Always great to see all the detail and progess.
Too bad the EM1 never survived (not a one), to be pictured w/ a newer EMD
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Cool stuff guys and welcome back Bear!
I didn't do a lot of newly photogenic stuff this week, spending lots of time getting things ready of the ops session when the NMRA meets here on Saturday. Hosted a visit be another couple os fellows with great layouts who hadn't been here yet. Their were very pleased that there was virtually no plywood visible and wondered how this had flown below the radar for so long. For me, it's about getting things "presentable" and that's only been in the last decade. The word gets around slowly, but I think it's been worth the wait once you see it in person
Mostly, I've been tuning track and locos for best performance. Something like this little kink can make a big difference in performance when you looking for ultimate limits.
Kink before
Kink after [corrected image]
Now my old Sunset K-28 can handle 15 Blackstone cars on this 2.5% ruling grade.
In more scenic news, I rearranged things and added tramway trackage at the big Crater Lake Stone mill at Purgatory.
Maybe more pics later. Gotta run.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Morning Bear
Nice progress on your Ferry Project
Shot another Video With my new Mobius Camera
Called
"The Great Train Chase"
With a couple of Wow Decoder equipped Locos
"> Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOm85epLXko
Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOm85epLXko
TerryinTexas
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Bear, nice continued work on the ferry, as your model really once plyed the Detroit River for the Wabash I am very interested.
Frank, nice looking trucks.
I am also a member of the Railroad-Line Forums and have taken their challenge and took a kit off the shelf that has been sitting there for a while unbuilt. I have started on this kit a Rail Yard Models P&LE Hot Coil Car.
Above are the kit contents, the Resin Cast Details in the upper left of the picture with the special Adair Weights on the upper right side of the picture, the ECW 125 Ton Buckeye Trucks in the middle left next to the main frame and brake gear details from Tichy. Decals and etched and Evergreen parts make up the rest of the car. Also included is a mini-CDrom with 54 pages of instructions to build the car, instructions to die for. This is what the finished model should look like. Here I have attached a couple of pieces of Evergreen Plastic to the car in a groove that was in the casting to accept them, I left the ends sticking out so you could see them before trimming them even with the frame. Also drilled two holes at each end now as they will be a pain to drill after the end blocks are in place. Making the middle pillow blocks, glueing in the Adair Weights and then attaching the covers to complete each of the 4 blocks. The middle blocks have been installed, have to install the braces on top of the blocks and then onto the the end blocks. Thanks for looking! Rick J
Above are the kit contents, the Resin Cast Details in the upper left of the picture with the special Adair Weights on the upper right side of the picture, the ECW 125 Ton Buckeye Trucks in the middle left next to the main frame and brake gear details from Tichy. Decals and etched and Evergreen parts make up the rest of the car. Also included is a mini-CDrom with 54 pages of instructions to build the car, instructions to die for.
This is what the finished model should look like. Here I have attached a couple of pieces of Evergreen Plastic to the car in a groove that was in the casting to accept them, I left the ends sticking out so you could see them before trimming them even with the frame. Also drilled two holes at each end now as they will be a pain to drill after the end blocks are in place. Making the middle pillow blocks, glueing in the Adair Weights and then attaching the covers to complete each of the 4 blocks. The middle blocks have been installed, have to install the braces on top of the blocks and then onto the the end blocks. Thanks for looking! Rick J
This is what the finished model should look like.
Here I have attached a couple of pieces of Evergreen Plastic to the car in a groove that was in the casting to accept them, I left the ends sticking out so you could see them before trimming them even with the frame. Also drilled two holes at each end now as they will be a pain to drill after the end blocks are in place. Making the middle pillow blocks, glueing in the Adair Weights and then attaching the covers to complete each of the 4 blocks. The middle blocks have been installed, have to install the braces on top of the blocks and then onto the the end blocks. Thanks for looking! Rick J
Here I have attached a couple of pieces of Evergreen Plastic to the car in a groove that was in the casting to accept them, I left the ends sticking out so you could see them before trimming them even with the frame. Also drilled two holes at each end now as they will be a pain to drill after the end blocks are in place.
Making the middle pillow blocks, glueing in the Adair Weights and then attaching the covers to complete each of the 4 blocks. The middle blocks have been installed, have to install the braces on top of the blocks and then onto the the end blocks. Thanks for looking! Rick J
Making the middle pillow blocks, glueing in the Adair Weights and then attaching the covers to complete each of the 4 blocks.
The middle blocks have been installed, have to install the braces on top of the blocks and then onto the the end blocks. Thanks for looking! Rick J
The middle blocks have been installed, have to install the braces on top of the blocks and then onto the the end blocks.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
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Morning, Bear,
Hope Your break was restful....Be's that way sometimes...Me too!
Before the weekend's out I will post some new pic's, that I revised My thinking of the area I'm working on. Got the belt sander out and went to work making sure everything was perfectly flat. Glad my sander has a dust bag on it, Homasote can make a mess. LOL.
Your vents like great! I'll have You know, everytime You post or talk about Your ferry, You make me want to build one, just to do it...dream layout or not. ''Old wood ship builder".
Talk to You later.
Frank
Btw: Where's the ''Bulldog''?
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."