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Weekend Photo fun 9-14-2007->9-16-2007

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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:46 AM

Don't know if this counts, because I used my flatbed scanner (which is dying, hence the reduced quality) instead of a camera...

...but this is my latest project.  This is a Fine N Scale Models resin/brass Pennsylvania RR X31a 40' double-door roundroof boxcar kit I finished in the original 1934 PRR circle keystone "Automobiles" scheme.

These are great, easy little kits.  Cheap, too!  Fine N Scale also has great customer service...  one of the kits I bought was missing the steps.  The owner called me at home to confirm where to send them (free of charge, of course) and even sent additional free parts!  We had a very good chat about the N scale freight car market.  I highly recommend them.

In spite of the reduced quality of this image I wanted to share my latest work (I haven't done much model building lately until this project).

The X31a is the current project for the PRRPro Pennsy prototype modeler's Yahoo group.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:45 AM
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:52 AM
Looking good Tyler.

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Posted by PA&ERR on Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:57 AM

 jwar wrote:
Gads...been all day and only two bridge abutment's in. OH well,...Im retired and aint no one on this railroad gonna fire me. John

JWAR, is that Keddie Wye? It looks pretty good. I'm putting in bridge abutments on my layout this weekend. I hope to have some pictures up by the end of the day.

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Posted by jalajoie on Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:12 AM

Thanks Corey, Jeffrey and Perry for the comments on the bridge.

 perry1060 wrote:

Jack,

That just might be the coolest bridge I've ever seen! Can you tell us more about it --- like where it comes from?

This our reproduction of CPR famous Stoney Creek bridge in BC Canada. Scratchbuilt in styrene and highly modified Central Valley bridge parts. It took a year to built at a cost of $1000.00 fort the parts.

We are presently doing the scenery behind the bridge and had to remove it from its location. As soon as it will be back in place I will post more photos along a bref history of its making off.

Jack W.

 

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Posted by Printer on Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:13 AM
 tomkat-13 wrote:

 Odds & Ends!


OMG!!! I remember buying gas for 17.9ยข a gallon.
And I grew up in Detroit, drinking Stroh's "long necks". Brewed with the finest Detroit River Water. Big Smile [:D]

Beautiful work you're doing.

thanks for this memory jog.

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Posted by CMSTPP on Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:51 AM

I have a few more pics for this week.

Here are three units climbing the 2% hill out of the grain valley.  Leading is an SD10, then a SD7 and a GP38-2. They are handeling a 35 car grain train out of the valley. Not that many cars but all are loaded making the train about 6000 tons. and ther's only about 5600 horsepower. Not even a one HP per ton, so there working pretty hard.

Another shot of it climbing the hill.

There actually wasn't much going on in the yard. Just some locos sitting aside in the terminal. These Two U-boats sleep waiting for the next task.

Happy railroadingLaugh [(-D]

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Posted by reklein on Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:23 AM

PA&ER, There's a construction article and plans for the Stney Creek Bridge in I think one of the 1992 or 3 MRRS.

CMSTPP,How come you don't have that "Little Joe" mixed in the deisel consist. Don't let the fact there's no catenary stop ya. I love that locy. I'm just too cheap to spring for one. Walthers? Athearn? P2K? A good plastic "Little Joe" would be a really good thing.

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Posted by perry1060 on Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:33 AM

Thanks Jack,

I'd love to see construction photos --- it's a work of art!

Enjoy the hobby Perry
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Posted by Milwhiawatha on Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:35 AM
 CMSTPP wrote:

Looking good out there. Some good shots all around.

Milwhiawatha- No I don't have an SDL39. I heard that Kaslo was making one but I would like to wait for the price to drop or if I can find it at a train show for a cheaper price. Right now, $400 is a little more than what I want to spend on a plastic kit. But I do think it is a nice locomotive, not to get you wrong or anything.

Happy railroadingLaugh [(-D]

James

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   the kaslo one is nice but where did you find out $400.00? is that what he is selling them at now? I got mind for 250.00 with decoder. I got it Wednesday its will be a lot of work but it wil be worth it. I do like your collection of Milwaukee road locomotives.

 

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Posted by selector on Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:37 AM

John Warren, thanks for your comment. Here's a right back atcha...I have to keep going back to your photos to see more of what the images contain.  The rocks are some of the best I have seen, and you did a very fine job of placing the footings and abutments in place and making it all look engineered and natural.  Well done! Tongue [:P]

I like bridges.

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Posted by PA&ERR on Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:37 AM

reklein, I think that was someone else, I was asking about Jwar's bridge. BTW the article on the Stoney Creek Bridge is also in Kalmbach's Model Railroad Bridges and Trestles.Wink [;)]

Here is what I've been up to this weekend.

The bridge is a Walther's single track truss bridge that I cut two panels out of to shorten it and the abutments are Woodland Senics retaining walls that I "sliced and diced" to fit my needs.

(yeah, I know the photos are a bit blurry and the lighting sucks. I just wanted to get a couple of quick snaps to put up here.)

George

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Posted by wedudler on Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:30 PM

I've made two more videos. Alco RSD 15 WT 2048 with a train from International Falls to Westport and the  counterpart train with two GP 35 in FREMO BELT LINE and Westport Terminal RR paint scheme.

Wolfgang 

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:43 PM

Last night I posted pics of the ballast that was just laid on blocks 4, 4A and 4B of my layout. I said I would post pics of it when the ballast was dry, and here they are. I still have to go through and pick the ballast of the sides of the rails.

 

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Posted by Maurice on Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:38 PM
Frank, what everyone doesn't understand is that the pink color is actually camoflauge for blending with the pink styrofoam hills on a lot of layouts out there!
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Posted by Hoople on Sunday, September 16, 2007 2:56 PM

Great job everyone!

Some of you bridge-builders are making me want to go build a 4' long trestle on a 32" radius curve that is 2' tall... Man my challenger would look awesome on that! (If of course I could actually build one, LOL.)

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Posted by mls1621 on Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:16 PM

With all the bridges this weekend, I thought I'd contribute a wood trestle.  This was my first scratch build project on my neighbor's N scale layout.

The latest project was this gantry crain, using Micro Engineering plate girders for the upper and scratch built verticals and crain.

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Posted by selector on Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:20 PM
Veerrrryyyy nice, Mike. Cool [8D]
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Posted by mls1621 on Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:22 PM

 selector wrote:
Veerrrryyyy nice, Mike. Cool [8D]

Thankyou, Sir.

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Posted by mls1621 on Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:48 PM

I appologize for double posting, but I realized the earlier post had old pictures of the crain taken before it was finished.  The two pictures below show the hooks and cables as well as a load of steel.

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Posted by UP2CSX on Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:26 PM

Mike, that trestle and the lifting crane look really good. I always have to look twice at your pictures to see everything.

Jeffrey, that ballasting is coming along nicely. Next thing to work on is the backdrop. I don't know how you have it glued on but parts of it make me dizzy. Smile [:)] Maybe it's just a matter of remounting it on some masonite and rolling it out smooth since the background itself it a nice picture. 

Just been adding some details and extending Central Avenue out of town. Here's a few pictures of some of the detail work:

Traffic jam at Court and Central

Joe the Milk man pays his early morning visit to Inga and Sven

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Posted by Driline on Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:00 PM
 UP2CSX wrote:

Mike, that trestle and the lifting crane look really good. I always have to look twice at your pictures to see everything.

Jeffrey, that ballasting is coming along nicely. Next thing to work on is the backdrop. I don't know how you have it glued on but parts of it make me dizzy. Smile [:)] Maybe it's just a matter of remounting it on some masonite and rolling it out smooth since the background itself it a nice picture. 

Just been adding some details and extending Central Avenue out of town. Here's a few pictures of some of the detail work:

Traffic jam at Court and Central

Joe the Milk man pays his early morning visit to Inga and Sven

Hmmmm, I thought Sven worked today...... so that would leave the milkman and Inga for a littly romantic rendezvous Wink [;)]

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Posted by jwar on Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:45 PM
PA & ERR. I really like your shortened version of the bridge, then it doesnt look like it's out of the box, and a generic HO bridge. I used WS realistic water and now after two or more years will have to redo it, seems to stay kinda soft, accept's dust, grass, and a ring from laying a hair spray can on top of. You guessed correctly on the Keddie Wye, to scale would be 14 feet long, my rendition of the Wye in a 3 foot compressed bridge....John
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Posted by UP2CSX on Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:54 PM
 Driline wrote:

Joe the Milk man pays his early morning visit to Inga and Sven

Hmmmm, I thought Sven worked today...... so that would leave the milkman and Inga for a littly romantic rendezvous Wink [;)]

No, Sven got a suspicious that Joe and Inga were getting a little too friendly so he stayed home to have a chat with Joe. Smile [:)]

John, you'd have to put that picture of yours next the the real Keddie wye to tell it was compressed. I've been to that location many times and your model really captures the feeling of the Wye.

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Posted by jwar on Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:30 PM
MIS1621 Great wood truss, Your scrach built crain realy intrigues me...You have put a lot of thought into it, perhaps someday a ground man giving signal's to the operator, even without it is a great action scene. Great work...John
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Posted by jwar on Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:41 PM
Hoople..Some day pick up a small wood trestle kit and take your time building it. It will give you all the clues to scrach build a cheeper, bigger, and better one. Bethchaa cannn dooo itt. John
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Posted by Hoople on Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:56 PM
I think I'll do that. I don't know if I'm that patient. (Oh yeah I am, I spent 10 hours making my station...)
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Posted by oleirish on Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:05 PM

Los Alamitos,Boy do I know where that is!!I grew up just nort of you in a place called Hawaiian Gardens.Went to Artesia High School,andwent two years to Cerritos Collage.I left there in 1962 and only been back a few times to visit.Is the Naval Air Base stell there?

Any way was looking at you work,It is real looking for sure!I'am in "N" scale for now,"HO" in storage for a while Soon as I get more room ,out comes the "HO".Keep up the good work!!

JIMBow [bow]Smile [:)]

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:09 PM
 Hoople wrote:
I think I'll do that. I don't know if I'm that patient. (Oh yeah I am, I spent 10 hours making my station...)
Things like that take a while to build. I've been working on my current layout for nearly three years now and it's nowhere near done.

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Posted by bogp40 on Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:31 PM

Came across some of my favorites, wish the EM1 would be produced in plastic by BLI or Heritage

And the WM GP40s in Circus paint, I know that WM3798 can appreciate this one

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