That's a frame with a bunch of railroad, nasa, museum, aviation pins and my army unit insignias.
RAK posted:What did I do on my layout today?
Tried to repel (another) alien attack and failed miserably.
Sigourny Weaver did not bother to come over to help (I am very disappointed).
Aw. What's that racecar in the pics? Looks speedy.
Here's a little cellphone video of a 2025 I'm overhauling for a friend doing its thing on the Razorback Traction Co. high iron...
Mitch
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suzukovich posted:p51 posted:I put up the poster to the far left. Its from the year I model.
Cool! What's the one on the right.
More of the layout please?
Installed some over-the-road crossing signals.
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luvindemtrains posted:I put up the poster to the far left. Its from the year I model.
More of the layout please?
I have posted lots of photos of it here and there. My website is probably the best source of info, in my signature link as well as here which is exclusively about my layout and its progress.
p51 posted:luvindemtrains posted:I put up the poster to the far left. Its from the year I model.
More of the layout please?
I have posted lots of photos of it here and there. My website is probably the best source of info, in my signature link as well as here which is exclusively about my layout and its progress.
Thanks!
Went to the rental storage facility today, dug out some O gauge track and put down on the carpet in my rom, a 7' x7' squared oval of track. Unpacked my Lionel Generals ( of them) with various cars and ran a train today. Have 3 Lionel old fashioned passenger cars, 3 Marx plus a Lionel flat car with horses and two On3 cars with O gauge trucks. I have an old tin Marx tender that I hok to the beat up engine and pull the Marx cars with that. It's a start.
The finishing touch on the 2025 was JB Welding on a replacement marker light...
After the JB Weld hardened, a touch of paint and a new jewel, and the 2025 is resplendent!
Shop Supervisor Norma Bates Kitteh was napping, so visiting fireman May D. Katt from next door kept an eye on things from outside...
Here's the 2025 in action!
Mitch
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I don't have Norma Bates but there is Pepper and zack. Pepper had a close encounter with the train on the first run.
My new layout with Mianne benchwork getting its backdrop/back ground. This is a two deck, around the room layout in a 10'x12' space.
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Had planned to do a bit of work on the boxcab project, but Shop Supervisor Norma Bates Kitteh is busy doing a time-motion study...
Mitch
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Mitch,
Looks to me that Supv Norma B K is telling you to take Friday afternoon off and have fun running trains!!!
ToledoEd posted:
I made an important discovery: two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I wonder if anyone else has discovered this phenomena
At least your Gantry Crane is near by to assist in the clean up!!!
ToledoEd posted:
I made an important discovery: two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I wonder if anyone else has discovered this phenomena
Hope those tank cars don't have anything hazardous. NTSB and EPA will get you. 
Woodson posted:ToledoEd posted:
I made an important discovery: two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I wonder if anyone else has discovered this phenomena
At least your Gantry Crane is near by to assist in the clean up!!!
almost by design......I suspect the crane owner of sabatoogy........
Today I embarked on a journey to locate a train hobby shop in Raleigh, NC. Thanks to the OGR dealer directory I had the address and phone number. Without using GPS, only a map and my instinct I found the place. It is off the beaten track a bit but worth the effort. From G scale to N scale, new Lionel, MTH, G scale and the old, moldy things some of us cherish. I know Steamer, Mitch and some others would have a field day. There were lots of Lionel post war engines, a 2065, 736 and GG1 come to mind. All complete mostly needing a cleaning and some lube and they looked ready to roll. New and used track, switches, transformers, cars, and scenery products. there were a few Lionel Standard gauge items, too. With my collection mostly in storage I didn't buy anything although the 736 was tempting. If you are in the area, give it a look see. About a mile north of the Crabtree Mall behind Las Tostisos or something like that on a small side road in the back off Creedmoor.
This afternoon my water came. Took me by surprise because it was suppose to come tomorrow. But better for me. I was able to put a third coat on. Then I decided to try some of the new scrub grass turf. I put some earth colored turf down first then added the scrub grass. I like the mix of this blend. Tomorrow I'll see how the water looks but I might add another coat or two. The dust putty has held the water in. So the hurdle will be to see if I will be able to remove all the putty. Pics...........................Paul
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Paul,
It looks better and better every day!
Thanks Mark. I just wanted to see how the scrub turf would look. I really have to get the backdrops done first and work my way to the front of the tables. I look at all the great pictures of all the layouts on here and I wonder where everyone got the building flats plus the paper flats too I must be looking in all the wrong places.............Paul
Steamer posted:Woodson posted:ToledoEd posted:
I made an important discovery: two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I wonder if anyone else has discovered this phenomena
At least your Gantry Crane is near by to assist in the clean up!!!
almost by design......I suspect the crane owner of sabatoogy........
I never thought of that! Let's appoint a Special Counsel to investigate!!
paul 2 posted:Thanks Mark. I just wanted to see how the scrub turf would look. I really have to get the backdrops done first and work my way to the front of the tables. I look at all the great pictures of all the layouts on here and I wonder where everyone got the building flats plus the paper flats too I must be looking in all the wrong places.............Paul
Some here use use these from this ebay seller, angietracksideflats, she has some nice scenes of buildings and landscape.
Rusty
Steamer posted:Woodson posted:ToledoEd posted:I made an important discovery: two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I wonder if anyone else has discovered this phenomena
At least your Gantry Crane is near by to assist in the clean up!!!
almost by design......I suspect the crane owner of sabatoogy........
Dia-bolickle sabatoogy?
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Paul, things are looking great! I hope that putty comes off with no problem, where did you get the putty from if you don't mind me asking?
ToledoEd posted:
I made an important discovery: two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I wonder if anyone else has discovered this phenomena
LOL! Almost every time I run trains. 
ToledoEd posted:Steamer posted:Woodson posted:ToledoEd posted:
I made an important discovery: two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I wonder if anyone else has discovered this phenomena
At least your Gantry Crane is near by to assist in the clean up!!!
almost by design......I suspect the crane owner of sabatoogy........
I never thought of that! Let's appoint a Special Counsel to investigate!!
LEAKERS!
MIKE G, I hope it will come off easily. I have my fingers crossed. I think I am going to put on a couple of more layers of water. Mike, I found the duct putty in small packages in the electrical department at Home Depot.....Paul
paul 2 posted:MIKE G, I hope it will come off easily. I have my fingers crossed. I think I am going to put on a couple of more layers of water. Mike, I found the duct putty in small packages in the electrical department at Home Depot.....Paul
Paul- I've used the stuff for years and it usually does come off clean from electrical equipment (pipes, panels). I expect it would clean up pretty well. Everything looks great, enjoying following your build.
Bob
paul 2 posted:MIKE G, I hope it will come off easily. I have my fingers crossed. I think I am going to put on a couple of more layers of water. Mike, I found the duct putty in small packages in the electrical department at Home Depot.....Paul
Thanks for the information Paul! I will cross my fingers for you also, but only on my non beer hand! LOL
What a way to start the morning. USPS dropped off a package that was suppose to be here on Monday. I just love these unexpected Christmas gifts LOL. A weaver H30 hopper, I didn't have one, and a syrup tank car to go with the Pepsi Plant I ordered this morning. I ordered the car before I had the plant. Still have to get a few more tank cars to keep Pepsi flowing LOL. Later this morning I hope to be able to add another layer of water if the coat is dry from yesterday. And Rusty, thanks for the heads up on that website. I'll have to figure out how to use E bay I guess. Wish she had another site to order from.....Pics............Paul
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Got the fourth coat of water on the streams today. Tomorrow I'll check it and see if I want to do a fifth coat..........Paul
Got the motor on the boxcab working properly for the first time in years, and now am test-fitting pilot trucks (the plan is to replace the old staple-end trucks with MTH equalized trucks)...
Mitch
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paul 2 posted:Got the fourth coat of water on the streams today. Tomorrow I'll check it and see if I want to do a fifth coat..........Paul
Hey there Paul, you better take the rest of the night off! You have been working way to hard today and making some of us look bad! LOL
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Got the motor on the boxcab working properly for the first time in years, and now am test-fitting pilot trucks (the plan is to replace the old staple-end trucks with MTH equalized trucks)...
Mitch
tell me more about this critter.....from your shop?
Steamer posted:tell me more about this critter.....from your shop?
As it were, yes. It started out as a double truck diesel loco about 20 years ago. Been working off and on with it over the years. The drive is from a 646 Hudson. :-)
Mitch
and I thought I took too long on the ten years it took me to finish my 4-8-4.... I hate it when real life interferes with hobbies! might have to try onna those meself.
Added the second piece of wood. Now I have to pour the water
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Bought a 6' x 8' green "Eco Rug", indoor/outdoor carpet at Lowe's today, cut 4 - 6"x 7' strips and placed them under my O gauge track. This keeps the new carpeting clean. I think 6" is wide enough if I decide to put a loop of Standard gauge track down in place of the O. Green carpet is pretty neat. Light, compact and smooth and keeps the O gauge track from sinking in to the carpet. You have to crawl before you walk !!
Steamer posted:and I thought I took too long on the ten years it took me to finish my 4-8-4....
Make sure you have a good strong cutting wheel. Hadda get a machinist buddy of mine to cut through the cast bronze floor to fit the motor...
Mitch
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I needed a freight train on one of our loops. I looked under the layout and took these out of their boxes.
Wood beams on a K-Line bulkhead flat car.
Atlas 45' Santa Fe reefer trailer atop an MTH pup piggyback trailer ahead of a Weaver PGE piggyback unit.
Weaver Corvette box car ahead of a Weaver Packard box car. My sister has always had a 'vette and my father in law was a Packard man.
Bringing up the rear is a K-Line Santa Fe caboose commissioned by Western Depot. Lighted interior with smoke. John in Lansing, ILL
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For quite a while, I've had a first aid kit removed from a Milwaukee Road locomotive that is also Washington State marked. Those are very, very uncommon. I couldn't figure out what to do with the thing, and then it dawned on me that I could just hang it at the exit door to the layout room. I have a bunch of post-war and non Tweetsie related stuff on that side of the room anyway, and I think it looks pretty cool where I hung it. I don't have to worry about it sprouting legs and walking away, as it's almost beyond my own reach where it is.
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p51 posted:For quite a while, I've had a first aid kit removed from a Milwaukee Road locomotive that is also Washington State marked. Those are very, very uncommon. I couldn't figure out what to do with the thing, and then it dawned on me that I could just hang it at the exit door to the layout room. I have a bunch of post-war and non Tweetsie related stuff on that side of the room anyway, and I think it looks pretty cool where I hung it. I don't have to worry about it sprouting legs and walking away, as it's almost beyond my own reach where it is.
Ok Lee, explain to me how a Milwaukee Road first aid kit gets to become property of Washington State? Nice find!
Got some more shelves hung... I made the spacing much closer than the last ones which gives me more room for more shelves. That ultimately leads to more trains now I've gotta go back and re-space the other ones.
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mike g. posted:Ok Lee, explain to me how a Milwaukee Road first aid kit gets to become property of Washington State? Nice find!
Beats the heck out of me. It's only the second one I've ever seen (the other is on a wall in the room with a massive and impressive N scale layout in Olympia). The ePay seller said his Dad yanked it out of a GE locomotive in the Midwest as the Milwaukee Road was folding up, as he thought it was odd it was marked as such.
I'm sure one of the many Milwaukee Road fans out there could answer this, but I have zero idea. I liked it as the MILW ran to the ocean within less than a 1/4 mile from my back door (it's a partial gravel trail now, though). I also have a depot sign for Elbe, WA hanging elsewhere in the room, scored very affordably at a RR collectible show a year ago.
Directly below that 1st aid kit is a slice of rail from the original switchback at Stampede Pass, bought at the same show.
A chum of mine got a look at the boxcab's bronze chassis and said, "You have to name that thing 'Powerful Katrinka' from the Toonerville Trolley comic..."
Works for me.
In any event, Katrinka now has trolley pole hooks, and poles have been duly test fitted...
Next up will be truck mounts for the pilot trucks!
Mitch
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well we ran trains yesterday and I was up early to run them some more. I love how these MTH steam engines smoke. after running for a couple of hours it was time to do some maintance on them. clean lub and change traction tires. and that was my day on the EA&J RR
Started roughing in the new Coal Mine Tipple module.... Finally finished weathering the Lionel Coal Tipple building.
Built a "jig" to assemble and glue the wood beam supports for the tipple buildings and got 2 glued up last night. Still trying to arrive at the best arrangement for the buildings. I want to have a power house (brick building on left end).... 2 tipples, 1 general building and two company houses. I will probably have to cut the buildings down to shorten the depth, but I think I am close enough to pull the 5 foot long module in the work shop and start working on adding the backdrop mountain and roughing in the terrain, roads, trackwork etc.
I have built small jigs before for doing trestle bents, but this one is made with 3/16 " luan so my 1/4 inch pine and oak stock sits above it enough that I can glue down the cross members on both sides in one operation... The cross members are oak that I managed to cut down to less than 1/16 inches thick on the table saw.... I laid down wax paper this time so my parts wouldn't get glued to the foundation plate for the jig. 
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chris a posted:Started roughing in the new Coal Mine Tipple module.... Finally finished weathering the Lionel Coal Tipple building.
Built a "jig" to assemble and glue the wood beam supports for the tipple buildings and got 2 glued up last night. Still trying to arrive at the best arrangement for the buildings. I want to have a power house (brick building on left end).... 2 tipples, 1 general building and two company houses. I will probably have to cut the buildings down to shorten the depth, but I think I am close enough to pull the 5 foot long module in the work shop and start working on adding the backdrop mountain and roughing in the terrain, roads, trackwork etc.
I have built small jigs before for doing trestle bents, but this one is made with 3/16 " luan so my 1/4 inch pine and oak stock sits above it enough that I can glue down the cross members on both sides in one operation... The cross members are oak that I managed to cut down to less than 1/16 inches thick on the table saw.... I laid down wax paper this time so my parts wouldn't get glued to the foundation plate for the jig.
Looks great! May I ask what I am seeing on the upper left hand corner of the second pic? Looks like cotton or something of the sort.
Luvindemtrains...... It's low loft fiber batting like used to stuff pillows.... I found a thread on YouTube earlier this year for a really neat alternative to covering everything with plaster, or plaster cloth .. If you go back in this thread to roughly April 19 or April 20th of 2017, I posted a link to the video when I was posting photos of the corner module I built with that technique... Essentially the batting is glued down to your foam mountain forms, then you paint it with earth colored latex paint... (alot of latex paint), then before it dries which takes several days you start putting down the ground cover right on the wet paint. It definitely works, provides alot of tooth (texture) for the scenery materials to hang onto and leaves a really textured surface. Check out the video.
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Had planned to do a bit of work on the boxcab project, but Shop Supervisor Norma Bates Kitteh is busy doing a time-motion study...
Mitch
So… do we have the study results??? Inquiring minds want to know how much TIME passed before the Shop Supervisor exhibited any MOTION???
chris a posted:Luvindemtrains...... It's low loft fiber batting like used to stuff pillows.... I found a thread on YouTube earlier this year for a really neat alternative to covering everything with plaster, or plaster cloth .. If you go back in this thread to roughly April 19 or April 20th of 2017, I posted a link to the video when I was posting photos of the corner module I built with that technique... Essentially the batting is glued down to your foam mountain forms, then you paint it with earth colored latex paint... (alot of latex paint), then before it dries which takes several days you start putting down the ground cover right on the wet paint. It definitely works, provides alot of tooth (texture) for the scenery materials to hang onto and leaves a really textured surface. Check out the video.
Chris thanks! I will go check out the video. This seems like an interesting technique.
Apples55 posted:M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Had planned to do a bit of work on the boxcab project, but Shop Supervisor Norma Bates Kitteh is busy doing a time-motion study...
Mitch
So… do we have the study results??? Inquiring minds want to know how much TIME passed before the Shop Supervisor exhibited any MOTION???
I'd ask her, but she's expanded the study to include the bed and is unavailable for comment.
Mitch
A fairly recent scrounge from the scroungeables bin.
It is an electric, the trolley pole isnt on yet in these shots.
And a nearly finished 4 or 5 year old shelf project.
...and Steamers 1615 thread has me merrily chopping up plastic steamers for another bash too.
I want something "different". (any surprise really?).
Almost needless to say, hacking kept me somewhat pre-occupied after the holidays again.
Lots more to catch up on too, including being "cut off" during a recent navel attack by Dremel Inc.
(See the attachments, that "thing" is too large for most screens, lol)
???... I must have overlooked the warning in the manual.
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A fairly recent scrounge from the scroungeables bin.
It is an electric, the trolley pole isnt on yet in these shots.
And a nearly finished 4 or 5 year old shelf project.
...and Steamers 1615 thread has me merrily chopping up plastic steamers for another bash too.
I want something "different". (any surprise really?).
Almost needless to say, hacking kept me somewhat pre-occupied after the holidays again.
Lots more to catch up on too, including being "cut off" during a recent navel attack by Dremel Inc.
(See the attachments, that "thing" is too large for most screens, lol)
???... Maybe I overlooked the warning in the manual?
Nicely scrounged! I approve!
Mitch
This is small potatoes compared to the fine modeling from you folks. Saw this in a photo from a Facebook friend and thought it would make a cool backdrop. I've been told that it's an old pea cannery in Utah. 
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Adriatic posted:A fairly recent scrounge from the scroungeables bin.
It is an electric, the trolley pole isnt on yet in these shots.
And a nearly finished 4 or 5 year old shelf project.
...and Steamers 1615 thread has me merrily chopping up plastic steamers for another bash too.
I want something "different". (any surprise really?).
Almost needless to say, hacking kept me somewhat pre-occupied after the holidays again.
Lots more to catch up on too, including being "cut off" during a recent navel attack by Dremel Inc.
(See the attachments, that "thing" is too large for most screens, lol)
???... I must have overlooked the warning in the manual.
Hey there Adriatic, You sure know how to make things look wonderful. I would like to welcome you back, it has been awhile from your last post. I hope things are going well for you and you are having fun!
Alan Rogers posted:This is small potatoes compared to the fine modeling from you folks. Saw this in a photo from a Facebook friend and thought it would make a cool backdrop. I've been told that it's an old pea cannery in Utah.
Great Idea there Alan! Would you mind if I copied it and tried to build it myself?
I took MIKE G's order or was that advice LOL and took the day off but the layout kept calling to me all day so after dinner I had to go down and do something. I am done with the water. No more coats. Tomorrow I'll work on getting the duct putty off. So this evening I added some more ground turf to some spots. After I did that on the table I had a sand house which I have had for more years then I want to count. I bought it when Myron was owner of O Gauge Magazine. I was never happy with the sand tower on it so I pulled it off. My idea is I have a free standing sanding tower and I will just add some piping to go to it from the sand house. It should make for an interesting small engine facility. And while I had it on the table I added ground turf to it and a cinder walk coming off the door to the building. All still has to be glued down. Some pics...................Paul
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Continued building out scenery details and put down ballast. So far so good.
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mike g. posted:Alan Rogers posted:This is small potatoes compared to the fine modeling from you folks. Saw this in a photo from a Facebook friend and thought it would make a cool backdrop. I've been told that it's an old pea cannery in Utah.
Great Idea there Alan! Would you mind if I copied it and tried to build it myself?
I would be honored Mike. Please let me know if you need any dimensions, etc...
I'm Liking it Paul! Even though you didn't take the whole day off, You took enough time to re-engerize yourself and move forward! Great Job!
paul 2 posted:I took MIKE G's order or was that advice LOL and took the day off but the layout kept calling to me all day so after dinner I had to go down and do something. I am done with the water. No more coats. Tomorrow I'll work on getting the duct putty off. So this evening I added some more ground turf to some spots. After I did that on the table I had a sand house which I have had for more years then I want to count. I bought it when Myron was owner of O Gauge Magazine. I was never happy with the sand tower on it so I pulled it off. My idea is I have a free standing sanding tower and I will just add some piping to go to it from the sand house. It should make for an interesting small engine facility. And while I had it on the table I added ground turf to it and a cinder walk coming off the door to the building. All still has to be glued down. Some pics...................Paul
Nice work Paul!! I've been following this since the beginning!! You've come a long way quickly!!
Alan Rogers posted:mike g. posted:Alan Rogers posted:This is small potatoes compared to the fine modeling from you folks. Saw this in a photo from a Facebook friend and thought it would make a cool backdrop. I've been told that it's an old pea cannery in Utah.
Great Idea there Alan! Would you mind if I copied it and tried to build it myself?
I would be honored Mike. Please let me know if you need any dimensions, etc...
Hi Alan, any information you have on this would be great! Once I get ready I will let you know and post some pictures!
mike g. posted:Alan Rogers posted:mike g. posted:Alan Rogers posted:This is small potatoes compared to the fine modeling from you folks. Saw this in a photo from a Facebook friend and thought it would make a cool backdrop. I've been told that it's an old pea cannery in Utah.
Great Idea there Alan! Would you mind if I copied it and tried to build it myself?
I would be honored Mike. Please let me know if you need any dimensions, etc...
Hi Alan, any information you have on this would be great! Once I get ready I will let you know and post some pictures!
Hey again Mike. I bootlegged a photo from a Facebook friend. It might be cooyrighted, so I doubt we can post it anywhere. I would be glad to email it to you.
I am slowly working towards the summit! This summer I have been chipping away at my mountain project. Still have a long ways to go, but need to dumpster dive for more styrofoam before I continue my climb. Today I finished the base coat and have a lot of rock shading and highlighting work to do. I'm looking forward to adding ground cover and trees. I would like to add a small HO village up in a mountain valley at some point. It is tough to find time to work on the layout when distracted by fine weather and European travel. At least, I have started and I'm enjoying the climb. Dave
P.S. It's nice getting the blue and pink color off the layout!
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darlander posted:I am slowly working towards the summit! This summer I have been chipping away at my mountain project. Still have a long ways to go, but need to dumpster dive for more styrofoam before I continue my climb. Today I finished the base coat and have a lot of rock shading and highlighting work to do. I'm looking forward to adding ground cover and trees. I would like to add a small HO village up in a mountain valley at some point. It is tough to find time to work on the layout when distracted by fine weather and European travel. At least, I have started and I'm enjoying the climb. Dave
P.S. It's nice getting the blue and pink color off the layout!
Looks good. I agree pink looks bad unless you sell Mary Kay stuff. The good thing about taking your time, it is easier to make a change or an adjustment.
Realized i need to start writing down my train numbers so i can remember the address code started my sheet I have a few to many
darlander posted:I am slowly working towards the summit! This summer I have been chipping away at my mountain project. Still have a long ways to go, but need to dumpster dive for more styrofoam before I continue my climb. Today I finished the base coat and have a lot of rock shading and highlighting work to do. I'm looking forward to adding ground cover and trees. I would like to add a small HO village up in a mountain valley at some point. It is tough to find time to work on the layout when distracted by fine weather and European travel. At least, I have started and I'm enjoying the climb. Dave
P.S. It's nice getting the blue and pink color off the layout!
Can we say hit the jackpot! Great work and fun to see the progression.
Katrinka's pilot truck mounts, while a trifle Chic Sale, do in fact work...
Here's Katrinka on the high iron, walking away with a heavy consist:
Until a break-in-two causes what's known as "a regrettable incident"...
Much to the discomfiture of the parishoners of Our Lady Of Sudden Deceleration:
All in all, though, Katrinka's maiden flight can be considered a success, I think. ;-)
Mitch
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M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Katrinka's pilot truck mounts, while a trifle Chic Sale, do in fact work...
Here's Katrinka on the high iron, walking away with a heavy consist:
Until a break-in-two causes what's known as "a regrettable incident"...
Much to the discomfiture of the parishoners of Our Lady Of Sudden Deceleration:
All in all, though, Katrinka's maiden flight can be considered a success, I think. ;-)
Mitch
I'm sure that will buff out. Good thing Fortesque was not riding the front platform.
Bob
RSJB18 posted:I'm sure that will buff out. Good thing Fortesque was not riding the front platform.
No fool, Fortescue. He was safely on the station platform...
I don't think Katrinka suffered any damage, she seems pretty stout, but, that N5C might not have fair too well in the hook up. I like what you've put together here, she seems to run great!
Rusty
Spent yesterday on the layout helping a friend figure out some TMCC problems on his layout. What didn't work on his works on ours, so now the fun of figuring out why? Is it the remote phone messing with it? Florescent lighting perhaps? We're going to have fun digging into his I think. Love the Keep It Simple approach to setting up TMCC etc. It's saving our butt on our layout, that's for sure!
What was really rewarding was being able to use our layout to help him out! Big smiles all around.
Today I got the last pieces of wood cut out from under the stairs and out for garbage pickup. Now I can sweep up the area. This evening the wife will be watching the Cavs so I can work on getting all that duct putty off. Plus I got to surf the net looking for corn syrup tanks cars. No work tomorrow. Monthly luncheon with a group of TCA guys plus after lunch heading to a Tuesday night guy to see his layout after lunch. So full day............Paul
Adriatic posted:A fairly recent scrounge from the scroungeables bin.
It is an electric, the trolley pole isnt on yet in these shots.
And a nearly finished 4 or 5 year old shelf project.
...and Steamers 1615 thread has me merrily chopping up plastic steamers for another bash too.
I want something "different". (any surprise really?).
Almost needless to say, hacking kept me somewhat pre-occupied after the holidays again.
Lots more to catch up on too, including being "cut off" during a recent navel attack by Dremel Inc.
(See the attachments, that "thing" is too large for most screens, lol)
???... I must have overlooked the warning in the manual.
The first to pics thats cool kind has that rustic look about it.
The GG1. Seems to me I have seen an actual pic of one as you have done that had been used as a yard switcher.
I not even going to guess what it's going to be other then it had been attacked by the dreaded Dremel monster or just collateral damage from the navel attack?
So what's next Mr Wizard.
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:RSJB18 posted:I'm sure that will buff out. Good thing Fortesque was not riding the front platform.
No fool, Fortescue. He was safely on the station platform...
I'm real sure the next time you let him have the remote he would of learned his lesson and have the video feed turned on, then have to feel the wrath of angry nuns again.
suzukovich posted:darlander posted:I am slowly working towards the summit! This summer I have been chipping away at my mountain project. Still have a long ways to go, but need to dumpster dive for more styrofoam before I continue my climb. Today I finished the base coat and have a lot of rock shading and highlighting work to do. I'm looking forward to adding ground cover and trees. I would like to add a small HO village up in a mountain valley at some point. It is tough to find time to work on the layout when distracted by fine weather and European travel. At least, I have started and I'm enjoying the climb. Dave
P.S. It's nice getting the blue and pink color off the layout!
Looks good. I agree pink looks bad unless you sell Mary Kay stuff.
Amen to that! Now it is off to Canada for fishing - Darn, another distraction! When will it ever get done!!!
Dave
Looks very good Ralph!!
"a trifle Chic Sale??"
"a trifle Chic Sale??"
Frank,
You could build a layout in that scale bus! You didn't say what Scale it is.
Miggy posted:"a trifle Chic Sale??"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%22Chic%22_Sale
Best known for "The Specialist", a book and vaudeville act about a rustic who builds outhouses exclusively.
In the case of Katrinka, it refers to the pilot truck mounts being somewhat crude.
Mitch
Id like to see the layout for that scale.
That was my first serious dremel bite ever Lee. A disk rode up on a moving glob of plastic, gained good traction on the newly formed molten surface and rode up and off the loco cab like it was Evel Knevel on a ramp.
.. and that's where it landed.
Last week UPS visited. I opened the $35 total with shipping, and removed a piece of new Menard's O-36 track. I raised an eyebrow, curled my lower lip a bit, and nodded in approval "not bad at all".
I assembled each piece with no deep inspection of anything but the butt and slip fit, which was great. Eight peices later I had a nice sturdy loop I could roll down the hall without fear of damage. But instead, I flipped it around a bit and plopped it on a table I had ready, and waiting. I clipped on a prewar lock on, and ran wires to the throttle terminals opposite the gantry pad and spotlight wires, on an AF 18b.
Marvin now has his very own moonbase to launch his attacks from.
The moon landscape is a postwar MARX playset...very fragile is and understatement.(note cracks and collapsing happen under its own weight!)
The Menards track is well worth the great price IMO so far.
Removing the gantry and pad from the big table layout makes winding back the clock there another 40 years, as simple as using the right trains. If I remove the diner and the culvert loader and vehicles, I can hit the late 1800s to early teens!
My newst neighbor, an ho guy, moved again this week. He sent over some stuff that was "box overflow". Two plastiville signal bridges in O, a never worn shirt for the Super Chief and one for Nickle Plate #765, 2 solar powered lighthouses in O (too large space wise, but ceramic, so they are porch lights now), a test.track on plywood and some never used, new in the box, 1970s Tyco accessories and cars. Three are operating accessories! A whistling billboard, operating loading dock(pushes cargo onto cars), and operating package boxcar & bin. There was also a truck terminal and piggyback car. All the figures, truck, and packages still there, the wires never touched, etc.
The truck type another bonus, Dodge A-100 series is a past hobby too. This truck is D series, same styling on a semi truck.
25¢ in craft paint on the test track's plywood, an extra line thrown down, and I had a simple static ho track diorama with operating accessories on it..before he could even finish his lunch break!
Im just a few turnouts and a Plymouth away from a short point to point switching layout, without real effort, or spending a dime, lol. Detailing will come when I itch for it.
The whistle/billboard got a diode (Tyco ho is dc) and is now on top of my AF station w/stop timer...the funny green Tyco button sticks out like a sore thumb among all the Lionel controls but does have a vintage vibe today. Kinda like MPC, too bright to be anything but a 70s product lol.
..and a Hills Brothers Coffee billboard card would be better for turning back that clock on the 4.5x9 I guess.
As a kid, these are the exact pieces that almost had me trying out ho when Lionel was no longer being stocked due to high initial purchasing overhead. The operation packages were only $7 each, and the piggyback terminal $3-4. Kmart sold these out before I had a whole $20 saved so I let the idea die that summer...likely bought new AFX slot cars or 1:24 Snake and Mongoose dragster models instead, hard to say, Id have to pin production years down to recall for sure, I just know I stopped my ho thoughts due to empty shelves.
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Oh, and this crane came over a week before the other ho stuff. I cobbled it into "something", but may convert it back since it can hold those ho piggy backs.
Oops...call me Quickdraw.
Or Thumbelina..
Just dont call me late for dinner.
Also a new backdrop, stage one.
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Adriatic posted:Oops...call me Quickdraw.
Or Thumbelina..
Just dont call me late for dinner.
Also a new backdrop, stage one.
Cool looking Crane, where did that come from? Also great looking start to your new back drop!
Adriatic posted:Id like to see the layout for that scale.
That was my first serious dremel bite ever Lee. A disk rode up on a moving glob of plastic, gained good traction on the newly formed molten surface and rode up and off the loco cab like it was Evel Knevel on a ramp.
.. and that's where it landed.
Last week UPS visited. I opened the $35 total with shipping, and removed a piece of new Menard's O-36 track. I raised an eyebrow, curled my lower lip a bit, and nodded in approval "not bad at all".
I assembled each piece with no deep inspection of anything but the butt and slip fit, which was great. Eight peices later I had a nice sturdy loop I could roll down the hall without fear of damage. But instead, I flipped it around a bit and plopped it on a table I had ready, and waiting. I clipped on a prewar lock on, and ran wires to the throttle terminals opposite the gantry pad and spotlight wires, on an AF 18b.
Marvin now has his very own moonbase to launch his attacks from.
The moon landscape is a postwar MARX playset...very fragile is and understatement.(note cracks and collapsing happen under its own weight!)
The Menards track is well worth the great price IMO so far.
Removing the gantry and pad from the big table layout makes winding back the clock there another 40 years, as simple as using the right trains. If I remove the diner and the culvert loader and vehicles, I can hit the late 1800s to early teens!
My newst neighbor, an ho guy, moved again this week. He sent over some stuff that was "box overflow". Two plastiville signal bridges in O, a never worn shirt for the Super Chief and one for Nickle Plate #765, 2 solar powered lighthouses in O (too large space wise, but ceramic, so they are porch lights now), a test.track on plywood and some never used, new in the box, 1970s Tyco accessories and cars. Three are operating accessories! A whistling billboard, operating loading dock(pushes cargo onto cars), and operating package boxcar & bin. There was also a truck terminal and piggyback car. All the figures, truck, and packages still there, the wires never touched, etc.
The truck type another bonus, Dodge A-100 series is a past hobby too. This truck is D series, same styling on a semi truck.
25¢ in craft paint on the test track's plywood, an extra line thrown down, and I had a simple static ho track diorama with operating accessories on it..before he could even finish his lunch break!
Im just a few turnouts and a Plymouth away from a short point to point switching layout, without real effort, or spending a dime, lol. Detailing will come when I itch for it.
The whistle/billboard got a diode (Tyco ho is dc) and is now on top of my AF station w/stop timer...the funny green Tyco button sticks out like a sore thumb among all the Lionel controls but does have a vintage vibe today. Kinda like MPC, too bright to be anything but a 70s product lol.
..and a Hills Brothers Coffee billboard card would be better for turning back that clock on the 4.5x9 I guess.
As a kid, these are the exact pieces that almost had me trying out ho when Lionel was no longer being stocked due to high initial purchasing overhead. The operation packages were only $7 each, and the piggyback terminal $3-4. Kmart sold these out before I had a whole $20 saved so I let the idea die that summer...likely bought new AFX slot cars or 1:24 Snake and Mongoose dragster models instead, hard to say, Id have to pin production years down to recall for sure, I just know I stopped my ho thoughts due to empty shelves.
Speaking of scale, I think the galloping white horse is a bit out of scale. Please note my keen sense of perspective!
Dave
Just to catch up faster, Im going to hog one more in today.
My bedroom mico (0-20ish hand bent) also got a backdrop.
First draft was too real. I wanted as simple a look here as possible. Solid blocks of bright color.
So I put the paint away, and broke out some construction paper.
I liked it, but I seemed near too familiar. Like Deja Vu.
Later, I realised I had unintentionally plagiarized the style of something famous and renamed they layout to honor my inspirational mentors....muses?...?¿?... unintentional...?¿?
I love the show now, but only after I listened to it vs watched it. Because of the art, I couldn't take it seriously enough to listen deep while watching it... But now I'm doing it too, lol... If you guys dont like it "Im going home" "nmfrnkitslldmn" ("before I get killed")
Is that ...a baby Mega-Barbera-Lizard?
You know Mitch, I nearly gifted you my baby brothers giraffe. But there is a crane company I recalled that used a giraffe in the signage. I can't yet recall clearly if the neck was an truss boom, telescoping cylindrical or what, but the head was "up there". As soon as the loose screw falls off that gear in my head and I remember it clearly I might adopt him out. Do you already have his bloodline in your stable? It is a good bloodline, but He is also so old his tail is bent. And it is so skinny at the end, it looks like it should have fallen off about 76 when the " Poodle bites; poodle chews it" happened.
Today I sold a vintage one wheeled Allstate trailer, and gave the guy a grand tour of the 7 layouts (ho operating display, 2micro O, 2 Sm, M, Lrg ceiling.) He took pictures asked questions and tried hard to buy a cast aluminum 2 sided image of the IRCRR #382 on a spike, a gas lamps horizontal post. The spike head was the base to connect to the tall upright post, and a family crest was hung from the spikes length while Casy Jones rode along the top.
I declined. But I could see him thinking about his kid and a Lionel. I think the kids reaction to the 7 videos being a good one is all its going to take before he calls again, lol.
With all they styles here, I couldn't have done much better to promote the hobby if I planned it. Everything working, with a few projects from simple to scale. New,PW,PrW, tin/ cast/ plastic, nice/crap, fast/slow, ac/dc, loading, switching, cowboys, giraffes, aliens, cartoons, rockets, military, race car, car show, Santa, firemen, hunting, builders, deliveries, park, smoke, lights, whistles, horns, bells, chuff, crewtalk, and even the dreaded "chalkboard car".(hotbox)
The kids is gotta like something, lol.
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I think what you've done so far looks really good Ralph. I've enjoyed watching your progress over the last few months, gives me some ideas and knowledge I'll use when I start my own layout scenery. I like seeing what everyone is doing with their track work and scenery here, gives me inspiration, to say the least.
Rusty
The horse came with two of those lanterns and the microscope. I admired these things my whole life, but would trade them all another for 5 min. with the original owner 
The thinker is on another cabinet, a gift from them.
Adriatic posted:Oops...call me Quickdraw.
Or Thumbelina..
Just dont call me late for dinner.
Also a new backdrop, stage one.
Slick, Adriatic!
RALPH M, your layout reno is looking great! Please keep the pics coming (no, there are not 2 ms in coming).
Rick
Started with this and finished here. More to go.
Brian
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Stinky1 posted:
I'm finally starting my first real elevated layout! Before I had a "carpet central". The layout is 5x11 and will have two loops. One 054 and inside will be 042.
Jared,
Congratulations on getting started on the layout!! Yes a table sure beats crawling on the floor!!
Scenery detailing continues. Weathered the track....will be weathering the ballast next.
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Fortescue having firmly declared that he wasn't setting foot on Katrinka until handrails were fabricated, the RTC shops set to work:
Trolley pole bases fabricated and test fitted.
Headlight assemblies made from brass tube and Lionel headlight lenses:
Body, chassis and railings prepped for primer!
Primer applied!
Cornelius "Commodore" Bunneh was on standby next door in case of emergencies.
Mitch
