Thanks guys. I loved the old late 40's Lionel Catalogs. Many of the train sets were of night trains. Liked that feeling of traveling at night through the country. That's what I was trying to capture with this photo. Larry, there is a good book about biking and walking the old Milwaukee lines. Lot's of good pictures. Don
N5CJonny posted:This project has taken me about four days when completed. I still have four more lamp posts to wire up. When completed, there will be ten double lamp posts in the front and two on the side of the station (31 led light bulbs including building spot lamps). The wires at the bottom will be hidden when the project is complete. So far this project has gone very smoothly.
I really like the twin lamps and fences. Can you point me in the right direction to get some?
Thank you.
Ran some Postwar earlier....these are two of several Postwar engines in my collection.
Both are complete sets. The steam set is the #1515WS and the diesel is my newest, the #1467W. I purchased, and keep, both as complete sets. I mean complete - I have all of the paperwork on them, all of the boxes, the set boxes, original smoke pellets, tubes of grease, factory inspection slips, and more. They are in as good of condition as one will ever find.
Forty Rod posted:N5CJonny posted:This project has taken me about four days when completed. I still have four more lamp posts to wire up. When completed, there will be ten double lamp posts in the front and two on the side of the station (31 led light bulbs including building spot lamps). The wires at the bottom will be hidden when the project is complete. So far this project has gone very smoothly.
I really like the twin lamps and fences. Can you point me in the right direction to get some?
Thank you.
Both items were purchased from vendors on Ebay.
The fence was from a vendor named Everydaygoodz located in Hong Kong. I had once seen the same fence else where, but they wanted a lot more money for the same item. These guys had a great price.
The led lamps run on 3 volts DC only and they came from a vendor named Uptogethertek located in shenzhen, China. Their prices are super inexpensive, you get 50 lamps with free shipping for under $13.00. Even if a few lamps go bad, I have plenty of extra lamps on hand. The bad thing is the electric wires are thread like and are very delicate. Also the seller listed these items as being 1:100 scale (2.95" tall) They seem to go well with the small Lionel Grand Centra Terminal as that station looks close to HO scale to me. Keep in mind that the power supply must be DC current only and the amps have to be very low. I am using three battery packs containing two AA batteries each. Each battery pack of two AA batteries can power up to five double lamps with no problems.
PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
eenie, meenie, miney, moe ??? what direction do I wanna go........
Where is this at?
Somewhere in Europe by the looks of the signals and overhead.
p51 posted:PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
eenie, meenie, miney, moe ??? what direction do I wanna go........
Where is this at?
Somewhere in Europe by the looks of the signals and overhead.
Thanks Lee. Was wondering if that might be the case. But would be nice to know where.
i think it is at a train station in Zurich, Switzerland....still looking....maybe here....
Took this picture during a water break on my bike ride this AM.
I wonder if the owner knows the significance of this number to a PostWar Lionel fan?
Have a great weekend, everyone....
Peter
Putnam Division posted:Took this picture during a water break on my bike ride this AM.
I wonder if the owner knows the significance of this number to a PostWar Lionel fan?
Have a great weekend, everyone....
Peter
Sure do!
I have a photo somewhere of a mailbox with 4449 on it.
Started working on adding LED lighting to the display case my grandfather and I built several years ago. I like the look so far, though the photos make it look too bright and washed out, which isn't the case in person.
N5CJonny posted:Forty Rod posted:N5CJonny posted:This project has taken me about four days when completed. I still have four more lamp posts to wire up. When completed, there will be ten double lamp posts in the front and two on the side of the station (31 led light bulbs including building spot lamps). The wires at the bottom will be hidden when the project is complete. So far this project has gone very smoothly.
I really like the twin lamps and fences. Can you point me in the right direction to get some?
Thank you.
Both items were purchased from vendors on Ebay.
The fence was from a vendor named Everydaygoodz located in Hong Kong. I had once seen the same fence else where, but they wanted a lot more money for the same item. These guys had a great price.
The led lamps run on 3 volts DC only and they came from a vendor named Uptogethertek located in shenzhen, China. Their prices are super inexpensive, you get 50 lamps with free shipping for under $13.00. Even if a few lamps go bad, I have plenty of extra lamps on hand. The bad thing is the electric wires are thread like and are very delicate. Also the seller listed these items as being 1:100 scale (2.95" tall) They seem to go well with the small Lionel Grand Centra Terminal as that station looks close to HO scale to me. Keep in mind that the power supply must be DC current only and the amps have to be very low. I am using three battery packs containing two AA batteries each. Each battery pack of two AA batteries can power up to five double lamps with no problems.
Thanks, Jonny. Just what I needed.
BAR GP7 #63 posted:Some cars at lake Laha.
Your weathering has always looked great. It looks even better outside in the sunlight. The lake in the background is a nice touch.
scale rail posted:A slow uphill climb through the Cascades. Don
That is absolutely a great picture.
Seems like a rare thing, NS narrow cab leading
Steven Michael posted:I haven't been on here in quite a while. It's been a real busy summer. I have however made a good amount of progress on detailing (perhaps "fixing" would be a better word) this pair of Weaver U25Bs. These things were absolutely stripped of detail out of the box. Changes I've made include renumbering to the 2500 series in preparation for roof antennas, painting of the window frames and steps, the installation of grab irons, windshield wipers, miscellaneous piping, fuel fills, cutoffs and sight glasses, dummy MU receptacles, lights over the drop decks, cab signal boxes, and the drop decks themselves. That's quite a list! There are still a few more things to be done on these, I still have to install bells, cut levers and roof antennas, and I may redecal the number boards if I can find a more accurate font. The comparison photo at the end is about a week old, so even on the lower photo there are a few details seen on the other photos that are missing. Still a hire difference.
2R converted to 3R? If not were did you find the Weaver fixed pilots.
suzukovich posted:Steven Michael posted:I haven't been on here in quite a while. It's been a real busy summer. I have however made a good amount of progress on detailing (perhaps "fixing" would be a better word) this pair of Weaver U25Bs. These things were absolutely stripped of detail out of the box. Changes I've made include renumbering to the 2500 series in preparation for roof antennas, painting of the window frames and steps, the installation of grab irons, windshield wipers, miscellaneous piping, fuel fills, cutoffs and sight glasses, dummy MU receptacles, lights over the drop decks, cab signal boxes, and the drop decks themselves. That's quite a list! There are still a few more things to be done on these, I still have to install bells, cut levers and roof antennas, and I may redecal the number boards if I can find a more accurate font. The comparison photo at the end is about a week old, so even on the lower photo there are a few details seen on the other photos that are missing. Still a hire difference.
2R converted to 3R? If not were did you find the Weaver fixed pilots.
They're 3 rail with a 2 rail pilot and Kadee installed on the front of the first unit. My dad was given two of these pilots at a train show many years ago. I'm trying to track down one more so I can install them on both units' rear pilots to bring the pair closer together.
Little update on those U-boats. I installed all the trainphone equipment on the powered unit tonight. No gluing or painting will occur until the last of the needed detail parts arrive from PSC, as I will have to remove the antennas to avoid damage when the units are bottom side up in the cradle.
I bent all the brass rods into shape and also did a few things differently from what is stated in the instructions. The antenna kit includes four very small stanchions for where the antennas drop down the cab and into the nose of the locomotive - two for each side. This however is not correct, and I had to make my own parts for the connection on the engineer's side. This provided a pretty close match to the prototype.
I'll tag one other thing on the end here - does anyone know where I could buy the vertical window shades shown in the prototype photo? That's the only major detail that these will be missing once I'm done, and I truly couldn't find any available online. They appear to be glass so it's not something I can easily make myself.
suzukovich posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:Some cars at lake Laha.
Your weathering has always looked great. It looks even better outside in the sunlight. The lake in the background is a nice touch.
SUZUKOVICH: Thank you very much. I think the sunlight is the best light.
Johan
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