Getting ready for the first ops session that will include the Telluride & Tin Cup, my wife, Maiko, lettered some station signs, I built several wsmall shelters and a station, as well as laid boardwalk in several locatios,
Here's the famous tin cup...
The impressive Shops station
OK, maybe not so impressive, but we did make the news, thanks to ace cub reporter, Bear.
If you want more, go to: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/263829.aspx
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Nice mike. Btw, are those Allen wrenches at shops station?
well, here's my project I'm working on....
Already shaved the motor weight down, so much easier using bachman motor oil To cut through the metal.
This is what she'll become
As ive said before, when I do my Wheeling units, I prefer to do custom decaling myself, and have started superdetailing them as well.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Mike and Jimmy, good start on this weekend, hope more shows up!
Got some work done also this week along with a number of project in progress.
Tangent RTR car that came in basic gray paint, added the flag placard and decaled the car with Mark Vaughn's Wabash decals. Original car was built in 1962 and I don't know how long it lasted in Wabash paint. There are no known closeup pictures of the car, so I had to go by the diagram that came with the decals. For Bear's benefit the only known picture of this car is a pair of them shot from a distance on the Detroit River Ferry.
Intermountain Railway 5283 CF FMC Boxcar Kit, painted with Floquil GTW Blue and Platinum Mist Paints, then lettered with Herald King Decals. The prototype cars were built in early 1975 but were transferred to the BAR in 1976 prior to the demise of the MILW Road.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Still learning the new photo account
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TerryinTexas
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Jimmy_BraumNice mike. Btw, are those Allen wrenches at shops station?
Those would be really big Allen wrenches...nah, they're part of the "modern narrowgauge" features I like to work into things. I'll get a night view this evening.
Looks like you have another project going pretty good already.
Thanks for your comments and to Rick also, who's got another attractive pair of cars done up nicely!
Terry, looks like you;re back in business with the pics!
Welcome to the weekend, all. I'm enjoying the examples shown above. This week I've dug into a IHC (Mehano) Mother Hubbard just acquired, to add DCC with sound.
The pickups are on all drivers and one tender truck per side. The relatively short tender will accommodate a LokSound Select Micro, dual 13x18 speakers with downward facing enclosure (relocating the weights to the sides) and a small Current Keeper. The tricky part is getting the wires from the LED headlight and the motor around the motor and rear weight as everything fits like a glove. It will probably require some modification.
IMG_8642 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_8643 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_8644 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
This past week several have posted some swimming pool pictures so I thought I would post some shots of my beach scene in Willoughby.
The man made beach on Crabapple Cove off White Bear Lake was created by the resort hotel. I used a mirror to double the size of the cove. I looked into getting a front silvered mirror to eliminate the gap between the actual scene and reflected image but the price would have been $600 where as this mirror cost me $18 at Lowe's. I can live with the gap.
This is a bird's eye view of the village green in Willoughby and the surrounding area. The large blank space above the cove is reserved for the hotel shown below.
It will occupy a 12X13 footprint. I bought this at the national NMRA train show whatever year it was in Columbus, OH. About 20 years ago I think. The seller had one assembled and it looked awesome. I hope I can do it justice.
Lastly a view of the village green from the other end.
Apparently, most of us are learning new ways to post photos because of the PB situation. I'm slowly making a changeover to Flickr.
The thread, Alternatives to PhotoBucket, includes instructions for other sites posted by people who are using them. I learned a lot about Flickr from forum member EC Mills, and I also learned some on my own.
The photo below is one I took with my I-Phone in which I have installed Flickr which is very convenient. I learned from EC Mills how to post a photo without including the title of the photo and my name beneath it.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
My Rhaetian Railway class G 3/4 No. 11 "Heidi" heading a railfan special on my "Engiadina" layout.
A pair of Great Lakes Eastern SD40-2s ready to depart the Detroit Southern's Chicago yard after making a set-off and pick-up. GLE is operated by Detroit Southern.
Quick Athearn repaint for an express boxcar.
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60361449@N02/
Anthracite Modeler - YouTube
The start of Neelyton 2007:
Neelyton 60% finished 2017:
Nice stuff, all!
Seeing if I can still post PB photos.
An old one:
Terry Yup. So far, anyway!!
Terry
Yup. So far, anyway!!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
I admire the pictures of all your work.
This is my great northern 484 Northern. It crept slower than molasses in January at the hobby store. Unfortunately I haven't got to see it run on my track because I have'nt chose a track yet. I'm indecisive but my excuse is I want to finish my eight kit bashed and scratch built Bridges before I lay the track. So here's a mock-up of my Great Northern on a double truss bridge that was kitbashed on my all foam layout.
Edit. I haven't put the center support in on the bridge you can actually see the bridge bow from the weight of the engine
Little update from me this Evening.
As you can see, the new nose is installed and the detail parts are added. Should be getting a prime coat tomorrow.
saronaterry Nice stuff, all! Seeing if I can still post PB photos. An old one: Terry Yup. So far, anyway!!
Terry, I can't see your picture.
Jimmy_Braum Nice mike. Btw, are those Allen wrenches at shops station?
Let there be light...
The Shops/Yards loop at night.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Well crap.
Hi all,
It's Saturday evening here in Australia, so I've already got a bit of my weekend model railroading done.
This is my No. 1. As well as being the BVLC's first loco, it's also the first HO to On30 conversion I did. However, it has never run properly and I've always thought this was due to the wheels. Given it's an early-run Athearn mechanism, the wheels had a few grooves with dirt in them.
Recently, while researching for another Athearn HO-->On30 conversion, I learned that NWSL made replacement wheels. So I ordered a set for No.1 and replaced them earlier today. Yet it turned out not to be the 'silver bullet' I was expecting.
Long story short, there were a few things wrong with it. I ended up replacing the decoder and rebuilding half the power pickup system. It now runs, and runs well.
Tomorrow I'll be finishing off a couple of other projects.
The Location: Forests of the Pacific Northwest, OregonThe Year: 1948The Scale: On30The Blog: http://bvlcorr.tumblr.com
Mike, Thanks for the WPF start-up and the fun views of your growing outdoor railway.
South Penn, Nice before and after shots and a great example of not only modeling skill, but also perseverance.
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
Well, I am having "fun" setting up an imgbb account. One picture uploaded, let's see if it connects:
https://image.ibb.co/jiL0hv/MEC_524_Consolidation_Small.jpg
That did not work, try this
<img src="https://image.ibb.co/jiL0hv/MEC_524_Consolidation_Small.jpg" alt="MEC_524_Consolidation_Small" border="0">
nope, this?
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
I finishjed painting the first of six Kadee 2 bay hopper cars:
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Converting this thing to "big head" couplers was a real pain. The car is gorgeous. Kadee should make more styles of HO cars.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 I finishjed painting the first of six Kadee 2 bay hopper cars: . . Converting this thing to "big head" couplers was a real pain. The car is gorgeous. Kadee should make more styles of HO cars. . -Kevin .
I've got a couple KD boxcars and ran into the same problem with trying to replace the couplers. I finally got frustrated and set them aside. What was your solution?
It seems ironic that KD would market a boxcar that isn't compatible with their iconic #5 coupler or the whisker equivilent. Why wouldn't they make the coupler housing so the modeler can simply drop in any sized coupler they choose. I really like the detail on their box cars but I won't buy any more of them simply because of the coupler issue.
NYBW-JohnWhat was your solution? I really like the detail on their box cars but I won't buy any more of them simply because of the coupler issue.
John... Buy lots of them! The coupler solution is engineered into Kadee's PS-1 boxcar from the factory.
Just cut the coupler box out of the stirrup steps and super glue the stirrups in place. The frame is pre-drilled #50 where the coupler box mounts. Tap that hole for a 2-56 screw. The #148 whisker coupler in the snap together box will fit there perfectly. I mount mine with a plastic screw for insulation. I have a few brass locmotives and freight cars, so I need to be careful that couplers in metal frames are insulated or I could have a short through the train.
Every car I have converted like this has been a bullseye for coupler height with no modification.
The picture shows how easy it is. I have way too many PS-1 cars in my 1954 fleet just because the Kadee Undecorated Car Kit is so good and so reasonably priced.
For the Hopper I had to use the Kadee diamond shank coupler. This is not available as a detail part, but a quick email to Sam at Kadee and he told me how to order them. Installing the centering spring was the hard part, but I got it done. I stripped the coupler cover screw on both ends, it is like 00-90 and 1/16" long! Luckily the cover is also held in place by the truck screw, so I don't think it will be a big problem.
I hope this helps.
Thanks for opening another great WPF, Mike!
Everyone has some inspiring projects going on— fun stuff to see!
Well, the good news for me is that I have been working on the Post Office for so long that I now qualify for a Government Pension! (In HO dollars, of course...)
Finally I've worked my way up to the roof. I'm doing a little scratch work on the air conditioning duct work (for the boss' office, you know) these pieces are only being "test-fit".
IMG_9425_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
I made a printed card-stock image for the roll-roofing.
IMG_9424_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
I debated weather to use the wood "Fire-water" tank or just leave the bare concrete base as I see on many present buildings today but it just didn't look right so I went ahead and placed the tank there.
Everything will soon get a dash of weathering, then onto the layout it goes. I'll be glad to be moving on to another project soon!
Regards, Ed
Thanks, Kevin. I'll give this a try when I get the chance. Right now the priority is to clean up the clutter in the train room, especially the work bench area. Right now things are so disorganized it's hard to make progress on anything. I spend half the time looking for the tool or the part I need.
I've saved your picture so I'll have it after this week's WPF disappears.