Living the dream.
Hi everybody. Here we are at a brand new weekend!
This week my share is kind if a stretch for "model trains", but bare with me.
About a year ago I posted in the diner that there was a Kickstarter for custom pieces for the board game "Ticket To Ride".
They finally arrived this week, and they are pretty neat.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures. I am still using my cell phone.
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
The standard pieces to the game "Ticket To Ride" are quite obviously European passenger cars, but the map is of the United States of America. This has bother me for years.
This producer made American themed model locomotives for the game, and they are wonderful.
To me, it looks like the black (Midnight Express) is an American 4-4-0, the red (Sunset) is a SP cowl unit, the yellow (Hornet) is a DRGW F unit, and the blue (Mercury) looks like a Commodore Vanderbilt.
The green (General) is a bit of an ambiguity. It has Soviet iconography, but looks like a Spanish 4-8-4. It breaks the North American theme completely.
I would have preferred green to be a SRR PA-1.
Anyway, all are good, and I am very happy to have these finally.
I can't wait to drive to Tampa for a game of "Ticket To Ride" as soon as possible.
Let's see what everybody else has this week... here we go...
-Kevin
Thank you, Kevin! Those are some pretty neat game pieces. We were given a Ticket to Ride game a few years ago as a gift. It is still in the shrink wrap. Maybe someday?
My Feed Mill odyssey moves along The other day it was laser-cut shingles for the old section:
Feed-Mill_friday-13-shingle by Edmund, on Flickr
Then some Pacemaker Red for the new addition and a scratch-built loading dock.
Feed-Mill_friday-13 by Edmund, on Flickr
Plus I finally covered that hideous green "grass" with a dirt and gravel yard.
Feed-Mill_friday-13a by Edmund, on Flickr
On to more great photos, Folks!
Cheers, Ed
Good afternoon from sunny and warm Northeast Ohio!
A little late today, as I am just back from seeing the Heart Surgeon, who explained why I need surgery to repair the Mitral Valve and while they are in there they will do some ablations to fix my SVT problem I have had for years.
Kevin, thanks for starting us out, neat game pieces, do not know that game we play the old Avalon Hill Rail Baron all the time. I had to find some on E-Bay to replace the ones we wore out.
Ed, that feed mill looks fantastic, I am going to build a similar structure to go on the club layout next to the grain elevator.
Well, I still got a couple of cars done even with the Senior's Bowling Tournament this week along with some other stuff.
First, is another (9 so far) Bowser Covered Hopper kit that I have painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Herald King Decals. The D&TS serviced a sand pit in Rockwood, MI that supplied high mineral content sand for making glass and other specialty items. Most cars were sent to Toledo for use in the glass manufacturing plants that Toledo is famous for (Glass Capital of the World).
Next, an Athearn NACC 50' RBL Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Roof Brown and Silver paints, then lettered with High Ball Graphics decals. NACC built around 2000 RBL's in the early sixties using various parts from various manufacturers like Pullman Standard, Stanray, etc. Most cars were built for private owners and a few railroads. This is one of 50 cars leased by Hershey for transporting chocolate products in a semi-temperature controlled environment.
Last Saturday I took my N&W SD39's (Ex-Illinois Terminal) over to the club to run with a bunch of general freight cars, most of them N&W.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
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Those cars look terriffic, Rick! I especially like the RBL's detailing on the cushion underframe draft gear!
dti406Ed, that feed mill looks fantastic, I am going to build a similar structure to go on the club layout next to the grain elevator.
Thank you!
I'm just about finished with the project, Rick, and I have the original building I built many moons ago plus lots of spare parts I'd be glad to donate to the club. There's enough there to make a complete building.
PM or shoot me an email with your address and I'll send it your way if you'd like. My email address is in my profile.
Regards, Ed
Kevin, those Ticket to Ride pieces look awesome. Are they available for purchase, or was it only via the Kickstarter? My missus and I play that game all the time.
Ed, that feed mill is looking fantastic.
Rick, those freight cars have turned out splendidly!
As for me, the scenery continues. I've been able to get all the scenery along the backdrop done.
Next up is making trees. Lots of trees. I'm currently waiting for some flocking material to arrive. The 'story' behind this log camp is that it was logged out about 30 years ago, but the company's re-opened it to harvest the new growth since then.
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gmpullmanWe were given a Ticket to Ride game a few years ago as a gift. It is still in the shrink wrap.
Ticket To Ride is an area control game. The trains are just a theme. The game could have been called "Spiderweb" or "Telegraph Lines" with the exact same rules.
I like it best with either 2 or 5 players. No other combination seems to work as well as those two. With 5 players it can get brutal as people get blocked, then needlessly buy other routes to block other players in revenge... so sweet.
I am not very good at winning Ticket To Ride, but I love playing it.
dti406We play the old Avalon Hill Rail Baron
Oh my... I have not played Rail Baron in years! What a great game. Right up there with Diplomacy. I would love to find a group nearby that plays Rail Baron once in a while.
My regular group was playing Empire Builder for a while, but the gameplay gets repetitive after a while as the best pathway to victory becomes clear.
tbdannyThose Ticket to Ride pieces look awesome. Are they available for purchase, or was it only via the Kickstarter? My missus and I play that game all the time.
Google "The Little Plastic Train Company", and you will find them. The retail prices are about 25% higher than the Kickstarter.
I bought an extra set of "The Hornet" to carry with me. I am Yellow whenever we play board games, and now I can be yellow EMD F units! I am going to use them as roads in Settlers Of Catan for sure.
The game my wife and I play most often is Carcassonne.
Greetings from Northern Vermont!
Kevin - thanks for getting us started. Those game pieces look cool!
Ed - That feedmill is really coming together! I have been enjoying watching your progress. Good choice of colors and details!
Rick - love the freight cars! Some day I will do some custom painting and decaling... Hope all goes well with the heart surgery!
TB Danny - scenery is looking good. I especially love the tunnel portal.
I have also been working on scenery. First attempt and after a few false starts I am pretty happy. Hoping to share another picture Sunday showing even more progress - we will see....
- Bill Rutherford Lancaster, NH
Central Vermont Railroad
The green locomotive is a pretty accurate Russian P36 4-8-4
I googled a reference and came up with a post of my own in the Classic Trains forum.
https://cs.trains.com/ctr/f/3/t/278265.aspx
They were green with red or yellow stripes...
Peter
I got several compliments in the Show Me Something thread for these two grade crossing photos so I thought I'd share them here as well.
Kevin, Thanks for the WPF start-up and train game pics.
Having Miniprints 'Nick' on the crew adds fun to my model railroading.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers. Have a good weekend and happy National Train Day. Regards, Peter
Ok...
I forgot where I was on posting photos of my progress on this , so a quick update.
Other than a few pieces of plastistruct, and a few pieces of Northeastern scale lumber 2X4 s , most of this work in progress is Model Die Casting kits that I " hacked" up.
Got a coat of Tamya Grey primer on it...
As you can see, I have a few ... ( ok a LOT ) of gaps and splices to fill.
I just got the first coat of Tuscon Red on it, and Im currently working on the H U G E splice in the roof.
( pay no attention to the flatcar in the background.... its a KCS flat that Im fiddling with while I wait for paint / glue to dry. Its not getting any "special" treatment, just straight out of the Walthers box assembly.... and a bit of paint here and there... )
EDIT: Just a quick question, ...
Which sounds better. Totempole Tramway, or, Tomahawk Tramway ?
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Little TimmyEDIT: Just a quick question, ... Which sounds better. Totempole Tramway, or, Tomahawk Tramway ?
Not even worth , Cheers, the Bear
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning
Thanks for hosting WPF as always appreciated Kevin.
I would imagine the Ticket to Ride game is fun. We like playing Mexican Train dominoes that frequently takes many hours. I've also had an interest in your Wargaming you've talked about through the years. Reminds me of our Dungeons & Dragons Club as a Kid and sounds a bit similar to me.
Can't be part of the group this weekend as Imgure has been apparently oversaturated in my area but always a pleasure to see everyone's fine looking modeling skills displayed here
Thanks for your contributions gentlemen and see ya next weekend...Enjoyed!
TF