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Posted by Chuck Geiger on Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:00 AM

SPidge - It's the CON COR with new trucks, detailed and painted. I can't find SP cabooses in N scale anywhere, it seems to be the only one and I think it's not made anymore. Tom's Trains in Fresno has 5 of them in stock.

 

 

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Posted by PA&ERR on Saturday, September 29, 2007 9:56 AM

The Port Able and Pacific is in the process of getting new power!

I tried to kitbash these two following prototypical thinking. They are based (very heavily I might add) on the Pennsy's experimental E2b and E3b locomotives. I used "old" Athearn F-7s (I feel better about cutting up a $20 locomotive than a $150 dollar loco) reasoning that the non-prototypical oversized windows and slightly different nose contours would have been modifications requested by the PA&PR.

The rear loco is about half way through the conversion process and the front unit just needs to be sanded and painted. The pilots are from an old lifelike BL-2 and the pans were donated by a Rivorosssi GG-1 that had a corn field meet with a concrete floor a few years back.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Saturday, September 29, 2007 7:50 AM
 Driline wrote:
 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

For a while now, some of you have read in some of my posts that I have a very quiet Athearn BB F7. Here's a video to prove it. Two locomotives will run by. The first is a Proto 2000 PA1. Anybody who has one knows they're quiet as a whisper. The second loco is an Athearn F7 Blue Box that I converted to DCC last year. It's very quiet for an Athearn.

Here's the video link:

http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/forum-1/?action=view&current=Mpg_0005.flv

 

The reason they are so quiet is there is no audio present LOL. Or at least none my computer can pick upSmile [:)]

Yeah, the only thing I could hear on it is some track and gear noise. That's all I hear from the loco when I'm running it around the layout.

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Posted by spidge on Friday, September 28, 2007 11:34 PM
Chuck, I always enjoy your layout pics. Where did you get that caboose?

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Posted by UP2CSX on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:29 PM

Jim i really like the small town square scene !

You've managed to capture the flavor of alot of the small southern towns

but shouldn't there be a statue of guy on a horse in there some where ?

The E-7 in the video is by BLI with QSI sound

Terry,

Yeah, there should at least be a statue of a Confederate soldier somewhere. I just didn't have room for that and the benches and decided the people lounging around on benches at the courthouse was at least as southern as the statue. Maybe I'll try rearranging the courthouse landscaping and see if I can fit one in.

I've been looking with envy at the BLI E-7 and that QSI decoder sounds awful good. I'll have to keep checking with Trains Direct and see if they ever come out with a Southern or GM&O unit

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Posted by mls1621 on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:28 PM

Jim,

There's alot going on that layout, the steel mill is just one of the more prominent items.  Bob has a paper mill, a small intermodal yard, a flour mill, metal cabinet fabricator, saw mill, grain elevator and a modular furniture company.

The real draw for me to N scale was that you could get so much in a given space without it seeming to be crowded.

I'll try to get some pictures to share in next weeks WPF.

 

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Posted by mls1621 on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:20 PM
 alfadawg01 wrote:
 mls1621 wrote:
 alfadawg01 wrote:
 mls1621 wrote:

Another note, the refrigerator in the background is 1:1 scale.  It has since been moved for another module in that corner.

Is there 12"=1'-0" beer in that 'fridge?  It better not be a digitally enhanced illusion......

No digital enhancement there, sir, but the correct scale for the Amber Bach in the 1:1 frig is 12 oz.= a full bottle.

Bob's N scale layout takes up his whole two car garage.  An operating session takes about two and a half to three hours, with six operators.  Much fun is had by all and the liquids flow in moderation, but they do flow.

I hope some of the purists aren't too shocked.

Is Amber Bock a fine Anheiser Busch product?  If not, you may be in violation of the St. Louis Regional Brewed Beverage Act of 1927 which states that all model railroad activities shall be lubricated with locally produced liquid sustinance.

Otherwise, sounds like fun.  Rule G only applies in 1:1 scale, not 12 oz. to the beer belly.

It is that, sir, Michelob Amber Bock to be exact.

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Posted by UP2CSX on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:19 PM

LOL, alfadawg, digital concrete block is one my few specialties. After 25 years on the street as as a cop, you get an idea of how things should look...or not look. Smile [:)]

Mike, I take it back. Installing spotlights on a police car is a piece of cake compared to the work you've done. It only took you eight hours to fabricate those stairs? I would have been at that for six months alone. That must be some layout to see in person. I wish I lived closer to St. Louis.

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Posted by C&O Fan on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:14 PM

Jim i really like the small town square scene !

You've managed to capture the flavor of alot of the small southern towns

but shouldn't there be a statue of guy on a horse in there some where ?

The E-7 in the video is by BLI with QSI sound

 

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Posted by Driline on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:14 PM
 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

For a while now, some of you have read in some of my posts that I have a very quiet Athearn BB F7. Here's a video to prove it. Two locomotives will run by. The first is a Proto 2000 PA1. Anybody who has one knows they're quiet as a whisper. The second loco is an Athearn F7 Blue Box that I converted to DCC last year. It's very quiet for an Athearn.

Here's the video link:

http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/forum-1/?action=view&current=Mpg_0005.flv

 

The reason they are so quiet is there is no audio present LOL. Or at least none my computer can pick upSmile [:)]

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Posted by alfadawg01 on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:10 PM
Nice work, UP2CSX....you have a good eye for street life.  And digital concrete block seems to be all the rage this week.....

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Posted by mls1621 on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:08 PM
 UP2CSX wrote:

Mike in SL, that is one impressive steel mill layout. How long did it take to build? I like the garage door being digitally added. I'm ony good enough to add cement block walls. Big Smile [:D]

Jim, it took us about six months, start to finish, on the module.  Most of that time was taken up by scratch building most of the structures.  There are only four kit structures on the module.  The blast furnace, two brick buildings and the casting house made from two Walther's rolling mill buildings.  Everything else is from scratch.  The star of the module is the coke oven.  Bob took over a month to complete it.  There are thirty doors on each side of the coke oven.  Each door has two latches and each latch is three separate pieces.  I learned some colorful new words and phrases while Bob was building it.

One side is in the back ground of one of the pictures in my first post this weekend.  Here's the other side and a few other views of the module.

The Walther's blast furnace has no way of getting to the top of the structure, even the HO version is missing this feature.  I spent eight hours building these stairs from Evergreen and Plastruc parts.

Here you can see coal off loading in the dump building.

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Posted by alfadawg01 on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:07 PM
 mls1621 wrote:
 alfadawg01 wrote:
 mls1621 wrote:

Another note, the refrigerator in the background is 1:1 scale.  It has since been moved for another module in that corner.

Is there 12"=1'-0" beer in that 'fridge?  It better not be a digitally enhanced illusion......

No digital enhancement there, sir, but the correct scale for the Amber Bach in the 1:1 frig is 12 oz.= a full bottle.

Bob's N scale layout takes up his whole two car garage.  An operating session takes about two and a half to three hours, with six operators.  Much fun is had by all and the liquids flow in moderation, but they do flow.

I hope some of the purists aren't too shocked.

Is Amber Bock a fine Anheiser Busch product?  If not, you may be in violation of the St. Louis Regional Brewed Beverage Act of 1927 which states that all model railroad activities shall be lubricated with locally produced liquid sustinance.

Otherwise, sounds like fun.  Rule G only applies in 1:1 scale, not 12 oz. to the beer belly.

Bill

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Posted by UP2CSX on Friday, September 28, 2007 10:04 PM

Here's my contribution to this week's WPF. First, we have Officer Mike keeping an eye on the voters during the county elections. I decaled the PD unit this week and added spotlights, which are devilishly difficult in 1/87 scale. The decals and spotlights came from policecarmodels.com if there's anyone else foolish enough to be working on these little things:

Here's the GM&O local pulling into Hillside station for some interchange work with the P&N:

After cleaning up the interchange track, the local heads out of town. The GM&O GP38-2 is an Athearn RTR that I detailed. It runs really well and doesn't look bad with the extra details:

A view of the GM&O caboose crossing First Avenue. There will be crossing signals there soon if I can get the signal department off their butts. You can see the boys are still at work on that pipe break. The locals are starting to get mad now.

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Posted by mls1621 on Friday, September 28, 2007 9:44 PM
 alfadawg01 wrote:
 mls1621 wrote:

Another note, the refrigerator in the background is 1:1 scale.  It has since been moved for another module in that corner.

Is there 12"=1'-0" beer in that 'fridge?  It better not be a digitally enhanced illusion......

No digital enhancement there, sir, but the correct scale for the Amber Bach in the 1:1 frig is 12 oz.= a full bottle.

Bob's N scale layout takes up his whole two car garage.  An operating session takes about two and a half to three hours, with six operators.  Much fun is had by all and the liquids flow in moderation, but they do flow.

I hope some of the purists aren't too shocked.

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, September 28, 2007 9:31 PM

about to test the cow catcher..

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Posted by UP2CSX on Friday, September 28, 2007 9:31 PM

Terry, nice video and sound. Who made the E-7 and what kind of sound decodor are you using?

Perry, I see that dinosaur is still waiting for her eggs to hatch. Smile [:)]

Mr. B., very nice night shots. What did we do in the days before constant lighting? 

Mike in SL, that is one impressive steel mill layout. How long did it take to build? I like the garage door being digitally added. I'm ony good enough to add cement block walls. Big Smile [:D]

Jerry, that is some view - looks like Google Earth. Everything fits together nice. Your roads really look good.

Tom, I don't think I've ever seen an RR diner cut 90 degrees but what the heck, I'll bet it would look sweet. Who was that with all the rail cars...on, yeah Victoria Station. You can start another chain with all their discards.

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Posted by alfadawg01 on Friday, September 28, 2007 9:21 PM
 tstage wrote:

This is my "concept" diner:

Cool isometric drawing.  And a good start towards a name:  "The Concept Diner---Where Your Next Meal is Still On the Drawing Board".   Or perhaps steal from an old Don Henly song:  "Down at the Sunset Grille". 

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Posted by alfadawg01 on Friday, September 28, 2007 9:16 PM
 mls1621 wrote:

Another note, the refrigerator in the background is 1:1 scale.  It has since been moved for another module in that corner.

Is there 12"=1'-0" beer in that 'fridge?  It better not be a digitally enhanced illusion......

Bill

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Posted by tstage on Friday, September 28, 2007 9:06 PM
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Tom, I could see your diner almost as art-deco sytle the way you show it.  I like it, but I am also intrigued by your mastery of whichever programme you have used to create the image.  Nicely done!  I do like the concept, apart from your creativity.

-Crandell

Thanks, Crandell. Smile [:)]  Yes, an art-deco flavor is sorta what I had in mind with this.

The program I used to create the drawing is called SolidWorks.  It's primarily used for 3D designing and checking proof of concepts, as well as creating working drawings.  It's quite a powerful program and about 1/4 the cost of Pro E(ngineering).

I really like that you can make parts in "degrees of transparency", so that you can see hidden details inside.  The vestibule is 75% transparent, while the dining area is only 25% transparent.  I'm not entirely sure if a regular passenger car will be wide enough.  I'll have to play around with it a little more to determine that.

Crandell, the Niagara emerging from the portal is very picturesque. Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]  The line pole to the left only makes it more so.  Suggestion: You should think about adding a telltale, just before the portal entrance.

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Posted by selector on Friday, September 28, 2007 8:47 PM

I was pleased with the positive response to my J1 emerging from the natural tunnel portal, so I have continued that theme this week.  I hope you don't mind my lack of creativity. Blush [:I]

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Posted by selector on Friday, September 28, 2007 8:45 PM

Tom, I could see your diner almost as art-deco sytle the way you show it.  I like it, but I am also intrigued by your mastery of whichever programme you have used to create the image.  Nicely done!  I do like the concept, apart from your creativity.

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Posted by GAPPLEG on Friday, September 28, 2007 8:41 PM

Here's my best attempt to give everyone vertigo. HO. Tom nice art work.

 

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Posted by tstage on Friday, September 28, 2007 8:41 PM

This is my "concept" diner:

Click picture to enlarge

I'd like to kitbash a diner for my small 4 x 8 layout.  This is a 70-foot passenger car that has been split in half and the cut sections set at right angles to one another.  I would need to create or scratch-build the vestibule and kitchen areas.  The car halves are at right angles to one another so that the diner can sit on a corner lot.

I'm not entirely sure whether or not I'd actually build this concept.  Even so, I thought it would be fun just to draw it and see what it would look like.

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Posted by selector on Friday, September 28, 2007 8:02 PM

Mr. B., you do really good work.  I like your lighting effects.  Cool [8D]

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Friday, September 28, 2007 7:18 PM
Who can resist taking pix of my trains Tongue [:P]

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, September 28, 2007 6:47 PM

For a while now, some of you have read in some of my posts that I have a very quiet Athearn BB F7. Here's a video to prove it. Two locomotives will run by. The first is a Proto 2000 PA1. Anybody who has one knows they're quiet as a whisper. The second loco is an Athearn F7 Blue Box that I converted to DCC last year. It's very quiet for an Athearn.

Here's the video link: http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/forum-1/?action=view&current=Mpg_0006.flv

 

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Posted by selector on Friday, September 28, 2007 6:20 PM

Bruce, not the one in the Peg, but the one in MA, I think that is a superior photo, altered or not.

Perry, you are in a class of your own...Cool [8D].

Mike, nice looking industrial complex you have there.  Maybe some closeups when you feel ready to do it? Tongue [:P]

Tyler and Chuck, nice imagery.  Believable settings and composition. Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by perry1060 on Friday, September 28, 2007 5:55 PM

Nice pictures so far everyone!

 

 

Here's a few water shots....

 

  

 

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Posted by C&O Fan on Friday, September 28, 2007 5:41 PM

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