Weekend Update 11/22/20

[up1950s]

https://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.org/alabama-tennessee-northern-2-10-0-401-a-locomotive-blessed-with-the-luck-of-lindy/

https://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.org/age-of-steam-roundhouse-report-winter-2015-2016/

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/50808/

http://frisco.demopolis.ws/atn_402_1.htm

https://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.org/alabama-tennessee-northern-2-10-0-no-401/

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=640544

http://www.msrailroads.com/AT&N.htm

https://www.midcontinent.org/equipment-roster/former-collection-items/woodward-iron-41/wi41a/

http://www.rgusrail.com/wimcrm.html

[wm3798]

A few weeks ago I posted a request for yet another dumpster dive, in hopes of getting the needed parts to restore this:


Thanks to @Mark5 , a box arrived last night which I retrieved from the mailbox this morning.  To my delight, everything was there that I needed, including the "foggy window" glazing for the cab.
Between answering emails, visiting a job site and detailing a cool house plan I'm doing for a cat in Winchester, I shot a little primer, then a little paint, and put Humpty Dumpty together again...





I've put the shell I bought and now repaired onto an old Life Like lead sled drive, so now it has 8 wheel pick up and drive, and runs reasonably well.  I have to a little more trimming, it seems, to get the hind end to sit down a little, which I will probably do after then next round of emails and drafting...



Because... First things first, I had to dig out another carcass from the collection in order to properly punctuate the train...



Also made progress on my ersatz Potomac...

 @PiperguyUMD had 3-D printed some parts for a Potomac he was working on, and had some spares, so I could start working on the Nose Job.
First, the pilot with the familiar WM "Rock Knocker" plow and air cylinders.
Eric designed his parts to fit on the J-1 drive, but it only took a few swipes of the file and some CA have it fit the Northern chassis like it was meant to be there the whole time.



Next, I dremeled the smoke box front off of a shell he had printed that had flaws in the back, but was fine for my purposes.  Again, with just a little tinkering, it was a perfect fit.



Then I got out my bottle of NOT GREEN paint, and touched it up a bit.



Hopefully this weekend I can work out the headlight situation (Hi mount... debating whether to use a light tube from the factory lamp or installing an LED... either way it's getting piped to a surplus Trix K-4 headlight fitting to make sure this still looks properly like a toy train!) then I can tidy up the side walk boards and get her re-numbered and install whatever remaining jewelry she'll need.  The last think I'll need to do is some Dremel work to the plastic clam shell boxes so I can put her away safely when she's resting...

Lee

[mark dance]

Thank you (as always) for kicking this wknd update off with a thought-provoking photo and caption Richie!

This week I finished off the wheel shop for Nelson yard

Proto...



And Model...







Have a great weekend!

md

[jereising]

Under construction!

First shot is the original site undisturbed:



Trees and foliage stripped:



Nekkid!



And with the first coat of joint compound:



Future: Bear with me, got a house to decorate also!

[ednadolski]

Nekkid!

Call it the 1952 earthquake, done! 

Ed

[PiperguyUMD]

For the first time in years, I have a functioning layout! JFRTM!

[Albert in N]

   Lee, is that blue B&O Alco RSD15 shown with your gold Chessie GP-40 an original MRC Mehano from the 1969 - 1970s?  I had one 40 years ago but it was in the more complex B&O colors.  Man, I wish I still had it.  These were cool but mine would over heat if I ran it much over 20 minutes straight.  Also, the thin soldered pick up wires had a tendency to break off.  Anyway, thanks for the memories!  JFRTM, even if I did sell out to knuckle couplers instead of rapidos.

[davefoxx]

What a sh!tty week at work, so I don't have it in me to work on scenery this weekend.  What to do then?  Why not try to weather something?  Okay, how about the Seaboard System's former Georgia RR GP40 No. 751? 

BEFORE:



NOT AS BEFORE:



It's a work in progress.  I used washes as an experiment, and I think I may want to invest in weathering pencils.  I also want to take this locomotive apart to paint the wheels, more detail weathering, spray a coat of Dullcote, etc.

DFF

[cjm413]

A few weeks ago I posted a request for yet another dumpster dive, in hopes of getting the needed parts to restore this:


Thanks to @Mark5 , a box arrived last night which I retrieved from the mailbox this morning.  To my delight, everything was there that I needed, including the "foggy window" glazing for the cab.
Between answering emails, visiting a job site and detailing a cool house plan I'm doing for a cat in Winchester, I shot a little primer, then a little paint, and put Humpty Dumpty together again...





I've put the shell I bought and now repaired onto an old Life Like lead sled drive, so now it has 8 wheel pick up and drive, and runs reasonably well.  I have to a little more trimming, it seems, to get the hind end to sit down a little, which I will probably do after then next round of emails and drafting...



Because... First things first, I had to dig out another carcass from the collection in order to properly punctuate the train...



Also made progress on my ersatz Potomac...

 @PiperguyUMD had 3-D printed some parts for a Potomac he was working on, and had some spares, so I could start working on the Nose Job.
First, the pilot with the familiar WM "Rock Knocker" plow and air cylinders.
Eric designed his parts to fit on the J-1 drive, but it only took a few swipes of the file and some CA have it fit the Northern chassis like it was meant to be there the whole time.



Next, I dremeled the smoke box front off of a shell he had printed that had flaws in the back, but was fine for my purposes.  Again, with just a little tinkering, it was a perfect fit.



Then I got out my bottle of NOT GREEN paint, and touched it up a bit.



Hopefully this weekend I can work out the headlight situation (Hi mount... debating whether to use a light tube from the factory lamp or installing an LED... either way it's getting piped to a surplus Trix K-4 headlight fitting to make sure this still looks properly like a toy train!) then I can tidy up the side walk boards and get her re-numbered and install whatever remaining jewelry she'll need.  The last think I'll need to do is some Dremel work to the plastic clam shell boxes so I can put her away safely when she's resting...

Lee

I assumed you would restore anything that had the $#!++y kitty on it with a sledgehammer....

[SAH]

I repaired the track at the section break between Standard Mold and Goodyear Plant #2 South side.  Then I was able to test the track, wiring and mechanical work on the Goodyear section.  I can run from Brittain Yard all the way to the South end of Goodyear Plant #2 now. 

[SkipGear]

I've seen that one in person, just before it's coat of lipstick.



If you ever get a chance to go to the Age of Steam Roundhouse, don't miss it. We went on the second weekend of open tours they offered in 2018. An incredible place. Would go back in a heartbeat. So much in there I know I missed.

[milw12]

Sometimes it's best to keep it simple and JFRTM:



Even if it's only a simple Z scale loop on the coffee table.

Nice work so far to everyone and I hope all the 's out there are having a great weekend,

Lucas

[nickelplate759]

SP RPO-Express 5068 (not quite accurate car body) is pretty much ready to go.  Still working out the mail hook.
Wheels of Time resin kit body, Tru Color paint, Microscale decals, Gold Medal Models stirrups, Micro-Trains trucks, Fox Valley wheels.

[TimF]

Time for some "beardenizing" my fathers older Kato units, I like them and they are like new as my father only collected ("hoarded") everything that came out in BN...

[ChristianJDavis1]

  Lee, is that blue B&O Alco RSD15 shown with your gold Chessie GP-40 an original MRC Mehano from the 1969 - 1970s?  I had one 40 years ago but it was in the more complex B&O colors.  Man, I wish I still had it.  These were cool but mine would over heat if I ran it much over 20 minutes straight.  Also, the thin soldered pick up wires had a tendency to break off.  Anyway, thanks for the memories!  JFRTM, even if I did sell out to knuckle couplers instead of rapidos.

I think that's an Atlas/Kato RSD-12; looks a little short to be the MRC/Mehano RSD15.