In one 24 hour period, I collected 79 emails from this topic, 2 whole pages. Wow! This has to be the number one topic on the best O gauge Forum there is! Jim Devleer really came up with a winner 6 years ago! Too bad he is so busy with family and work to get on here much! Well, he is right to spend time with his family; work? ehh
I will have to catch up tomorrow!
Chris, you're not going to say anything about that magnificent articulated mallet?
chris a posted:Andy, Thanks very much for all the details. I weathered my Ross/Gargraves with the same Camouflage Dark Flat Brown. Due to cost concerns, I elected to go the landscaping yard and got 5 gallon pails of crushed granite that I sift through screens to get the right size ballast. Like you I have been tinting the glue/water/alcohol mix to tone down the blueish tint to the natural granite stone.
It's too late for me to make the switch to Brennan's ballast at this point, but the photos you provided along with some that I have taken while travelling in the local area will help. I am definitely getting closer.
The photo below shows what my ballasted track looks like "before" and then "after" a quick final pass with the airbrush. The upper level in front of the factory is After, the lower main line isn't done yet.
I wouldn't sweat the lack of an airbrush, I waited 10 years to buy one, and while I use it, it's like once every 1 to 2 months.
Chris, using real stone is what i did about 25 years ago before much was available in O scale ballast. About 10 miles from me was a rock crushing plant that supplied CSX. I got stone dust from them ($5 to the yardman for each of 2 trips total cost) and washed and sifted it to size. Then screened it to size. Filled 100 coffee cans of the stuff. Held it in place with 25% white glue/75% water; it's held up fine.
Hey Vince, It's a B&O EM-1 that I purchased from a fellow forum member several years ago. He sent it Mike Reagan and had it completely gone through and upgraded to Railsounds 5.0. So while it's the TMCC version this one has noticeably clearer sound, upgraded smoke unit and 4 chuffs per revolution. It's definitely one of my favorite engines.
Lee, really nice flat car and refrigerated trailer. Is the trailer the latest release from Lionel ?
MODELTRAINPARTS: Great photos and excellent trackwork, thanks for your comments. This scene is outstanding.
Chris, your track and ballast work are excellent! The paint job is top notch, not to mention the beautiful engine and scene to match!
Andy
Lee, the TOFC is a nice bit of work, well done!
Andy
Chris a and Modeltrainparts. You guys rock. Great scenes.
Tonight after dinner went back down an got some more accomplished. Got one side all cut out but still have to cut off the other side. I opened up the rest of the fascia. So maybe tomorrow I can get the bridge abutments in and start laying out the gorge. Pics.................Paul
Jon1443 posted:First time poster here....
Every year I put up a new layout for Christmas and usually leave it up until the end of January. The past few nights I keep looking at it, not wanting to take it down yet. But I think I just might start tonight
Maybe its just time to add more holidays to the mix? Is it the operating, the decorating, or just seeing it there that's driving your thoughts? The combo?
St. Patty's, St. Valentine's, and Easter could occupy you till spring. Even Patriotic and Halloween layouts are fun, full of red, white, & blue and monsters. It need not be as elaborate, just a test of your attractions so you might act accordingly. Box the winter stuff as usual and pick up some less wintery town items and your about set really.
Even downsize if you must, but trains are only seasonal if you insist on it, and layout space only appears if you insist on it as well. How much room & where, should be the comprise, not so much if 
Look, 3 eggs and I have a minimalist's Easter layout "slash" industrial site, half the size of a card table.(hand bent, but so what if yours is 6"-1ft or so bigger). A buck in easter hay and some candy and I was done, lol. Not a basement layout, or my only small one, but fun, & runs when I feel it.
$5 at the dollar store for Shamrocks or Hearts and you have an excuse to leave it up for a bit
(I've led you to some water, you have to decide if you're thirsty Hoss 
.)
Paul, that benchwork is shaping up very nicely. Great job.
Andy
j. constible posted:Big_Boy_4005 posted:Well, I haven't even been downstairs yet today, but I just spent a lot of money on trains. I called Charlie Ro and placed my pre-order for the new Lionel catalog. Four more engines, the oil train, a bunch of tank car 3 packs, some hoppers, and the UP excursion set expansion 2 pack. List was over 5K. Pre-order knocks that down quite a bit.
Enjoy the prewar stuff with a little new stuff sprinkled in
Man I'm glad I'm not that tillerman. "Can't figure out why I always have a headache."
Gene Anstine
modeltrainsparts posted:chris a posted:Andy, Thanks very much for all the details. I weathered my Ross/Gargraves with the same Camouflage Dark Flat Brown. Due to cost concerns, I elected to go the landscaping yard and got 5 gallon pails of crushed granite that I sift through screens to get the right size ballast. Like you I have been tinting the glue/water/alcohol mix to tone down the blueish tint to the natural granite stone.
It's too late for me to make the switch to Brennan's ballast at this point, but the photos you provided along with some that I have taken while travelling in the local area will help. I am definitely getting closer.
The photo below shows what my ballasted track looks like "before" and then "after" a quick final pass with the airbrush. The upper level in front of the factory is After, the lower main line isn't done yet.
I wouldn't sweat the lack of an airbrush, I waited 10 years to buy one, and while I use it, it's like once every 1 to 2 months.
Chris, using real stone is what i did about 25 years ago before much was available in O scale ballast. About 10 miles from me was a rock crushing plant that supplied CSX. I got stone dust from them ($5 to the yardman for each of 2 trips total cost) and washed and sifted it to size. Then screened it to size. Filled 100 coffee cans of the stuff. Held it in place with 25% white glue/75% water; it's held up fine.
Chris
I really like that last pic with the vehicles. That’s the smart way to get ballast I used to deliver crusher parts to a quarry near me that supplies the UP Rail with ballast and other companies smaller rock. The truckers would dump some of the fine rock off at a pull over site off the highway away from there and got some of it I just have to sift it now
chris a posted:
Hey Vince, It's a B&O EM-1 that I purchased from a fellow forum member several years ago. He sent it Mike Reagan and had it completely gone through and upgraded to Railsounds 5.0. So while it's the TMCC version this one has noticeably clearer sound, upgraded smoke unit and 4 chuffs per revolution. It's definitely one of my favorite engines.
Lee, really nice flat car and refrigerated trailer. Is the trailer the latest release from Lionel ?
MODELTRAINPARTS: Great photos and excellent trackwork, thanks for your comments. This scene is outstanding.
Yes
I really like them some people don’t because its a little short but I don’t care it looks good to me. Here it is Hooked to a Revell honest John Kenworth of mine
Brian, in addition to being great photos, they have given me ideas for improving my own lay-out.
I assume the rainbow is painted (realistic enough that I'm not sure), but how did you get the steam in the first photo?
An Easter lay-out. With real candy.
Adriatic, I think that you are an undiscovered genius.
Lee, Your doing the right thing! Grab all the space you can while the offer is still on the table! Also wonderful job on the flatcar and trailer!
John, great little video and a very nice looking layout!
Mark, don't feel bad, I was gone 3-4 days and came back to 387 emails! LOL Took everything I had just to read threw them!
Modeltrainparts, what a great looking layout!
Paul, Looking good! I cant wait to see the next step in your gorge!
Gene, I wish I could have been a Tillerman! My father-in-Law was one for a while before he got promoted in the Seattle fire. He said he loved it!
Brian, I too like the new pictures! Well done!
Well the Hot Toddy did nothing for my flu, but it sure warmed my heart! LOL I am going to pack up a few things to day to send to some nice friends and then relax. The wife and I have to go down to the store tonight to do more Order stocking and then work all weekend cause our employees worked our shift while were sick. The nice thing is we have an apartment attached to the back of the store so no driving! I wil be watching on my tablet and checking in! I hope everyone has a great weekend!
My record was just under 200 total notifications in one day (179?) I think I replied like 70+ times. I can't cover half of what I used to on Windows with this Android(or any of my older ones). My posting is also way down because of it too. At times, I have to fight predictive text and spell-wreck often enough to type each post twice; and about two or three times most days, what I write doesn't post at all, and I loose the text too. Mostly I just move on. I do like to try to respond though, so if I leave you hanging, just let me know; mail is ok.
Adriatic posted:My record was just under 200 total notifications in one day (179?) I think I replied like 70+ times. I can't cover half of what I used to on Windows with this Android(or any of my older ones). My posting is also way down because of it too. At times, I have to fight predictive text and spell-wreck often enough to type each post twice; and about two or three times most days, what I write doesn't post at all, and I loose the text too. Mostly I just move on. I do like to try to respond though, so if I leave you hanging, just let me know; mail is ok.
UGGG and thats why I dont like to use either of my tablets to view or comment on OGR.. Desktop computers only!!! LOL
Paul I'm highly anticipating seeing what you end up with there!! The nameless gorge is a great way to have a bridge with no hills to climb or descend : ) Maybe you can name it dead mans gorge? Skull gully? A gorge named George? LOL I see lots of videos and every area of the layout has got to have a name.
Expecting a caboose to be delivered today (thanks Mitch) and have a Lionel Southern bunkhouse car on he way too!
Do MOW crews pull a caboose?? If so I need two or three more!
Jim
Jim I think MOW crews can do anything they like! LOL
Paul, Here's a photo of what we call: "Christopher's Canyon". My son and I originally built this module in 2004 on our layout in Maine. First Photo Below....Seems like a previous life now...
Second Photo shows it where it is installed today.
very NICE Chris !!
Chris, you and your son do great work together!
Powered up the layout last night briefly. Let my PS-1 H10-44 charge up and gave it a couple of laps around. The BCR works fine and the PS-1 sounds are nice. I also discovered that the volume was turned all the way down. Couldn't understand why I had no sound the other day.
Bob
RSJB18 posted:Powered up the layout last night briefly. Let my PS-1 H10-44 charge up and gave it a couple of laps around. The BCR works fine and the PS-1 sounds are nice. I also discovered the other day that the volume was turned all the way down. Couldn't understand why I had no sound the other day.
Bob
LOL you know Bob, sometimes I have the same problem. But the first thing I check is my hearing aids!
LOL!
Chris a, thanks for the info again on how you did your walls. After rumaging through my stuff I didn't have all those colors so I just worked with what I had. The canyon you and your son did together looks very good. Unfortunately for me I have to keep the gorge area small because that is a crawl under to the plumbing behind the table.
Jim, once I get the gorge in and stand back and look at it I'll be able to name it. Of course if I make too many mistakes doing it it will probably have a name I cannot mention here LOL.
This morning I got the other side cut. I attached the abutments to the othe side. After lunch I hope to get in the other abutments. We shall see. Told the wife I'll take her out for supper considering for the past couple of nights I have been hunkering down in the basement LOL. Pics..................Paul
So far..... I've cut up a MARX caboose and kinda accidentally bought two engines off the bay. I think I'll put down the laptop, put new batteries in my crane, and load scrap cars. You know, cause no more trouble.
Paul, its looking good! Coming right along, Next thing you know you will be running trains across them!
Bill, it ok to make mistakes every now and then! LOL
mike g. posted:Paul, its looking good! Coming right along, Next thing you know you will be running trains across them!
Bill, it ok to make mistakes every now and then! LOL
Im glad its ok to make mistakes. I may make a few on ebay here in a bit lol
Paul that will be one gorgeous gorge! LOL
Chris yours is cool too!
Bill what did you accidentally buy?? : )
2 more hours and I'm free again! Till morning. Its 74 degrees here! I want to be outside!
Jim
Jim, what your you getting on the bay?
Oh and just so you know its 32 degrees here now and calling for 8-12" of snow starting tomorrow morning!
Ran both trains last night, then started taking down the Christmas stuff. A permanent layout encompassing all the holidays is in my future, but I usually use the spring and summer to repair and plan for next year.
Here in Texas it was mid-70's yesterday and 35 right now with a possibility of sleet tomorrow
mike g. posted:Jim, what your you getting on the bay?
Oh and just so you know its 32 degrees here now and calling for 8-12" of snow starting tomorrow morning!
Mike I am getting another caboose or two! Its going to turn off cold here after today. Its nearly 80!
Be careful in all that snow. Maybe you should go and shack up in the apartment over the store!!!
Jim
Making progress on my factory build. Finished painting the frame and plastic pieces. Still have floors and roof to make/install, lighting, footings and any other finishing touches I can think of.
very nice Mayor ! looking GREAT !!
Chris, those are two nice photos. But can someone explain why that "State of Maine" boxcar keeps popping up on various photos and forums?
Chris, the before and after you and your son did looks great in both places! Paul, the walls and benchwork are really moving along, and they look great! Steve, the factory looks fantastic!
Andy
Looking good Mayor ! We may be miles apart, but we're working on very similar projects.... I decided to take some in progress photos of the brick wall weathering..... All 9 (2-story walls) have been primed red oxide, then 2 different brick colors added, (Lackawanna Maroon, and Rust), then sealed with dullcoat (Krylon Brand).... Now three have the mortar work done, if anyone hasn't tried adding multiple brick colors, I figured it would be worthwhile to show what it looks like between steps.
Unfortunately, I am working on the kitchen island and the overhead lights make it difficult to get a good balanced photo, the mortar lines aren't nearly as prominent as the camera is showing them.
Paul - : The gorge project is looking great !!
Vince, I think it's the unique Red/White/Blue paint scheme on the State of Maine Boxcars, I liked it from the first time I saw one in the 60's.
Brian & Andy, thanks for kind words on the canyon project. Yes I am really glad I built the frame as an independent module that I could move and incorporate in a future layout.
carsntrains posted:mike g. posted:Jim, what your you getting on the bay?
Oh and just so you know its 32 degrees here now and calling for 8-12" of snow starting tomorrow morning!
Mike I am getting another caboose or two! Its going to turn off cold here after today. Its nearly 80!
Be careful in all that snow. Maybe you should go and shack up in the apartment over the store!!!
Jim
Hey Jim, that's where we are now along with Tank. Both still coughing our heads off. Oh well!
Mayor, your buildings are looking wonderful!
Chris, thanks for sharing! It's nice to see such wonderful done in progress!
Thanks Chris a, no matter what you post it all looks good.
Steve, nice building project you have going. I like the different windows.
I haven't done much except go back and redo one abutment. I didn't like the angle and the position of it had to be moved a bit toward the front of the table. Other then that everything is pretty well falling into place.......Paul
I continued with some ground cover, and started another elevated area. I used Homasote because that’s what I have on hand, but I cut some of the pieces into irregular shapes. If time allows, I’ll get some ground cover on it tomorrow.
Andy
I got through them all and passed out a lot of Likes! 137 emails on this topic alone!
Bob, I’m glad you got the PS1 engine going. I even run into problems like that with PS2 engines. I make the same mistake over and over. LOL
Mike, my wife said when one of them were sick growing up, and her grandma found out, she would go right over and slop Vick’s all over them. After grandma was gone, they would refer to her as the Vick’s Kid!
paul 2 posted:Thanks Chris a, no matter what you post it all looks good.
Steve, nice building project you have going. I like the different windows.
I haven't done much except go back and redo one abutment. I didn't like the angle and the position of it had to be moved a bit toward the front of the table. Other then that everything is pretty well falling into place.......Paul
Paul we need more pictures! I live near Pigeon Forge where there is no gorge but that is a place the mountain splits here we call the gap! : )
Mike I hope youins get rid of that cough! ICK! buckle down for that snow storm!
Andy your ground cover is looking great!
Mitch Marmel I got the caboose and it is perfect! Looks good on the layout! Thank you very much!
I took a little rest when I got home from work. Another hectic day. Now to do some BAYING! lol
Jim
Vincent Massi posted:Chris, those are two nice photos. But can someone explain why that "State of Maine" boxcar keeps popping up on various photos and forums?
It was always a very popular car. Everyond made at least one SOM car it seems; the car is even in Marx 6" tin.
These focuses tend to trend for a while with on again/off again occurances every few years, as folks discover and rediscover them. A nice layout photo with one could whip up a buzz in days; it's all chance.
I always liked the car more than most boxcar/refers. I don't have any (anymore) though. (Pacemakers are colorful-cool too)
Tons of awesome post on here as always. great work all ! Been busy with lots of stuff besides trains. But I managed to paint the grills on this dummy. Also had time to get a 12 minute tour video as well.
LAYOUT TOUR, 12 minutes of action!
Kon, I enjoyed your YouTube video.
I added a speaker to a dummy today.
Another nice video Andy!
Nice sounding engine LoganUP1982!
chris a posted:Looking good Mayor ! We may be miles apart, but we're working on very similar projects.... I decided to take some in progress photos of the brick wall weathering..... All 9 (2-story walls) have been primed red oxide, then 2 different brick colors added, (Lackawanna Maroon, and Rust), then sealed with dullcoat (Krylon Brand).... Now three have the mortar work done, if anyone hasn't tried adding multiple brick colors, I figured it would be worthwhile to show what it looks like between steps.
Unfortunately, I am working on the kitchen island and the overhead lights make it difficult to get a good balanced photo, the mortar lines aren't nearly as prominent as the camera is showing them.
Paul - : The gorge project is looking great !!
Vince, I think it's the unique Red/White/Blue paint scheme on the State of Maine Boxcars, I liked it from the first time I saw one in the 60's.
Brian & Andy, thanks for kind words on the canyon project. Yes I am really glad I built the frame as an independent module that I could move and incorporate in a future layout.
Chris, your brick work looks fantastic! I still have weathering to do on mine but don't think I have the chops to get mine to look as good as yours.
paul 2 posted:Thanks Chris a, no matter what you post it all looks good.
Steve, nice building project you have going. I like the different windows.
I haven't done much except go back and redo one abutment. I didn't like the angle and the position of it had to be moved a bit toward the front of the table. Other then that everything is pretty well falling into place.......Paul
Thanks Paul.
The different windows are not by design, well not originally anyway. I wanted a larger building for a back area and settled on the Ameritowne Barrettsburg Tool & Die kit as the base. Lots of walls in that kit. So I made do with what Ameritowne provided and my own 5 watts of brain power.
Looks like the perfect amount of fun for young and old
Chris, the brick walls look fantastic! Coloring the single bricks different colors look rather tedious, but the results re well worth it!
It definitely takes some extra time and effort, mark. Ironically it went faster on the Ameritowne kits, because the individual bricks are so SMALL that it's not possible to only color individual bricks, so it's more of a blotch a small area, and don't worry about crossing mortar lines. I used a small #8 artist brush ( about 3/8" ) with the Polly S scale Lackawanna Acrylic water base paint I had laying around for years. For the rust, it was easier as I have a set of the Floquil Enamel Paint Marker pens, I had bought two sets of the 4 model RR weathering color Marker pen sets, it's like Rust, RR tie brown, Rail Brown. With those you can move pretty quickly through a wall section just randomly hitting spots...
I will admit when it was late last night, and I was starting to do the mortar work with the fine, lightweight, spackling, I was thinking: "I'd probably have these 9 walls and 18 inserts assembled by now if I hadn't decided to get into the minutia brick weathering !!!"
chris a posted:Paul, Here's a photo of what we call: "Christopher's Canyon". My son and I originally built this module in 2004 on our layout in Maine. First Photo Below....Seems like a previous life now...
Second Photo shows it where it is installed today.
Awesome work, Chris! What a wonderful way for a father and son to share life.
briansilvermustang posted:
Brian your photography is superb! As a NYC subway rider for many decades, may I suggest you add a lot more grine and the occasional gunshot victim on the platform.
briansilvermustang posted:
Mitch
Brothers, I was getting so many email postings from OGR forums that I couldn't keep up. Apologies if I haven't recognized your accomplishments adequately. You are the best of the best!
Since I don't have room in my condo for a layout, I restore junked postwar rolling stock. Then create train sets to give to grand kids and friends' children.. I just finished overhauling a 671 loco with its funny longitudinal worm gear arrangement, a 2056 loco, a 637 loco, and a 6466WX tender. All will power complete sets to give away.
My most enjoyable project lately has been to create a rail car to give to my brother for his 70th birthday. He has the Lionel train set that my Dad set up around our Christmas tree when we were small kids. It is in my brother's attic unused. So I decided to make a boxcar for his alma mater, Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, to induce him to set up the trains again. I am getting pretty good at making water-slide decals from scratch, and sealing them without running the ink. The car took many hours of work but I think the effort paid off:
very nice looking car Pete !! a great birthday present !
briansilvermustang posted:very nice looking car Pete !! a great birthday present !
Thanks, Brian! It was either this or another necktie.
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:
Mitch
Talk about an impending cat-astrophy...
Gorgeous car Pete. Great job!!! Also, I love the idea of gifting sets to kids
He sees a cat-astrophy... I see a cat-as-trophy 😈
Pete, You've pretty much nailed graphics imo. It would take a while to nitpick, and I might not even find anything. Bravo!
yard work at sunset...
briansilvermustang posted:
During my Metro-North commuting days, I arrived and left many times from Track 28 (upper level GCT). That looks like some of the old M-2 cars which are being retired (if they’re not gone already). Thanks for the memories, Brian.
I painted and installed the retaining walls that connect the upper and lower levels. To the left of the short wall, I’ll build, paint, and install the remaining retaining wall for the grade sometime in the near future. I was also able to cover the newly created elevated section with some basic ground cover. I only created this area to break up all of the flatness. Plus, I wanted to get rid of the odd pieces of Homasote I had hanging around . Thanks for looking.
Andy
Andy, the ground cover is looking great!
Jim, last night was the worst with the cough! It was so bad the wife and Tank didn't even want to sleep in the same room with me. At one point I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital!
Andy K., Looks wonderful! Nice little video ! Just wondering ho wide is your bench work?
Miggy, what a nice grandpa! I am sure you will be able to fix it!
Chris, a lot of the time late night work usually pays off the next day! No matter how your doing it they sure look GREAT!
Pete, what a great guy to do great work for gifts to those ho don't have! Also what a great brother to give such a wonderful looking car! With the great work you have done on the car it shows it comes from the heart! Well Done!
Brian, Nice yard pictures! One day I will have something like that.
Paul & Jim, I know you both are busy our your layouts! I sure hope things are going good and your having lots of fun!
Added this to the collection 
Andy, I really like the ramp from the upper level! Gives me some ideas! Also I really think your small hill near the tracks turned out great!
FL9TURBO2, Great looking crane! A very nice addition to the layout, but sure looks spendy also! LOL
mike g. posted:Andy, I really like the ramp from the upper level! Gives me some ideas! Also I really think your small hill near the tracks turned out great!
FL9TURBO2, Great looking crane! A very nice addition to the layout, but sure looks spendy also! LOL
It was there were only 210 made I was glad to snag one of them but the cost is about 300.00 us dollars that's why I have to sell some stuff lol
fl9turbo2 posted:mike g. posted:Andy, I really like the ramp from the upper level! Gives me some ideas! Also I really think your small hill near the tracks turned out great!
FL9TURBO2, Great looking crane! A very nice addition to the layout, but sure looks spendy also! LOL
It was there were only 210 made I was glad to snag one of them but the cost is about 300.00 us dollars that's why I have to sell some stuff lol
I understand, but it sure does look great on the layout!
Apples55 posted:M. Mitchell Marmel posted:
Mitch
Talk about an impending cat-astrophy...
Better get a EO (C) D on her butt Mitch. Don't want the 6:17 running her over 
Apples55 posted:Talk about an impending cat-astrophy...
Yes. Yes, it is...
Sylvia and Norma as drawn by a cartoonist chum of mine.
A preview of tomorrow's edition of http://couchkitties.comicgenesis.com/
Mitch
And THAT, FL9 is a crane truck worth paying $300 for!
Vincent Massi posted:And THAT, FL9 is a crane truck worth paying $300 for!
thanks but I still have to string it and that will test my patience
I finally looked up "State of Maine" boxcars on the web. Three different railroads purchased them to ship Maine potatoes, mostly from Maine to Massachusetts. The cars were heated by charcoal burners underneath and were so well-made that they remained in service long enough to become a legend.
Some still exist in storage, with occasional reports of one being used.
Spent the day redoing the front bridge abutments. Pretty much got it done. Glue has to dry before I can screw the last abutment in place. Pics...........Paul
that is going to be cool Paul ! looking good !
Jon1443 posted:Gorgeous car Pete. Great job!!! Also, I love the idea of gifting sets to kids
Thanks, Jon! It is fun to imagine the delight kids will take from the sets.
Had one of those AHA !! moments today as I was applying more brick mortar.... I was still concerned that the factory walls had too much white tinting from the mortar application..... Decided I'd take 2 of them and clear coat them again to see what effect that had.
It significantly knocked down the white haze. I tried a new flat clear coat by Krylon, bought it at Walmart in the oversized 25% more can -- Name is Krylon ColorMaster - Clear - Flat Crystal Clear. It's much flatter than the Rustoleum Matte Finish I had been using, and it seems to be finer spray coming out of the nozzle. So for clear coating buildings and such in the future, I am going with the Krylon product. At $4.00 for an oversized 15 ounce can, it's a great deal, and it's dead flat.
Anyway a few more walls and inserts to mortar, then paint the windows/doors. and let the assembly begin !!! The walls on the far right, below, have the second and final Clearcoat applied. Tried 3 different colors for window/door trim, I am probably going with the dark red/maroon in the center.
Adriatic posted:
Pete, You've pretty much nailed graphics imo. It would take a while to nitpick, and I might not even find anything. Bravo!
Thanks, Butch!’ Nitpick away! It’s a great way to improve.
Nice work on the abutments Paul!
Andy
Nice work on the mortar Chris. I’ve used joint compound mixed with a small amount of black paint to give the “mortar” a gray look instead of stark white. The leftover tinting is slightly darker too.
Andy
paul 2 posted:Spent the day redoing the front bridge abutments. Pretty much got it done. Glue has to dry before I can screw the last abutment in place. Pics...........Paul
Looks great Paul! Is that two two track bridges?? And where are they leading ?? : )
Chris that sure is a lot of time you have invested. Looks good though!
Got the wood stove burning! 80 here yesterday... 43 this evening heading down to 38!
Hope to run some trains after dinner. And or do a bit of track work.
Jim
HCSader73 posted:Brothers, I was getting so many email postings from OGR forums that I couldn't keep up. Apologies if I haven't recognized your accomplishments adequately. You are the best of the best!
Since I don't have room in my condo for a layout, I restore junked postwar rolling stock. Then create train sets to give to grand kids and friends' children.. I just finished overhauling a 671 loco with its funny longitudinal worm gear arrangement, a 2056 loco, a 637 loco, and a 6466WX tender. All will power complete sets to give away.
My most enjoyable project lately has been to create a rail car to give to my brother for his 70th birthday. He has the Lionel train set that my Dad set up around our Christmas tree when we were small kids. It is in my brother's attic unused. So I decided to make a boxcar for his alma mater, Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, to induce him to set up the trains again. I am getting pretty good at making water-slide decals from scratch, and sealing them without running the ink. The car took many hours of work but I think the effort paid off:
Pete, I feel better knowing someone else can't keep up with all the wonderful posts here also! 
That car looks great! You are getting quite good at making making decals! I should try doing this. My alma mater's centennial is coming up in two years. (I know, a young college), Robert Morris Univ., Moon Township, Pa. Yes I went to high school in Mars and college in Moon. Bad joke!! Or how about my brother's alma mater, Slippery Rock?!
Jim, those are Menards double track bridges. I was originally going to do a double track bridge in the back and a single track bridge in the front. Then I decided to get another double track bridge for the front. Two tracks will run through the back bridge while only one track will run through the front one. What I planned to do is run a plank roadway in the bridge next to the single track for trucks hauling coal. The three tracks coming to the bridges come from under the stairs. Starting at the back that track is a yard lead to the front of the basement, the track next to it is the mailine and the track closest to the front is a spur coming from a future coal operation which also comes from the front of the basement which will allow for pull through coal loading of the hopper cars. Going toward the back of the basement will be a freight yard, numerous industrial sidings and a small engine facility..........Paul
Mike, I'm sorry the cough got so bad. My wife has had a bad cough since before Christmas. At first it was a cold, then beginning of bronchitis; now after some tests they determined it is reflux but it doesn't seem to respond to any medication.
Andy, The ramp, wall, road and your track look great! You can visit in Butler any time; and lend a hand!
FL9TURBO2, The crane is great! It is like buying a locomotive you really want, sell enough, and you can afford it !
Chris, the clear coat did the trick! That one looks fantastic!!
Mitch, what can I say? You have a real problem with animals on your layout! The more the merrier!!
Paul, All I can say is that your wife must still be watching Cavaliers games even thought they are deep in the cellar! You have been putting in some excellent work in the cellar though!! It looks great!
Thanks Mark, I might take you up on that some day.
Andy
paul 2 posted:Jim, those are Menards double track bridges. I was originally going to do a double track bridge in the back and a single track bridge in the front. Then I decided to get another double track bridge for the front. Two tracks will run through the back bridge while only one track will run through the front one. What I planned to do is run a plank roadway in the bridge next to the single track for trucks hauling coal. The three tracks coming to the bridges come from under the stairs. Starting at the back that track is a yard lead to the front of the basement, the track next to it is the mailine and the track closest to the front is a spur coming from a future coal operation which also comes from the front of the basement which will allow for pull through coal loading of the hopper cars. Going toward the back of the basement will be a freight yard, numerous industrial sidings and a small engine facility..........Paul
Paul that sounds really cool! We need some wide shots of your layout! I need to get my brother over to help me with the electrical so I will have somewhere to plug stuff in!
Going to the train room now! Look forward to more good stuff on here!
Mark how are things going there?
Mike G cough doing any better? Snow get there yet?
Jim
fl9turbo2 posted:mike g. posted:Andy, I really like the ramp from the upper level! Gives me some ideas! Also I really think your small hill near the tracks turned out great!
FL9TURBO2, Great looking crane! A very nice addition to the layout, but sure looks spendy also! LOL
It was there were only 210 made I was glad to snag one of them but the cost is about 300.00 us dollars that's why I have to sell some stuff lol
That actually seems like a pretty decent price, especially for a limited run. Nice scale cranes aren't cheap last I looked around.
!! "Boom up" !!
(I miss that part of work )
Steamfan77 posted:Thanks Mark, I might take you up on that some day.
Andy
Well I suppose you never know!
carsntrains posted:paul 2 posted:Jim, those are Menards double track bridges. I was originally going to do a double track bridge in the back and a single track bridge in the front. Then I decided to get another double track bridge for the front. Two tracks will run through the back bridge while only one track will run through the front one. What I planned to do is run a plank roadway in the bridge next to the single track for trucks hauling coal. The three tracks coming to the bridges come from under the stairs. Starting at the back that track is a yard lead to the front of the basement, the track next to it is the mailine and the track closest to the front is a spur coming from a future coal operation which also comes from the front of the basement which will allow for pull through coal loading of the hopper cars. Going toward the back of the basement will be a freight yard, numerous industrial sidings and a small engine facility..........Paul
Paul that sounds really cool! We need some wide shots of your layout! I need to get my brother over to help me with the electrical so I will have somewhere to plug stuff in!
Going to the train room now! Look forward to more good stuff on here!
Mark how are things going there?
Mike G cough doing any better? Snow get there yet?
Jim
Jim, Thank you for asking. I took these photographs to show the start of a mock up starting the layout build.
I haven’t done much on the layout. Today I helped my older daughter and son-in-law move some things. I let them do the heavy lifting. I’m still on PT, the main issue now is the weak foot from nerve damage. I am starting to get a little stronger.
Glad to hear you’re feeling better Mark. Also nice to see the progress on your layout.
Andy
Mark, You deserve a night or two off. I took two days away from painting people. It made a big difference in my performance painting tonight. Taking a rest may give you a "leg up" on making progress on your new layout.
Best wishes to all of us with our aches and pains. A little extra sleep can do wonders.
Good night, John Rowlen
On the graveyard shift last night, laid down some asphalt...
And now we have roads and a parking lot...
Still gotta get the stripers here. Union issues.
Added some details to the station. Hard to see, but there is now a phone booth in my town...
A good day on the RR!
fl9turbo2 posted:Added this to the collection
Awesome crane! I have been eyeing up a NZG 788 Liebherr 1300 crane for a while. I've been a slacker lately, but I've been very impressed with everyone's work here. Time to get my but in gear before our new puppy is here in 3 weeks!
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