Howdy .... I see a lot more activity today. Great stuff, everybody.
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Tim Capn Crunch .... It is good to see the layout is started.
Michael .... The SP SD40 is nicely weathered.
Mike L .... It is interesting to read about your experinces with keep alive technology. Glad it is working well for you. Also, you posted nice layout pictures.
Little Timmy .... Your TCC gondola looks great.
Peter .... Love the waterfront scene with switcher. Also, thanks for your kind remark pertaining to my county park scene.
George .... The 70 ton switcher looks great.
Paul .... The Big Boy looks good on the curve.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
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A project that finally got pulled off the half finished shelf. It also gave me an answer to a long standing decal issue.
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Other side in better light
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Paint is still wet on the inside
Shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
SeeYou190Bear: You "tooned" the new guy... what an honor.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
GREAT STUFF Guys!!!! Keep the pictures coming!!!I haven’t even touched my diorama yet, I was so deep into a couple of Peterbilts that I wanted to finish one of them before they finished me and that took up the entire week.This little bugger ended up with four 0603 LEDs for headlights one 1206 for the upper amber lights (and some fiber optics) and three 1206 for the wrecker body, all using a bit of fiber optics.
I bought the wrecker off eBay and it didn’t have the wrecker boom so that is a Mel scratch build.Before it was finished I think I must have disassembled and reassembled it 25 times, it fought me something terrible but I won!I had to redo the fiber optics on the overhead four times because of the tight bend in the fiber.Mel My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Mel: The fiber optic lit clearance/marker lights are the ultimate!
If I can make a suggestion... the boom does not look correct for a towing/recovery vehicle, but it does look spot-on for a welding service truck.
If you added a couple of oxygen/acetelyne tanks and a gas powered welding rig I think you would have a remarkable model of an industrial service vehicle.
Welder's trucks are kitted out with home-made tool chests and material racks. It could be a real eye-popper.
Amazing work... you are remarkable.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thanks KevinI have a mold for tanks, I’ll cast a few and go from there. I think I’ll try to come up with a wrecking crane too. I have plans for having the wrecker helping a big rig on my highway.Mel My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Heartland Division CB&QMike L .... It is interesting to read about your experinces with keep alive technology. Glad it is working well for you. Also, you posted nice layout pictures.
Even once I added wipers to all the Shay's 8 wheels, it could still be defeated if it rocked just right, it could lose contact. The "keep alive" acts more like a source of contsant power or one of those dead-rail locos with an onboarde battery.
RR_Mel,
The thing the wrecker needs is to have the rear of the boom lowered, assuming it's in travel position. Based on my experience working in a heavy truck garage, wreckers based on heavy duty truck chassis would have a light bar across the front of the wrecking boom apparatus that is just below the 13'6" clearance limit. Thus, unless you pose the model at a scene where the boom has been raised from the travel position to work the wreck, having the top end of the boom higher than the light bar is the wrong visual cue if the boom is in travel position.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Mel, outstanding Peterbilt!
Mike