Weekend Update 5/23/21

[thomasjmdavis]

A rough looking 102, the AC&Ys only RS1, leads a road freight out of Brittain Yard.  Four more years 'til the scrapper gets her.

Great work. Please feel free to do a build thread on how you detailed the RS-1.

[BCRail_FSJ]

Updates on two locomotive projects.  A supply of decals recently arrived from Canada (thanks Tim and Phillipe) so I was able to finish off PGE 610 with its distinctive cab side map heralds and progress further with BCR 801 in patched ex Erie Lackawanna condition.

[kiwi_al]

Just an update on my bad attempt at creating a Santa Fe 4-6-4 Hudson. Lots of work left to do. The mechanism is just a mockup - I won't be using the very old Bachmann mechanism. I'm looking at the Kato FEF-3 or a custom brass split frame.

[craigolio1]

Updates on two locomotive projects.  A supply of decals recently arrived from Canada (thanks Tim and Phillipe) so I was able to finish off PGE 610 with its distinctive cab side map heralds and progress further with BCR 801 in patched ex Erie Lackawanna condition.

Awesome!!!!  Great looking locomotives. We don’t see much of the green PGE locos at all.

Craig

[samusi01]

Speaking of bridges... decided to change gears from a recent project - working on tugs and floats for a local modeler - and see if I could work a bit with laser cut materials for a change. Took home a bunch of parts:



During the build process:



As it appears now:



Based the design on a pair of NP bridges, one now recycled in western Washington and the other still in place in south central Montana. Generally pleased with the result as one design goal was to replicate the ability to see through the bridge at almost any angle, and I met that.

[Cajonpassfan]

I’m having a hard time getting my little brain around this. This is laser cut?? In N Scale? Wow, amazing work.
Tho top and bottom lattice cords are particularly well done...stunning.
Please tell us more. Can’t wait to see the finished bridge!
Otto K.

[sirenwerks]

Speaking of bridges... decided to change gears from a recent project - working on tugs and floats for a local modeler - and see if I could work a bit with laser cut materials for a change. Took home a bunch of parts:

As it appears now:



Based the design on a pair of NP bridges, one now recycled in western Washington and the other still in place in south central Montana. Generally pleased with the result as one design goal was to replicate the ability to see through the bridge at almost any angle, and I met that.

This is exquisite, considering my experience, to date, with laser cut means beefy parts with burnt edges.  Tugs and floats?  Is this for the Tenino Western?

[samusi01]

@Cajonpassfan

Yes, N scale, 180’ prototype so 13.5 inches long overall. Main stringers are 1/16” MDF and the rest is laserboard. Used 0.035, 0.025, 0.02, 0.015, and 0.011” thicknesses, often layering them for a more 3D effect.

@sirenwerks

Thank you. The nautical work was for a local gent who models the ATSF and hasn’t been able to receive any communication from n scale ships.  I’d done a harbor tug and he asked for one… after looking at the ATSF prototypes, declined to offer him a harbor tug but I did create 3D printable models of the Hastings and Hayden, with steam and diesel variations.

[arbomambo]

Final step of static grass for this T-TRAK module...a sparse application mix of the WS 7mm ‘straw’ and ‘light green’ fibers. These newest WS static products are much thicker than their standard flock material so work perfectly for the effect I wanted.

[SAH]

Great work. Please feel free to do a build thread on how you detailed the RS-1.

With the Fabricating Handrails thread in the Scratchbuilding section all the difficult steps have been covered.  The rest of the project is:  Bend the wire to the printed template, paint the part, drill the holes and glue it in place.  Nothing post-worthy IMO.  The rain gutters above the windows were created with a technique a bit off the beaten path and I'll document that in the existing thread.  Weathering was done using the tried and true methods outlined in Rich Yourstone's "The Art of Weathering" article in NSR many years ago.  I wish I was as good as Rich was.  I'm too impatient when I get to that stage of the project.

So no, I'll not post a build thread.  If you have specific Qs I'll be glad to address them.

Steve

[Philip H]

KCS 656 rolls by CN1439 headed north along US 61 in Alsen, Louisiana on a muggy Sunday evening. CN engineer Mike "Puddington" McGrattan waits patiently in the cab of the GMD-1 as conductor Carl @choochin3 Tweedale gives the SD40-2 a close look from the front porch.



RIP

[Super_G]

No modelling this week, but I've joined the DCC club though. Got an Arduino Mega 2560 running DCC++EX through JMRI and it's sweet! Unfortunately my train fund isn't going to like all the decoders I'm going to have to by now...

[ChristianJDavis1]

JFRTM

[dnhouston]

Working on powering a Railbus printed by @Chris333.  Started with a Kato 11-110 mechanism that I trimmed and filed until it fit in the frame.  Here it is taking a test run in DC mode.


and now I'm working on installing DCC and working headlights

[Cajonpassfan]

@Cajonpassfan

Yes, N scale, 180’ prototype so 13.5 inches long overall. Main stringers are 1/16” MDF and the rest is laserboard. Used 0.035, 0.025, 0.02, 0.015, and 0.011” thicknesses, often layering them for a more 3D effect.

Incredible. Thank you.
Otto K.