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TedW posted:
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Some favorites from my eastern stable...IMG_1946

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

FrankM, just curious, with your skill and expertise at finishing details, why you chose not to finish your bridges. I think they are stainless, so perhaps thats the reason?  Ted

Hi TedW, That is a fair and a pertinent question. I have often asked myself the same question (!)

Yes, the bridges are solid stainless steel. To have them "finished-off" with, at the very least, a paint job, I would have needed to send them back to Stainless Unlimited for that application to be baked on.

After that, I could - and would have, certainly - taken my weathering kits to them and had a good old time of it.

However, my wife took a liking to the shiny "natural" stainless finish; her viewpoints about the layout mean a lot to me. Also, frankly, I was loathe to have to crate them up again to send them back to Stainless.

A subsequent set of bridges, made by Stainless Unlimited  for me, I did order with a black paint finish baked onto them (seem here.)15

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All that is "needed" now is for me to get fired-up about weathering/aging them. Maybe. Doubtful. Maybe.

FrankM

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Moonson posted:
TedW posted:
Moonson posted:

Some favorites from my eastern stable...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

FrankM, just curious, with your skill and expertise at finishing details, why you chose not to finish your bridges. I think they are stainless, so perhaps thats the reason?  Ted

Hi TedW, That is a fair and a pertinent question. I have often asked myself the same question (!)

Yes, the bridges are solid stainless steel. To have them "finished-off" with, at the very least, a paint job, I would have needed to send them back to Stainless Unlimited for that application to be baked on.

After that, I could - and would have, certainly - taken my weathering kits to them and had a good old time of it.

However, my wife took a liking to the shiny "natural" stainless finish; her viewpoints about the layout mean a lot to me. Also, frankly, I was loathe to have to crate them up again to send them back to Stainless.

A subsequent set of bridges, made by Stainless Unlimited  for me, I did order with a black paint finish baked onto them (seem here.)15

All that is "needed" now is for me to get fired-up about weathering/aging them. Maybe. Doubtful. Maybe.

FrankM

Interesting, please don't tell your wife but I prefer them painted, then you working your magic. 

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gandydancer1950 posted:

My contribution to Front End Friday......steam version......GEDC1446

And GD, I have one for you.  I notice no lines on your telephone/utility poles.  Many modelers follow suit.  I have searched this topic previously because I purchased some lighted poles for the future. Many don't like the entanglement issues, choice of available materials etc.  Again, what was your reasoning?  Thx for the insight. TW

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My Thanks to these voices for their "Likes" of my posting on (9/15) of a few frontend shots:

BAR GP7#63; PRRronbh; gandydancer1950; AZGARY; Briansilvermustang; Steamer; Pennsynut.

And myThanks to Gandydancer1950 for his Reply.

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Contributing to the conversation is enjoyable when you realize somebody is listening and interested. Thank you, again.

FrankM.

 

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gandydancer1950 posted:
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..more frontends I favor...

FrankM.

your modeling skills are terrific. Has your layout ever been featured in OGR magazine all to enjoy?

Thanks a lot, Gandydancer.

Yes, the layout has been featured in these Runs of OGR: 163; 168; 221; 224; 285, which by happenstance, have collectively shown MoonTownship as it has evolved through the years.

FrankM.

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handyandy posted:

Golf to Tennis ball sized hail Labor Day weekend totaled my old car. Here's the front end of my new one. Lots more room for train stuff in the back!

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The front kinda looks like an old Alco cab unit, sorta, in a sideways sort of way? Especially a Post War Lionel version with the wide pilot opening?

Nice! Congratulations on your new Kia - I really like the color.

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This week I have several new pictures of the front end of my trains.  I'm in the process of selling most of my traditional sized trains and took these shots as part of the For Sale or Trade posts.  Since I've got them, here they are:

K-Line K3386-1396 4-6-2 in SR Ps-4 Crescent Limited colors

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K-Line K2780-4892 PRR GG1

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Lionel 6-8352 (powered) and 6-8355 (non-powered w/horn) SF GP-20 set

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Lionel 6-18352 SP MU w/display

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MTH did not make it this way; new paint job/weathering, proper GM&O scratch built nose and light bezel, "hand-built" nose decal (so many cuts, so little time - but nobody makes this). It started out as a MILW unit with 2 lights.

Wore me out - so much so that I haven't wanted to open it up again to lose the PS1 and install the ERR Cruise Commander and Alco Railsounds. And that's the easy part. But, soon.

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OOMartinOOMartin2

This Front End Friday engineer is O. O. Martin from the Frisco OK City board.  He was one of those people that attained legend status in his own time.  A member of the 729th Railway Operating Battalion, an operator of steam locomotives, passenger trains, symbol freights, and a salty story teller.  On Christmas eve 1981 we deadheaded to Tulsa on a bus and brought light engines out of Cherokee yard southward to Sapulpa to pick up a unit train that had gone dead between Oma switch and the Salpulpa crossovers. (Single track ABS up from Ft Worth and Single track ABS from OKC come together at Sapulpa to form CTC 2 Main Tracks from Sapulpa to Oma).  Nearing the crossovers I was riding the head platform getting ready to step off and talk to the DS on the wayside phone which was about 1 engine length past the home signal.  As I gave the stop signal, O O Martin rolled right past the "All Red" searchlight signal and stopped to let me off precisely at the phone booth.  The instant I was down, "Double O" was smoothly backing out of the interlocking, and I working to get my heart rate back down.

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Lionel 6-8900

Bid adieu to this one today.  Shipped my last FARR set, the first made, to a lucky buyer in Ohio.  Notice the replacement boiler front with feedwater tank to render 8900 a Santa Fe-type Hudson.  Never was able to determine if this was the work of a previous owner (looks too original) or a factory deviation.

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Moonson posted:

Erie comin' 'round the bend...

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FrankM, Moon Township, USA

FrankM, I looked lovingly at your photo of the “Erie comin round the bend”.  What drew me in was your model of the “big Healey” and behind it the E type Jaguar. I owned a ‘67 Austin-Healey 3000 BJ8 .  A wonderful car to drive.  As an aside, the owner of that Jag needs to fix his license plate.   

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TedW posted:
Moonson posted:

Erie comin' 'round...

FrankM, I looked lovingly at your photo of the “Erie comin round the bend”.  What drew me in was your model of the “big Healey” and behind it the E type Jaguar. I owned a ‘67 Austin-Healey 3000 BJ8 .  A wonderful car to drive.  As an aside, the owner of that Jag needs to fix his license plate.   

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Wow, TedW, you certainly have an eye-for-details! Thank you. I went to the trainroom and made the appropriate adjustment.

FrankM

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