MELGAR HOW LONG AGO DID SUNSET ISSUE THE NH FL9?
I placed my New Haven FL-9 reservation with Sunset/3rd Rail in August, 2010 and it looks like I received the models in January, 2013.
MELGAR
Those gondolas look great! Nice job.
Jeff C
@poniaj posted:With the Holidays here, trains are on the proverbial back burner. However, I was able to finish up all six cars' seats and am in the process of interior lighting. LED strips will be on the ceiling, but for now, I wanted to see what it would look like. So I put the LED strip on the side to light up the interior. I'm not sure if I'll apply the LED strip directly to the inside of the roof, or put a wooden strip up first and then affix the LED strip to the wooden one. Either way, there's not a lot of room for fancy electronics.
Way back in December, I posted this series of shots, and with all that's going on in the world, I FINALLY finished off one car. Each of the five other cars will require an hour to install the glazing and at least another hour for the construction of the circuitry and its installation. That's in addition to the estimated 12-15 hours in each one up to now. But the results are worth it. Here's the same car finished. The overhead lighting reminds me of a full length florescent panel, so IMO it looks OK. I simply used the self adhesive on the LED strip to adhere it to the inside of the roof and decided it wasn't worth worrying about any heat. I was able to find a very small buck converter to regulate the voltage and squeezed it, a full wave rectifier and capacitor in the restrooms to hide it all. If you didn't know, these cars were created by lengthening standard S gauge AC Gilbert cars that were foreshortened like many of the Lionel ones (only 7 windows).
Love this thread. I've never seen so much Vermillion in my life! LOL There's some great modeling going on here, no matter the scale.
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Sunset did a great job with the FL9...except for 1 thing....THE HORN no Hancock 4700!
Beautiful job on the passenger car, Jerry. Your interior looks a lot like the interiors of the older cars that still run behind the diesels on Metro North’s Harlem and Hudson lines (except for the un-socially distant 3rd seat on one side 
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Forgive me if I've been posting a lot of photos of my NH American Flyer cars, but it's been a long drawn out project, especially with our potential moving once the Covid thing abates (if ever).
I ginned up 6 cars with one of them the "smoking car" that had a separate section for smokers and additional vents in the compartment. It was separated from the rest of the car by a plexiglass partition and featured leather seats in a different seating arrangement. At least that's what the diagrams I have from the NH Historic site. So here's the last ones I'll be posting since the other four cars are similar to the first one I posted which weren't "smoking cars". Only took three hours to make the circuit and install glazing at this point. Hey, what else do we have to do? 
Even though I'm not a smoker, this car was part of the regular consist so I had to do it if only for the variety. If I had more time, I'd also do the café car, but I've run out of junk shells to butcher (and time). Now on to the other four cars, then the painting of the DL-109s in the "as delivered" scheme. Remember too that I model in 1:64, so although there's a lot our there, not much in this particular train.
Stay safe, guys!
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Jerry, it looks great.
Are there any New Haven fans out there today?
MELGAR
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Hi Mel.
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Mel, picked up this impeccable A/F, 1956-57, #984 New Haven boxcar a few months ago.
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@DMASSO posted:Hi Mel.
Don,
Have you been running your 4-6-6T? How do you like it? I bought the B&A version.
MELGAR
I had my shoulder replaced on September 10. I have not been in the basement so I have to wait. One of my club members wants to bring me up to the club and test it out.
How is your engine?
Mel;
I have the NYC version and I really like it. I think it’s a good runner, and has great sounds. I just posted a video in the passenger train thread where my 4-6-6T makes an appearance...
Mine arrived with broken steps that I had to fix. Runs OK in conventional but speed control not great.
MELGAR
@MELGAR posted:Mine arrived with broken steps that I had to fix. Runs OK in conventional but speed control not great.
MELGAR
Sorry to hear about your steps... glad you were able to fix them. In command mode, the engine is set to 200 speed steps, so you get pretty good speed control.
@MELGAR posted:Don,
Have you been running your 4-6-6T? How do you like it? I bought the B&A version.
MELGAR
Mel. One of my club members took the engine to his house. He said only the stack would smoke. Not the whistle.
Any trick to this? He is very good with Legacy.
Keeping that boiler hot!!
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New Haven Railroad Fairbanks-Morse CPA24-5 #793 (MTH with PS-3) on my 12'-by-8' layout. The New Haven had ten of these locomotives, just as they did with some types of electric motors.
MELGAR
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My New Haven library......
Peter
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