Weekend Update 2/21/21

[peteski]

Bright idea.   
I admire the fortitude it must take within someone to light structures but to me it's just too bright, given the nature of the setting.
In addition, not every window in the upper floors will be lit, let alone in the same level of light.
This is just my opinion and intend no disrespect to Lee.

I think we have to consider that this  is a retro-layout. Back in the day modelers were happy installing single 12V bulb in a structure, brightly illuminating the entire building (sometimes even making the walls glow).    Unless of course it was one of those European buildings which came with black paper insert and curtains to make the glow more realistic.

[wazzou]

I think we have to consider that this  is a retro-layout. Back in the day modelers were happy installing single 12V bulb in a structure, brightly illuminating the entire building (sometimes even making the walls glow).    Unless of course it was one of those European buildings which came with black paper insert and curtains to make the glow more realistic.

And I certainly took that into consideration and made an effort to say it was only my "opinion".

[peteski]

And I certainly took that into consideration and made an effort to say it was only my "opinion".

You did, you did.

[wm3798]

Roughed in.  It's roughed in.  Not finished.  The LED strips I used are rated for 6 to 12 v, and I've got them rigged to a power pack AC terminal which is I think 14. 

I'm going to be softening a bit with a new 9v circuit, then adding baffles and interiors, blackening a few windows, and adding some exterior lighting as well.
Consider it more of a work in progress....
Lee

[MK]

Why add another circuit (9V)?  Just change/add dropping resistor(s) to the LEDs.

[VonRyan]

Been plucking away on this recently. Decided to kitbash one of the nifty home-built wood cabooses that the Milwaukee Road had. I have a few undec/unassembled cabooses that FVM had been selling at one point which looked to be a perfect starting point. A few passes with a razor saw and a file later along with a fair bit of eyeballing and I came up with something that looks pretty dang close so far. Threw some MicroTrains archbar trucks with FVM wheelsets under it and it’s at least close to rolling. Just gotta figure out how I want to go about making the tall cupola.

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[Kentuckian]

There was a thread started almost a year ago about out Coronavirus projects. I finally have gotten back to my LL Berkshires. I bought two of the first releases that had tender pickup in only one truck. I wanted to improve that to include both trucks, and lengthen the chassis so the correct for a C&O Kanawha Bachmann tender body would fit. These bodies are again available from Bachmann, BTW.

I took the factory tender pickups from one tender and put it in the other, so one tender had pickups on both trucks, but the other had none. I did a search on TRW and saw the thread where @mmagliaro suggested using Kato trucks, since the three axle tender trucks have long been sold out at Bachmann. I did a little surgery on the tender chassis to clear the pickups, and had to find some “wafer head” screws to attach the trucks. Thanks, Max.





Now I just need to get a decoder, and yeah move the sand dome on the boiler but that’s another story.

[davefoxx]

Well, it’s official.  I’m an SPF. 



DFF

[wm3798]

It's about time!

[eric220]

Welcome to the club!

[pjm20]

Well, it’s official.  I’m an SPF. 



DFF

Delmarva Division?! 

[Philip H]

Nope - that’s not N scale. But it is the start of my sugarcane railroading adventure.

[garethashenden]

Well, it’s official.  I’m an SPF. 



DFF

Can’t wait to see the patched version 

[C855B]

Well, it’s official.  I’m an SPF. 

What I want to know... where did the Pennsy run that had kudzu? During that Baldwin's era? Anachronism and anageoism abounds.   

[davefoxx]

Delmarva Division?! 

Yes, sir!  I’m from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  But, for now, it’s probably a micro layout or diorama circa 1967, as I don’t have room for more decent-sized layouts.

DFF