"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
JaBear:
The hopper car looks really good. As I have said before, the detailing is excellent.
If I am allowed to make a suggestion or two, I would suggest that the "Lachlan River" name be moved more to the center of the car. The diamond shaped 'LR' emblem can stay in the same place but just moved lower down on the car.
Dare I also suggest that the "Lachlan River" letters might look better if they were larger by maybe 20 - 30%. Of course you will have to figure out the spacing of the letters so they will fit neatly between the side braces. That might put the kibosh on the larger letters.
I am a great admirer of your work. Please don't take my suggestions as criticism.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Bear,
Great looking scheme. That's Really Good Stuff!
And of course that whole Commonwealth thing is really all about the holidays, isn't it? The Queen may not visit regularly, but her holiday shows up every year promptly, right? Just think, back in 1787 or whenever we'd finally gotten the best of the Red Coats, we should've just shook hands and said, "Jus keeeding!" and we could've ended up with twice as many holidays. Could use 'em, too, as American employers are notoriously stingy about vacation time compared to employers in much of the civilized world, where they have laws about such things, etc...but I digress
More time off is always good for the layout is how I figure. I think THAT is what's killing the hobby -- not enough time off.
Anyway, got some projects finished up for next week's ops session and been working my way through developing my first serious timetable. It's a good thing I used to shuffle truck loads around to get to different places or I'd really be over my head. But I think I'll get it done in time. Will be runing 6:1 fast time, so that should keep them moving...
Hard to see through the basement windows, but Maguire's has thrown on a large stock of Colorado Black Stripe kegs to accomodate thirsty operators. Those HO scale kegs are %#$@! hard to open, though.
I got a pretty good reverse angle shot, where I can check my progress on getting that concrete wall done behind Meinrath's. Still some space to fill, 'fraid to say. But since it's HO, I can get away with stuffing some ground cover or something in there.
I dug around in the scrap box, because I needed a small shed to store drums for the Sinclair dealer in Red Mountain. Came up with this shed and, since the reverse-angle gods were with us this evening, there's a shot of trackside.
You can even see the "front" of Red Mountain's depot, normally never seen by humans. I really like how digital cameras now make these so easy with a little practice. And you won't waste any film if it doesn't work for you. What works for me pretty well is resting my camera hand on something, as I tend to be rather shaky with a trashed right shoulder and some other issues.
Finally, #375's Micro-Tsu came back from it's short vacation to Durango. It's all better now. Worked on installing it and cleaning things up. Worked right off the bat in torn-down mode, then after I buttoned it up, worked great then
Just back from its test run in the above pic, it still needs a little tuning and CV adjustment, but runs really well considering my slight run-in with the gearbox.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Cheers, the Bear
Bear and Mike, nice start to the weekend!
Nothing new this week just a couple of club pictures of the NKP and Wabash, both of which used to be in my backyard when I lived in Toledo, Ohio on the joint line from Toledo Zoo down to just south of Maumee where they then split with the NKP going to Fort Wayne and the Wabash heading to Montpelier.
Athearn Genesis GP9's on a general freight! Athearn Genesis F7's in the best scheme applied to the F7's IMHO. Rick J.
Athearn Genesis GP9's on a general freight!
Athearn Genesis F7's in the best scheme applied to the F7's IMHO. Rick J.
Athearn Genesis F7's in the best scheme applied to the F7's IMHO.
Rick J.
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Bear ... Your covered hopper looks great. My vote in the size of the lettering is your hopper is okay. If anything, it is larger than needed. Your car has square hatches which were used in early versions of covered hoppers as were used in the 1950's. Large, bold lettering started to appear in the 1960's.
Mike L . ... Your layout certainly is well detailed. I like the steam locomotive.
Rick ... I like the NKP and WAB locomotives. Yes, the Wabash F7's look nice, but we won't tell the Sanat Fe Warbonnet fans what is your opinion.
Below is a photo of a Great Northern paasenger train passing the flour mill. A Burlington freight train with FT's is holding until the GN train clears. Later, the FT's will follow the passenger train eastward. The Passenger train has a steam generator car because the F3's do not have steam generators.
Bear: Notice the small letters on the Northern Pacific covered hopper in the center of the picture.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ballasting the track has been started this week. I also redid the backdrop, as I was not happy with how the clouds turned out. I will use an airbrush next time.
As usual, WPF does not disapoint. An awesome crop of stuff this week.
I haven't been too busy on the layout this week. My car needed a serpentine belt, my wife's car needed spark plugs and they both needed coolant flushes. It took me a whole day to get all that done. I did get some things done though.
I built this Conerstone Backshop kit:
I also built some mountains:
Rather than use Woodland Scenics Plaster cloth on this latest round, I mixed up a viscous batch of plaster of Paris and dipped paper towels in it. It's old school, but it works and its cheaper than plster cloth.
I also added this retaining wall and some background trees:
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
Still waiting for a few detail parts Fo the basket case Varney 10 wheeler but did finish adding a Wow Steam Decoder While i wait for the Rear Marker lights and ladder for the tender
"> Meantime i Picked up a old Docksider to do a Cab forward Conversion That hopefully will look like this one from the Yardbird trains page "> Decoder wiring installed Waiting for the Cab Forward Faceplate "> use shrink tubing as a channel for the wires going to the back of the loco(red,black,yellow and blue "> using a 6 pin TCS pre wired plug Between engine and tender "> complete rig "> Converted oil tender using speaker enclosure glued over the old removed coal load Hand rails need straightened and touch up paint " target="">[/URL" target="">] And of course Windows and KDs "> Still waiting for the Face plate ">
Meantime i Picked up a old Docksider to do a Cab forward Conversion
That hopefully will look like this one from the Yardbird trains page
"> Decoder wiring installed Waiting for the Cab Forward Faceplate "> use shrink tubing as a channel for the wires going to the back of the loco(red,black,yellow and blue "> using a 6 pin TCS pre wired plug Between engine and tender "> complete rig "> Converted oil tender using speaker enclosure glued over the old removed coal load Hand rails need straightened and touch up paint " target="">[/URL" target="">] And of course Windows and KDs "> Still waiting for the Face plate ">
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
mlehman wrote:
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Mike, I am afraid is does not work that way. I am retired, so logically I should have a lot of time for the layout. In actual fact, things in real life seem to intrude on my model RR time. Case in point, I am working on 3 more Sylvan Scale car kits. Simple resin kits, should have been done a couple of weeks ago, but now only in final painting - life just keeps happening...
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Hey everyone, it's been a while!
Here are a few new photos of the layout. I've been scratchbuilding a few frame structures, and adding a lot of Super Trees to our scenes.
Everyone have a great week!
-Stan
Meet on the bridge over Roaring Creek.
Always great "stuff" guys, Was sorting pictures on my new PC, here's a few of my favs
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Awesome work everyone. There is always great modeling here. The only thing I have done this week is put in a small hill using pieces of WS risers I had laying around and plaster cloth. Ground cover is from Scenic Express. I really like their blended ground covers (no connection to company). I also put some weeds down on the coal and freight sidings.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Nice stuff gang!
Please accept my humble offering!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Sir Madog Ballasting the track has been started this week. I also redid the backdrop, as I was not happy with how the clouds turned out. I will use an airbrush next time.
Sir Madog do you give me permission to copy that picture to my computer and use it for model on my future modules?
Thanks
Jack W.
New Kid on the block NP #6017, been trying to figure out if it's an F3 or an F7 with a bunch of NP guys... No luck.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Gary ...
6017 A ... F7A
6017 B ....F7B
6017 C .... F7B
6017 D .... F7A
http://www.nprha.org/lists/equipment%20rosters/allitems.aspx
Heartland Division CB&Q Gary ... 6017 A ... F7A 6017 B ....F7B 6017 C .... F7B 6017 D .... F7A http://www.nprha.org/lists/equipment%20rosters/allitems.aspx
Gary: Not sure about NP. CB&Q F-units were delivered new from EMD with single headlights, and the second light was added later in the railroad shops.
Another great weekend display of modeling and photography.
GP-9man, wish I had your stamina for automobile maint., just a coolant and oil change on the wife's car knocked my lights out.
Playin' with the new camera, more megapix, but lot to learn. The locomotive color isn't true to my eye, faded it some with the edit program. Here goes anyway.
Thanks to all, regards, Peter
Weathered up a couple Athearn Genesis factory painted GP15-1's this week ....
Mark.
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jalajoieSir Madog do you give me permission to copy that picture to my computer and use it for model on my future modules? Thanks
Yes, of course!
Btw, those piles look a lot more grayish in reality, I have no idea where that red hue comes from.
Heartland Division CB&Q Gary: Not sure about NP. CB&Q F-units were delivered new from EMD with single headlights, and the second light was added later in the railroad shops.
Hi........a pic or three of my work train at the local club I belong to from a few weeks ago.
And a pacing shot.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Wow, nice work everyone. I've been upgrading an ugly duckling. I've got 5 old, old Mantua/Tyco streamliner passenger cars, made with real aluminum bodies. I decided to add a red stripe to them, and in the process clean them up a bit and add decals and nameplates. For a couple of them, I had to repair the interior lighting. Here is a comparative look at before and after for a pair of the cars:
And this is a closer look at the dining car, the first one out of the shop:
Keep 'em rolling!
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Some intesting things going on this week!
Here's a few recent shots of progress on my layout:
This is (obvoiusly) the turntable and roundhouse floor in the Laurel yard. I was installing the radial tracks into the roundhouse (12 stall) and stopped to take a shot of my work area. Since then I've completed the track installation (with the help of a few guys at a recent work session). The turntable works like a charm!
And here's an overall view of the Laurel area. Yes, progress is very slow, but it's also very satisfying!
Finally, here's a shot of the far end of Laurel after the work session a couple weeks ago. A couple of the guys installed the connector between the Laurel peninsula, on the left, and what will be the Casper yard on the right (the trains from Laurel will be on hidden track below Casper in this area). The connector is temporary - I'll be adding a partition wall just beyond it. The layout area entrance door will be in that wall, so a section of the connector will be replaced with a lift-out across the door.
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
It's great to see all the projects.
HO Velo - excellent work on the fuel facility.
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
Hey Everyone!I decided to Check In!Glad to see many Familiars!!!! I Wish I had the time to Keep up with all of you..Honestly I have not checked in or even lurked in a long time.. But, Earliear today as i am in On-Call Jail, I got to looking around & wanted to do a little modelling effort. Here is the Background;(Hey, Please Take care!!!! I am not Gone, I still want to be here, & I will not Forget all of you Fine Folks that help & Encourage me with my modelling.. ) [& at least this one stood straight on her trucks!!! Ha hah..]
Please Enjoy!!
Cheers, the Bear.