Weekend Photo Fun 5-7 September 2014

["JaBear"]

Gidday All, I was a bit remiss in not responding to Posters in the last WPF. Not only do I enjoy and appreciate the “Regulars” offerings but I am also more than pleased to see “New” contributors. The scope and variety helps me keep my (dubious) sanity especially as I’m not achieving much on the modelling front.

To “Borrow”  BRVRR Allans phrase, “Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. WPF is always the best thread of the week thanks to you.”

When I foresaw that my modelling was going to “stall” due to w**k and family commitments I thought (????) that as I needed some idler flat cars for the ferry, and as I needed practice working with styrene, that a spot of scratch building would fit in just fine.  Whilst looking for plans I came across one in the March 1958 Model Railroader “AN MR one evening project.”

Here are the results of five weeks efforts.

 

DSCF5176 by Bear, on Flickr

 

 

Looking forward to the Really Good Stuff.

Have a Great One,

 

Cheers, the Bear.

[mikelhh]

Nice work, Bear. One to be proud of.

I doubt I'll ever progress to scratchbuilding rolling stock!

My Atlas Boston and Maine RS3

Mike

[mlehman]

Here are the results of five weeks efforts.Sigh

Bear,

Sometimes the Really Good Stuff takes longer. I'd say you and Mike have things off to a bang-up start.

The big project of the week was kitbashing the Silverton RR's combine "Red Mountain" from a LaBelle Rio Grande combine kit. It was really easy, too, so I shouldn't have procrastinated so long in doing it: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/232196.aspx

If it's still too hot where you are, then imagine there's a big icy avalanche that the ditcher is moving here at the head of the work train above Eureka.

Meanwhile, the cook is back in the camp car kitchen at Eureka working on lunch...

And I finally decided, after having the ancient deacls with the kit break up when I tried to use them, I've taken ol' CONX #5 and converted it to hold water for MOW purposes as SURR 0152.

Thanks for looking.

[BRVRR]

Bear nice work on the flat car. I don't have the patience to attempt something like that.

Mike (mikelhh) thats a great scene and scenery.

Mike (mlehman) your work train is a work of art. Thanks for sharing.

I've been stuck on ALCO locomotives lately as has my grandson. Here is a recent photo of my PAs rounding the curve at the East end of the BRVRR leading a heavyweight passenger train:

All three locos are Athearn BB kits. The two A-units are powered while the B-unit is a dummy with a Soundtraxx DSX sound decoder and two 1-inch speakers installed. The lead A-unit and the B-unit are electrically coupled so there is virtually no sound stutter.

Keep up the good work guys. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.

[GP-9_Man11786]

Bear, the flat car looks great.

Mike, I love the winter scene, looks very realistic.

Other Mike: Your photos loom terrific. You really bring the Colorad narrow gauge to life.

BVRR: Great shot, love the PAs.

A little while ago I sent my Minitrix K4 off to Max Magliaro to be repowered. I got it back yesterday.

On the outside, he blackened the drivers and running gear. I redecaled the tender.

Under the hood, Max replaced the stock motor with a Faulhaber 1319 coreless motor. He traded the stock gears for a new 4:1 gear set. He also fixed a very nasty bind in the drivers and replaced the stock headlight with an LED. I can now creep this engine along at 5 scale miles per hour. The top end speed has been reduced to a very reasonable 80 smph.

Here she is leading the Broadway Limited.

And exchanging salutes with an L1 Mike.

[Doug from Michigan]

I finally got around to making my static grass applicator.

 

After a bit of practice I started to get the hang of it.

[Motley]

Trackwork, lots of trackwork I'm working on right now. I'm laying the two inside mainlines. Finally got the girder bridge track completed. Now I'm working on the curves on the upper left corner.

 

[Hobbez]

Some really great pictures already today.  Here are a few pics of night switching at the North Atkinson Paper mill.

[Southwest Chief]

Awesome photos so far all.

I'm working on an HO scale LAUPT diorama:

[howmus]

Work is progressing on the Steel Girder overpass bridge.  I have the bridge permanently in place and now I am putting in the "fill" on the other side of it:

I have also been rusting some rail in the yard.  You can easily see the difference between the unweathered and the finished rail.  When when all the track has been painted, I will add other trackside details and ballast.

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[Grampys Trains]

Great modeling and photos from everyone.  F7's crossing the bridge over Roaring Creek.

[HO-Velo]

Bear,  

Thanks for launching another episode of WPF.  Wow, 1958 plans, some things never go out of style, good job!  I seem to remember following a few of those DIY in a weekend magazine articles that I was still working on a month later.

Making a little headway with a DTD kit bash.

Thanks to all,  Regards,  Peter

 

[jacon12]

A station scene.  I've just completed painting a few HO scale people and decided to put them in this photo.

One day I'll finish this area..  :)  In this shot the only ones I painted were the man in gray and the one you can hardly see standing behind the post.

Jarrell

[Jimmy_Braum]

Been quiet this week, so here's a quick shot I whipped up. 

It is set in my yet to be finished roundhouse on my yet to be started museum section of my eventual layout.  Yes, both of these locomotives will be operating steamers in my universe. 

[G Paine]

Today I finished a Northeastern Scale 70 foot puplwood car kit for Boothbay Railway Village. The kit was assembled and painted by another volunteer; I added the decals, weathering and a pulpwood load made frm sticks and twigs I collected from around my house. The assembled kit weighed 0.8 oz, and NMRA recommends 5.8 oz for a 70 ft car. I doubted the "logs" would add 5 oz to the car, so I made two cores from a scrap piece of plywood, shown here being test fit on the car. They need to be beveled to match the center suport, cut a bit shorter and the lead painted black

Here the load is almost done; I cut the logs 8 ft, 4 ft and 2 ft long. The 8 ft ones went on the end between the bulkhead and the core; the 2 ft ones on the sides of the cores; and the 4 ft ones on top. I put a wood screw on the core to use as a handle so I could remove it when the load was almost done, to add more weight.

This is the finished car

[mlehman]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone.

Outstanding work in these pics, at every stage from pieces to trophy pics

George,

Those are very realistic looking logs. Is that stuff native to Maine or is it more commonly encountered?

["JaBear"]

Thanks to everyones contibutions,  helping to keep my sanity, and inspiring me to try harder.

Thanks also for the kind and encouraging words. 

My weekend is almosy done, to those in Northern parts, have a Great Sunday.

Cheers, the Bear.

[GP-9_Man11786]

More awesome stuff this week.

Last night I managed to build ome mountains leading up to the east portals of the Galittzin and New Portage Tunnels. I hit a bit of a snag when I bought a roll of cheap paper towels from the dollar store. When I dipped them in plaster and lifted them out, they disintegrated. So I had to switch back to Bounty. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for.

I also built a mockup of the east portal of the Gallitzin Tunnel. I'll do the same for New Portage shortly.

[G Paine]

They are mostly oak and maple collected from around my house on the Maine coast.

[mlehman]

George,

Thanks, those are easy enough to find for a lot of people.

[PM Railfan]

mikelhh

Nice work, Bear. One to be proud of.

I doubt I'll ever progress to scratchbuilding rolling stock!

My Atlas Boston and Maine RS3

Mike

 

 

Mike, I LOVE your scenery work! Can we (I) see more?

[PM Railfan]

Grampys Trains

Great modeling and photos from everyone.  F7's crossing the bridge over Roaring Creek.

 

Again, great scenery work! Would love to see more of this one as well! Great work to you (Grampy and Mike)!

[mikelhh]

Thanks PM Railfan for the nice words. I have more in the gallery on this site if you're interested.

http://cs.trains.com/members/mikelhh/files/default.aspx

Cheers

Mike

[Grampys Trains]

My thanks, as well, PM Railfan, for the kind words. I'm also a big fan of Mike's work and photos.

[Steelman65]

Hi Doug, are there plans on how to build the static grass applicator?

["JaBear"]

Steelman65

Hi Doug, are there plans on how to build the static grass applicator?

Not sure what plans Doug used but here's some links that may be helpful.

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/197394/2158173.aspx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAEmcqc-yIc

Cheers, the Bear.

[HO-Velo]

Not sure what plans Doug used but here's some links that may be helpful.

An additional link for static grass applicator DIY plans.  The 12V ion generator works far better than the flyswatter, but the flyswatter is both quick and inexpensive to make.

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/magazine/mrh-2010-MarApr/static_grass_applicators

regards, Peter

[railandsail]

Southwest Chief

Awesome photos so far all.

I'm working on an HO scale LAUPT diorama:

 

 

Matt, can you give me some dimensions for you train station,...I want to build one just like that. I understand there was a walthers kit version of this station but it is no longer available.

[SeeYou190]

Southwest Chief has not posted here in two years.

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I doubt he will see your question.

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-Kevin

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[gmpullman]

Here is a series of photographs of LAUPT:

 

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?va=exact&sp=1&st=gallery&q=Photograph%3A+ca1312&fi=number&op=PHRASE

 

The last several views are actual plans for the building.

Download them, print and scale them to HO or whatever scale you would like.

LAUPT_b by Edmund, on Flickr

LAUPT_f by Edmund, on Flickr

 If you need more:

 

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll6/id/63

 

Good Luck, Ed