Looks nice Tyler.
Well, going to knock out an article I'm going to write today. Might as well, perfect weather, and the pro bowl
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Tyler: looks good. The Kitty Chow looks good considering that it's only made out of foam.
Sawyer: Good luck on your article!
TrainManTyThe only time my hands turned purple was when I was outside in the below-zero (with wind chill) temperature railfanning wearing fingerless gloves...
Hmm, I wonder why!... Mine are still purple, so I have to wear gloves almost ALL THE TIME which makes almost every thing impossible.
Glued down some of the scenery last night. I'm not sure what I can do during the time being, but I'll think of something.
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Joe: Thanks. I still have a LOT of details to add to the structure! I need to build another loading dock door for railcars as well, currently I have just one, and there's 6 reefers on the layout, all of which are in captive service between the plant and wherever the origin is. On most sessions there will be at least two cars destined for the plant...
I'm still wondering how you glued down scenery wearing gloves...
Hey guys. I have finished recovering from camping and sleeping outside this weekend, what wierd weather! Friday night was FREEZING for sleeping outside w/wind, went down to 5 F. And Saturday it was mild and we all got soaked at night, our snow shelters started turning into lakes. It went all the way up to 43 F in less than 24 hours! The weirdest weather I've ever camped in, that's for sure.
But all in all it was really a really good camp, and my hands didn't turn purple!
Alex
TrainManTyI'm still wondering how you glued down scenery wearing gloves...
I'm still wondering how the glue didn't freeze.
I'm going to write that article on making a dense forest instead, b/c it's much easier to get better pics for that.
Packers#1I'm still wondering how the glue didn't freeze.
Because it was 70* in my basement. My hands just turned purple on Friday and they won't be normal again. And yes, my friends have called me "Barney" and "the Purple People Eater". And wearing gloves is really annoying.
I found a Comet I on ebay or $10, so I'm gunna get it. It's really a Comet II (walthers horizon) but the guy numbered at as a CI (5139), although no car is or ever was numbered 5139 (CI cab cars were numbered 5100-5134.) But I might renumber it as a CI, because a CIIM would require a paint job.
ns3010Packers#1I'm still wondering how the glue didn't freeze. Because it was 70* in my basement. My hands just turned purple on Friday and they won't be normal again. And yes, my friends have called me "Barney" and "the Purple People Eater". And wearing gloves is really annoying.
hey, they used to call the Vikings D the purple people eaters, lol.
I'm probably going to write up that article this weekend, so be prepared for pics.
Pix up of the weathered equipment...
Weathered S4Cotton Belt HopperPan Am BoxcarGreen Mountain BoxcarDelaware & Hudson Gon[/img]
GG!
Any details on what you did to get that? Paint/thinner ratio, etc... I can't do anything with my airbrush... I need to get another one.
Wow, even my best attempts to weather do not look that good. Realy like the Pan Am boxcar. Anyway, im finally done with putting grass on a part of my layout. It took me 2 whole weeks, and its only around 2.5 square feet!! It did not want to stay on some near vertical cliffs.
Hey look! You masked off the windows on the S4 this time! Great job on all the equipment! I wish I could weather even close to that well!
I've just taken a video of my new GP30 switching New Poland Cement. Here's a link:
Switching New Poland Cement
Enjoy!
GG, looks good. Guess I'll get of my tail and do some weathering with mine.
Tyler, your vid ain't showing up. Sounds like your happy with that GP30 though. (Or is it GP30u?)
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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.
Try it now. I posted the link when it was still processing, a couple minutes before I left for the dentist. It'll be available in high quality sometime today, I still have no idea how the site decides when...
It works now. Looking good so far.
GG: Nice job on the weathering! That makes me want an airbrush even more. Maybe Christmas...
Tyler: Like the video! Except for the fact that ATSF doesn't run ANYWHERE near the east coast... unless the WRS inherited the unit.
TrainManTyIt'll be available in high quality sometime today, I still have no idea how the site decides when...
Added more glue to the scenery. And I cut and glued the foam for a new hill. I already have 3 layers on it, I might add one more.
I'm working on another video of my layout. Unfortunately, I found out that the video doesn't work with the computer (either my laptop or the downstaris computer) :( so it will be another stop animation. This one will have more pictures and sound (I completely forgot I have one of those MRC sound stations, DUH!). Should be done in a couple days.
I'm 1,000,000% positive it is a second hand loco, not yet in the paint booth.
Yeah, it will be repainted or possibly faded till near white then patched for WRS and weathered with dirt and grime...
The only problem is ATSF never retired any merger-scheme GP30s; all of them were repainted in Bluebonnet and most are now BNSF. I renewed my Modeler's License recently for a reason...
TrainManTyHey look! You masked off the windows on the S4 this time! Great job on all the equipment! I wish I could weather even close to that well!I've just taken a video of my new GP30 switching New Poland Cement. Here's a link:Switching New Poland CementEnjoy!
Do yourself a favor, just weather that puppy. Don't paint over that kodachrome. One of the best ever paint schemes, and the RR was never even created.
I swear I'm gonna get a loco in that scheme
nice video, btw
Nothing new to update.
We MIGHT have off tomorrow because of the weather. Here's an EPIC STORY: (get the popcorn)
On Thursdays, in the afternoons we have period 8 and then 7 (IDK why). So we're sitting in ENglish (8th) and all of a sudden, the lights go out. A few minutes later, they come back on. All of a sudden, something flies past the windowA few minutes before the bell is about to ring, our principal comes on the intercom. She tells us to ignore the bell and stay in class until further notice. Someone looks out the window and sees a firetruck. We have no clue what's going on. Our principal comes back on the intercom and tells everyone to go to their lockers and immediately report to the gym. One of my friends tells me that the roof has ripped off. When I get in the gym, I look out the window, and the roof is on top of the library. Because of the roof, they had to park the busses by the street. When I go to my bus, THE ENTIRE ROOF OF THE GYM IS GONE!!! Just plywood.
Really hoping for that 5 day weekend.
Packers#1TrainManTyI've just taken a video of my new GP30 switching New Poland Cement. Do yourself a favor, just weather that puppy. Don't paint over that kodachrome. One of the best ever paint schemes, and the RR was never even created.I swear I'm gonna get a loco in that scheme
TrainManTyI've just taken a video of my new GP30 switching New Poland Cement.
Oh no you don't!
That loco is getting WRS paint, or Tyler will face consequences... If the weather holds up I may be able to lug my Paasche and Compressor and paints out to your house next week. Only downside is my friends switched from Cornell Red to B&M Blue a few times without cleaning the tube for the paint to go up, and now I am stuck with two bottles of purplish paint...
Alex: I have a Badger airbrush and a compressor (not an airbrush compresser though, it's really loud) except all I've painted with them so far were my clouds... I'm still going to get paint and decals "someday" although that's what I said back in October too...
Double Action or Single Action?
It turns out I may be in New York on Tuesday... :( If I can't make it then we could try tuesday, although I'm going to make attempts to get out of The City in the morning, and have them drop me off on the way home (If we left at nine, its possible I could be there around noon.)
Anyways, We could weather your choo choos with airbrushes... ^_^
Guilford GuyPackers#1TrainManTyI've just taken a video of my new GP30 switching New Poland Cement. Do yourself a favor, just weather that puppy. Don't paint over that kodachrome. One of the best ever paint schemes, and the RR was never even created.I swear I'm gonna get a loco in that scheme Oh no you don't!That loco is getting WRS paint, or Tyler will face consequences... If the weather holds up I may be able to lug my Paasche and Compressor and paints out to your house next week. Only downside is my friends switched from Cornell Red to B&M Blue a few times without cleaning the tube for the paint to go up, and now I am stuck with two bottles of purplish paint...
If i had the money, I'd buy him a new shell and tell him to send me the old one. Love that scheme, even though the RR never came about
It's a single-action. I didn't see much advantage of a duel action for the extra price.
Alex: Is that one of the NH units? I still have your old Bachmann GP30 that really should have "Do Not Occupy" stenciled on it...what with the missing cab window/all weather window and the general state of disrepair of the unit... We could swap the shells and I could kitbash the remains of the Bachmann unit into a real slug unit to run with the "mother" SDP35... Plate over the windows with styrene, remove or cover the fans, and then weather the heck out of it... I'd have my rebuilder put a plug in the SDP35 so the GP30 could give electrical pickup to the SDP35 when they're running as a set... Shoot me an email about that if you're interested...
We are now officially out of school for tomorrow! 5 day weekend!
Tomorrow I'll finish up that video. I need a couple more slides and then I need to get the sound. Should be up sometime tomorrow.
That could work, although I don't think the handrails will fit on the P2k Unit. We could put the bachmann shell on the P2k Dummy Chassis, and use it as extra pick up, or we could put it on the powered GP30 chassis, and install the sound decoder I have for it (you might like that idea better)
GG, if your going to New York are you going to stop by trainworld/trainland?
Tyler, you could turn that F into a P on the GP30, so you might not have to go through the whole ATSF Geep thing. (would make it SP) Turns out the parts booklet for the new run of GP30s has both phase 1 and phase 2 handrails under one listing:
From booklet "920-584954.......GP30 low hood handrails (for phase I and phase II)........$8.00"
Speaking of which, I might try to order a few for mine. (Removing them to paint the ends doesn't always work out right) But the trick I picked up out of the most recent MR works really well for this, and step edges (my SD45s and F45 didn't have the steps painted, the SD45s didn't have the ends painted either)
Joe, lucky, I never get the stuff like that. (except one fire alarm where we had to exac the building; someone burnt some toast [might explain why cafeteria food always tasted like crap], but nothing caught fire)