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General Discussion => N and Z Scales => Topic started by: up1950s on September 24, 2011, 10:39:48 AM
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UP 4-8-2 7869 progress
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The FVM wagontop boxcars arrived this week as did the two JNJ wagontop cabooses.
Lots of work to do on the cabooses, but thankful that Skipgear has posted photos of his.
These cars are on different tracks of double mainline. Looks as if I have a boxcar, caboose, caboose and
boxcar connected. :oops:
I shot myself in the foot by trying to organize my photos into albums on Photobucket; which cause the photo to have the wrong address.
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Well Sir that qualifies as a wagon train .
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Started work on a major kitbash of a CPR passenger car but while waiting for putty and primer to dry I hauled out a swap meet find from a few years ago. I have been running a pair of GN SD 45's in road service and wanted a third six axle motor for the consist; being as I "acknowledge" the BN merger if not largely ignore it, I thought this would be a neat addition to the consist........
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The Kato SD 40 was given some additions; sun shades; mu's; proper horn, bell; CBQ upper and lower lights, etc... and was sufficently dirtied to make it part of the "gang"...
I also run a CBQ SD 9 that will make a nice pair with this unit and a CBQ GP 40 I have tucked away somewhere...
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Nice to add some variety to the lash up.... love that early BN "rainbow" scheme ;)
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Puddington, I'm in love with that CBQ SD40!
Hey fellas, FINALLY I have a video update!
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Unpacking and moving into new train room...FOUND: NJ International crossing gates and
BLMA utility box....mystery solved.....
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The NE5 thread prompted me to take a closer look at the Atlas NE6 and whether it could be modified enough to create a decent stand in.
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This is after few hours of work. I don't think it looks all that bad. I would like to thank Micro-trains for teaching me how to use a Mill file. That made some quick work of the roof.
The sides are the biggest hurdle if I want to scratch build them. I'm still not sure of the best approach. RP, etching or just having them machined are also viable options.
Hopefully I'll get some decaling done on the trailer by the end of the weekend.
Jason
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Mike - Nice SD40. I really like the pre and post BN Rainbow paint schemes too, since I grew up right along side the Q mainline and major Chicago freight yard.
Worked on some structures this week. A barn and a couple of houses.
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oh how I have been waiting, the usual suspects are posting already with their great work, here is the start of my soon to be SP GP35E #6300. Like the prototype, there are no foot boards and I have started Rhinoplasty. I still need to putty the lights in, paint, install MV lenses and BLMA M/U hoses and sunshades plus remove the numbers. I also removed the foot boards like the SP did to 6300. I might leave the factory lettering.
http://sopacincg.backpackersflorence.com/
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I also worked on my U25B
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For some reason I dug out a Z scale flatcar. Lowered it, put Full Throttle trucks/couplers on it, relocated brake wheel. Still need to paint the wheels.
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For some reason I dug out a Z scale flatcar. Lowered it, put Full Throttle trucks/couplers on it, relocated brake wheel. Still need to paint the wheels.
....but there had to be a reason..... :?
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De-bugged some electrical issues and ran some local ops on my D&H division:
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Enjoy your weekend!
Jan
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For some reason I dug out a Z scale flatcar. Lowered it, put Full Throttle trucks/couplers on it, relocated brake wheel. Still need to paint the wheels.
There are loads of reasons , you just have to decide which load to put on it . Z that looks better than out of the box N is a Chris standard , you had no choice , thats the way you roll .
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Went to the CRHS RailBQ last weekend and also worked on the new Cabin Car of our collection in Topton, PA.
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Had some fun making a video with my iPhone 4...
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Nicely done Dave!
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My daughter, son & I poured some concrete & installed the cannery on our Alameda switching layout:
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Still need to do the concrete loading dock, as well as some ground cover around the tracks.
Still waiting for the thinned & tinted lightweight spackle "concrete" road to fully dry before sanding out the flangeways & to weather.
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Started with this a couple of weeks ago:
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Looked at this:
http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/spcars/byclass/gon/g070-12.htm
and saw this was more suitable for my modelling period:
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And currently at this and pretty happy:
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All it took was some superglue, paint and decals. What a lovely model BLMA. Makes me want a BLMA-quality Thrall 52' gon now though!
Full size here:
http://s284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/Costellis/Models%202011/
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That is awesome, James.
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@James Costello...that is really well done. I admire the stones it must have taken to do that to such a nice and not inexpensive model.
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James, that is awesome! Now if only I could do that without having to repaint/decal mine...!
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Very nice James
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Nice gon James! Did you use the relatively new Microscale SP gon decal set?
I have a couple of these cars squirreled away for this, but was targetting the later, highly grunged over MW service look...
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Bowing to the gon master....I gotta try that ! Well done !!!!!
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I posted a video of trains crossing the nearly completed Mississippi Bridge. More info @ genesub.blogspot.com
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Mike - Nice SD40. I really like the pre and post BN Rainbow paint schemes too, since I grew up right along side the Q mainline and major Chicago freight yard.
Worked on some structures this week. A barn and a couple of houses.
(http://home.comcast.net/~skytop35/Photos/Structures.jpg)
Bill, that barn looks awesome!
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Looks great, James! The dings, scratches, paint-overs, and interior are all very impressive! You might want to consider a bit more grime on the air hoses, and rust on the wheel faces. Overall outstanding! 8)
Ed
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Removed some paint off my SW1200 shell with alcohol,now for a bath in brake fluid to get the remainder off.
Wish me luck!
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Fujiwara, that building looks fantastic! Large enough to to be believable and the variation on the upper level gives the impression that it was expanded at some point. Nicely done!
James, that gon is a work of art! Gonna have to show us a step by step for the next one.
Me, I over achieved again and body mounted mt 905's on an IM 40' boxcar and, AND installed BLMA 70T trucks (it is a1970's rebuild for paper service). This brings me up to two cars on the year. I won't post any shot because I'd hate to have to one-up everyone else :facepalm:
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My daughter, son & I poured some concrete & installed the cannery on our Alameda switching layout:
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Still need to do the concrete loading dock, as well as some ground cover around the tracks.
Still waiting for the thinned & tinted lightweight spackle "concrete" road to fully dry before sanding out the flangeways & to weather.
You 3 make a great team MC! Especially love all the little details you've added so far to the front of the building and windows.
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(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/Costellis/Models%202011/2011_09Gon_3small.jpg)
All it took was some superglue, paint and decals. What a lovely model BLMA. Makes me want a BLMA-quality Thrall 52' gon now though!
So you used super glue to make the dings on the outside of the gon? I like that idea. The only other way I've seen it done is with a soldering iron. Your way seems ALOT safer. Great job!!!
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Nicely done Dave!
Thanks! I kinda wish that consist had also had an ex-Reading GP30 or something just to make it even hawter. I'm really getting into early Conrail these days. I really think the late 70s/early 80s were a special time. You had the last of electric freight operations, you still had cabooses, you still had rolling stock from the traditional Class Is, and you still had standard-cab diesels.
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Awesome job James! :)
Love the weathering on the inside walls as well !
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Excellent stuff everybody, awesome Conrail video and that gondola is wow! just awesome 8). As far as modeling for me I've been testing all my locomotives I have quite a few I bought over the last 10 years and never tested them so far no problems, I'm finishing up wiring and hoping to do some scenery work this week.
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Thanks guys!
Lou - yes, the newish microscale SP gondola set.
Looks great, James! The dings, scratches, paint-overs, and interior are all very impressive! You might want to consider a bit more grime on the air hoses, and rust on the wheel faces. Overall outstanding! 8)
Ed
Thanks Ed! The air hoses were the last thing I installed and I haven't touched the wheels yet. The camera highlighted a few other little areas to touch up too.
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Great stuff Dave! That's exactly what I'm going for.
Also, That SP gon gives me that tingly feeling. It's either envy of a job well done....or a stroke. Either way, good work!
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Thanks to my wife I was able to get a second consecutive weekend work session under my belt. Details here: http://p4500.blogspot.com/2011/09/layout-update-21-getting-its-spurs.html (http://p4500.blogspot.com/2011/09/layout-update-21-getting-its-spurs.html)
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James, that gondola looks great.
How did you apply the superglue to the sides? I have some gons that are going to be in Texas aggregate service eventually that need to look like your gon.
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James, that gon is outstanding! I'd love to see a more detailed blow-by-blow of your methods - maybe in a magazine?
Nothing for me, I'm spending the weekend driving up the west coast (Hwy 101) from SFO to BC with my dad. I did manage to stop in at FRT and keep Chuck from working for an hour though. Had a great visit!
-Gary
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:D I like the model of the canning factory! Large buildings such as that one are very nice in n-scale, also so tempting to build and then only to learn, in my experience, that one does not have enough available
n-realestate for them on the layout. :facepalm:
Still look great!
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Dave V and rochsub.......great vids.
Charlie
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Great weathering job, Jan! SOO looks pretty beaten-up like the proto units are.
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Not a lot done this week. I am still trying to figure out how to make the Mars/Gyra light for the Super-Berk. Looks like I am going to start with some Lt. Mountain headlights and work from there.
I did get the cab finished and majority of the long hood details installed on the LRV GP-20 I am working on. The largest contributor for it taking forever was problems with masking tape lifting the sublimination ink off the decal itself. Next time I'll stop at the stripes, detail, then complete the heralds.
(http://www.alderedcycle.com/misc/Lrvgp20_1805_2.jpg)
Also I was able to figure out how to take better pictures, upload and post all from my iPhone (vice pulling out the DSLR, importing, FTP'ing, cropping, and then posting), the above picture is an example.
The S.
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Not a lot done this week. I am still trying to figure out how to make the Mars/Gyra light for the Super-Berk. Looks like I am going to start with some Lt. Mountain headlights and work from there.
I did get the cab finished and majority of the long hood details installed on the LRV GP-20 I am working on. The largest contributor for it taking forever was problems with masking tape lifting the sublimination ink off the decal itself. Next time I'll stop at the stripes, detail, then complete the heralds.
(http://www.alderedcycle.com/misc/Lrvgp20_1805_2.jpg)
Also I was able to figure out how to take better pictures, upload and post all from my iPhone (vice pulling out the DSLR, importing, FTP'ing, cropping, and then posting), the above picture is an example.
The S.
Wow the detail looks amazing! Great job so far!!
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Next time there's a string of LRV hoppers to drag around, I can see who's going to be the lead unit!!
That looks Hawter that Hawt.
Fenton T. Pardoo
President and General Manager
Laurel Valley Railway
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Lee/David,
Thanks guys!
The S.
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In retirement, it is difficult to distinquish where the week end starts and ends.
A late contribution.
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In retirement, it is difficult to distinquish where the week end starts and ends.
A late contribution.
Nice , Roger .
That scene somewhat reminds me of that railcam at Fostoria, OH , but looking in the opposite direction . If one wanted they could set up a hidden camera on their layout to mimic that or another scene and feed it to a monitor on their control panel or mini outdoor movie screen set up as a railfan spot or rear of railfan bar back yard screen . The screen could be a 1.5" LCD thingy .
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:oops:
I just noticed that I had not placed all the vehicles back on the street when I took the photo of the grade crossing with autumn grasses. This scene is my attempt to model a grade crossing in Beecher City, IL on the B&O branch line. The structure is one of my first attempts at scratch building; it my family's general store. Building was built about 1880 and from 1932 to 1977 it was owned by my family.
The period for the photo is in the 1940's.
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:oops:
I just noticed that I had not placed all the vehicles back on the street when I took the photo of the grade crossing with autumn grasses. This scene is my attempt to model a grade crossing in Beecher City, IL on the B&O branch line. The structure is one of my first attempts at scratch building; it my family's general store. Building was built about 1880 and from 1932 to 1977 it was owned by my family.
The period for the photo is in the 1940's.
That's cool , you must have many memories there .
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@Richie = UP1950, My family lived above the general store until mid-1941. The proximity of the store to the B&O depot may account for why I feel I have had creosote and cinders in my blood forever. I have a copy of the 1880 estimate of materials and cost to build the general store for its original owner. More recently than when I built this model, I used that information to build a second model, but it did not look long enough. Yes, I have lots of memories. My photo is not sufficiently clear to show the "bread box" in front of the store where the bakery delivered bread early in the morning and then locked it in for my Dad to take into the store. The top was a great place to sit and watch trains.
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Yours truly in the early 1940's. :D
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Rog: Thanks for ID'ing yourself in the photo. It had to be you or Sinatra with the hat. Hats are so cool.
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@Blazeman, I have my Mother*, God rest her, to thank for the hat and outfit.
* 1920-2002
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Wonderful stuff, Roger, thank you!
I've made a few models of the homes I've lived in, and they do bring back lots of memories!
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Thanks for sharing the story and photos Roger. Very nice, and I do love the hat. Way classier than the things my mom made me wear in the early 70s.
Best wishes, Dave
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The advice given to writers is "write what you know." I follow that advice in my attempts to model railroading. Attempting to capture the essences of my hometown in the 1940's and early 1950's is one of the many enjoyable aspects of the hobby.
The depot, general store, and grade crossing are only memories; they were torn down or taken up in that order. The tracks of that B&O branchline were removed, and now the right of way is a faint image on satellite photos and in the minds of those of us who walked along them.