Weekend Update 9/25/16

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[bbussey]

Inching closer to completion on the New Haven deluxe diners.

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[Jim Costello]

Looking good Bryan. Very distinctive with the green window band.

Jim
NHRTHA  L082

[eric220]

Spent some time shoring up the helix.



More in the build thread.

[cbroughton67]

Finally got the decoders wired-up to operate the marker lights on my H16-44's tonight. I also painted the markers silver as a light block, then DGLE. Once it was dry, I knocked the paint off of the raised lenses with a jeweler's file to get the effect you see in the photos. Weathering is next, and then couplers!

[chuck geiger]

Walking by this antique gallery in downtown Wenatchee, saw this sign that read McKee's Hobbies, all gauges of model trains.
Ducked in, this is the closest thing to a hobby shop in the small towns I've lived in the past few years. Nothing really I could
use but what a treasure chest. He ran a hobby shop in Spokane and closed it and put everything in this gallery. The Atlas N
building kits, the lumber mill, station, house, all 10 bucks and new in boxes. I expected to see some oldies like the Revell kits.
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[Santa Fe Guy]

What a find Chuck. Could look in there for hours.
Rod.

[Cajonpassfan]

Nothing horribly exciting this week, just a boring new plywood platform, but what a difference in viewing perspective; I love it!
When designing my double deck layout, I placed the Summit as high as I dared to go, at 65" elevation. It would have been okay for just a mainline, but for a small yard, it turns out it's a bit high for my taste (I'm 6'1), and way too high for some of my shorter friends (most of them are).

So, I decided to build this platform, one step high, of 2x6 lumber and 3/4" plywood...voila, it's just about perfect height for me now (and who cares about my shorter friends)
Well, actually, I do, and the raised platform makes the viewing and reach much more comfortable, at about 58 1/2".
This too is model railroading...Carpeting to follow, I think.
Otto K.

[dougnelson]

I needed to find a use for Keystone Details etched PRR P70 doors, so I stripped an earlier upgrade of a Lima as-built P70, and chose this prototype:


As of yet, I do not know the subclass.  Any help?  The Liljestrand/Sweetland coach book identifies this as a P70fR, but I am pretty sure that is incorrect because the equip. diagram shows the P70fR as having only one vestibule.  This car is a battleship of a coach with the balloon round roof and the unusual FIVE bay ice bunker.

Here is my in-progress model with the Keystone Details doors, PRR Parts ice bunker and other underbody details, American Limited 2D-P5 trucks, Gold Metal Models steps, and a cast resin roof.  Soon to head for the paint shop.

[Iain]

Damn, that coach is awesome.  I nearly reported it to the moderator for being too good.

[mu26aeh]

Received a package today from @Denver Road Doug containing 4 Walthers ballast hoppers.  I reassembled them and got them painted this afternoon.

20160924_175252 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

[mighalpern]

managed to squeeze in some train time this weekend and build this REA building via the Lee Weldon school of buildings.
I used the textured spray can stuff and then tried to hide the seam between walls with .010" styrene.

The ramp is a laser kit I had and the loading dock is scribed balsa sheeting and then stained.  the supports under the dock is actually trust pieces that i trimmed down

Needs lights and the roof to finish

[mu26aeh]

managed to squeeze in some train time this weekend and build this REA building via the Lee Weldon school of buildings.
I used the textured spray can stuff and then tried to hide the seam between walls with .010" styrene.

The ramp is a laser kit I had and the loading dock is scribed balsa sheeting and then stained.  the supports under the dock is actually trust pieces that i trimmed down

Needs lights and the roof to finish

I thought that building looked familiar !

20160624_191623 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

[mighalpern]

LOL  thats what i was trying to get but a shorty version.
Very quick to make

[haasmarc]

At the convention in Kansas City I bought a flat car with a cable spool load.  When I got home and looked at it closely, I realized how it was made and fired up the laser and made a load for my dad.



I improved upon the chocking detail.



I cut the deck too.