Well this is what I have to present this week.
Newest run of the Kato SD40-2. Repainted into Wheeling and Lake Erie colors
CSX decals applied to a friend's project
Let's see your work.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
On the Boothbay Railway Villlage layout, we have just started working on the Monson farm village. This week, I brought a water tank for the narrow gauge locomotives, complete with a railfan trying to get the best picture, and ignoring the No trespassing signs
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Hello, Folks...
Another weekend? Already! Sure is flying by!
Thanks for the kick-start, Jimmy! Pretty soon you will have more models of Wheeling power than the Wheeling actually had engines for! Nice going!
George, I half expect to see Betty Jo, Bobbie Jo and Billie Jo peeking over the top of that water tank! Pretty neat !
I continued work on the classic LMB New York Central H-10a that I came across. It has been interesting doing the research on these engines. It seems the first order of this class in 1922 from Lima was assigned NYC numbers 1 to 65! Can you imagine NYC #1? I haven't picked out a number yet and they only had these low numbers until 1936.
I'm making plans to trade-out some of the original 55 year-old details for more current and technically improved ones.
For instance, here is the original class light and bell
That bell yoke looks like 1" boiler plate!
I may swap out the air pumps and definitely the feed water pump.
I'll have to snip some of that piping and slip unions on to them. The "pipes" at the feed water heater don't even connect to it. It will take some work but it is a fun project.
I'm awaiting a new micro-torch so I can get some heat onto these parts! I hope my soldering skills are up to the task! Division Point Models imported a fine looking H-10 some time ago but these babies are commanding upwards of $1200. My example may not have all that finery but, I'll be able to say that I have some sweat-equity invested in her!
On to more great WPF!
Regards, Ed
It's not a real photogenic project, but it does make things more comfortable. I opended up the narrowest spot in the aisle from about 17" to 20". A Before pic.
An After Pic.
From the other direction. There was a bulge taken out between the manual turnout control in the right forground and just this side of the control panel in roughly the middle of the pic in the green fascia.
I moved and recycled carefully, so it was slice and dice, just a touch of Sculptamold along the edge of the facia and fab some new attaching points. I can walk straight through now. My operators will be very happy. Easier for me when my legs are having a bad day. A nice wide shot of the finished rehab.
Finally, some eye candy from Lime Creek Gulch.
Now where was that dateline ruler I dropped?
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Another one ready for paint.
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Good morning all from cloudy, hot and very humid Northeast Ohio.
Jimmy, good looking SD40-2, but I prefer a more basic black locomotive (PC).
George, nice looking water tank, a little different with the brick building underneath.
Ed, I have been trying to acquire an NYC mike for awhile, but the prices have mostly been astronomical!
Mike, making that aisle a little bigger will be a great help, doubt I could even make it through that aisle!
Bear, thanks for stopping by, have fun with all those turnouts!
Casey, another gem from the Casey Backshops!
I managed to get some cars done this week.
Intermountain 40' PS1 Boxcar Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Mask Island Decals.
Walthers International style caboose, window arrangement not quite correct for the NYC, but until I get my brass ones painted this will be a fill in. Caboose was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red, as the original bay window cabooses were delivered in that color. Decals were from an unknown source that I picked up on E-bay.
More work done on my M&StL RS-1
I have completed building the new louvers over the radiator section on the roof and installed the steam era bell and marker lights on the front of the unit. Also installed all the grabs (except two that will be painted and installed later over the white stripe on the unit). In addition all the lift rings have been installed. The white thing on the engineer's side of the radiator shutters is an awning for the canvas covering the M&StL used during the winter to keep the engine compartment warm.
Now on to the paint shop!
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
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!
Jimmy ... Your W&LE SD40-2 looks great.
George .... I like the wtaer tank with its unique design.
Ed .... Your NYC H-10a looks like it will be a fun project.
Mike L ... I suspect 17" could be a bit narrow for some vistors. Nice job of widening it.
Bear ...... Hey look everybody ! Bear is posting zebras ! .... Nice.
Casey .... Your are building an impressive fleet . I like this one too !
Rick J ... The boxcr and the caboose look good. Looking foraward t oseeing the completed RS1.
Below is my 2-6-2 ....
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
dti406George, nice looking water tank, a little different with the brick building underneath.
The water tank is similar to one built by Bob Bennett for an RMC article a few months ago. The prototype tank was/is on the Eadiville Railroad in Carver, MA. The brick structure contains a stove that protects the piping from freezing in the cold New England winters
Good stuff from everyone. A trio of EMDs crossing Hammer Creek.
Gentleman and Ladies,
Erumph, ahem...
I want to announce and congratulate our own Bear for his wise thoughts being cited by Ye Editor (note how I spared him "Olde") Neil B.'s FromtheEditor column in the Spt. 2016 MR that just arrived. I think it was in another thread than WPF, but centered on a discussion on the practicality of doing a Dollar Model project series now...pretty unlikely. The point of what really matters was not the cost, but the journey, IIRC.
I don't envy Bear the job of getting the kinks out of that old track, but the results seem to speak for themselves. Very nice work there.
Interesting project Ed!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Mike:
I continue to be amazed at how quickly you can make changes to your railroad. However, I'm afraid that even at 20" I'd probably still get stuck. FWIW, I stopped drinking diet cola several weeks ago but my weight doesn't seem to be going down at all.
Rick:
I love the detail on the RS-1. I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.
Jimmy, Thanks for getting the WPF rolling with your SD-40.
Gathering modeling inspiration with the camera while sightseeing is fun. For at least 50 years the prototype big fish has been cooling it's fins atop a structure that's just a stones throw from the U.P./former S.P. mainline in the bay shore city of Rodeo, Ca.
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
Peter ... That is a great sign .... It would be funny if it said "Fresh Fish".
Nice stuff, everyone!
An SD leads a freight:
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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In early Spring this year, I had lost all interest to continue work on my little Swiss layout, so I took a longer break from it, only occasionally running a train over it.
For whatever reason, I started to work on it again - in spite of the heatwave we are right now going through (and no A/C - ).
The right part of the layout has so far been a stepchild in terms of scenicking it. I was not really happy with it, so I thought chaniging it a little couldn´t hurt much at all. The tunnel portal had been just a plywood construction painted black to be less conspicious, so I though a little work on that could only improve the looks of it. With the help of a sharpened screwdriver, I scribe mortar lines into the plywood surface, just to test how this will go, as I intended to cover the plywood with a thin layer of DAS modeling clay and then scribe the lines into this rather soft surface, which air-dries to be rock hard after a day. Well, the result was too good to be covered up, so I painted it and drybrushed it with several different lighter shades of grey, tan and finally white.
The result looks quite promising!
... and the finished product, installed on my layout:
That looks wonderful ulrich
Heartland Division CB&QThat is a great sign .... It would be funny if it said "Fresh Fish".
Thanks Garry, I like having scenes and items on the layout that remind me of good times. The old fish sign is on the route of my favorite east bay bicycle tour and my twin grandsons were with me the day I snapped the photo of the sign.
Regards, Peter