Weekend update 13 December 2009

[up1950s]

Construction details: http://whiteriverandnorthern.net/clinic_39.htm

Geez , I thought it was just pose-able . You could fill up a tender with coal with that thing . They do that now a days on excursions as there is no coaling infrastructure left alive . David K Backhoesmith rocks the quarry again .

[RDG_Rich]

Decided to play with photoshop. I'll use these as "filler" until I can build the actual models.




Edit: Just wanted to say Freakin WOW > D.K. Smith. Wow.

[Coxy]

Been doing and re-doing weathering on an N scale Roundhouse boxcar.



Annotated pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coxsj/

Coxy

[Sokramiketes]

No train projects per se, but I finally got to removing all the tape residue from packing my display case so I'll pick up some wall anchors when I get my lumber.  After the case gets positioned, I can start picking spots for my various train pictures.  Then comes a couple lanterns and I'll have a real train room again.  The proposed layout will fit nicely along three different walls and I'll try to budget in a new flat screen TV and a comfy chair.

In the 3D world, I got the green light that my NE5 caboose drawing look to be A-OK, so a little touchup on those and maybe I'll have a caboose by the end of Jan.  


Jason

Bussey meet Jason... Jason, Bussey.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Was blucky to spend yesterday with some of the crhs crew, including the legendary John C Durant.

Today I finished up a bunch of details on the chemical company on the onetrak module in prep for setup on Wednesday.

[bbussey]

No train projects per se, but I finally got to removing all the tape residue from packing my display case so I'll pick up some wall anchors when I get my lumber.  After the case gets positioned, I can start picking spots for my various train pictures.  Then comes a couple lanterns and I'll have a real train room again.  The proposed layout will fit nicely along three different walls and I'll try to budget in a new flat screen TV and a comfy chair.

In the 3D world, I got the green light that my NE5 caboose drawing look to be A-OK, so a little touchup on those and maybe I'll have a caboose by the end of Jan.

Bussey meet Jason... Jason, Bussey.

Yup.  Posted pics a couple of weeks ago on the scratchbuilt thread.  Will definitely finish the six I need next year.

[SkipGear]

I started on a critter project of my own.

This months RMC had an article about scratchbuilding the Buffalo Creek
and Gauley railbus A in HO. It is a project I have wanted to do in N
for a while and this kickstarted me into gear.

The gearbox - a collection of gears pirated from a Faulhaber 141:1
gearbox, a ZipZap equivilant motor, and wheels from the trailing
truck of a MP Pacific.



Mocked up with a Bachmann tender truck in place of the front
truck I need to build. This was just to prove to myself that
it could move itself around the layout, and it did, all be it
a little fast. I may need to add another reduction stage to
the gear box or try a 6V motor instead of the 1.5v.



What it looks like on the inside:

[Chris333]

Excavator is off the chain! 

How do the arm pieces return to their extended state? Spring somewhere?

[GaryHinshaw]

I've been messing around with a Kato Maxi-IV set:



The main improvements are 1) etched metal walkways hacked out of some Gold Medal detail sets, 2) MT truck/couplers and FVM wheels under the end platforms, and 3) some basic weathering.  Here's a close-up of the new end detail compared to a stock model in back:



Cheers,
Gary

[James Costello]

I've been messing around with a Kato Maxi-IV set:

The main improvements are 1) etched metal walkways hacked out of some Gold Medal detail sets, 2) MT truck/couplers and FVM wheels under the end platforms, and 3) some basic weathering.  Here's a close-up of the new end detail compared to a stock model in back:


Cheers,
Gary

Great stuff Gary. How did you go with the conversion to the MTL bogie? Did you change the articulated bogies too?

Your colors look spot on too - can you give us a breakdown of what you've done?

The etched details look great too - maybe we should talk to someone about a detail kit?
Actually, just makes me wish for the DeLuxe model to hit the shelves....

[DKS]

How do the arm pieces return to their extended state? Spring somewhere?

Main boom lowers by gravity; the other two movements are controlled by thread pairs, one for each direction of travel. The threads are all under slight tension at all times.

[Chris333]

I just had to post it here:
http://www.ghqmodels.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3464&sid=aacf289043111bd9444cd1d45f1c5d37

[DKS]

Have you thought anymore about the Zn2 debacle?

The "Zn2 debacle"? You mean deciding what railroad to model? Still trying to decide. Totally torn between a Maine two-footer and an East Broad Top-like line.

P.S. Your avatar is really, really sick.
 


I like it.

[RockGp40]

Construction details: http://whiteriverandnorthern.net/clinic_39.htm

This is awesome! Are you limited in turning the whole assembly or can it do a full 360 degree turn? Regardless, amazing. Now all you need is a hook on the bottom of the bucket and you can do some craning with it.

[DKS]

This is awesome! Are you limited in turning the whole assembly or can it do a full 360 degree turn? Regardless, amazing. Now all you need is a hook on the bottom of the bucket and you can do some craning with it.

Thanks! I am not limited in rotation; I can easily turn a good 600 degrees or more. The only limitation is that turning too many full circles will twist the lines to the point that nothing will work.

I am thinking about making another one and replacing the bucket with a grapple of some sort.