Weekend Update 6/1/14

[spookshow]

Wonder of wonders, I actually accomplished something this week -





Cheers,
-Mark

[Iain]

Looks just like a project I once did. DI cars for sure, these are a good match for PRR class x46a.

Woah, he's back!  Where have you been?

[delamaize]

Wonder of wonders, I actually accomplished something this week -





Cheers,
-Mark

looks good mark! you're putting them behind your challenger, right?

[ryourstone]

Back from the dead!

Kind of.... but EVERY model RR item I ever owned is gone. Liquidated without me knowing during a long ugly divorce. Oh well, its a clean slate and life is MUCH better these days!

[Sokramiketes]

Kind of.... but EVERY model RR item I ever owned is gone. Liquidated without me knowing during a long ugly divorce. Oh well, its a clean slate and life is MUCH better these days!

Dear God No!  Sorry to hear, Rich.

[sirenwerks]

Kind of.... but EVERY model RR item I ever owned is gone. Liquidated without me knowing during a long ugly divorce. Oh well, its a clean slate and life is MUCH better these days!

Not sure who to dislike more, your ex for selling your stuff or the guys who took advantage of your situation and bought it behind your back.

[spookshow]

looks good mark! you're putting them behind your challenger, right?

Thanks! Yes, they're for my UP excursion train as pulled by Challenger #3985.

Cheers,
-Mark

[unittrain]

Sorry to hear that Rich  But like you said life is much better now and a clean slate is a foundation for refreshing inspiration for a new start to great things in all areas

[sd45elect2000]

Not sure who to dislike more, your ex for selling your stuff or the guys who took advantage of your situation and bought it behind your back.

I haven't bought any equipment in months and months. The only thing I have been buying are Shapeways items.

Randy

[Skeebo]

Last week my friends and I took advantage of the timely MRR article and made a couple dozen N scale Joshua Trees for my upper level. The big difference in our technique from the article was to use one dip into Glidden Gripper vice multiple coats of glue. I'm no scenery ace, but am very happy with the results. A few more cactus and some tumbleweeds and I'll feel right at home.

[aikorob]

That red car is a bit out of scale for the module, but otherwise that's outstanding work.   

Obviously parked too close to the tracks------looks like debris from a rock slide took out that quarter panel 

[Dave V]

Finished leveling and ballasting the Rio Grande Southern.  I used polymeric sand to lock the ballast in place and it's practically cement.  I made some videos straight to Facebook too.

[packers#1]

I see you included a rock cut in the corner Dr. V; very very nice sir, digging the videos on facebook too

[rickb773]

Rick:  Sparked?  Unless it has metal trucks, and the insulated wheels are on opposite sides from each other, this is a new one.  I've seen sparks at switches, where the points and stock rails are too close together and opposite polarity, but never an N scale freight car sparking on plain track.
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It could be bad insulation in a wheel, and the wheelset is shorting the track when it makes contact, but that would indicate very poor contact.  If it was good, consistent contact it would either blow the breaker or overheat the wheels, probably melting the truck frame.

If you find the cause, please let us know!

The trucks have metal wheels. I popped off both trucks and put them on the track using a power pack with volt & amp meters.

One truck was fine. The other created a dead short. So Fox Valley gave me a B&O wagon top box car with one bad truck.

[craigolio1]

Still playing around with the photo diorama thing.   Brought stock Atlas 3901 and 3902 out of their boxes for this shoot.

That looks so good.

Craig