HOLY CRAP John that's some great work.
Heck of a lot better than I've ever done, lol.
BTW, check your PMs (private messages).
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Iain42 wrote:Hello, my name is John and I scratchbuild narrow gauge N scale. The flat car is scratchbuilt from wood, the steam donkey is a Details Associates kit Here's the underside of the flat car before brake rigging and paint The railroad I'm modelling was a 42" gauge logging line in the Dismal Swamp of north eastern NC and south eastern VA. I also model steam era Norfolk Southern (the railroad that went from Norfolk, VA to Charlotte, NC, not the new NS).
Hello, my name is John and I scratchbuild narrow gauge N scale.
The flat car is scratchbuilt from wood, the steam donkey is a Details Associates kit
Here's the underside of the flat car before brake rigging and paint
The railroad I'm modelling was a 42" gauge logging line in the Dismal Swamp of north eastern NC and south eastern VA.
I also model steam era Norfolk Southern (the railroad that went from Norfolk, VA to Charlotte, NC, not the new NS).
Welcome to the forums.
I model HO, a little bit of HOn30, Gn15, and some On30. Narrow gauge N is just too small for me!
Looks like you have some cool prototypes your modeling!
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Hopefully you'll find it inspiring!
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Great stuff!
Someone knows what they're doing!
I start laying track in White River Junction yard tomorrow or tonight, I can't wait! I'll be using a modified design of Alex's (Guilford Guy). See this post for details. http://cs.trains.com/forums/1537879/ShowPost.aspx
Shark detailing project:
Craftsman kit
Kitbashed Norfolk Southern combine
Handlaid No. 12 switch
Kitbashed DS4-4-1000
Conrail patch job
Norfolk Southern hopper
Alex
John to teen model railroad place. And as a fellow n scaler, may I just say your a heck of a lot more courageous than me, I know firsthand how small N is, lol. Great work!
I haven't actually test-ran it yet on my layout... It worked fine on the Q&NE, but my track isn't that good...
I just painted the inside of the shell black last night to get rid of the "glow" from the headlamps, I'll probably reassemble it today.
Tyler, both locos look nice.
Good job Alex.
it's amazing what you can do to a RTS track plan with MS paint:
The green=trees, dark gray=roads/parking lots, the teal=buildings, and the dark blue lines=staging limits. The unmarked building is going to be a church, and the black rectangle across from it will an N scale Pillar concert going on, with music supplied from two earbud headphones.
My Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/JR7582 My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcfan/
Athearn...
If you need any Jordan, last saturday Yoshi and I,w ith Yoshi's money, bought 60 of them of Ebay, 12 5 car sets... I think he is going to be seling 30 of them so you may want to get in touch with him. For the 0 cars he paid like 60 something dollars and 17 shipping... Really good price if you want a long generic TOFC train.
I got my locomotive back from Alex...as well as a friend's GP38-2 and my Impack set...
Here the two locomotives are pulling a baretables Impack set. There's the new set of 7 units (I accidentally purchased a 3-unit center set, so we got a full set (5 units) for the ends. That would make 8, but one of the center units is painted red so I'm just going to stick it up on blocks in a shop scene.)
WRS 1701 is a GP9M, and will need some work before it's done. I need to paint the inside of the shell black (because the headlight makes the body glow) and install window glazing on the front windshield. I may also move the bell... Sorry Alex.. I don't think any railroads put the bell in front of the cab window...
The new Impacks are the blue and black ones, I already owned the orange ones and the caboose.
Well, you got a good deal there.
I got an airbrush that I got as a freebie. When my father went TDY in Seoul he found it in a desk. Even had a pre-mixed jar of paint that looks close to BN green.
I haven't actually used it yet since I have no spray booth. The only place I could do it is in a carport, 3 sides are closed off, so wind can only be a factor if it comes from the south. (which it rarely does, thanks to the pine trees blocking most of it)
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
You have a layout? How come you never posted any photos? (Hint hint...)
I can tell by how you're typing that you're very excited about it... I would be too!