Weekend Update 2007/01/21

[John]

did you cut that all as one piece?

[soo]

Yes I did, the largest radii is 22" center line, 15 3/4" being the smallest radii.

  Adios wyatt

[engineshop]

I finished the first of 5 SP SD70M. I used undecorated models since I wanted to add as much details as possible; mostly BLMA with some Sunrise Enterprise, including the out of production snow plow. Luckily BLMA introduced their plow at the right moment.









This is the first time I added the BLMA fan set, which took more time than everything else combine (including 23 lift rings) but I believe it is worth it. You can even see the circuit board through the grills.

[wm3798]

That should work out for you, but I'd be very cautious running downhill.  The conical shape should be to your advantage going up though, as the friction will reduce as the circle widens out.

Lee

[wm3798]

More video...

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Gotta love all this technology!

Lee

[Sokramiketes]

   If you see the smallest loop where the plywood is cut off?????!!!!!!???. That is where the train goes into staging.

  Adios Wyatt

I've always wondered how you get the trains out of a conical helix like this.  It doesn't look like there is enough clearance between levels to pass a train underneath the previous loop.  The cone works great for keeping the minimum grade down through the helix, until you get to the bottom and have to increase the amount of drop per loop to get the track out the bottom, thus inceasing the minimum grade for the lowest loop. 

Unless you thin the plywood in that area to gain the needed headroom?

[John]

More video...

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Gotta love all this technology!

Lee

It seems like the Cannon S-3 does speed up the video just a little bit ..

[wm3798]

No, that was the engineer...  He was trying to get through the scene in 100 MB or less! ;D

Lee

[John]

No, that was the engineer...  He was trying to get through the scene in 100 MB or less! ;D

Lee

If you look at the BANTRAK videos I posted, the locomotives show as moving a lot faster than they were actually running ..

[Atlanticflier]

Catt - Nice kitbashes !   Nice stuff all-around.

Here's one of my finishes for the week; Power units for Hank Stephens' Georgia Road:




Steven 

[Ian MacMillan]

That fall layout is pretty cool. Could use some more green pines and green trees to offset it a tad.