"Keeping my hand on the throttle...and my eyes on rail."
Took delivery of a DS-64. While evaluating high amp circut boards, I found another DS-64 hidden away for a discount lower than what I paid Tonys LOL... sorry murph's law at work here. However Im more than satisfied with my new purchase.
Ordered parts for rolling stock, planned next month's purchases.
Rebuilding commenced on 8 peices of rolling stock that could not pass the Coupler Gauge. Some will be scrapped and parts saved, others will be rebuilt and placed into service.
Started diagramming electrical board needs for the yard; examined suitable circut boards at the LHS.
Finished painting the RS-1 spare handrails, the blue I used was a few shades lighter than the B&O Blue by Atlas but close enough.
Other house needs have slowed me down this week, we lost our water line when the one tree broke it (Roots) and are under short water conditions at the moment. So there is not too much hobby stuff going on. We hope to have a new line relaid this week to the home.
So one does not do too much of anything that consumes water. We are getting by on 12 gallons a day from our reserves, one of which is for coffee LOL.
Well, I finally got all the pieces and parts from Walthers to finish my Wisconsin Central GP7M.
Here are the prototype photos:
Here is my attempt at modeling it...
I still have to fix the number boards, add the rear ditch lights, and paint the all-weather cab window silver. But otherwise, this is my first attempt at a truely prototypical model. I know I didn't correct the front window, but like I said before, I'm new at this.
Eric , I think you have done a great job and nothing to be modest about.
Mike
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” -- John Lennon
ezielinski
Nice work.
GUB