Weekend Update 5/29/11

[up1950s]

What on earth have you done ?

[skytop35]

Finished this Burlington baggage car.

[DKS]

Got started on the trestle for the G&D--
 


http://ganddinz.blogspot.com/2011/05/final-trestle-assembly-part-1.html

[Chris333]

Finally played with my Bachmann 4-6-0. It is a pretty much dead on match for the Ma&Pa 4-6-0's except Bachmann raised the boiler/cab up about 16 inches to fit the motor in there. I ground away at the frame and inside of the body till I got it down about 10 inches lower. Still much to do:


Have a Bachmann slope-back tender frame with a MP 4-4-0 shell on it, but man even that is way too big so I will be scratchbuilding a tender for it.

[John]

Took a train ride ..

[Catt]

Downtown BelAire,MI.



Downtown from a slightly different perspective.



You may notice building on right corner is different.

[Puddington]

Bill, I'm drooling over that Havelock car - outstanding; stunning work !

[mark dance]

DKS: I routinely check out your G&D blog.  Your progress and innovative techniques are very inspiring.

This week I stayed on schedule by completing the rock carving along the 20' section of scenery and casting the large retaining wall at Fife.  I even got a bit a head of schedule by starting to colour the rocks at the railroad-East end of the scene.





Next week I would like to finish the rock colouring and get the basic ground cover started.

md

[Guilford Guy]

Chris, that loco is looking pretty spiffy. Does it still pull comparatively despite the loss of some weight?

I had my last high school classes last week, so I celebrated with a day train watching.

[Bob Bufkin]

Dirtied up my PRR work train a little.  Car on right in done but have to work on the others.

[Denver Road Doug]

Got my "benchwork" done, and roughed in some scenery.




Couple of additional photos in my Layout Engineering post.

[Scottl]

Planted a few hundred trees and posed a train for some shots.

[atsf_arizona]

Hi, all,

Busy life means I rarely have time to photo/post any more, but this week made the time.

Thanks to the magic of internet buy/sell of model railroad N scale equipment, my N scale
Santa Fe Peavine line has a new equipment upgrade.

The smokestack is the on/off switch, has wire grabirons and correct window-blanks:










Thanks to my friend Randgust for the model .  It's truly a work of miniature mobile interactive art. 

[wm3798]

Thanks to some borrowed technology, I present to you some dusty old video of my first foray into code 55 track, large scenery:train ratios and yes, the Western Maryland Railway.

The footage was shot by this young punk...

[Puddington]

Thanks to some borrowed technology, I present to you some dusty old video of my first foray into code 55 track, large scenery:train ratios and yes, the Western Maryland Railway.

The footage was shot by this young punk...

Laughed until I cried.... soooooooooooooooo serious Lee..........