Let's see your Corona projects

[djconway]

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[Frank Amato]

@Dirk Jan Blikkendaal, your ATSF models are lit - really nice work!

  Frank

[wm3798]

I took a moment to freshen up my old You Tube channel.  Organized the clips and snippets into reasonably coherent play lists.

https://www.youtube.com/user/artboy41/playlists

Plus, started uploading some more recent treasures...

[nkalanaga]

Train1:  Nice heritage schemes.  They look better than some of the ones the real roads have done.

[Jbub]

I took a moment to freshen up my old You Tube channel.  Organized the clips and snippets into reasonably coherent play lists.

https://www.youtube.com/user/artboy41/playlists

Plus, started uploading some more recent treasures...

Who needs sound decoder's? These engines almost sound like the real thing. 

[CRL]

Who needs sound decoder's? These engines almost sound like the real thing. 

What works even better is tiny piece of card stock stuck in the armature and held in place by a tiny clothespin.

[R L Smith]

I've actually made good progress on my layout over the last several weeks, and am preparing to start laying track on the upper deck.  One of the first steps for that task is to add magnets to the underside of the atlas C55 turnouts to hold the points against the stock rail. 3 down, a lot more to go...





Ron

[Iain]

oops, forgot I'd already posted this.

[OldEastRR]

Who needs sound decoder's? These engines almost sound like the real thing. 

yes they do!!

[Mark W]

This one definitely falls under the Corona Project list.  I have been eyeing the FVM 1935 Hiawatha 'cars only' set for a while, only held back by the lack of 4-4-2.  Well with the 25% off deal last week, I had to jump.

Such a gorgeous set, I'm very disappointment I missed out on the 4-4-2 to go with it.  I really hope the next run, which has been 'on hold' since 2015, will still make it to market one day.   
(Until then, if anyone has one they're willing to part with, lets deal!)

So now my task is finding out what power to use in place of the 4-4-2.


I started out with a Mikado, it doesn't look too bad, could be believable. 


https://i.imgur.com/E3xpfA0.jpg


But then I did something silly.  I had a Minitrix switcher sitting in a box for years.  It starts with a jolt, but will back down to some respectable slow speed.  Maybe I can re-work it for better performance and DCC.

But the way it looks heading up this train... I... I kinda like it! 


https://i.imgur.com/nSdlVd2.jpg



Not to worry though.  I was informed that GHQ made a Hiawatha F-7 conversion for a Con Cor Hudson, which happens to be another piece I've had laying in a box for years! 
I was able to find a kit and have one on the way.  I really enjoyed the Burlington O-4 conversion for my Kato Mikado, so I'm quite excited about this one!


In the mean time, I might have some more fun with this silly Minitrix and do a little re-paint.  Here's the mock-up; I have a feeling folks will either love this or hate it! 

[peteski]

Any high speed loco (large diameter drivers) would be at home pulling this train.
That repainted diesel looks pretty good too,. 

[Mark W]

Yep, the GHQ Hiawatha F-7 conversion will turn this old Con Cor into something a lot more pretty!


https://i.imgur.com/MZZyiZ2.jpg


http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/media/m-images/55001.jpg

[peteski]

You going to do it?  That would look cool!

[Iain]

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I've started laying out where grab irons and suchlike are going to go.

[nkalanaga]

That diesel doesn't look any worse, or more out of place, than the MILW's original or semi-streamlined boxcab electrics.   I don't know if either of those ever pulled the original Hiawatha, but it wouldn't be impossible.