Weekend Photo Fun, the Easter 2017 Edition

["JaBear"]

 

Gidday All, currently 60 F but raining heavily as Tropical Cyclone Cook is bearing down on the east coast.

 

As the upcoming Model Railway Show has been taking up a fair bit of my time, I’ve had nothing new to show, so have been happy to sit back and let others kick off.

However, I was asked if I could find time to repair, in time for the show, this fine example of a 3 rail Hornby Dublo Deltic.

 

 

Having not looked under the shell before I was little gobsmacked at the sight of the mechanism, or lack thereof, but really, I can’t be too sarcastic, as this locomotive has been in used on a reasonably regular basis since it was bought in 1961. Heck it’s only three years younger than me, so all in all, a little metal fatigue is not too bad.

 

Looking forward to the really Good Stuff.

Have a Great One ffolkes,

Cheers, the Bear.

[Anonymous]

15 sqft. of Easter fun - take a train to the egg hunt!

[hon30critter]

Ulrich!

Your background photoshop is excellent! If I couldn't see the fascia I would think that the whole scene was real.

Dave

[mlehman]

JaBear wrote:

I was little gobsmacked at the sight of the mechanism

That is rather an exercise in minimalism. But if it runs that long, they must have done something right.

Ulrich, The backdrop makes it all look bigger, I can smell the Alpine air.

This wee, I made a lot of progress in the little time available. Catching up...More testing...aided by the dedicated Inspector Six.

Raising and leveling the line as I added the paver mix I was using as the base under the track, I quickly set things in roughly the final position, then backfilled.

Ended up with something like this in what I sometimes call Happy Valley, under review here by Inspector Six.

 

Next up, while the line was graded, many issues remain to dial in for smooth running. But a bigger choice lay inside the patio, as I decided to just pitch the big loop. With the awesome traction of the Shay, it was just easier to go direct and gain back the space it would have used. More updates later....                        

[Jimmy_Braum]

Good stuff so far. Mike, I love that geared loco.  Bet that is a bit different than tinkering with the HO scale version huh?

Ulrich- WOW, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

Bear- Guess you beat me to starting one of these threads for the first time in awhile huh? haha.  That Duplo looks like an interesting piece of engineering.  Good luck

This is what I have to offer.

1.  Those of you who have been following this thread on a weekly basis have seen the Bruceton PA station project take shape.  Well, bad news.  The roof I originally did, warped and is unable to be straightend out.  So, I had to do a second take on it.  This is where I'm at now-  Shingles are going to be in tomorrow, so I'll post a pic when I can of them.

I think the roof pitch is correct this time as well.

2.  I've been in the process of doing requirements for the NMRA Golden Spike certificate.  Well, this is gonna be scratchbuilt structure #4 of five.  It is an entirely freelanced building, that is supposed to have the flavor of a small town, multi use train station and company office.  T

I need to do another coat of white, and the trim as well.  The roof is actually electrical tape, trying to simulate a tar paper roof.

So I will have

-Coal trestle

-Interlocking tower

Bruceton station

Freelanced station

So I need one or two more scratchbuilt structures.

 Oh, I also soldered a decoder to a speaker on sunday, which was the first soldering job I ever did in my life.  I'm still a bit afraid to try it out. 

Well, can't wait to see what everyone else has/.

[RDG Casey]

Lehigh Valley R-1 2-10-2 with a loaded coal train.

[Grampys Trains]

An I1sa with a coal drag.

[dti406]

Good morning from sunny and mild Northeast Ohio!

Bear, thanks for opening up, but English locos are among the ugliest ever, even the streamlined ones.

Ulrich, what a nice looking layout and scene, post more pictures!

Mike, where do you get the time to do the fine work that you do.

Jimmy, more great work on your structures, those look very convincing.

Casey, that is some especially fine looking rockwork, and the engine looks great also.

Grampy's Trains, always liked the Hippos, I have three of them, and I need to paint 2 of them.

I managed to get a couple of cars done this week!

Intermountain 40' PS1 Boxcar with PS Door scavenged from a McKeen kit, added A-line Sill Steps in place of the plastic ones, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Mask Island Decals.  Prototype was built in 1960 and used in general service.

Atlas 5700 CF Covered Hopper, painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow and lettered with Oddballs Decals.  Prototype was built in 1979 and was mostly used in plastic pellet service but some were used in grain service like this car for light weight grains that would cube out in smaller hoppers before they would weigh out.

A Couple of In-Progress shots of my Lehigh Valley X58 Boxcar kit.

Here I have added all the brake lever guides, brake levers and rods, the small lever with out any rods, is for the hand brake connections which will be added later. The trucks are added temporarily now, to protect the brake gear while other detail work is going on.

Bent and installed the end ladders on both ends of the car, also installed the coupler pockets and couplers at this time.

Thanks for looking!

Rick Jesionowski

[mbinsewi]

I like the look of some European diesels, and I'm always looking, as I would like to find one that is HO scale, and will handle DC or DCC.

Mike, the wife thinks a garden train would look good running through her flower beds.  Another story.

Rick, I like the detail work your doing.  Nice.

OK, well, nothing new for me.  I was able to take measurements of the MILW transfer caboose I'm building, but haven't had the time for any more work on it.

I did a lot of research building my F7B HEP/baggage unit, and came across this picture of one with the side panels off.  I thought was interesting, so I thought I'd post it.

It gave me a great view of the structural parts.

Mike.

[Anonymous]

dti406

Ulrich, what a nice looking layout and scene, post more pictures!

How about a short video instead?

[PRR_in_AZ]

Finished up weathering this Mantua boxcar.  Paint fade came out a little too strong so I was trying to fix that.  Messed around with some rust patches.  All in all not too bad.  I hate the oversize stirrups and I do have some A-line replacements.  Probably will get around to adding those another day.

Nice work everyone!

Chris

[CSX_road_slug]

Lots of inspiring work by everybody, that's why this is my favorite thread - even though I haven't had anything of my own to share over the past year or two.

...until now:

This is an HO rendition of a B&O I-5d wood sided caboose as its prototype appeared in 1973, in C&O-style yellow paint.  I kitbashed it from an old brass I-12 using Evergreen styrene and K&S brass wire for the grabs.

I also weathered it slightly.

I realize that Spring Mills Depot will be shipping their own super-detailed I-5 models any day now, in fact I ordered two of them myself in January 2014.  But I figured I might as well build this one to use until "any day" arrives...

[steemtrayn]

mbinsewi

I like the look of some European diesels, and I'm always looking, as I would like to find one that is HO scale, and will handle DC or DCC.

Mike, the wife thinks a garden train would look good running through her flower beds.  Another story.

Rick, I like the detail work your doing.  Nice.

OK, well, nothing new for me.  I was able to take measurements of the MILW transfer caboose I'm building, but haven't had the time for any more work on it.

I did a lot of research building my F7B HEP/baggage unit, and came across this picture of one with the side panels off.  I thought was interesting, so I thought I'd post it.

It gave me a great view of the structural parts.

Mike.

 

looks like the F3B at Steamtown when it was still in CNJ colors.

["JaBear"]

Well, had a good first day at our train show, I spent the day on the door, a steady if not spectacular attendance. But, most importantly, had no adverse comments, just a lot of satisfied punters. Satisfied?? I was surprised with the amount of ffolkes that asked about our open hours tomorrow; and their indications that they may return!!

 

The modules of my late friend Hans Hubner were on show, this budget video shows “The Charming Creek” logging line.

 

 

Cheers, the happy Bear.

[HO-Velo]

Bear,  Thanks for the WPF start-up.  Glad that the weather didn't dampen the spirits of the club members nor the visitors.

Ulrich,  The composition of your scene and backdrop are grand, so too your modeling.

Thanks to all and Happy Easter, regards, Peter

 

[mbinsewi]

Following your theme, Peter,  I don't have pictures, but the East Troy Electric RR has had "Easter egg trains" the last two weekends.  The 7 mile route has large Easter eggs (painted plywood cut-outs) and baskets in random locations, some partially hidden behind brush, or trees,  and you get a "prize" at the end of the trip if you find all of them while riding the train.

All the cars are packed with parents and kids.  It's unbelieveable the crowd this event draws, all day Saturday.

Mike.

[C&O Fan]

A Short Video of Some U Boat Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XFzrHLfvoo

[BRVRR]

Great stuff again this week guys. Thanks for sharing.

Something a little different from the BRVRR this week.

An offering from my website's video page:

 

Keep the photos and ideas coming everyone. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.

[doctorwayne]

It's nice to see all the good modelling here.  

Here's a project that I've been working on recently, shown here after her first trip to the paint shop...

Lettering and lots more painting still to be done.  There's a "build" thread HERE for anyone interested in such stuff.

Wayne

[PRR_in_AZ]

Wayne,

Looks like you only painted up to the cab, correct?  Looks great so far!

Chris

[mlehman]

Very tasty stuff everyone! Thanks for the kind comments!

I'm sore and tired, but got a lot accomplished (plus changed the fanbelts on the LandCruiser). $10 worth of mulch went a long way to improving the looks of things; it's large scale landcover, don't you know?

The loop and yard at Shops

The track enters the patio at Chasm (trestle coming soon) and climbs the 9% toward the spur to the mine (also coming soon).

The Shay on the mine spur

Next is the upper siding

Then the reverse curves

Current end of track. Next will be a tiny terminal with a siding and turntable.

The extra few pieces of track I need set me back about $100, but almost everything else beyond the recently installed RC/battery power for the Shay has just been sitting. The wood is leftover or recycled from other projects. It's mostly about having fun, run what you brung.

[doctorwayne]

PRR_in_AZ

...Looks like you only painted up to the cab, correct?....

Nope, it's all new paint, three colours for now, and once the brush-work and lettering is done, there'll be three or four different clear finishes applied to different areas.

Here's the locomotive before painting....

...the main tender after it was shortened...

...and the auxiliary tender ready for primer...

Wayne

[snjroy]

Nice work Wayne. Is that a Canadian prototype?

[doctorwayne]

snjroy

Nice work Wayne. Is that a Canadian prototype?

 

Thanks for your kind words. 
Despite the ex-CPR cab, the locomotive is strictly freelanced, although the auxiliary tender was inspired by a couple of NYC 10-Wheelers that worked out of St. Thomas, Ontario.

 

Wayne