Weekend Update 5/14/23

[up1950s]

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/grassroots-railroad-sports/161868/page205/

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/way-run-railway-new-partnership-aims-lead-industry-green-and-digital-future

https://highballgraphics.com/index.php/1706/5/locomotive/locomotive-o-scale/alco-shop-switcher-s-1-5-ho-scale-detail

https://www.gofundme.com/f/alco-5-restoration

https://www.facebook.com/Alco5Locomotive/

https://jmech.tripod.com/id3.html

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=38348

https://fineartamerica.com/shop/canvas+prints/american+locomotive+company

https://www.lner.info/locos/W/w1.php

http://nightowlmodeler.blogspot.com/2021/08/modeling-weird-flatcar-part-1-sp-43595.html

[Lemosteam]

Work on the layout continues.

I repainted the open water, channel water, and the beach runoff. I need to mop the channel with gloss gel, at least from the bridges to the back, mainly so I can install the bridges. They have slip joiners to allow them to be removed.

Need to install a sunken car, and some dripping runoff portals through the sea wall.







Added dirt over the caulk joints for the elevated line’s support posts and bridge support walls to blend that surface back together.

[dem34]

Taking a break from the other things, I did the Rivet work and made some handrail jigs for PPTC #3. Waiting on some high speed drill bits to do all the grabs, no clue what kind of photo resin the company that I ordered the shells from used but it takes absolutely forever to get through by hand. Especially compared to the injection resin used on something like an FnC kit.

[Chris333]

For $258 bucks you can spend all day running a steam locomotive.

[EJN]

When laying out trackwork, having a good ruler is a good rule to follow.

I found this in my mother's belongings after she passed away. But I am pretty sure she got it from her parents.

Which makes me wonder how old it is.

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[peteski]

Nice find!  Well, it is likely not any older than the E units.

[MK]

Interesting that it is an odd 15" long.

[kiwi_al]

This seems to ring a bell, the straight would be a double length straight (circa 1970's). They look suspiciously like old Bachmann. I also had some old Roco track but can't quite remember if it had the weird end bits that atlas code 80 had back in the day.
Then again I could be totally wrong. I wonder if the OP could post a pikkie of the reverse side of the track, maybe made in Hong Kong or Austria might be on the back?

[oakcreekco]

HO scale, but the number boards are the same design as the N scale Katos of the 90's. The one piece light pipe with clear number boards.

Started this last weekend, but dug out my old Microscale stash (15+ years old) number board and number decals, along with Micro set/Sol, and Micro gloss. All looked good and are working well.

My last two Kato GP35's are looking better now.

Thanks for the inspiration @peteski

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Just finished up with Microgloss coat and letting it harden.

[peteski]

This seems to ring a bell, the straight would be a double length straight (circa 1970's). They look suspiciously like old Bachmann. I also had some old Roco track but can't quite remember if it had the weird end bits that atlas code 80 had back in the day.
Then again I could be totally wrong. I wonder if the OP could post a pikkie of the reverse side of the track, maybe made in Hong Kong or Austria might be on the back?

Al, the comment was not about the track, but about the odd 15" length of that wooden ruler. 

[peteski]

Thanks for the inspiration @peteski

Number boards came out very nice (even if it is H0).  But now I'm contemplating whether I should down-vote your post.   
Neah.

[oakcreekco]

Number boards came out very nice (even if it is H0).  But now I'm contemplating whether I should down-vote your post.   
Neah.

Thanks for the nice words, and I could use a good downvote. It's been while! 😂

Working on modding the factory light board this weekend too. Have some sunny white LEDS coming in, and I have to roundup some 1k or 1.5k resistors for them. The factory board from this run ('97) still has the two incandescent bulbs.

Trimming the board so it will fit on top of the Digitrax decoder to utilize the light covers/led mount points, and the light pipes will line up perfectly.

That's the plan anyway.

[rickb773]

Project 32x60 - The Evans & Zeiglervill Display Layout.

Our club (New Jersey Southern) does N-Trak, T-Trak, and Free-mo layouts at train shows. We also do Library and Firehouse displays aimed at interesting kids in the hobby. I wanted to build a small portable display layout for these types of shows.  This layout will run 2 trains in opposite directions unatttended (hopefully  )

The back story and construction process can be found on my blog: http://rickb773-prsl.blogspot.com/

[kiwi_al]

Al, the comment was not about the track, but about the odd 15" length of that wooden ruler. 

My bad! I didn't notice that. Our rulers are in cm

[peteski]

Thanks for the nice words, and I could use a good downvote. It's been while! 😂

Working on modding the factory light board this weekend too. Have some sunny white LEDS coming in, and I have to roundup some 1k or 1.5k resistors for them. The factory board from this run ('97) still has the two incandescent bulbs.

Trimming the board so it will fit on top of the Digitrax decoder to utilize the light covers/led mount points, and the light pipes will line up perfectly.

That's the plan anyway.

You might need higher value resistors for the number board LEDs.
Number boards are normally dimly lit (when compared to headlights). You might need a resistor maybe even as high as 10k. Then again, depending on the location of the LED, and how opaque the white paint is, the LED might need to be brighter to produce realistic level of light.  And of course, we usually run our models in a daylight setting (where during the day the back-lighting would not be visible on 1:1 trains), so something bright enough to be seen in daylight might be required.