I spy something new on WRS locos...renumbered locos.......WITH NUMBERBOARDS! I have to admit that, despite my earlier fears, the red cab looks pretty nice, especially with the new all-caps lettering. They definitely look the many years younger than the rest of the fleet that they are. And that blue boxcar looks snazztacular!
Yup! 902, 1500, 1501, and 1300 are pretty much set for shipment to WRS, though I need to scrounge around the floor of my room for the rear headlight housing on 1300... I may be free next weekend if you want to run some trains, and this will be good because I'm looking to sell a bunch of weathered cars to you and/or Steve so you can pick out what you want. I'll also be collecting my mad bills. It's always nice to have monies.
Alex
Ooooooh, purdy!
Ok, so I realized that I kinda messed up on the PL42. However, it is fixable, and won't cost me any extra money.Apparently, there's a black stripe along the bottom edge that I never noticed before, so I went ahead and put the orange striping along the bottom edge. So I had to remove the orange stripe from the edge, and I'll have to paint it black, and then add the orange striping above the black. I need a new decal set for the tricolor striping anyway, and now I'm going to need it for the orange as well. No big deal, just a little bit of lost time.
I'll have photos of what's done either later this evening or tomorrow.
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Taylor, I hear ya man, we all want better use of space.
Well, got my writing assignment for the curcible; it's a portfolio. we have to pick FIVE of the assignments. but there's a few that are worth 2, and I'll be doing one of those more than likely; creating a website for the Salem Witch Trials. and if I do a research paper on that as well, I can kill three birds with one stone.
Alex, SWEET units!
As to me being the fellow with the ball on my homepage, no such luck. Here are a few pic sof me from our game agaisnt Irmo last spring though (I'm #4, and I have a scrum cap and Under armor cleats)
Trying to make a flying tackle (barely missed and then he juked the other player and scored a try):This is my favorite pic, I love my face in thisgoing for the tackleHalftime
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Mental Note: Dont get Sawyer angry.
Not much to report. I tried to update my blog and lay some flextrack, just to find I didnt have rail joiners. That is one thing I might have to learn about flextrack. oops.
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
IVRW Mental Note: Dont get Sawyer angry. Not much to report. I tried to update my blog and lay some flextrack, just to find I didnt have rail joiners. That is one thing I might have to learn about flextrack. oops.
yesir, I'm not that violent unless it's on a rugby pitch or similar playing field for sports, however. and usually when I'm rested I let a lot of stuff go. but catch me really tired or really stressed, I can be a real pain in the rear
Ah, rail joiners. those things are pains in the rear. And I'll need some new ones, although I'll be attaching a feeder to each length of flextrack, hopefully. just makes life easier. and I'll be wiring blocks, so that should make it easier to wire up
Hey Everyone,
Joe, that sucks but atleast it won't cost you money
Sawyer, If we ever meet, I may kiss your feet before I even talk to you just so you don't destroy me lol JK
Alex nice paintjob
John, that sucks hope ya have some money to get some
Bear Down!
Here's what the shell is looking like as of now:
Not even close to done, and not perfect, but it's not too bad. It looks like the striping is missing in places, but it's not. It's rediculously hard to get those tiny decals in those grooves!
Taylor, hahaha man, nice.
Joe, it's looking pretty dern good. I hate decaling, but hey, it's gotta be done.
Thanks, Sawyer!
I'll be doing some more work on it tonight.
Micro Sol is your friend! Apply half a dozen liberal coats to the decal area of the course of a few days and it should melt into the grooves.
Guilford Guy Micro Sol is your friend! Apply half a dozen liberal coats to the decal area of the course of a few days and it should melt into the grooves.
I actually have some micro sol, but being the idgit I am I put it on before applying the decal. don't think it worked out too well.
Packers#1 Guilford Guy: Micro Sol is your friend! Apply half a dozen liberal coats to the decal area of the course of a few days and it should melt into the grooves. I actually have some micro sol, but being the idgit I am I put it on before applying the decal. don't think it worked out too well.
Guilford Guy: Micro Sol is your friend! Apply half a dozen liberal coats to the decal area of the course of a few days and it should melt into the grooves.
You can still put it on after the fact...
Not much to say. Joe, nice job, looks good.
Well thats all.
Yay! I laid my first flex track successfully! 3 feet down, 27 to go!
John, glad to hear man!
Tyler, live and learn man. I think I did try that and it worked. I probably lathered on too much at times though.
You really can't overdue the application of micro-sol. It doesn't matter how much that you put on, you just need to be careful about handling or bumping the decal after that, because the decal will get stretched, and stay stretched. A stiff brush is good for pushing the decal onto rivets and door latches after the micro sol is applied.
Yeah, like GG said, when in doubt, add more. The only way you could possibly use too much is if you submerge the model in a container of it...
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Thanks, Taylor!
And congrats John! You're 10% of the way there
Over the past two days, I've been doing a little more on the model, mostly adding more white and orange striping, and fixing the tri-colors as best I can. I'm out of orange and tri-color striping, and I don't really want to do the other side without it (unless I just do around the cab...), so I might be done for a while. The back end is pretty boring, so you don't need to see that, but I'll post a photo if you guys really want it . Anyway's here it is so far:[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ns3010/5037946082/][/url]
EDIT: Just found out that the Atlas Gensets were due to ship to dealers yesterday. About time! Only TEN MONTHS Late, NBD...
A, that'd be where I went wrong then GG, the stiff-brush bit.
Joe, the loco is looking good, you gotta be having fun with that thing man!
Thanks! Yeah, I've been having fun, but it's been a major learning experience. Fortunately, it's actually coming out better than I was expecting!
John, thats good to hear.
Joe, ya hopefully my building experience will not be bad when I start on the merchants rows. I'm going ot start painting tonight, so wish me luck.
Taylor, if you're using an airbrush try spraying the trim color first, then masking it and spraying the brick color
Sawyer, i'm brushing painting and it is coming out ok! Gonna take forever though.
Hey John,
Is that you on the new cody's office, the question about the pexiglass signs?
Maybe. . This is actually the second time Ive been featured in it. The first time was way back in 78. Not 1978, Im way to young to have seen those days. In episode 78.
Tyler has the reader submission in the current issue of Trackside with Trains.com
Taylor, on the last DPM kits I painted, I airbrushed the brick and then handpainted the trim. that was a pain, but I used some paint I had on-hand for the trim, so it was worth doing that instead of spending the money for trim colors (4 kits).
Tyler and John, congrats on your trains.com things!
Well, I've had another railroad idea: an ATSF spun-off 1980's branchline called the Apache Northern, set in the California produce area. I may build this with code 80 flextrack on the benchwork for the CSRY whenever that gets put up to practice track laying and wiring. I can run my U23B (say it was purchased with the branch) and GP35 in their current liveries. Hey, it's an idea, which I'll be reasearching at some point, who knows if it will ever be built.
This weekend is pretty much a wash, I'll be working on my english project. I'm also ordering some Packers gear today. It feels weird spending money on something other than trains, but I need some new Packers gear.
So today is my first work day on my Eagle Project! Wish me luck!Oh, and speaking of THAT... yesterday, the school where I'm doing my project did a dress down day. Kids gave a donation of a dollar or more, and in total raised THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That will give me the $230 dollar balance for the lumber, and almost another $150 for paint and other stuff. This is absolutely great!
Sawyer, you have way too many ideas! Stop thinking!
Joe, SWEET! and I only wish I could, it's CRAZY
It has just occurred to me that you guys have seen no pictures of the BWTC in Utah. Watch out guys! Here they come!
First, the main purpose of the room. This is what I moved to the basement for: the ability to have my railroad in my bedroom, which drastically increases productivity.
Then, the afterthought. As it just so happened, I accidently put something better than a sleeping in this position.
Moving on to The Evolution of a Scene:
Scene 1: Track Planned
Scene 2: Roadbed down (and track placed on top of it to make it look like I've actually done something)
Scene 3: Everything laid
Scene 4: And lastly, the most important part, running trains.
I now have a grand total of 522 scale feet laid, i.e. 6 feet.
When this was finished, Bradwood residents gathered together for the first train to Camp 2! I am standing to the far right. My good friend and part owner of the BWTC, Fred Bradley, is at the bottom of the picture. This was a static shot, so, once I got a three foot lead laid, I fired up the train.
It was a version of an inglenook, only it had two tracks. I immediately dove into the box of remnants from the IVRW, got out a few cars, and quickly started a switching game. The object of the game was to arrange the cars so that all but one would be on one spur, while the other, a track cleaning car, would be on the other, cleaning the track. Ah, but I complicated it for myself. I also had to switch the cars in such a way that once I was done switching, I could easily exchange the Kadee kits for the track cleaning car, and end on the note of the locomotive and logging cars on one track, and the other cars on the second spur. I had a blast! Here are some shots:
At the ending note, I set up some figures. Just a whim, I guess
Hope you all enjoyed this update! I plan to get issue 3 of the chronicle out soon. -John