Technically I did this yesterday but who's counting. I added an ERR Cruise Commander and Alco PA Railsounds to an ABA set of Williams Alco PAs. The set leads the Fast Mail Express here.
GeoPeg posted:mike g. posted:Larry, what a great train to run on such a wonderful layout! Looks Great!
Lee the transformers turned out very nice! Great Job!
Al, thanks for sharing the information on the lighting! We can all use that information!
Tonight after the train show I worked on my control panel, I hope to do more tomorrow! Here is a picture of the control panel and the rock molds I picked up at the train show. Also a crane I picked up on the way home at a garage sale for $10. Something for the grandkids to play with in the train room. Now all I have to do is figure out how to switch it from batteries to ac power!
I see great cranes..., I mean brains, think alike! Gotta keep those kids entertained! True kid empathy if ever I saw it!
George
Hey I have a crane similar to that sitting on the roof of my race car in a building out back next to my camper! I think it has wheels on it. Thats a mountain for army men and some toys from my childhood. : )
Jim
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Anthony K posted:
Do you have a youtube channel?
Jim
mike g. posted:Larry, what a great train to run on such a wonderful layout! Looks Great!
Lee the transformers turned out very nice! Great Job!
Al, thanks for sharing the information on the lighting! We can all use that information!
Tonight after the train show I worked on my control panel, I hope to do more tomorrow! Here is a picture of the control panel and the rock molds I picked up at the train show. Also a crane I picked up on the way home at a garage sale for $10. Something for the grandkids to play with in the train room. Now all I have to do is figure out how to switch it from batteries to ac power!
Mike the control panel looks great.
Anthony K posted:
Nice Anthony, I love pull through yards very realistic. Is your whole layout a parameter and or around the room? How many main lines?
Anthony K posted:
I'M NOW SUFFERING FROM TRACKAGE AND SPACE ENVY!!! Cheers, Dave
Lou, The Santa Fe F3 sounds and runs as great as it looks!!
Mike, I'm glad you met Lee at the show!
Chris, Thank you on the congratulations!! I'm looking forward to making some progress, finally!
Mitch, Dirk Pitt's toys would make for some good modeling. My favorite character is Isaac Bell, his would fit the stean era! James is doing an admirable job handling the Hogwarts Express!
John, And the beat goes on! How many more cars are you going to populate?
Anthony, the yard tracks and dwarf signals look great! Looks like you plan for a lot more railroading than I realized!!
I don't know if I will get to the Mianne benchwork today. I was out twice, cleaned off and defrosted the car and van and shoveled the walk. The second trip was to snow blow the driveway, with my little blower. I still have to go out and snow blow my mother-in-law's driveway even though she doesn't have a car. (Where is my deadbeat brother-in-law when you need him? He has a truck and monster blower!) Then I'll be off to my dad's house to check the heat in the pump house. At least I don't shovel there, just trudge in and out.
Anthony, now that is a yard to impress most! Your work looks great!
Lou, very nice! Good job on the engine!
Jim, dig that stuff out! I bet it would look great on your layout! LOL
Dave, Thank you Sir!
Ok Mark, your spose to be taking it easy! All that snow work is not good for the train body! If you don't have to go anywhere just wait till it melts and work on the bench! LOL Really please take it easy today, don't over do it!
Good afternoon, just got done putting steps in from the sidewalk up to my MTH Row Houses.
Still have some work to do around the steps but there are to many things that are still wet and the more I try to do the more I mess things up.
Turn off the lights and came up stairs for a few hours.
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CSX Al posted:Nice work everyone.
I have all the lights installed in the mill. One thing I wanted was being able to remove roofs etc. without having to unplug lighting. So I use some phosphorous bronze sheeting and also some Kadee coupler springs soldered onto bronze plates to make connections.
Here is the bottom of main roof section with leds installed on bottom of rafters.
Here are the 2 spring contacts on the bottom of the roof
Here are the two contacts on top of saw floor wall that contact with springs above
Here are the 2 contacts on the peak of the saw filers wall that is at the very top of mill
Here is the underside of the filers roof with LED's and you can see the 2 spring contacts in the foreground
The side office section that goes over trestle/track is a seperate piece that can be lifted off trestle.
I wired these two contacts to the side of the main roof of mill
and here is the side of the office that goes up against mill
And here are some photos with the mill put back together
Now I have to glue down boards in saw tables, put some figures in and install control levers on saw floor and put the details up in the saw filers room. Got give him something to do. Oh yea, add some saw dust
Masterful!
Mike, I’m back in from all the winter weather work unscathed... I think. I think I’ll put some more Benchwork together after supper.
Mark, the new area with the houses is looking great!
Dave, Johnny Appleseed would be sad to know you pulled out the orchard by the roots. I’ll look forward to seeing the new look!
Primed the four pieces I've been doing bodywork on: a couple of 15" aluminum passenger cars and two PW F3 shells for a paint project. All of the flaws were revealed and there were plenty of them=more bodywork.
Mark, just amazing! Love the winter look!
Dave, are you sure your not a landscaper! Looks great!
Mark, I am glad you made it back safe!
Carl, I feel you! Do it, then do it again! that's how my body work turns out! LOL
So today I went out and worked on the control panel and a little bit on the crane! Not to much and not worthy of pictures.
On a side note I hope I don't offend anyone, but I am asking for prayers for me 15 month old granddaughter as she was taken to Seattle's Children's Hospital with Pneumonia her little right lung is in bad shape right now!
Mike- God Bless.
Mike, I'm praying for your Granddaughter!
I completed the corner section of the Mianne benchwork. I test fit the middle 4-foot piece between the two sections I built, and it will all fit nicely. I'm not connecting the two ends together yes, so they will be easy to move since we are going to change out what is on the shelves underneath first.
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mike g. posted:On a side note I hope I don't offend anyone, but I am asking for prayers for me 15 month old granddaughter as she was taken to Seattle's Children's Hospital with Pneumonia her little right lung is in bad shape right now!
Mike, that is shocking news about your grand daughter. Of course she is in our prayers.
Pete
Mike. the wife and I will say a prayer for your little grandaughter for a speedy recovery from the pneumonia.
Mark, glad you found time to do benchwork. It is looking sharp.
The wall is coming down slowly. I spent the morning shoveling out and helping the neighbor next door. But I managed to make some headway. Nothing like pulling nails out of old lumber. I'll work on it some more tomorrow. Pics...........Paul
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Paul fought the battle of Cuyahoga Falls, and the walls came a tumbling down. Well not that quickly. I can hear the screeching sound of long nails slowly coming out of wood at my dad’s 1888 house.
Thank you Paul. I’m pretty pleased. Mianne goes together faster than I thought. And all the cuts are square and holes are straight, two things I am never able to accomplish on my own.
mike g. posted:Mark, just amazing! Love the winter look!
Dave, are you sure your not a landscaper! Looks great!
Mark, I am glad you made it back safe!
Carl, I feel you! Do it, then do it again! that's how my body work turns out! LOL
So today I went out and worked on the control panel and a little bit on the crane! Not to much and not worthy of pictures.
On a side note I hope I don't offend anyone, but I am asking for prayers for me 15 month old granddaughter as she was taken to Seattle's Children's Hospital with Pneumonia her little right lung is in bad shape right now!
Mike, of course we'll be praying for your Granddaughter.
mike g. posted:Anthony, now that is a yard to impress most! Your work looks great!
Lou, very nice! Good job on the engine!
Jim, dig that stuff out! I bet it would look great on your layout! LOL
Dave, Thank you Sir!
Ok Mark, your spose to be taking it easy! All that snow work is not good for the train body! If you don't have to go anywhere just wait till it melts and work on the bench! LOL
Really please take it easy today, don't over do it!
BTW Mike your control panel does look good! Is it a repaint fix or a new one?
Jim
mike g. posted:Mark, just amazing! Love the winter look!
Dave, are you sure your not a landscaper! Looks great!
Mark, I am glad you made it back safe!
Carl, I feel you! Do it, then do it again! that's how my body work turns out! LOL
So today I went out and worked on the control panel and a little bit on the crane! Not to much and not worthy of pictures.
On a side note I hope I don't offend anyone, but I am asking for prayers for me 15 month old granddaughter as she was taken to Seattle's Children's Hospital with Pneumonia her little right lung is in bad shape right now!
Praying for your granddaughter and all of your family!
Jim
First I would like to thank you all for the Prayers! As soon as I know something I will let you all know!
Mark the bench work looks great! now that you have some up, your next move is the books! LOL
Paul, Its looking good! I can see more space heck I think I even see a new table appearing before my eyes!
Hi Jim, its a repaint!
Again, Thank you all for the Prayers!
Dave Ripp. posted:Anthony K posted:Last weekend I got the last of the track in place for the west end of my yard. This weekend I wired and tested; so far, so good. I also started to place dwarf and mast signals for the running tracks.
Here's the west end with mains 1 and 2 to the left.
Nice Anthony, I love pull through yards very realistic. Is your whole layout a parameter and or around the room? How many main lines?
Thanks Jim, Dave, Dave, Mark, and Mike! Sorry, I don't have a YouTube channel. The layout is around the room, a folded-over dog bone, sort of in the shape of a "J". Double-track main ~ 110' in length with a 7-track hidden staging yard and a 7-track yard pictured. PRR position light signals by Custom Signals.
Anthony K posted:Dave Ripp. posted:Anthony K posted:Last weekend I got the last of the track in place for the west end of my yard. This weekend I wired and tested; so far, so good. I also started to place dwarf and mast signals for the running tracks.
Here's the west end with mains 1 and 2 to the left.
Nice Anthony, I love pull through yards very realistic. Is your whole layout a parameter and or around the room? How many main lines?
Thanks Jim, Dave, Dave, Mark, and Mike! Sorry, I don't have a YouTube channel. The layout is around the room, a folded-over dog bone, sort of in the shape of a "J". Double-track main ~ 110' in length with a 7-track hidden staging yard and a 7-track yard pictured. PRR position light signals by Custom Signals.
Control panel and track look great and for some reason I feel like I've seen it before.
Mike I don't have any grands so I can only imagine what you are dealing with.
My son is cleaning on the closet that half of it is going bye bye! Need to figure out the directions in the room with a compass so I can say "the north side" and stuff like some other folks do!
Jim
GeoPeg posted:Lou1985 posted:Installed an ERR AC Commander in a 69 year old 2343 Santa Fe F3. An ABBA set with a Railsounds II B unit from 1997 leads El Capitan from a signal stop. Runs pretty well for 69 years old if you ask me.
What a gorgeous set. As a kid, that's the exact set I used to dream about, except back then, we had only battery operated sound! And yours I stunning! Nicely done, Lou!
George
I've also got a set of ABBA 2343s from 1996-1997 that I usually run on the Super Chief. I wanted that set since I was 11 (in 1996) and finally bought it last year. So mission accomplished, 22 years later.
They'll fix her up Mike, hang in there. Beside, she's the grand daughter of a marine, and they're tough. That and she has a lot of trains to play with in her future.
I have always wanted to be able to run trains from the testing and work room directly to the layout a few rooms over. So I completed most of the track from and to the layout, cut several wall holes to run the track through and put in a hinged lift bridge to allow access to a basement closet when the train is not running.
Working on the last of the support structures for the track inside the layout since that track is elevated. I will be adding some trusses to the support beams as well as some railings on either side of the track.
Instead of 3D laser building the rail supports I am designing a rails support to be cut with my laser cutter.
I'll have photos up soon.
AlanRail posted:I have always wanted to be able to run trains from the testing and work room directly to the layout a few rooms over. So I completed most of the track from and to the layout, cut several wall holes to run the track through and put in a hinged lift bridge to allow access to a basement closet when the train is not running.
Working on the last of the support structures for the track inside the layout since that track is elevated. I will be adding some trusses to the support beams as well as some railings on either side of the track.
Instead of 3D laser building the rail supports I am designing a rails support to be cut with my laser cutter.
I'll have photos up soon.
I need to find me some hand rails for the side of my mine Eric's Trains bridge!
Jim
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"Sweet Home Alabama" with Reese and Matthew.
Mike G, Keep you and your family in our thoughts and prayers! Dave
mike g. posted:First I would like to thank you all for the Prayers! As soon as I know something I will let you all know!
Mark the bench work looks great! now that you have some up, your next move is the books! LOL
Paul, Its looking good! I can see more space heck I think I even see a new table appearing before my eyes!
Hi Jim, its a repaint!
Again, Thank you all for the Prayers!
Mike, Thinking positive thoughts for your grand daughter.
Jim, Elliot, Dave, and Modeltrainspart , Thank you for your thoughts and prayers! Elliot she is just like here grandpa a fighter!
Daniel, looks like the group from Friends or Big Bang!
mike g. posted:Jim, Elliot, Dave, and Modeltrainspart , Thank you for your thoughts and prayers! Elliot she is just like here grandpa a fighter!
Daniel, looks like the group from Friends or Big Bang!
😂😂 Almost guys, I'm trying to recreate the water tower from point place in Wisconsin from "That 70's Show". I loved that show growing up lol all great guesses though!
My thoughts and prayers for your granddaughter my friend. I'm sure if she is anything like her Grandpa she will do just fine! God bless!
carsntrains posted:AlanRail posted:I have always wanted to be able to run trains from the testing and work room directly to the layout a few rooms over. So I completed most of the track from and to the layout, cut several wall holes to run the track through and put in a hinged lift bridge to allow access to a basement closet when the train is not running.
Working on the last of the support structures for the track inside the layout since that track is elevated. I will be adding some trusses to the support beams as well as some railings on either side of the track.
Instead of 3D laser building the rail supports I am designing a rails support to be cut with my laser cutter.
I'll have photos up soon.
I need to find me some hand rails for the side of my mine Eric's Trains bridge!
Jim
Jim,
We sell these handrail stanchions on our website. you can use .020 music wire for railings
Finished my 139th Lionel and Atlas O-gauge 21" passenger, the Union Pacific Challenger Dining Car. I am finally done with the 21" passenger cars. I have many figures to finish on cold evenings if I get bored, but I need to get back to work on the layout. Thank you for your encouragement, it has been a long project. You can see some of my earliest cars by searching "Preiser 65602" on the web. I did not post those pictures, they were moved to that site from OGR Forum a couple years ago.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
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Mike your grand child is in my prayers to the One who helps us all.
Mike- praying for your granddaughter. If she's half as tough at you, she will be fine. The doc's and nurses are amazing and will take good care of her. I know what her parents, and you, are going though- my daughter was in the hospital with a high fever from a UTI a few times when she was a baby. Turned into surgery when she was 3. All good since and now.
Bob
Daniel J. Gonzalez posted:Let's see if you guys can guess what I'm trying to recreate here:
"That 70's Show "
OK- back to trains.....
Ran mine for a bit last night. My new FM H10-44 and K-line MP-15 on the leads. Both are Pennsy black with gold lettering. Cool having two matching PRR paint schemes circling the layout.
Still fiddling with a yard extension for my layout. The simulator in SCARM is cool. Gives a good feel for what can fit on the sidings and how operations would work. Still a long way from beginning negotiations for land rights though..... Disregard the odd bump in the upper loop (red), had to use a piece of GG flex to get the ends to meet up. The simulator won't run past miss-aligned sections. If approved by the local zoning commission, the yard will be a shelf above my desk.
Bob
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RSJB18 posted:OK- back to trains.....
Ran mine for a bit last night. My new FM H10-44 and K-line MP-15 on the leads. Both are Pennsy black with gold lettering. Cool having two matching PRR paint schemes circling the layout.
Still fiddling with a yard extension for my layout. The simulator in SCARM is cool. Gives a good feel for what can fit on the sidings and how operations would work. Still a long way from beginning negotiations for land rights though.....Disregard the odd bump in the upper loop (red), had to use a piece of GG flex to get the ends to meet up. The simulator won't run past miss-aligned sections. If approved by the local zoning commission, the yard will be a shelf above my desk.
Bob
And the yard will be a great place to change direction of the train by using that Y!! Im sure you thought that out! Whats the yellow track out into the room?
Jim
John, congrats on finishing all the passenger cars! I have been fallowing you for awhile now and they all look GREAT!
Ottawa Mark, sure looks like a fun little corner! Nice work!
Bob, I sure hope the zoning commission approves your plan! Sure would be a great addition to your layout!
Thank you everyone for your thoughts and Prayers!
Jim- yes the "Y" works well, especially with dead end sidings. The stray track is what I removed to put the GG flex in. I usually pull track sections off to the side instead of deleting them until I'm sure I don't need them any more.
Bob
thoughts and prayers for you and your granddaughter Mike !
may she get well soon...
John Rowlen posted:Finished my 139th Lionel and Atlas O-gauge 21" passenger, the Union Pacific Challenger Dining Car. I am finally done with the 21" passenger cars. I have many figures to finish on cold evenings if I get bored, but I need to get back to work on the layout. Thank you for your encouragement, it has been a long project. You can see some of my earliest cars by searching "Preiser 65602" on the web. I did not post those pictures, they were moved to that site from OGR Forum a couple years ago.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
Beautiful work, John! Must be very satisfying to accomplish so fine and unequaled body of work.
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looks great Bryant ! like your city background, looks good
carsntrains posted:
The idea was to make this a Toy Train Layout (not too realistic). Enjoy it with my Grandkids.
The theme was from Spiderman. I thought the Bat signal was a fun idea. If you look around tyou should see some vehicle Easter Eggs:
1) Ecto 1 going by the bus station
2) Bullitt Chase seen with Charger and Mustang front of the Lionel Hobby Shop
3) JFK Presidential Limo going by the front of the York Hotel
4) Taxi Cabs courtesy of "Scrooged".
Other cars from various shows and movies.
Congrats, John Rowlen on completing the 139th and final car.
Bryant, looks great! What a wonderful job, I bet the grandkids just love it!
Nick, nice work on the water tower! One day I might get a inkjet printer! LOL
Mike, I hope your granddaughter recovers quickly and her stay in the hospital is short.
I went to Portland to watch my granddaughter play basketball on Saturday so I couldn’t make the train show.
Yesterday I put away the cars and track I had on setup on the floor of my garage and added the last of my Diesel engines to my DCS Wi-Fi app in my phone. I just have the Shay to add.
Larry
nmp...
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Thoughts and prayers are with your granddaughter, Mike.
Mike, your Tennessee Connection also has placed you and your family, Grand daughter on our prayer list. Prayer is Powerful, The Lord listens... Hope you all are doing ok. Leapin Larry and friends
Mike,
I don't know you, but my family prayers are also with you.
Brian, keep posting pics of AMTRAK and I'll be spending some serious money. Nice work!
Nick12DMC posted:
Tell us more about the decal process Nick. Details please. That turned out great, and on a curved surface no less. Great movie!
decoynh posted:Brian, keep posting pics of AMTRAK and I'll be spending some serious money. Nice work!
thanks Matt ! a couple more to keep you thinking...
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That looks like one cool place. More info? Is it a public layout or private collection?
Bob
Big_Boy_4005 posted:Nick12DMC posted:Tell us more about the decal process Nick. Details please. That turned out great, and on a curved surface no less. Great movie!
Hi Elliot, It was a bit more involved than I first thought.
The easy bit is printing the sheet. Use a semi gloss setting on the inkjet printer and a high quality print option if you have it. Fill the page with as many copies of the decal to maximise the space.
Then you let the ink dry and then spray 3 coats of rattle can automotive clear.
Leave about 30min between coats and then I left it overnight in a warm room to dry.
Then cut out the decal keeping close so as to avoid having to much “film” showing round the decal.
Then place in a bowl of warm water. I found I had to leave it soaking for a good 10 minutes. Before it would come off the backing paper. Even then I had to tease it off with an xacto knife.
Once off the backing it was pretty easy to place but care is needed to avoid damaging the decal as they are fragile.
The one shown in the picture is the second attempt.
I want to add in some of my favourite movies into the layout. Obviously got to feature a DeLorean somewhere. I picked up a Silvercup Bread craftsman sign kit. I plan use this to recreate the battle scene from Highlander or the Queen rock video from the films soundtrack. Which use the sign as a backdrop. I just need to find some O gauge sword fighting figures or rock band figures.
Nick
RSJB18 posted:That looks like one cool place. More info? Is it a public layout or private collection?
Bob
It was a private collection he owned a set of retail buildings in one of them he made his train room
Thanks Nick, I want to do graffiti for railroad cars. I have taken tons of photos of real cars. The trick is to isolate the image, and organize a bunch to fill a sheet. The tip about the printer setting and the over spraying was really what I was after.
I have both white and clear film sheets, but I haven't tried them yet. I'm leaning toward the white for the graffiti for two reasons. First, a lot of images need white and without the increasingly rare Alps printer, you can't print white. Second, inorder to make the colors pop on a dark car, the film should be opaque. I bought a number of sheets of graffiti off eBay a few years ago, which were printed on clear. They were just OK on light colored cars, like grey. Brown cars would be a big time fail.
I hope this gets some more of the guys here to try this. It's fun and not very expensive.
briansilvermustang posted:thanks Matt ! a couple more to keep you thinking...
Fortescue is of the opinion you left it out in the sun too long.
Mitch
Got to do a bit more on the wall. This morning I had to do some snow blowing. Picked up another 3 to 4 inches. We ended up with more then a foot since this started. Thank God it is going to rain on Wednesday. That will melt down some of the snow. Was running out of room to blow the snow. More of the wall came down this afternoon. At the bottom I have to be careful because the cab le wire goes thorugh the wall. If I cut that the wife will be really mad with no cable LOL. Problem with all the snow I can't take any of the wood out to the street for pickup. I am hoping to get down after dinner and get some more wall down. I already have my measurements for the table but I changed them slightly. I was going to make the table 40 inches long but decided to go with the length of the wood, 48 inches rather then cut some off. And if you can somewhat envision it this table will be lower in the front with two double track bridges going over a number of cascading waterfalls going underneath. Pics............Paul
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I've received three LIONEL TCA convention cars over the past 3 days that will be used for a couple of paint projects that were purchase on the Bay. Their main virtues are they are smooth-sided, the paint comes off easily (usually), and they are cheap in relative terms.
The three cars were disassembled today. The Full Vista Dome surprised me because it did not have the typical sheet metal screw securing the truck assembly to the frame--so the trucks remained attached to the frame as the frame/truck assembly was removed. I'll need to research this/ask here on the forum if that is the correct way to do the. removal.
The other two cars, a diner and an RPO, were the typical sheet metal screw removed and the truck detaches from the frame that I'm used to seeing.
All three cars received liberal doses of Rustoleum Aircraft Remover and the paint removal process is well underway. The full dome responded best with virtually all paint removed. The diner was very good with a modest amount of paint remaining.
The RPO is a mystery since a lot of paint came off, sort of like a first coat, but a lot of paint remains, especially on the roof. Those have been set aside to dry and then I'll hit them with another dose of the paint remover.
On another project, I masked a PW Lionel aluminum car with a vestibule that I'd shot with Molotow liquid chrome attached in preparation for shooting the Tru-Color Chinese Red paint per the Texas Special. I've never used this paint before so this is in the nature of a test application. Also, I'm interested in how the paint reacts to the Molotow and the latter reacts to being masked.
Two little things: ordered RPO mail hooks for the Lionel RPO mentioned above; and, bought a K-Line 15" aluminum RPO decorated as an SP Golden State car which will be used for yet another paint project.
Pictures of in process steps will be posted later.
THANK YOU, NICK, FOR THE STEPS IN MAKING AND APPLYING CUSTOM MADE DECALS. There are a number of uses for that particular skill in my passenger car projects.
All I can say is that there have been a lot of people doing a lot on their layouts! A few highlights:
John R, Congratulations on populating so many cars. They all look great!
Bryant, That layout looks great! It should be great fun for you and the grandchildren!
Brian, You sure are tempting Matt! You had better watch out or he will be sending you the bill for his Amtrak purchases!
FL9turbo2, That place is something else, there is so much visual impact that it almost hurts the eyes to look at the overall photograph. I needed to focus in on the hundreds of individual items to appreciate.
Nick, The water tank decal looks great! I've never seen the movie, but I am guessing you are referring to Ferris Buhler. Our kids talked about it years ago.
Paul, I know what you mean about wanting to get debris out in the garbage so you have room to do something. I'm glad you are making good progress.
I haven't gotten much time, but I have been moving things around in preparation for layout building transfer from the little room to the family room.
Eric, That really looks impressive!!
paul 2 posted:Got to do a bit more on the wall. This morning I had to do some snow blowing. Picked up another 3 to 4 inches. We ended up with more then a foot since this started. Thank God it is going to rain on Wednesday. That will melt down some of the snow. Was running out of room to blow the snow. More of the wall came down this afternoon. At the bottom I have to be careful because the cab le wire goes thorugh the wall. If I cut that the wife will be really mad with no cable LOL. Problem with all the snow I can't take any of the wood out to the street for pickup. I am hoping to get down after dinner and get some more wall down. I already have my measurements for the table but I changed them slightly. I was going to make the table 40 inches long but decided to go with the length of the wood, 48 inches rather then cut some off. And if you can somewhat envision it this table will be lower in the front with two double track bridges going over a number of cascading waterfalls going underneath. Pics............Paul
Paul you have inspired me to go and take part of my layout down so I can get to work on my wall project!
Kon I like the RS1s! And that Konway billboard is awesome!
Eric that is some great modeling! The water/chemicals in the top look real!
Lets go get some work done!
Jim
First off I will second what Mark said, Lots of great work!
Larry Thank you! I hope you had a great time playing basketball with your granddaughter ! You didn't really miss anything special at the train show! I have been to better ones there, IMO this one was a bust!
Pat, Leapin Larry, Bryant, Andy and everyone else thank you for all the prayers! My little angle got to come home from the hospital this morning! She has a fallow up again tomorrow but things are looking good! God Bless you all!
Paul, your moving right along! Be careful and don't step on any nails!
JGTRH62, Why turn back! LOL, The landscaping crew is doing a bang up job! Nice work!
Andy, good looking RS1! Plus I like to get a look at your layout whenever I get a chance!
Carl, sure sounds like you have been busy! I cant wait to see the pictures!
Eric, Just wonderful work! Looks great!
So yesterday I was out working on my control panel and was shot some wire, I thought I would just rob it from so largers cables I had laying around so here I am trying to remove the outer layer and oops slip goes the cutters along with a good chunk of the tip of my pinky finger! LOL So needless to say I really didn't get much done today! I sat and planned location for my new crane, found a wall wart for it, a little fast, but it will work!
The best part of the day as I said before my granddaughter got to go home from the hospital this morning thanks to all your wishes and prayers! Thanks Again!
Great news that things are looking up for your granddaughter --- keep us posted
modeltrainsparts posted:Great news that things are looking up for your granddaughter --- keep us posted
Will do! Your all just like family!
mike g. posted:Mark, just amazing! Love the winter look!
Dave, are you sure your not a landscaper! Looks great!
Mark, I am glad you made it back safe!
Carl, I feel you! Do it, then do it again! that's how my body work turns out! LOL
So today I went out and worked on the control panel and a little bit on the crane! Not to much and not worthy of pictures.
On a side note I hope I don't offend anyone, but I am asking for prayers for me 15 month old granddaughter as she was taken to Seattle's Children's Hospital with Pneumonia her little right lung is in bad shape right now!
We hope your granddaughter improves each and every day now she is home with her loving family.
John d.
Thanks John!
Mike, I hope your granddaughter is fully recovered soon.. Since you're a Marine, I'm sure a chunk out of your finger won't slow you down.. I live about 1 1/2 hours from the main gate at Parris Island...
Woodson posted:Mike, I hope your granddaughter is fully recovered soon.. Since you're a Marine, I'm sure a chunk out of your finger won't slow you down.. I live about 1 1/2 hours from the main gate at Parris Island...
Thank you ! I am glad I never went to Parris Island, there are so many Marines there that's are sick cause of the contaminated water there, that the VA gives full medical to almost anyone that was there in a certain time frame!
Well with the inspiration from yall I got to work on the expansion.. Well its a contraction first! First picture is the bench work before I started.
This last picture is with a 2x2 section, 2x4 section, and the odd angled section taken out.
Tonight I have to scoot that 4x8 table back a foot or to so I can get to that side of the bump out. Think I will reuse that funky angle piece to add a little bit of real estate near my minii Eric Seagle bridge lol Still debating on leaving that side 4 feet deep. Or cutting it down to 3 feed... I can't reach the back of it... So its either useless or will be a huge pain if i keep it that way! On the other hand I will lose 12 square feet of layout...
Jim
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mike g. posted:Woodson posted:Mike, I hope your granddaughter is fully recovered soon.. Since you're a Marine, I'm sure a chunk out of your finger won't slow you down.. I live about 1 1/2 hours from the main gate at Parris Island...
Thank you ! I am glad I never went to Parris Island, there are so many Marines there that's are sick cause of the contaminated water there, that the VA gives full medical to almost anyone that was there in a certain time frame!
Mike my Dad and my Nephew did boot camp at Paris Island.
Great news that your Granddaughter is getting better. Thank God for good doctors and prayer works!
Jim
Yesterday “Sunday” I had completed my hinged turntable, it turned out well. I had an issue with reaching across a 7’ X 14’ rail yard.
This is my small classification yard.
I have been working on this layout for 12 years now, I have completed laying track, power, trap doors..
Now its time for my Grandchilderen and me to start scenery, this will be a never ending retirement project.
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Mike, good to hear the news on your grandaughter. The power of prayer.
Jim, looks like you are tearing into that wall. Question you mentioned an angular wall. Are you tearing out that too. Are there any pipes or wires in there. When I was starting my attic layout there was a closet up there that went from the chimney in the middle to the outside sloping ceiling. I thought I would be able to take the whole thing out but I proceeded with cautin and glad I did. in the last section were wires. So glad I did not cut through them. They were the old tubular wiring in old houses and they were still electrified. Don't know if I will get much time on the wall today. Promised the wife I would treat her to lunch and then tonight it is the Tuesday night group so I might not get back to it till tomorrow...........Paul
My 10x17 layout has also been a work in process. Two years in the making and probably another two to go. Had I to do it all over again I probably would have added another tier to make it more visually interesting. But this will probably be the design I keep.
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paul 2 posted:Mike, good to hear the news on your grandaughter. The power of prayer.
Jim, looks like you are tearing into that wall. Question you mentioned an angular wall. Are you tearing out that too. Are there any pipes or wires in there. When I was starting my attic layout there was a closet up there that went from the chimney in the middle to the outside sloping ceiling. I thought I would be able to take the whole thing out but I proceeded with cautin and glad I did. in the last section were wires. So glad I did not cut through them. They were the old tubular wiring in old houses and they were still electrified. Don't know if I will get much time on the wall today. Promised the wife I would treat her to lunch and then tonight it is the Tuesday night group so I might not get back to it till tomorrow...........Paul
Paul no angular wall. I think I was speaking of the angle piece of bench work that was directly at the wall. That filled in the gap between the 2ft x 4ft table I took out and the 4ftx8ft table that is still there. You can see it pretty well if blow up the 2nd picture. There is wiring in at least one the walls of the bump out. But I can deal with that. 16 additional square feet of layout doesn't sound like much. But in such a small room its HUGE! : )
GaryDahl that looks like a cool layout! Lots of high end stuff! Please do post more pictures! 2019 will be my 4rth year working with O gauge trains. My layout has grown 6 times (working on 7) and has changed rooms once !
Jim
Alabama Joe posted:My 10x17 layout has also been a work in process. Two years in the making and probably another two to go. Had I to do it all over again I probably would have added another tier to make it more visually interesting. But this will probably be the design I keep.
WOW now thats a big layout !! How do you reach the middle?? : ) Looks like the heavy work is done!
Jim
BBRRRR.... think SPRING
can't get here soon enough !!!
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Jim, looks like you have a great start on your expansion! Keep chugging away at it and it will be done in no time!
This morning I went out at 5:30 AM and worked on my crane. The kid I bought it from didn't tell me he had broken the swing left and right. I took it apart and the shaft that holds the gear in place had broken! I had some round plexi glass that was just the right size, cut it to length and super glued it into place! Now every thing work as it should. I also put out my scratch build tank yard and fueling station from MTH!
Here are a couple of pictures for the day!
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looks good Mike !! now you're getting to the fun part !
Gary, great looking layout! Wish I had room for a TT but no such luck! LOL
Joe, for 2 years that's a wonderful looking layout! I like how you can walk around to see everything! Keep up the great work!
SOO Brian, I see you be at it again with your camera! LOL Love the pictures, I hope your remodel is going well! Tell everyone I said HI!
briansilvermustang posted:looks good Mike !! now you're getting to the fun part !
LOL I still have a lot of track to lay that I don't have!