LHS on the way up from down the shore this afternoon. Got an Athearn RTR GP40-2 and some more ballast (in a darker gray than the stuff I've been putting on the ground, so I'll use this for the tracks) for $75. The geep is Conrail 3290, and it will be patched as TSR 4004, once I order some decal trim film.

Photos to come.

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Posted by modelbnsfer on Sunday, March 13, 2011 8:38 PM

Sawyer, I'm going to get working, have merchants row one and two to build, along with trees, and some other stuff, and I need to clean it, has so much dust on it

Joe, dude i wish i had some money to spend on stuff right now, I can barely pay for gas and insurance and of course gas is going up, no trip up North to the snow this week for me, and  I can't wait for the pixs.

-Taylor

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Posted by Packers#1 on Sunday, March 13, 2011 8:48 PM

Taylor, GET BUSY! and I hear ya on gas; thankfully I dnt have to pay for mine yet (probably because I don't officially own a car, as we only have two).

Joe, decal trim film barely costs anything. I have a sheet of red and a sheet of blue. A patched conrail will look great! I wish I had patched my B23-7 instead of strip/repaint.

Well, been carving the other hill. As I mentioned no more funds, but I've got plenty of projects to keep me busy. 

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Posted by modelbnsfer on Sunday, March 13, 2011 8:51 PM

Sawyer, I will put on some pixs tomoorow or tuedsay because I might go do some work in a bit.

Joe, I think the patched loco will look good and give your rr soem history as the mrr staff would say.

 

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Posted by Packers#1 on Sunday, March 13, 2011 9:31 PM

SO GET WORKING! Looking forward to the pics as well :D

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Posted by ns3010 on Sunday, March 13, 2011 10:59 PM

Believe it or not, I'm broke. Yet, somehow, I am still able to find enough money to buy stuff. I don't get it...

The GP40-2 will look great patched. The Conrail paint was, although very simple, very classy.

4004 (ex-NS 3024, nee-CR 3319). Apparently 3290 no longer exists, and NS 3024 was CR 3319 and is still in CR paint, so I'm just gonna say that it was 3024/3319.

4004 MU'ed with GP50-3 4300

On a random note, CR 3289 is now NS 3010, which the LHS had the Atlas Silver version of today, but I didn't have enough for it, nor do I need it, but it would be nice to have...
Also, the LHS had a nice Atlas C40-8 in CR paint that I need, but it was the Gold version...

Relatively soon, I need to place an order with Walthers for the orange & black trim film, a turnout (I messed up one of mine during installation, and it's only getting worse), three bumpers, and maybe a few more cars (I need two more Airslides, one tanker, a bunch more stone hoppers, and various other cars [plastic pellet hoppers, gondolas, and other random cars] for use at the team track and industries further down the line that are not modeled) as money allows.

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Posted by Packers#1 on Monday, March 14, 2011 3:50 PM

Joe, sounds like a plan!

My hill is gonna drive me crazy. I've got the base foam carved, but the removable part (which will be secured now) is gonna drive me nuts. I may change it for a different technique, but we'll see.

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Posted by IVRW on Monday, March 14, 2011 4:52 PM

Packers#1

SO GET WORKING!

The most important thing in the hobby! Dont forget to run trains too; it keeps your motivation up, and keeps the track clean. Try it, you'll be much happier.

Speaking of which, I have done plenty of work recently. I have managed to hydrocal, dye, and zip texture the entire third module. I also ordered a new Shinohara turnout to replace the one I decimated a while back, so that I can finally get trains running up unimpeded to Camp 3, which btw, I have also laid all the track to and am just waiting for the spur tracks. Lastly, after getting a proper wood chopper, I have been shooting ahead with building the next of my Logging camp kits, the engine house. Take a look.

 

The Bradwood Chronicle

Recently, a landslide in the Oregon rain dislodged a portion of the switchback to Camp 3. During the aftermath, a falling tree damaged a turnout, not allowing the locomotive to traverse the rest of the line. To solve the problem, workers have transferred a flat car across the damaged area, which is being pulled up and down loaded with buckets by a Skidder stationed at Camp 3. Because of this development, No. 2 is having to make multiple trips North up the switchback over the course of the day with a boxcar to take the buckets to Bradwood.

~G4

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Posted by Packers#1 on Monday, March 14, 2011 7:15 PM

John, glad to see you still around man, looks good man!

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Posted by modelbnsfer on Monday, March 14, 2011 9:11 PM

John, looks good

Joe, thats cool and isnt 3010 the pix on your profile pix?

Sawyer, I did work Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by modelbnsfer on Monday, March 14, 2011 9:28 PM

Ok Here are some pixs, none of merchants row because they are not done yet but the parking lot is new! And i cleaned all the dust and fixed a few trees and cleared off all the stuff, I also drilled and wired the 3 turnouts along with the track wiring. Its my first time so go easy lol.

New Parking Lot

 

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Overall View

 

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Not as good as some but being a first gen modeler I figure its not bad, sorry only have my phone camera.

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Posted by ns3010 on Monday, March 14, 2011 9:45 PM

Great work, John! Glad to see you're making progress!

Taylor, good work! Not bad for your first time! It's definately farther along than my first layout ever got, and therefore, much better looking!

And yep, that's good ole' 3010:

Better shot:

 

And no relevance to model railroading, but our first ALP-45DP (American Locomotive Passenger- 4 axles, 5,000kW, Dual Power) has landed in the states, and should be headed to TTCI in Pueblo, CO for testing in the next few days! Photo not mine:

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Posted by modelbnsfer on Monday, March 14, 2011 10:09 PM

Joe sweet pixs and thanks and how do you get the pictures into your post, I could barely get the links.

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Posted by ns3010 on Monday, March 14, 2011 10:27 PM

On the Photobucket photo page, to the right of the picture, there's a box with four different urls in it. The bottom one says "IMG code." If you click that, it will automatically copy it. Then, paste it into your post and it will look like this. However, I removed the closing [/img] tag, so that the URL would show up, without the picture.

EDIT: For some reason, I'm having trouble with it. Every time I try and post a Photobucket image, it doesn't work. Flickr always works fine for me.

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Posted by Packers#1 on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:20 PM

I'm just this skilled:

When you have the image in full page view, there's a box towards the bottom right. It has four links. the bottom says IMG. Click it to copy, then paste wherever. Also, when just on the album page, if you mouse over the image it drops a menu with the same 4 links.

I agree, layout looks good!

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Posted by modelbnsfer on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:16 PM

Thanks Sawyer and ok, will have to remember that for the next time I put pix up.

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Posted by modelbnsfer on Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:23 PM

Man, got to love break. Got merchants row 1 and 2 done this week! To bad break is over now. Will have pixs up soon.

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Posted by ns3010 on Sunday, March 20, 2011 9:08 PM

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