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Angus Shops

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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2015, 11:16:54 PM »
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Mr. Dance,

Your weekly output amazes me; roughly equivalent to my annual productivity. And the Helicon shot on the bridge is top notch, not to mention the idea of putting an industry on a moving swing gate!

Geoff
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2015, 11:26:38 PM »
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Quote from: Wutter on July 17, 2015, 09:24:02 PM
Built up some first samples for the ongoing Rock Island signal project. ...

Hubba hubba! Nice stuff!

EDIT: Are you making or can you make that PCB available separately? It sure solves a boatload of issues!
« Last Edit: July 17, 2015, 11:45:48 PM by C855B »
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2015, 12:35:10 AM »
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Quote from: basementcalling on July 17, 2015, 10:55:05 PM
Mark, your layout never ceases to impress on every level: mechanical, scenic, operations, electrical, scope, selectivity, and any other category. It's enough to make  a guy want to move to Canada.

Come on up!  We have plenty of room and we need another 30 Million people up here so we can punch our weight globally.... You'll even recognize all the TV shows!

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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2015, 12:35:36 AM »
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Conducted the first powering-up of the EP-3 mechanism, in DC mode.  :scared: :D  Here's some iPhone video of the event.  8)


Smooth-running.  I'm stoked!  Still a long way to go though, but this is a huge step.  :lol:
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2015, 12:46:18 AM »
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Wait - was that New Haven Union Station in the background of video 2?
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #20 on: July 18, 2015, 12:55:48 AM »
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Paper mock-up.  A real model will be there at some point, probably tackled after the track is live and the station platforms are in.
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #21 on: July 18, 2015, 02:51:06 AM »
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This building I cobbled up for just about nothing:

Was going to have the road turn in front of the gas station, but it made a dark area in the corner so I scrapped the building and put this there:

The road will continue and turn at the cut.

Some scenery.


I found craft store moss in a blender is sweet for ground cover!

And about 2-3 hours shingling and weathering this roof  :-X
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #22 on: July 18, 2015, 04:54:28 AM »
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Chris, I really like how this little layout you've been showing is progressing.  It all looks
natural and hand-made.  Nice rockwork, trackwork, and the structures are great.
Having fun watching you build it!
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #23 on: July 18, 2015, 09:50:46 AM »
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I did my first hardwire decoder install  :D 

20150718_093940 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

I also did my second one, but the LED came off one board and now the decoder is not recognized by system  :facepalm: :x :scared:
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #24 on: July 18, 2015, 11:02:41 AM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on July 18, 2015, 02:51:06 AM
I found craft store moss in a blender is sweet for ground cover!

It does look great!
I tried some back on my Mt. Coffin & Columbia River layout, and the ground-up moss does add a great texture & color to the ground cover.
However, after time I noticed it both turned brown and became extremely brittle, disintegrating into dust.
Maybe I didn't use enough glue.
Report back at New Years how your is doing  8)
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #25 on: July 18, 2015, 12:12:49 PM »
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One of Jeff Arnold's awesome Prairie Shadow gondolas has seen better days while waiting to be barged at the Lake Angelo barge station. The gondola is carrying industrial cooling equipment - in this case HO scale Rapido Budd coach battery boxes, trimmed and mounted in place to represent roof top equipment.... hey; works for me......  ;)



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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #26 on: July 18, 2015, 02:39:48 PM »
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Quote from: M.C. Fujiwara on July 18, 2015, 11:02:41 AM
It does look great!
I tried some back on my Mt. Coffin & Columbia River layout, and the ground-up moss does add a great texture & color to the ground cover.
However, after time I noticed it both turned brown and became extremely brittle, disintegrating into dust.
Maybe I didn't use enough glue.
Report back at New Years how your is doing  8)

 :scared: :scared: :scared:
Did you use moss from outside? My craft store moss says "preserved" on the bag and yes I used tons of glue. Besides the texture the vivid colors are what is so nice about it.
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #27 on: July 18, 2015, 07:16:56 PM »
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Baconrail 20, part of the BOCS, is on its way back from a trip out west.



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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #28 on: July 18, 2015, 08:01:07 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on July 18, 2015, 02:39:48 PM
:scared: :scared: :scared:
Did you use moss from outside? My craft store moss says "preserved" on the bag and yes I used tons of glue. Besides the texture the vivid colors are what is so nice about it.

Can't find the picture of the exact bag I used, but I got it from Michaels & it looked a lot like this:
http://www.michaels.com/ashland-preserved-moss-80.75-cu-in-forest-green/10407975.html#q=moss&start=9

The fading wasn't nearly as annoying as the disintegrating into dust.
All I could think of was I was breathing in spores from a sci-fi flick.

But yours looks great!  :D
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #29 on: July 18, 2015, 08:44:17 PM »
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Seeing more and more baconrail stuff make me.giggle...
Quote from: chicken45 on July 18, 2015, 07:16:56 PM
Baconrail 20, part of the BOCS, is on its way back from a trip out west.




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