Gidday All, Well it's been a very busy week, and did the usual but annoying, " Lets w##k late cos its Friday!!!", still shouldn't complain, it keeps me off the streets.
As we're starting to lay track on the Club modules, this week I decided to scratch-build a track inspection car, a scale 89 feet long and 10 feet wide and no weight to speak of.
Looking forward to the really Good Stuff.
Have a Great One Folks,
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Interesting Car Bear
Wish i would have had 2 of them when i was laying track to test overhang on the curves for double main lines to keep passenger cars from bumping into each other
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
Bear, I've heard of glass bottom boats before, but ......... .... Actually, it looks like a good idea.
My photo has the P 2000 Heritage 0-6-0 switching freight cars at the bakery (Stayle Bread Company).
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hey Bear
Great job on the "track checker" I always intended to build one using three axle trucks, My heavy weight passenger cars and six axle diesels were the most likely to derail when I first started laying track. I never got around to it though.
Lee
Partial view of the On30 PC&KC yard area during an operating session on Feb. 14, 2013
A good beginning guys. Keep the photos and ideas coming.
Here is a progress photo of my work on a Pennsy E-unit. Its a PK2 model that started in ACL colors.
The decaling is done and the antenna fabrication and installation are done. Next is dirtying it up with some powders and sealing everything.
I made a video earlier this week for another thread on this forum demonstrating my under-table sound decoder installation. Here is a link if you are interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdr_WwHCg4I&feature=youtube_gdata
This is always the best thread of the week thanks to all of you out there. Keep it going everyone!
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Hey all,
This is a thread I look forward to each and every week. This past week I have been working on the first of two Santa Fe Warbonnets. I have the shell, frame and trucks done and now have to finish the hardwire installation of the DCC decoder hiring harness. Hope you all like because it maybe my finest work yet.
Before and after right side.
Sorry, had a bit of light wash around the stack when taking this picture. I love how this engine turned out, she has been worked hard over the years but like a timex she takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.
Here is the other side.
As soon as she is done, the one on the bottom is headed into the paint booth next.
Enjoy
Will
Nice stuff guys.
The past couple of weeks I've been working on kitbasing the Walthers Milwuakee Station & Train Shed kit, into a backdrop building, for Cheyenne Depot Station.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Great work everyone. This is a great thread. Still nothing to share this week. I am on a break from platering my coal mine. Hopefully it will be done by next weeks thread.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Just watching the train go by. DJ.
DJ,
very nice perspective of distance. well done
model in O. the Western NY and Ontario Railroad
Nice photos of good modelling, gentlemen. This thread has come a long way for many people over the past two or three years. Most impressive!
Another old layout photo from me.
Cleaning track getting ready for my open house Sunday After the Houston train show
Here's a couple of overhead views of my layout Via the online traincam
Great looking stuff by all. Sadly, I've got nothing new this week, progress at the paint shop has been s-l-o-w, to sat the least.
BUT, wait til next week!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Hi all. It's been a while since I've posted anything on this forum. Here are a pic taken off my WP layout featured in the October issue of MR, 2012.
Have Fun.... Bob.
Having trouble painting those small detail parts for your projects?
I decided to use a circuit breadboard to hold the parts for several projects.......some holes in the board were opened up with different size drill bits and the parts are held in place with a small drop of Micro-Scale Krystal Clear.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Nice, DJ!
DC
http://uphonation.com
Excellent Work this week everyone!!!!
Will,I really like the work you are doing on your SF WarBonnets, AWESONE & Well Done!!!!I dig it!!!!
Nothing new from me, sorry for the no-pix...
Nice looking stuff this weekend,I'll post something old just to keeps things rolling.
Sam
Sam - That's a very nice scene, especially the way the church is built into the hill side. Not only I have seen barns built like that here is Western Pennsylvania, but I've also seen a church built just like that as well. Only problem is I can't for the life of me remember where it was at, but the lower level was built of heavy stone just like yours.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Here's 2 AM kits that I built.I still need to add a small chimmy to the yard office and fuel oil tank.
This office will be used as a locker and break room.The freight dock will be on the team track.
The yard office:
And the freight dock:
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
C&O Fan:
Where do you get your front surface mirrors?
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
A City Classics East Ohio Street kit has been added to the layout under the name "The Bralick Building"
John R.
Phoebe Vet C&O Fan: Where do you get your front surface mirrors?
Special order from Bunswanger glass >Not Cheap< but they also cut it for me to exact size
http://binswangerglass.com/
but there is also a reflective glass for commercial buildings not sure of the name
Here's some recent work. The skirting has been completed on peninsula and I have started the next benchwork section. The paneling on the skirting and fascia was reclaimed from our family room and lower level rec-room when we remodeled the house over 15-20 years back. the skirts hang on nails or hooks made from 12 guage house wire. First a before shot:
Now the after. Amazing how much nicer it looks when you hide the junk. Also, quite by accident I discovered that putting the skirts inset from the fascia 6 or 8 inches maked the aisles seem bigger.
And the other side of the peninsula
Here's the benchwork. There will be liftout at the other end in the open gap to get to the rooms at the other end of the basement.
George V.
tcwright973Sam - That's a very nice scene, especially the way the church is built into the hill side. Not only I have
Thanks Tom,
That church is a left over from my first layout, but is now on the new one
C&O Fan Phoebe Vet C&O Fan: Where do you get your front surface mirrors? Special order from Bunswanger glass >Not Cheap< but they also cut it for me to exact size http://binswangerglass.com/ but there is also a reflective glass for commercial buildings not sure of the name
Thank you.
Nice work, everyone!
Dennis,
Thanks for the tip on a different use for an old circuit board. Good idea!
I haven't done much on the RR since the recent ops session because writing on the diss is going well. I did finish up my story about my simple car card ops, moving concentrate from the mines above Silverton to the mill in Durango. Here's a pic of #39 finishing up switching at the ASARCO mill.
The whole enchilada is at:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/214270.aspx
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Got my latest fun item, an SP police caboose from Athearn, marker lights and interior lights work. No credit to me they did it all.
Jerry SP FOREVER http://photobucket.com/albums/f317/GAPPLEG/
It was a busy saturday morning, working from 8 to 12 without interruption under a bad grey sky in Belgium.
I built this curved Nscale turnout arrangement and the n°8 from Fastrack jig in code 55.
There are two different curved turnout, both n°8, but one whith a standard Fastrack radius, the other whith custom made radius made for me by Fastrack ( 40 and 46.5 cm)
I must admit the curved ones are somewhat difficult to build, but all in all the jigs are so helpful in Nscale to semi handlaid these turnouts; I say semi handled, because they are'nt handled directly in place.
I prefer to mount this kind of arrangement on the workbench like the advice of Mister Popp.
The small straight track is the track of a working Nscale high lift rotary car dumper slowly taking form.
Next week I hope to lay this ones and some n°6 and share the pictures.