Mark Boyce posted:Bob, LOL on the Pittsburgh Toilet. Yes it falls under the heading of, "Why would you do such a thing?" Those printed walls look great!
Glad to see everyone's favorite train dogs! What would we do without them?
Ericaann, Nice work on refurbishing the finish on those old engines!
Johan, Great paint and decal work!!
Paul, Nice work with the Mod Squad! The tank train was great! I already complimented Bryan.
Mark. Thank you. 🤝
Johan
mike g. posted:Bob, looks really good! Thanks for sharing on how you do it. It will make my life a lot eaiser!
Ericaann, Great start on the engine rehab! If I may ask what is your stripping solution?
Brian, great photos of you and Izzy! Oh and your engines also! LOL
Johan, wonderful job on the new Refeer! Looks great!
Larry Thank you for sharing such wonderful photos of your amazing layout! I cant wait till your grandson comes over to show you how to do videos!
Sam, What a great story of the Hogger life!
Lirr, your plaster cloth work looks great! Messy is lightly putting it! LOL
So yesterday I went out to work on my @#182 crane that just wasn't working right. So here is what I started with!
As you can tell everything is coated with years and years of grease from probably the day it was built! I soaked it in Dawn soap and with the help of a small cooper brush and some scrubbing I was able to get it all cleaned up.
I then went on to the cleaning and painting the body parts of the crane, then electrical! I found why it was only going in on direction. The loose wire was broken off of the outter field connection. I was so far in where it broke off I couldn't see it till I got the motor out. I reconnected a new wire and tested and works great! This morning I am going to go out and put as much together before I can start construction noise! LOL
After several hours and many cups of coffee and a couple cold ones as the day went on here is what I have now.
I hope everyone has a great Monday and finds time for there layout and trains!
Mike. Thank you. Next coming weathering. 🤝
Johan
Printing, assembling and gluing
Mike, Nice job on the crane. A nasty broken wire. How often that is the culprit. By the time you are done it will look like new.
Ray, Looks like both projects are coming along nicely!
Larry, that is a pretty snazzy sign!
LIRR Steamer, the scenic cloth makes it look even better already!
Regarding Pittsburgh toilets (a toilet installed in a basement with no walls around it, just sitting proud) there are theories. 
One is that in the original setup there was also a shower-head with the appropriate valve-set to supply it and a floor drain. The idea was the men coming home from the mills filthy from head-to-toe would walk into the basement, potty, strip, and shower without getting the house proper dirty. Another theory is that it was/is the very cheapest way to have a second potty in a house. Right there under the floor was/is the sewer line. BTW, the proximity to the sewer line explains the sometimes odd middle-of-the-floor locations of the comfort station. We owned a home in Meyersdale, Pa that illustrated another explanation. You could tell that until some relatively recent remodeling project the Pittsburgh Toilet was the ONLY facility in the house. The house was built around 1900 when the B&O RR was built so may have started with an outhouse. The Pittsburgh Toilet would have been the cheapest way to put in plumbing in an existing structure. For the [later] upstairs bathroom the sewer pipe was modern PVC pipe passing down through a corner of the living room, then covered with panelling angled across the corner.
Mike, as the saying goes: you done good! Very nice. Can't wait for a video.
What'd I do today? A little thing but pesky and niggling. In order to add traverse-movement to the 282 Gantry Crane I had to fit the winch-guts in between some structural bits under the deck. This required moving the car-spot several inches ahead. This in turn caused the Crane to block my view of the scrap pile in the mirror placed for that purpose. So today I moved the mirror and all is good again.
Before:
After:
Finished up the details on the retaining wall today. Made the corner piece, top, and some wood boards (balsa), to cover the top of the cardstock print. Added some ground cover at the base of the walls. I might make a railing to go around the top at the end of the siding.
I "re-paved" the road that was torn up during construction.
I also painted the base board where the machine shop will go. Makes for a clean pallet to work on when building up new scenery.
I added some plaster cloth along the new siding too.
My helper pitched in with meows of support.
Ran some trains for a while too 
Bob
Lew, The house we owned that had the Pittsburgh Toilet was built in 1952, if I remember correctly. Anyway, we bought the house from the daughters of the couple who had built the house. The father may have worked at Armco (American Rolling Mills) or Pullman Standard in Butler. Regardless, that case would have fit the first scenario you mentioned. Our daughter's home (the one that I previously mentioned had the moisture problem in the basement) was built sometime prior to 1920 and is directly across Connoquenessing Creek and Route 8 from both AK Steel formerly Armco and Pullman. That house had a basement toilet and shower, that someone later built walls around. You can tell, because it was a plasterboard and paneling job. That could have been for millworker or the first plumbing in the house. We tore out most of that because it was part of the moisture/varmint access problem.
On to the crane. Nice job with the mirror. I didn't realize until now that the scrap pile was on the back side of the track.
Bob, Nice looking scene! You snuck it in while I was replying to Lew's comments. Your helper stayed at a safe distance I see!
Ya, Mark. The only way I could make everything fit in the space (familiar problem, right? 
) was to have the scrapyard behind the siding so the spotted car blocks the operator's view of the scrap-stocks.
RSJB18 posted:
Bob
Bob, on top of everything else, that green and white tow truck is one of the sharpest-looking vehicles I have ever seen.
Ray, your skills at 3D printing and building are very impressive!
Mark, thank you sir!
Lew, thank you! I like the mirror's new placement!
Bob, wonderful job on the block wall and how you placed the boards along the top! Your ground cover is doing its job at hiding the bottom also! Nice.
So at lunch time I was able to get the base painted. I spent part of the day yesterday filling the power post holes and mounting screw hole with fiberglass and spot putty. I didn't like the look of them on top and since the power is going to be coming from the bottom, I will mount all the power hook up's there! I hope everyone had a great day!
Got a small shipment of detail parts today from Wiseman, and decided to go ahead and use them now...
I added a Pyle generator to the trench engine, between the stack and the forward sand dome.
I also added a coal shovel on the fireman side and an oiling can on the engineer side.
As an afterthought, I decided to build a shop table. Eventually, it will be inside and enclosure that will also include coal and ash bins.
RSJB18 posted:Finished up the details on the retaining wall today. Made the corner piece, top, and some wood boards (balsa), to cover the top of the cardstock print. Added some ground cover at the base of the walls. I might make a railing to go around the top at the end of the siding.
I "re-paved" the road that was torn up during construction.
I also painted the base board where the machine shop will go. Makes for a clean pallet to work on when building up new scenery.
I added some plaster cloth along the new siding too.
My helper pitched in with meows of support.
Ran some trains for a while too
Bob
That corner has really come out well. Nice detail. Coloring on track really helps to minimize the visual impact of the size of the tubular track. I love the coloring on the stone work. Very realistic.
Today I started painting the interior of the Santa Fe Baggage Car from the Lionel 1927010 21" 4-pack. The floor is a wet blend of Yellow, Sand, Dark Tan and Earth Red.
I will be adding Woodland Scenics Baggage, Freight, Bicycle Buddies and Baggage Handlers, as well as Depot Personnel. I may need to purchase some figures in order to complete this last Santa Fe Car.
Note: I used a flat 1/4" paint brush to blend the paint.
John Rowlen
Lee, wonderful detail your putting into your layout! I always look forward to see what you add next!
John, The floor looks great! I know its going to turn out perfect as do all your other cars!
Well I have time to get out to the train room this morning as its 3:30 AM and I am wide awake! Thanks to my buddy Tank who is now back to sleep, but that's ok it gives me time to work on my crane before I have to start working on the house!
Everyone have a great Tuesday and have fun with your layout and trains!
Mike, Annie got me up at 3:00 am EST to let her out, then was back at me at 7:00. I'm sitting at the computer at the basement door while she is out surveying the perimeter. I hope you make great progress on that crane.
John, the baggage car already looks great with the floor and furnishings!
Lee, You do outstanding detail work.
No PT for me today, just home exercises. I'll try to get some time in the train room after some chores.
John Rowlen posted:Today I started painting the interior of the Santa Fe Baggage Car from the Lionel 1927010 21" 4-pack. The floor is a wet blend of Yellow, Sand, Dark Tan and Earth Red.
I will be adding Woodland Scenics Baggage, Freight, Bicycle Buddies and Baggage Handlers, as well as Depot Personnel. I may need to purchase some figures in order to complete this last Santa Fe Car.
John Rowlen
What happened to "Sincerely, John Rowlen"?
Another wonderfully detailed passenger car; looking forward to you detailing it.
Lee- nice details on the new engine.
Vincent- the tow truck came with a flatbed car from Lionel. It's standard O scale. I like flatbed cars with different loads. Adds some variety to the layout.
LIRR Steamer- Thanks. I had considered adding extra ties to the tubular track but after adding the ballast I decided they weren't necessary. Nice work on your tunnel entrance area too!
Mike and Mark- thanks for the comments. Nice work on the crane Mike.
Ray- the building is coming together. Your making we want a 3D printer now.....
John R- another great car
Johan- beautiful scene
For all- the paper printout scenery is really easy to work with. You can make things as simple or complex as you like by adding 3D pieces like I did on the corner. The best part is that if you make a mistake just throw it out and print another sheet out. Just gotta eat more cereal.....
Bob
Everyone, great work, RSJB18 Bob, looks like you have things cornered, and talk about Files, you’ve got great cabinets, and yes the Cat, looks so good, John Rowlen, your car floor color is great, your such a patient painter, and the furniture will really set the cars personality, Johan, I love the Sante Fe switcher with weathered effect, cool scene, P51 Lee, your the best, that little steamer, the setting, your artful weathering, simply awesome, Mark Boyce, your upbeat comments are always in tune with what’s happening on lots of threads, great morale builder, Mike G., your hard work on painting the crane and innovation with electronics is fantastic, SIDEHACK, 3D printing parts, Amazing, a way to make what you want, technology keeps us happy. Geysergazer Lew, your innovative way of pictures, model building and scenic photography, like window shots, so neat... Everyone here has a story to tell, it’s Fun watching your thoughts in action. Happy Railroading 
RSJB18 posted:Lee- nice details on the new engine.
Vincent- the tow truck came with a flatbed car from Lionel. It's standard O scale. I like flatbed cars with different loads. Adds some variety to the layout.
LIRR Steamer- Thanks. I had considered adding extra ties to the tubular track but after adding the ballast I decided they weren't necessary. Nice work on your tunnel entrance area too!
Mike and Mark- thanks for the comments. Nice work on the crane Mike.
Ray- the building is coming together. Your making we want a 3D printer now.....
John R- another great car
Johan- beautiful sceneFor all- the paper printout scenery is really easy to work with. You can make things as simple or complex as you like by adding 3D pieces like I did on the corner. The best part is that if you make a mistake just throw it out and print another sheet out. Just gotta eat more cereal.....
Bob
Bob, I wish the process would be easier but unless you want to print somebody else's parts that were designed by them (which is often the case) then you will also have to be able to do the design yourself on a CAD system.
There is a lot of inexpensive CAD software out there which may be easy to learn depending on your expertise or how difficult the model is you are trying to design.
So it is really two separate things, design and then take that designed model to the printer to produce it. There is a learning curve but I believe well worth the effort.
I can get into more complicated models as I have many years experience in CAD designing but just learned to 3D print this past year and it is going pretty well.
If you are interested in it I would recommend a basic CAD software for models not too complicated and you can pick up an inexpensive 3D printer (for under $300) that could get you going.
There is also plenty of help myself included if you need it.
RSJB18 posted:Finished up the details on the retaining wall today. Made the corner piece, top, and some wood boards (balsa), to cover the top of the cardstock print. Added some ground cover at the base of the walls. I might make a railing to go around the top at the end of the siding.
I "re-paved" the road that was torn up during construction.
I also painted the base board where the machine shop will go. Makes for a clean pallet to work on when building up new scenery.
I added some plaster cloth along the new siding too.
My helper pitched in with meows of support.
Ran some trains for a while too
Bob
Good work Bob.
Looks like your layout uses O27 gauge track, O42 curves and switches. Warrenville is all O27 gauge too, with O42, O54 and O72 (very hard to find, only made by K-line and then for only about 5 years) curves. I also added over 2,400 wood ties and ballast.
Have fun!
Guys lots of stuff going on out there!. P51 that trench engine keeps looking better and better. Might take that white pen you talked about the other day and make some "bullet holes". The article I read on these things is that they got shot at all the time. RSJB18 / Bob you mentioned "printout scenery" - is there a web site or a source of that stuff or do you make it yourself? LEAPINLARRY - your layout looks awesome! The GG1 has to be "scale" as the Lionel ones (old Lionel) were not nearly so long. What kind of radius does that need? Liked the CSX jacket by the way.
Enclosed below is a picture of the always energetic management of the "Long and Skinny" RR. Works foreman "Max" is holding important discussions with the chief engineer over needed roadbed improvements 
Happy Tuesday everyone
Don
John- yea, all 027 track and curves except for the two switches linking the inner and outer loops. I had to use 042's to make it work. One day I'll rip this down and do a bigger layout with proper radius curves but this keeps me happy for now.
Ray- I've dabbled in CAD at work but I'm far from an expert. Now with Revit, BIM, and other 3D drafting software's on the market, CAD is almost obsolete.
Larry- I've considered making a logo for my RR based on the NYC Water Level Route, called the File Cabinet Route . At least I found a better use for the tops then piling junk on them.
Bob
Don McErlean posted:RSJB18 / Bob you mentioned "printout scenery" - is there a web site or a source of that stuff or do you make it yourself?
Don- as long as the moderators don't object. I have two sources for images I've been using.
One is textures.com https://www.textures.com/ . Mostly focused on the graphic design market but this is where I found the block wall printout.
The other is a blog run by a fellow over in the UK https://modelrailwaylayoutsplans.com/ . Go to his scenery tab and he has a bunch of stuff for sale and download.
Great work everyone! Thank you Larry for your nice comment!
Well guys I am going to make this short and sweet. I got out to the train room, got the crane all wired and set up, ran power to it and everything works. The only problem is the gears don't sound like they are meshing very well. So when I get a break later today from working on the house I will see if there is something I can do!
If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them! Here is a shot video of it in action!
Everyone have a great day!
mike g. posted:If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them! Here is a shot video of it in action!
Everyone have a great day!
Did you Lube/grease the gears?
Cheers, Dave
Sounds like something is not completely engaging.
Hi Dave , I used graphite, but am going to get some grease and pull the gears grease them up and reset them.
Rick, I agree that something isn't engaging, I just have to figure out what a good setting is for the gears.
Bob. Thanks. Your scenery work looking good. 👍
Johan
leapinlarry posted:Everyone, great work, RSJB18 Bob, looks like you have things cornered, and talk about Files, you’ve got great cabinets, and yes the Cat, looks so good, John Rowlen, your car floor color is great, your such a patient painter, and the furniture will really set the cars personality, Johan, I love the Sante Fe switcher with weathered effect, cool scene, P51 Lee, your the best, that little steamer, the setting, your artful weathering, simply awesome, Mark Boyce, your upbeat comments are always in tune with what’s happening on lots of threads, great morale builder, Mike G., your hard work on painting the crane and innovation with electronics is fantastic, SIDEHACK, 3D printing parts, Amazing, a way to make what you want, technology keeps us happy. Geysergazer Lew, your innovative way of pictures, model building and scenic photography, like window shots, so neat... Everyone here has a story to tell, it’s Fun watching your thoughts in action. Happy Railroading
Larry. Thank you. That Santa Fe MP15 is a rebuilt K-Line products with fixed pilots Kadee's, cab interior...... Nice CSX jacket. 🤝
Johan
I haven’t had time to work on the layout except for simply testing things out. Everyone seems to be having a fun day and the results are fantastic. Briansilvermustang, great pictures, wow. Don, the cat is sleeping happily in a cozy room, RSJB18 Bob, yes, I like the file cabinets, it shows organization and good housekeeping. The CSX jacket, pictured earlier, was given to me by a friend thats an engineer for the CSX Railroad out of the Nashville Radnor Yards. I like visiting that department and watching them turn diesels around. SIDEHACK, how do you like your K-Line MP 15? I just bought one in BNSF livery off the For Sale forum. Conventional. I’m going to use it to pull my track cleaning car. Happy Railroading 
mike g. posted:Hi Dave , I used graphite, but am going to get some grease and pull the gears grease them up and reset them.
Rick, I agree that something isn't engaging, I just have to figure out what a good setting is for the gears.
Good move! I would recommend a white lithium grease. Hope you get it resolved.
Cheers, Dave
I spent a pleasant 45 minutes assembling these two small fortifications for my "Knights of Atlantis" lay-out.
mike g. posted:Great work everyone! Thank you Larry for your nice comment!
Well guys I am going to make this short and sweet. I got out to the train room, got the crane all wired and set up, ran power to it and everything works. The only problem is the gears don't sound like they are meshing very well. So when I get a break later today from working on the house I will see if there is something I can do!
If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them! Here is a shot video of it in action!
Everyone have a great day!
The gears definitely need to be greased, not graphited. But before you do that, put a drop of oil on each end of the motor's armature - betcha that will stop the noise … then you can grease the gears
BAR GP7 #63 posted:
Bar, that Shell tank car is very realistic.
darlander posted:mike g. posted:Hi Dave , I used graphite, but am going to get some grease and pull the gears grease them up and reset them.
Rick, I agree that something isn't engaging, I just have to figure out what a good setting is for the gears.
Good move! I would recommend a white lithium grease. Hope you get it resolved.
Cheers, Dave
Well Dave, it went from bad to worse! LOL Its not the gears making the sound its the Motor! So now I have to find a double wound motor for a Lionel #182 crane! Also the winding keeps breaking!
Aww, that a shame, Mike. The bay is a possible source. Two 182 motors have sold there in the last three months.
Very nice engines, Larry!
Vincent, There are even knights on those!
Mike, I'm sorry you need to replace the motor, but at least you know what the problem is.
Today, I moved some little stuff to make room for the sons-in-law to move the plywood and Homasote. That was enough.
Its all good, I got a name and number from Jeff the Train Tender to a nice fella that is going to try and repair it for me. He says its around $40 including shipping!
I will let you all know what comes of it!
That sounds like a good deal, Mike!!!
Larry it is a VO1000 by Weaver with TMCC, a great little switcher
Been away for a bit as our baby boy was born on the 17th, but I was able to start work on my 8th layout in 8 years. Drawing heavily on the CTT “Build This Retro Railroad”
The Santa Fe Baggage Car is completed with Woodland Scenics figures I had in my supplies. I was lucky to find the key figures I needed, repainting two bicycles red and yellow to make them easier to see inside the car.
The next task is designing a kitchen for the Santa Fe Dining Car that already has a detailed Dining Room with Preiser People I painted.
I was having difficulty posting pictures Tuesday night. Normal quick transfers were over eight minutes, 20 minutes, or not finishing. The pictures are now posted. Thank you.
Have a good evening. … or good day.
John Rowlen
Vincent Massi posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:
Bar, that Shell tank car is very realistic.
Vincent. Thank you. 🤝
Johan
Jon1443 posted:Been away for a bit as our baby boy was born on the 17th, but I was able to start work on my 8th layout in 8 years. Drawing heavily on the CTT “Build This Retro Railroad”
Congratulations!
more planning than doing....at our Tuesday Night Train Group gathering last night a lot of great ideas and product for my module. One of my friends who is a electronic sound wiz showed me a sound board with different buttons that I will be able to attach to my module. Each sound is some form of emergency vehicle so I am going to try and mount this to the outside of my module so guests can press the button and play different sounds for the emergency vehicles on my don't text and drive car crash scene. Also hope everyone is sitting down but Paul actually thought of me when he was at the store and found an old VW van and gave it to last night. He said I should park it in the skid row part of the module and try to have some smoke coming out of it. We talked and I think I could try an get an old smoke unit form a shelf queen and try to run some tubing underneath both the car crash and the VW van to give it the appearance of smoke coming out. Keep everyone posted of the progress of that.
BNSF workers were very busy yesterday...
#3505 is getting a lot of farewells, as it is being readied for the ride out west.
#4449 will pull the BNSF business train, along with #3505 westward,
where it will begin new switching duties out in Washington...
snacks were brought in, and crews said farewell to #3505...
as they watched it roll off into the darkness behind 4449...
I'm sure yard superintendent Mike is anxiously awaiting #3505's arrival...
My Latest effort has been to put trains under glass (Lexan) that you walk on top of. So I will have trains running under your feet. Just roughed in for now.
My other effort has been to cut grooves in the hard wood floor and press fit rails into the grooves so my trains can cross a door way.
See the pictures below.
Thanks;
idea-thinker
Brian, what a great farewell!
Idea-thinker, wow now thats going above and beyond! Or should I say under and beyond! Very nice, I hope you will post videos when your to that point!
Bryan, That is a good idea Paul has on the VW! Doing on the layout starts by thinking and planning!
Brian and Idea-Thinker, I was thinking of exactly the same replies as Mike gave! Ditto
That is the coolest idea I’ve seen in a long time!!
idea-thinker posted:My Latest effort has been to put trains under glass (Lexan) that you walk on top of. So I will have trains running under your feet. Just roughed in for now.
My other effort has been to cut grooves in the hard wood floor and press fit rails into the grooves so my trains can cross a door way.
See the pictures below.
Thanks;
idea-thinker
I like this idea too. Very cool. Do you have crossing signals at the door so no one steps on a train going by?
Nice job laying the track in the floor too.
I switched out power and rolling stock last night. Put the LIRR power in the shops for service and will run Pennsy for now. A few steamers- B-6, A-5, and a 0-4-0 tank, and a FM H-10-44 and a couple of Plymouths.
The steam engines uncovered a new clearance issue that I had not run across before. The front steps on both locos hit the roof on my team track platform and then the hill going around the back. Made the necessary adjustments. The team track depot was picked up and shifted slightly north, and the hillside was trimmed back to increase clearances.
Close clearance from this step was corrected.
Good as new....
The offending corner on the roof.
Current roster
This morning spotted North Western’s only one SW1500 switcher moving C&NW locomotives around diesel facility while C44-9W and other unit about to leave facility.
No scenary work today but did take out the Lionel Broadway limited two car diner set to look it over and check it out on the tracks.
Here are a few photos
The walls are going up finally, then on to primer, decided to mount on steel rods for ease of removal
Bob, I'm glad you found the clearance issues and corrected them now.
Patrick, All the green and yellow looks great!
LIRR Steamer, those cars look great on the broad curves!
Ray, the building front is looking great! It will really look sharp once it is all together and painted!
Idea-thinker, Wow, an amazing idea, nice work, keep the pictures coming as this is a really neat idea. RSJB18 Bob, great work, and clearances can become new challenges, all in the line of duty, very nice work, I hope everyone is having a fun day. I now have competition going on between McDonalds and The Starlight Diner, it’s fierce, and downright ruthless, both places are cutting prices..... Happy Railroading 
I made one BAR box car more, paint & use Highball Graphics decals.
Through the Windows - In the Doors
I stopped to take a few pictures of the last two cars I detailed. Here are some pictures.
Broadway Limited Dining Car - The car has Preiser 65602 Seated People that I painted.
Santa Fe Baggage Car - The car has pieces from five different packs by Woodland Scenics.
Have a good evening.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
RSJB18 posted:idea-thinker posted:
Do you have crossing signals at the door so no one steps on a train going by?
Nice job laying the track in the floor too.
Yeah, you have to do that, an actual O scale grade crossing. You gotta!
I also love the recessed track.
I installed some lighting near the platforms I added to the expansion section of my layout. Here are a couple of freights on the main lines going past it - sorry for the long video.
Larry, are the police at the Starlight because of a ruckus or to eat supper? Excellent lighting and I really like your logo in the last photograph!
Johan, another excellent BAR car!
John, More great looking interiors!
Kevin, The lights are great!
As for me, "We're so sorry Uncle Albert, but we haven't done a bloody thing all day!"
I finally got this on the bench. I’ve been wanting to get these pig flats weathered for awhile so here’s another in the books
Outstanding, John Rowlen. The dining car folks are terrific; and, you knocked it out of the park with the baggage car--simply terrific!!!
THANK YOU for taking the time to photograph and post your craftsmanship for us to enjoy.
Carl, I appreciate the kind words.
The excellent work that others on the Forum are doing encourages me to keep moving forward.
Here are a few pictures of the Santa Fe Dining Car scratch build under construction. I like my refrigerator with the staple handles. The Grill Hood took forever for the Krazy Glue to start to dry. There are no O-gauge cooks made by Preiser, so I have reworked and painted other figures. I had to grind a quarter inch off the cook. He is now shorter. He is a "Short order cook".
The opposite counter under the three kitchen windows will have two sinks in it. I hope to use staples to create facets and handles.
Until tomorrow, John Rowlen
Update: It's tomorrow. I finished the opposite counter and a small refrigerator for salads and desserts at the entrance to the kitchen. I need new paint for the stainless steel counters and sinks . . . so this is where I pause until I can finish the kitchen.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
John R- another shot out of the park
Lee- that engine looks like its as old as the period you're modeling, not a brand new model. Great work!
Lee D- good to see you posting again. Nice collection of new cars from Christmas too.
Kevin- great night scene.
Larry- I'll take a bacon cheeseburger special from a diner any day. Hard to beat McD's fries though. Now I'm hungry.......
I've been home sick all week which explains the recent work on the layout. I'm finally feeling better. I hope to do some more today and run some trains. Need to clean the track too.
Bob
we put up a couple more shelves...
Thanks Bob it feels good to be posting also. I worked on these before I called it a night.
Lee, nice job on the resurection of those cars. They look good.
Lee ( P51 ), great detailing on the engine.
Johangood job on the BAR.....another winner.
Mark, I m in the same boat s you. I haven't done anything on the layout since I cleaned it up.
Bob, corner came out great. Nice work
Brian, all i ca say if amazing. some many engines and no repeats.
Today I ran to Menardsand picked up two four foot pieces of PVC pipe to make more silos. While walking through the store I went through the hobby section and came across these. I thought they could make good chimneys. Also my uncoupling tracks came. Well at least three. One was backordered but I have enough to start layoing out track. Pics.......Paul 2
Mark Boyce posted:Larry, are the police at the Starlight because of a ruckus or to eat supper? Excellent lighting and I really like your logo in the last photograph!
Johan, another excellent BAR car!
John, More great looking interiors!
Kevin, The lights are great!
As for me, "We're so sorry Uncle Albert, but we haven't done a bloody thing all day!"
Mark. Thank you. 🤝
Johan
paul 2 posted:Lee, nice job on the resurection of those cars. They look good.
Lee ( P51 ), great detailing on the engine.
Johangood job on the BAR.....another winner.
Mark, I m in the same boat s you. I haven't done anything on the layout since I cleaned it up.
Bob, corner came out great. Nice work
Brian, all i ca say if amazing. some many engines and no repeats.
Today I ran to Menardsand picked up two four foot pieces of PVC pipe to make more silos. While walking through the store I went through the hobby section and came across these. I thought they could make good chimneys. Also my uncoupling tracks came. Well at least three. One was backordered but I have enough to start layoing out track. Pics.......Paul 2
Paul. Thank you. 🤝
Johan
John Rowlen posted:Carl, I appreciate the kind words.
The excellent work that others on the Forum are doing encourages me to keep moving forward.
Here are a few pictures of the Santa Fe Dining Car scratch build under construction. I like my refrigerator with the staple handles. The Grill Hood took forever for the Krazy Glue to start to dry. There are no O-gauge cooks made by Preiser, so I have reworked and painted other figures. I had to grind a quarter inch off the cook. He is now shorter. He is a "Short order cook".
The opposite counter under the three kitchen windows will have two sinks in it. I hope to use staples to create facets and handles.
Until tomorrow, John Rowlen
The detail work you are doing on the car interiors is really great. I would love to be able to do that on my cars but eyes no good enough these days. Great job. It really enhances the model.
Went up to the layout room this morning. Light is good as its nice and sunny. So I thought I would try some plaster work in the area of my water feature. I tried a couple of approaches.
This section shows the elevation between the lowest level two track main and the main return at a slightly higher level . rather than use the Styrofoam as a support, I thought I would try stuffing the area with some newspaper . The cloth went on ok and formed a nice terrain effect on the slope caused by the crumpled newspaper . It is setting up quite rigid and I guess if you don't drop a hammer on it should be fine when fully dried.
I had some Styrofoam here for supports and to simulate an abutment for the two track bridge across the water. Stuffed the end with some newspaper and rather than glue the Styrofoam thought I would use the cloth to hold every thing together . Its drying quite nicely Getting a nice bed effect where the structure meets the water. Hoping to park a Lionel Tugboat over here .
The center span support sits on an abutment that is on a man made island foundation in the stream . I will likely cover the abutment mid span with a stone like covering.
Heres the center soan support looking the other way The Styrofoam vertical sections sort of has a rough concrete look.
I have a lionel lighthouse from some years back I think it will work nicely into this side of the water feature.
I have to say this scenerary stuff is really neat and creatuve. Almost as much fun as running a train.
LIRR Steamer, it looks like a good start on some scenery! The lighthouse looks great!
Thank you all for the likes and comments appreciate it
Ran trains this afternoon for a while, had fun. Cleaned some wheels and pickups along the way. I was running my H10-44 for a while and I think the speaker needs to be replaced. Lot's of static as it goes around. It's a early Railking with Protosound. Really nice engine. Still trying to figure out to get the electro-couplers to fire. The new track configuration has freed up space to actually run without shifting equipment first.
Bob it’s always fun to relax and run trains
I decal-ed the caboose for our circus train. The photos are below.
The caboose will be at the back of the Bungling Brothers circus train behind these cars that were completed much earlier.
Not yet photographed is another flat car carrying more circus wagons. The last cars to be completed are as follows: the show horse transport stock car, a flat car carrying tent poles and a flat car carrying the tent canvas. Stay tuned for updates.
Bob, Running trains is good!
Randy, the caboose for the Bunging Bros. train looks great!
Randy Harrison posted:I decal-ed the caboose for our circus train. The photos are below.
The caboose will be at the back of the Bungling Brothers circus train behind these cars that were completed much earlier.
Not yet photographed is another flat car carrying more circus wagons. The last cars to be completed are as follows: the show horse transport stock car, a flat car carrying tent poles and a flat car carrying the tent canvas. Stay tuned for updates.
Randy
I love circus trains maybe someday I’ll get mine going great work
Lee:
Thanks for the reply and kind words. The project has been fun. I am now looking forward to seeing your circus train when it is finished.
Mark Boyce posted:Bob, Running trains is good!
Randy, the caboose for the Bunging Bros. train looks great!
Mark:
Thank you very much. I still have to install the marker lanterns and put conductor on the back platform. The conductor is a circus clown.
Here are a few pictures of the second day's progress on the Lionel 21" Santa Fe Dining Car Kitchen. I need to get some paint to finish the kitchen . . . so it will be a few days before I complete the car.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
John, the kitchen car is looking great!
John, what material are you using for the counters, etc. And what do you use to create the shiny (stainless steel?) effect?
Randy Harrison posted:Lee:
Thanks for the reply and kind words. The project has been fun. I am now looking forward to seeing your circus train when it is finished.
Randy I think I’ve got all my wagons I need I plan on building a couple scratch built one Don Mills help me get some ideas put together he sell lots of circus parts.
Yes Randy that kitchen car is best I’ve never seen one
Carl, The kitchen counter is Plastruct white .040 or .060 styrene that I purchased on Ebay. The grey Plastruct .020 sheets are used on the doors of the refrigerators. I may leave those unpainted, though I did get a few marks on the grey. I ordered some flat aluminum and stainless steel paint to see which looks best on the counter tops The grill area will be darkened and plastic tubing will become pots on the stove side of the grill area.
I will use tubing to make a few fire extinguishers too. They will hang to the left of the grill. I had planned to use the grey Plastruct for a dishwasher front, and ovens on the lower back counter. Lots of ideas, but what will actually be seen may eliminate some of that.
Have a good day.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
Thank you, John, for those details. Like others, looking forward to more photos of your progress.
WOW, here I am gone for a couple days and everyone is doing such great work! I would love to list everyone's work, but that could take a while! LOL But there are a few things that should be pointed out.
Lee D, wonderful to see you back working on the trains!
Larry, Nice idea with McD's and starlight dinner next to eachother!
John, What wonderful job you are doing on your cars! They all look great and will make anyone want to ride your trains!
Bob, Nice fix on your clearance problems!
Randy, Your train will bring out the kid in all of us! Great work!
Jon1443, Congrats! The real fun now begins!
Brian, wonderful phots, and I still don't thing you have enough shelf's!
Well I didn't do anything yesterday and may not do anything today as its beck to working on the house! But might get time on Sunday!
I hope you all have a great weekend!
Thanks Mike it feels god to be back now that the Holidays are over
The Santa Fe Dining Car Kitchen scratch build is waiting for paint to arrive.
Meanwhile, the Lionel 1927050 Union Pacific "Excursion" 2nd Add-on 2-Pack arrived from Charles Ro yesterday. I started the lower level of the Dome Coach, painting seats and desks. The lower level takes more time to paint than the Dome Seats.
I saved the Upper Dome for last because it takes less time to paint, and will be the first part to reassemble after installing Preiser 65602 Seated People.
Not much to show, but I wanted to punch the OGR 'Time Clock" and show that I was working today. No slacking today. Maybe tomorrow. Definitely during the Super Bowl.
Update: Finished painting Dome seats. Now I start selecting Preiser Seated People for the Dome. Will need to do a lot of grrr-grinding on their backsides.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
My work this week involved a Lionel 224 from 1946. I acquired it from another collector who described its appearance as "good" but stated he did not know if it ran as he had only used if for display. When the box arrived I found that (in my opinion) he had under rated the appearance as I found it to be excellent or better but I did not have any chance to try and operate it. Now that my layout is up and running, i started to see if I could get it running...turns out that the e-unit might be marginal but after checking wires and making sure all was connected, if I moved the directional switch to forward only...she runs like a top! I pulled the 1946 train of 2440 green pullmans and a 2441 green observation, Set 2100. I am enclosing pictures and I have some neat video's but I have not been successful in transferring the video to this site from my smart phone (maybe its not too smart).
Best regards guys, Don
Cleaned the track this afternoon.
Open question: I have 5121, 5122 switches, powered on track power. Obviously that means the solenoids buzz when a car is sitting on the anti-derail rails. I was playing with one of the worst offenders this afternoon and its a simple fix- just stop the plunger from from vibrating when energized. However- the simple fix renders the switch useless. What I'm looking for is a way to briefly cut the power to the solenoid to limit the length of time it can buzz. I know that these can be re-wired from aux power but that doesn't eliminate the buzzing.
Thoughts?
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