SeeYou190 Rick, I have never seen a steel plug door car with a fishbelly underframe before... pretty neat. -Kevin
Rick, I have never seen a steel plug door car with a fishbelly underframe before... pretty neat.
-Kevin
Kevin, thanks for the comment, this is the third one of these cars that I have done, when getting the supplies for this project I ordered the Fishbelly underframe kit from Accurail and glued the whole thing together not knowing it was about 2 scale feet narrower than the underframe for the RBL, I managed to get the fishbelly parts off the underframe before the glue set up fully and cut a slit in the regular underframe with my Dremel for the Fishbelly sides to fit into, luckily it all came out okay.
Casey, nice scenes of your beautiful steam power.
Garry, great work on the Fine Scale Kit, I hope the ones I have come out as well as yours did.
Jimmy, that SD40-2 looks really good.
Mike, a mystery project, seems like a Haloween thing to me.
Bear, nice to hear from you, keep up the new work, but where is my car ferry?
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!
mbinsewiMaybe I should post this in Kevin's Holloween thread!
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It would have been just fine there!
We need to watch our for spiders making attacks on our trains. In 1:87 scale spiders can be horrifying, especially if ridden by goblins!
Happy Halloween!
Living the dream.
There seems to be a lot of the same thing going around, although this shot was taken on the SLOW about 5 months ago when I ran a train for the first time in a couple years....
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Stranger Things has invaded your layout! Hope the cab windows are strong enough to hold back the demogorgons...
Mike,
That is spooky. Maybe you need to run a big ol' wedge plow through on the point? Hope the crew is all safe, spider bites can be pretty deadly when you're only 1:87 scale.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Saturday night, I ran a train that has been sitting on my layout since last May, when I moved to outside projects.
The lead engine after emerging from the first trip through the hidden track area.
It's a Kato. No track cleaning, I just turned on the Digitrax system, and away it went. Ran flawlessly for the rest of the night.
Maybe I should post this in Kevin's Holloween thread!
Mike.
My You Tube
JaBear,
Did You by any chance try the heavy duty aluminum foil? It is thicker.....I used it before, seem's to work better....at least for truck tarps....
Take Care!
Frank
snjroyBear, that is an interesting technique. I wonder if a coat of paint on both sides would give it enough strength to make it easier to handle.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Got the details and sideframes on my subway car in prep for the Transit show in Parsippany next Saturday. Still need to do the electronics and add couplers.
This week I have been making repairs and upgrades to some G scale buildings. Last year LL Bean contracted with Boothbay Railway Village to build a Christmas theme layout for their Northern Lights holiday celebration. We have been invited back this year, and have started refurbising the layout.
If anyone plans to visit the LL Bean store in Freeport ME between Thanksgiving and New Years, be sure to visit the Children's Dept to see the layout.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
on Flickr
That's a classic, Bear. I almost fell outta my chair. But it's true, tiny people COULD be under there working on things...sadly, whenever I return hoping theyve fonished things in my absence, nothing much seems to have happened. I promise that no tiny workers are being held against their will and that all are paid the minimum wage, which is tiny, but apparently legal.
It's a neat little project that required some planning and acquisition of unusual resources, is a kitbash, and will challenge my skills at painting and decorating. I promise not to gratiously show regular updates with just new wrinkles in the cloak of invisibiliy.
Bear, that is an interesting technique. I wonder if a coat of paint on both sides would give it enough strength to make it easier to handle.
Garry and Dave, I found the conversation about Alfas and MGs quite amusing. Being under 6' in height, my Alfa fits me fine!
Simon
zstripe''....JaBear" construction LTD. is growing and growing...
Cheers, the BIGheaded Bear.
Hi All,
Well with My shoulder taking it's time to heal there is really not a lot I can do....except...sit at My desk and build trucks...LOL or sorts.
I would also like to say there is alot of fine building going on....many talented people here in this favorite thread...congrats! To You All....
In keeping with the color of the month, I guess I'll have to post a couple that are nearly finished........don't what to swell the Bear's head any..but ''JaBear" construction LTD. is growing and growing...quite a few still being built...
One for good measure........
Take Care, All!
Good stuff again this week guys.
A slightly beat up RDC passing under the Route 32 overpass on the BRVRR layout.
Keep the photos and ideas coming everyone. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Rick, Thanks for opening the WPF. The color of your fine Jersey Central boxcar seems to match the time of year.
Thanks to all, Happy Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, Peter
Back again ... Thanks to all who commented on my photos.
George .... Your station looks very good .
Simon .... Uh, oh .... The layout is in storage. Hard to run trains. By the way, nice car. Don't let Dave razz you too much.
Bear ... ? ? ?
Kevin ... The freight cars look good. Doggone ceiling fans.
Terry .... Your foreground scene looks outstanding. I definately like your cattle sounds. I think I mentioned before I have cattle sounds inside my slaughter house, and they do get attention from visitors. It sounds best when the the sound locomotives are at a distance. Too many sounds close together gets noisy.
I'll add another photo because it is that time of the year.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Got my sound car done and hooked it up to my extra car with only a speaker
Saving some money on a second decoder
The two are conected with a 2 wire plug
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TerryinTexas
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SeeYou190 Nothing is more startling than walking into a ceiling fan.
Sorry Kevin, but I'm sitting here LMAO at the image of you (or anyone) getting whapped on the head by a ceiling fan. I apologise. I'm sure it's not a funny experience. On the other hand, that's the price you giants have to pay for associating with people who don't have air conditioning!
Sorry again, I'll quit before you buy an airline ticket so you can throttle me to death! Actually, being a rather tall person and being used to looking down to make eye contact with most people, I find it rather disconcerting to meet someone who I have to look up at!
With all due respect,
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Dave,
You got me... I have never actually tried to get into one of them. I have seen them, and they are tiny. I just always assumed I would not fit.
I grew tired of hitting my head 35 years ago. Nothing is more startling than walking into a ceiling fan.
SeeYou190Dave, I have not been able to get into an MGB since I was 12 years old! I am 6' 7" and weight about 300 pounds.
6' 7" eh! Do you ever get tired of banging your head?
Just out of curiousity, have you ever tried to get into an MGB? I'm 6' 2" (in the morning at least) and when my back was still working properly I had absolutely no trouble getting into my 'B'. In fact, when I was an Officer in the Air Cadet Reserves, I could wear my dress uniform hat while sitting in my MGB with the top up, and the hat didn't touch the roof! Of course, if you had the top down it didn't matter how tall you were! There was also plenty of leg room. In fact I had the seat pulled up a couple of notches despite my long legs. I could write a book with the experiences I had with that car!
Cheers!!
Great looking stuff this week. Thanks to everyone who posted so far.
Casey, that is a great action shot, the opposit of my post this week, LOL.
Mike, come on, don't hoard your projects, let it out!
Jimmy, My wide really wants me to light the buildings when I build the new layout. I have never done this before. I am impressed with what you have done.
Garry, I have never attempted a FSM model. I own the John Allen enginehouse and intend to include it on the new layout, but we will see.
Dave, I have not been able to get into an MGB since I was 12 years old! I am 6' 7" and weight about 300 pounds.
Here is what is new this week on the STRATTON & GILLETTE, two "celebrity" freight cars have arrived. A Midland Road boxcar and an Oldensburg & Lake Richelieu Hopper. The hopper is a Tichy kit, and the boxcar is by Fox Valley Models. It is one of only a handful of cars that I have not painted myself. It was ready-to-run, but I had to "re-kit" it to remove the magnetic steel weight and modify the underframe to accept Kadee trucks.
Keep the photo fun coming!
Yes Dave, it would be hard to cheat on that one for sure. I've been looking for one in HO scale to put on the other layout, but have not found the right model yet.
Simon:
I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but that sweet little Alfa Romeo is not to scale with your layout!
Seriously, obviously the layout is quite sturdy. Well done.
Dave (who drove an MGB for years in his youth. I doubt I could even get into one these days).
Gidday All, unfortunately a lack of modelling time has become too much of a regular occurrence, though the mine project is progressing very very slowly!!
Hi there. With fall kicking in, work and the boys' hockey are getting in the way of model railroading again (!). Worse yet, my portable layout project is officially on hold as I can only work on it in my non-heated garage - that gets pretty darn cold up up here in Canada during winter months. This week, I officially put the layout in storage in my second garage. The picture also shows the stresses that I will be imposing on this portable layout between the shows and expositions I plan to use it for...
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The layout is surprisingly strong and meets my expectations so far with respect to strength and durability. Unfortunately, I did not manage to find the time to finish the scenery work (trees and rock painting). It will have to wait until spring. No shortage of projects until then, fortunately.
This week I finished the Whitefield depot, a Blair Line kit along with a train order signal. The depot stands between the standard gauge and narrow gauge tracks on teh Boothbay Railway Village layout.
Rick .... Nice looking CNJ RBL car.
Casey .... I'm impressed with your locomotive models. Nice shot!
Mike L ... Uh ?
Jimmy ... The lighted building and the SD40 -2 look great .
Some of you may hve noticed I included a covered bridge in the background in some of my photos. It is one of several models left over from my 1900-era layout of many years ago. There are a few other 1900-era models scattered around in my current layout which is approximately 1960-era.
Here is the covered bridge..
A couple of weeks ago I showed a wood truss bridge I recently restored to use on my current layout. It will lead to a corner of my layout which is under construction. I plan to have a small section that is 1900-era.
Presently, I am restoring several structures and buildings I made when I had the old layout. Most are kit built, and many are Campbell models. Some are scratch built. Also, I am fixing up some old 1900-era passenger cars which include cars I amde from LaBelle kits, and several others too.
I just completed fixing up my old depot. It is very special to me. I put it together while recovering from injuries I got as a result from being hit by a drunk driver at 50 mph about 28 years ago. The drunk took a year out of my life, but making this station shows not all of the time was wasted.
The depot was made using a Fine Scale Minatures kit and has numerous details.