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Weekend Photo Fun - September 4th to 6th, 2020

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Posted by Little Timmy on Sunday, September 6, 2020 8:45 PM

Ok,

I decided the Demon's Hollow lone caboose nedded some sister's sooooo...

I just pulled them out of the paintbooth, ( they have been there since Wednesday.)

So tonight is "decal - O - rama" night. I'm also continuing work on the logcar.

You can't really tell, but this is Two hour's of " fiddlin" with Plastistruct and Liquid glue....... ( anybody notice my fingerprint  in the glue on the main frame ??? )

AND: I may give the Buffalo Brine  logo another shot.

( Hey, I figure I already got my fingerprint disaster out of my system ....... what could possably go wrong now ?? )     

 

Rust...... It's a good thing !

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Posted by HO-Velo on Sunday, September 6, 2020 9:00 PM

Chip,  That's a mighty good dusty, dirty, faded look you put on that livery stable.  My guy is laboring on Labor Day weekend, but glad the winch has a torque multiplier.

Daves_Trains,  Oh yeah, sandlot baseball!  Really liking your scene, lots of neat elements, the nice switcher, Buick cop car and DTD structures to name but a few.  The palm tree says the locale has a mild climate?

Gonna' sneak another one in;  The road turns sharply up before the rest day. Allez! Allez!

Thanks for all the nice comments, regards, Peter

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Posted by Motley on Monday, September 7, 2020 2:31 AM

I just received my shipment of the Scaletrains carbon black hoppers. I got 20 of them. I'm gonna use them for Gates Rubber, I just decided that for an industry on my new layout.

I got all the cork in for the railyard. Next I will be working on all the yard tracks.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Monday, September 7, 2020 3:26 AM

dti406
In addition 3 weeks ago I fell in the parking lot while a downpour was going on and sprained my ankle and twisted my knee. 

Gee Rick, steady on there!!!
Boy, it’s great to see so much varied really Good Stuff.
Thanks to all the contributors.Thumbs UpThumbs Up
Been w**king this weekend, so running late…
 
Swings by Bear, on Flickr
 
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by York1 on Monday, September 7, 2020 8:38 AM

HO-Velo

Gonna' sneak another one in;  The road turns sharply up before the rest day. Allez! Allez!

Thanks for all the nice comments, regards, Peter

 

 

That's another neat scene, Peter.  OK, who's the guy in the red and black cape waving a pitchfork at the bike riders?

York1 John       

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, September 7, 2020 11:21 AM

Timmy: Nice work update. I really like what you are doing with the logging flat car project.

Peter: I have the same question as John about the pitchfork fellow. Who is that guy and why is he there?

Bear: Thank you for the toon this weekend.

Michael: I looked at the image of your new hopper car. It is a beauty. Scale Trains sure does magnificent stuff. Is the running board made of alluminum on the prototype for these cars?

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, September 7, 2020 12:01 PM

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Posted by Motley on Monday, September 7, 2020 1:37 PM

SeeYou190

Michael: I looked at the image of your new hopper car. It is a beauty. Scale Trains sure does magnificent stuff. Is the running board made of alluminum on the prototype for these cars?

-Kevin

 

 
Hi Kevin, yes the roofwalks are made of aluminum on prototype. Scaletrains did a great job with these cars, very happy with them.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, September 7, 2020 3:20 PM

York1
who's the guy in the red and black cape waving a pitchfork at the bike riders?

Why he's my rendition of 'Didi the Devil', a passionate cycling fan who for many years has been attending the Tour de France to cheer and prod the riders on, usually during key mountain stages.

Thanks and regards,  Peter

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Posted by York1 on Monday, September 7, 2020 3:23 PM

HO-Velo
Why he's my rendition of 'Didi the Devil', a passionate cycling fan who for many years has been attending the Tour de France to cheer and prod the riders on, usually during key mountain stages. Thanks and regards,  Peter

I had to look him up!  That's a fun thing to have on your layout.  Nice work!

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, September 7, 2020 3:44 PM

HO-Velo

Why he's my rendition of 'Didi the Devil', a passionate cycling fan who for many years has been attending the Tour de France to cheer and prod the riders on, usually during key mountain stages.

Thanks and regards,  Peter

As an old rider and TDF fan, I recognized The Devil immediately.  Well done!

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, September 7, 2020 3:50 PM

mikeGTW

Here's another one   not an Athearn   it's an old Gilbert brand   all metal

Mike, I believe I actually have one of those, including the old transformer.  I got it in a box-of-trains so I have no idea of its origin, but it's at least sixty or seventy years old.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, September 7, 2020 3:54 PM

Phil: That tender project turned out incredible. It looks perfect behind your Dreyfus Hudson model. A+ work!

Michael: Thanks for the roofwalk explanation.

Peter: Thanks for the devil explanation. That is a great detail to add to that scene.

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Posted by tankertoad135 on Monday, September 7, 2020 4:43 PM

Nice batch of work and pictures gents!  I done love 'em.Bow

Here is the latest for the Mt Hood RR; a new boxcar fer newsprint loading.  Got another one in the works.Cowboy

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Posted by dti406 on Monday, September 7, 2020 4:54 PM

Since I forgot this was a long weekend, I will post another photograph!

Kato SD45 - SD40 Combo (as the PC and Conrail usually paired them) with a string of mostly PC Boxcars, of which only 3 were duplicate classes (PC & PRR) or Lots (NYC).

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Posted by mikeGTW on Monday, September 7, 2020 5:05 PM

MisterBeasley

I looked up that flatcar and first came out 1946   I believe that is the oldest car I have

 

 
mikeGTW

Here's another one   not an Athearn   it's an old Gilbert brand   all metal

 

 

Mike, I believe I actually have one of those, including the old transformer.  I got it in a box-of-trains so I have no idea of its origin, but it's at least sixty or seventy years old.

 

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Posted by Harrison on Monday, September 7, 2020 7:33 PM

Great looking stuff this weekend everyone!

I haven't done much modelling wise lately, but I took two railfanning trips, to Maine and to Syracuse. If anyone is interested in seeing my posts and videos, they're all on https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/. I hope everyone had a great weekend,

 

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Monday, September 7, 2020 8:24 PM

Little Timmy--I easily spend hours doing little bitty things. I'm really interested in how the log car is going to turn out.

Peter--another nice bike rally.

Michael--you're ahead of me. I am waiting for the garage to cool down enought to work, then I'm going to start slapping down cork and laying rail.

Bear--hey, old fat farts can still swing, or so I've heard.

Philo--I like your rear bumper.

Toad--nice.

Rich--I was about to comment on the Ivy on the build--then I saw Thomas.

I got a bug up my wazoo and so I made a bunch of mock-ups and played planning commisioner. I designed the streets and what went on them. 

I went from this:

to this:

 

 

 

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Posted by Little Timmy on Monday, September 7, 2020 8:32 PM

I managed to get a bit more done on the logcar.

 

As far as the Bison Brewery reffer is concerned, .... I must be out of my mind ! 

What was I thinking ?!?!?  How can I possably believe that I can "Sucsessfully" hand paint Two carsides EXACTLY THE SAME ?!?! 

This is going to be a L O N G  journy...... I may not "pull this off" .....

( Please dont hate me if I repaint this mess....... Or, somehow  manage to turn it into a gondola .......    It could happen ..... I do have a Hammer ...)

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, September 7, 2020 11:38 PM

It does not matter, you cannot see both sides of the car at the same time.

If anyone ever did an inspection of both sides of the Fleet Of Nonsense, I would never pass.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:12 AM

Little Timmy
This is going to be a L O N G  journy...... I may not "pull this off" .....

Little Timmy
....... what could possably go wrong now ?? )       

Please don't shoot me — I'm only the messenger! But

Isn't the lettering upside-down?

The reefer door latch (I believe) goes toward the bottom?

 

 ACF Lot #116            046 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr

 

   Still, I think the lettering looks great Bow

 

Great Stuff this weekend, everybody Yes Yes Yes

Cheers, Ed

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:19 AM

gmpullman
The reefer door latch (I believe) goes toward the bottom?

They just are all very tall workers in Timmys world.

Brent

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:29 AM

BATMAN
They just are all very tall workers in Timmys world.

I was never going to tell Timmy the car sides were upside down.

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Posted by Little Timmy on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:33 AM

OMG NOOOOOOOOO. !!!!!!

Dont know how I missed that ....

But at least I'm consistent,  zi got it wrong on BOTH sides .

It's ok, I'm going to " repaint, and thin no more" ...(  I'm going to strip the paint and try again ....... this has gotta be the longest paint job I have ever done.) 

I'm sure I would have noticed ...... eventually .....

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Posted by HO-Velo on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:23 AM

Little Timmy
OMG NOOOOOOOOO. !!!!!!

I hate those kind of moments, like after the glue dried on the second story fire escape, 'watch out, that last step is a doozy'.

Good luck & looking forward to seeing your completed log car, Regards, Peter

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Posted by Little Timmy on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:23 AM

I'm very surprised that JaBear didn't come up with a "beartoon" for my " misscalculation".

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:42 AM

HO-Velo
'watch out, that last step is a doozy'.

"Survived the fire just fine — broke my darned neck tumbling down that hole"!

We've all been there Smile  Ed

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:16 PM

Oh man Timmy!

I feel for ya.  I thought I was the king of the doozy mistakes when I cut my foam bridge piers 1 inch too short which equals 13 feet in N-Scale, so don't feel too badSmile

Edit   Scratch my center paragraph after I completely understood, ...Oh No!   

Yet I wonder if you could carefully cut the doors at the next siding board seams with a razor saw and Flip-Em?  That styrene solvent holds pretty dang good.

 

Very impressive hand-painted graphicsYes

 

 

TF

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Posted by "JaBear" on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:48 PM

Little Timmy
I'm very surprised that JaBear didn't come up with a "beartoon" for my " misscalculation"

While I will unashamedly “borrow” contributors’ photos as subjects for a “Beartoon”, it is because I can find something humorous, (whether others do or not is a case in point). But I will try not to make fun of, or embarrass a contributor!  
 
That said, I personally blame the “miscalculation” to the overindulgence of “Bison Brine Ale”!!!Ick!
 
Besides, if someone claims to have never made a mistake, then it is obvious that they have never achieved anything!!
 
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 5:24 PM

JaBear
If someone claims to have never made a mistake, then it is obvious that they have never achieved anything.

I love this statement.

-Kevin

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