Al, The slash burner is great!!!
Dr. Joe, Sorry for your snow blast! I would be more then happy to trade you a foot of powder for a 1 of the wet heavy stuff we get here! LOL
Sam, Very cool! Nice work on the ice platform! When do you think you will turn the room lights down for the night action shot?
Paul, things just keep looking better and better with your background! But I am getting a little worried that your forgetting about your trains! LOL
Pete, your almost there, You have 4 really good looking walls! I think once your done you are going to have a great looking building!
I didn't do any train stuff, but I did get all my store chores done so now I have all weekend from waking to bed time for nothing but trains! Yee Ha!
@mike g. Dr. Joe, Sorry for your snow blast! I would be more then happy to trade you a foot of powder for a 1 of the wet heavy stuff we get here!
Mike: what I need is a dose of global warming right about now. Spring starts in a week - huzzah!!
LaramieJoe posted:@mike g. Dr. Joe, Sorry for your snow blast! I would be more then happy to trade you a foot of powder for a 1 of the wet heavy stuff we get here!
Mike: what I need is a dose of global warming right about now. Spring starts in a week - huzzah!!
Lol you an me both!
Started painting the Plasticville coaling tower bash...as intended it is unrecognizable. Really pleased with it modeling the one l found on net, and it being a one chute small one, vs. these 200 ton kits. Need a chute mechanism kit to finish, or will scratch build chute and mechanism. TBD.
paul 2 posted:MATTRAIN, the neater you are doing scenery the less cleanup afterwards.
SAMPARFITT, awesome signal bridge.
RALPH M, keep going you are doing a great job.
MLINDBERG, very nice scenery work and the Moondog ties definately make the track look better.
Mike g, changes are for the good. Getting them done now while building the layout keeps down the frustration of redoing parts after the layout is done.
CSX Al, yours buuildings are really making a difference and bringing the scen together. Your Sawmill scene just keeps getting better with what you keep adding to it.
So today with no reporting for jury duty I worked on some coloring at the base of the backdrop. Not realy sure if I am happy with it but I can always apply different colors once the first have dried. Pics............Paul
Very nice Paul you’re doing great
RSJB18 posted:A follow up to my tandem trailers. @lee drennen had posted a photo of some stacked trailers recently. I knew I had similar shots from our last construction project a couple of years back. Found them today.
Bob
Thanks Bob now that’s neat!
Mounted the hill to the layout and put the rotary beacon on top. Fills out the corner of my layout pretty well.
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DL&W Pete posted:I have a building.....
Pete, I've made a few buildings from paper cardboard, and construction paper, but none of mine ever looked that good.
What did I do ON the layout? Well......
I placed 2 x 3's all along two long yards and mounted new plywood decking covering the layout's track and turnouts so I could just scoot along on top of the layout in a roller swivel chair to hang a new gas line in order to provide service to a new appliance upstairs.
Working on the ceiling sitting down, sweet.
populated Starkweather Ave.............
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Gandydancer, beautiful work on your street scenes. You really nailed it.
Gandydancer, I agree with Al. Very nice scenes.
Andy
WOW !! Gandydancer. Super modeling. The results are fabulous.
FrankM
Lou, the hill looks wonderful with the train passing by! Nice work!
Tom, Nice use of the top of your bench work, but sorry you had to replace the gas pipe! I hope everything worked out ok!
Gandydancer,Great job on the street scene!
Brian, nice pictures for a Friday morning!
Im going to grab a cup of coffee and head to the train room to see what I can get done before I have to go to the store again this morning!
We have a roof.
Thanks for all the kind words on building this kit. I am out of my plastic comfort zone. I knew when I wanted to build this small 1920's theme HO layout I needed to buy wood craftsmen kits. I honestly didn't think these would be that easy to build. I am so glad I chose the buildings from Rusty Stumps, these kits are amazing.
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I installed a short retaining wall on the other side of the lumber yard property. To the left of the notch in the wall is where the lumber shed will start. The first few pictures show the wall installed, then show it with some ground cover. The last two pictures indicate where the office and shed will be. The shed will be 8" wide by 16" long. The office and shed will be built sometime in the future.
Andy
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Mike g, you are right. I have been into scenery building too long I think. I only ran a train for about 10 minutes this year and that was the wife's train too. Plus all the surfing on the net looking for my bucket list of hard to find items. I should have two items coming in today, hopefully. Today I hit Pat Cattans because they are going out of business and I found the few more painting items I needed. Not sure if I will tackle anything on the layout till maybe Sunday afternoon. Saturday the local club has a get together and Sunday I'd like to hit the Kirkland train show. Pic of the buys..Paul
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Gandydancer, the street scene looks very realistic!
Andy, Your retaining walls look great!
Pete, the kit is really looking nice!
What'd I do today? I laid running rail for the Gantry Crane:
Ryan (MANTY RAIL FAN) gave me this tip: Cut the center rail from a piece of Fastrack and you have two running rails. Wa La! Cheap, simple and quick
Lew
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briansilvermustang posted:
After its days on the Freedom Train, the locomotive was sold to the GM&O Railroad and numbered 292. While on the railroad the loco wore a pair of large bronze plaques noting its service on the Freedom Train. The locomotive was eventually scrapped by the railroad, but the bronze plaques it wore on the GM&O denoting its work as the Freedom Train locomotive still exist. One of the eagles from its side has apparently survived as well.
Brian, thanks for this great Post! We toured the American Freedom Train on July 12, 1976, an easy date for me to remember because our Daughter was born the next morning. One of the very serious (and very seriously armed) Marine guards spotted us waiting in the long line and came over and escorted us directly to the steps. I think he was concerned the very pregnant woman might give birth waiting in line.
Lew
This afternoon USPS dropped off two more Weaver TOFC's I got off E***. Maybe after we get back home the wife will let me go down to work on the layout. We shall see LOL. Pics......Paul
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While I was spray painting the newly installed track for the lift up section, I painted the hinges and mounting blocks, just so they don’t stand out so much.
Andy
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This morning I did something I've not done for many months. I got out of bed and went directly to the train room to run trains. Albeit it was a shot while it was a great way to begin the day!!
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geysergazer posted:What'd I do today? I laid running rail for the Gantry Crane:
Ryan (MANTY RAIL FAN) gave me this tip: Cut the center rail from a piece of Fastrack and you have two running rails. Wa La! Cheap, simple and quick
Lew
Lew, could you clarify, please? It looks like you cut out the center rail, separated the two side rails, and used the side rails for your crane. If so, why not just put two regular tracks on both sides of your main track and use their inner rails?
Aaaarghh! One of my locomotives would barely run today (Bachman HO). After making sure that it wasn't a track problem, I scrubbed the wheels with rubbing alcohol. Although they all looked clean, after I did that it ran fine.
Ralph M posted:Added a bunch of details to the new siding(s). Some track-side structures and figures, grass, lichen, trees.
I was rummaging around in a box of junk I found these block signals that I'd forgotten that I even had. I knew just what to do with them.
@Ralph M ... superb work! Inspiring. Always fun when you "discover" something in the parts bin, isn't it?
Vincent Massi posted:geysergazer posted:What'd I do today? I laid running rail for the Gantry Crane:
Ryan (MANTY RAIL FAN) gave me this tip: Cut the center rail from a piece of Fastrack and you have two running rails. Wa La! Cheap, simple and quick
Lew
Lew, could you clarify, please? It looks like you cut out the center rail, separated the two side rails, and used the side rails for your crane. If so, why not just put two regular tracks on both sides of your main track and use their inner rails?
Aha! There isn't room because the Fastrack "ballast" profile is too wide which would make the Crane running rails too far apart.
Lew
Ralph, I agree with Dr. Joe, very nice details and it's great when you 'find' something you already have.
What did I do today? After finishing with the drifted snow and attending a couple of meetings at school, I came home to discover my Lionel Rotary Beacon (494) has stopped rotating.
They are by far the most finicky accessory on the layout 
Am thinking of going all Tim Allen/ToolTime™ on the darn thing and rewiring it with ... thaaat's right ... MORE POWER. A new DC can motor is on the way.
Last night I worked fixing a Lionel Santa Fe LEGACY GP9 #741 that arrived with several bent railings and front long grab iron that was glued in the wrong holes on the front of the engine. The left side was in the top hole and the right was in the bottom hole for the side step handrail to the front railings. I used a new Excel pointed blade to scrape/excavate the area around the long grab railing above the coupler. It finally pulled loose and I re-bent the end and installed it in the correct position.
The seller also sold me the Santa Fe GP9 #726 as C8, like new. That engine had a repaired wind screen incorrectly positioned and bent railings. The last few items from Ebay have been overrated, C8 when they were C6 or lower with broken parts. A N&W H21a Hopper listed as C8 arrived with broken truck posts and wood screws holding the trucks on. (Yea, that's how the factory does it.) Another NKP 70-Ton Covered Hopper had a broken rib out of the side of the car and a metal truck in six pieces.
I am about to list many extra cars and engines and don't like it when sellers start selling items improperly graded just to make a sale. It hurts all sellers and angers buyers. Trust is everything.
Yes, I am still painting seated people for my passenger cars. It is something I can do while Mom sleeps, before her late night grapefruit or orange snack when she gets up to use the bathroom. She is doing well, and I am trying to keep up with her.
Here is a video of the mainline along the river. It is a different view and my favorite part of the layout. I can see both sides of the trains as they snake through the curves.
Sincerely. John Rowlen
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Worked on building out the frame for my mountain for about an hour tonight. Time for bed.
geysergazer posted:Vincent Massi posted:geysergazer posted:What'd I do today? I laid running rail for the Gantry Crane:
Ryan (MANTY RAIL FAN) gave me this tip: Cut the center rail from a piece of Fastrack and you have two running rails. Wa La! Cheap, simple and quick
Lew
Lew, could you clarify, please? It looks like you cut out the center rail, separated the two side rails, and used the side rails for your crane. If so, why not just put two regular tracks on both sides of your main track and use their inner rails?
Aha! There isn't room because the Fastrack "ballast" profile is too wide which would make the Crane running rails too far apart.
Lew
Thank you! By George, I'll learn this stuff yet.
Ran a long train today because, well, because I can now. Many of the cars are MPC but the F3s are pure postwar, as you can hear.
Happy weekend, everybody!
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Vincent Massi posted:geysergazer posted:Vincent Massi posted:geysergazer posted:What'd I do today? I laid running rail for the Gantry Crane:
Ryan (MANTY RAIL FAN) gave me this tip: Cut the center rail from a piece of Fastrack and you have two running rails. Wa La! Cheap, simple and quick
Lew
Lew, could you clarify, please? It looks like you cut out the center rail, separated the two side rails, and used the side rails for your crane. If so, why not just put two regular tracks on both sides of your main track and use their inner rails?
Aha! There isn't room because the Fastrack "ballast" profile is too wide which would make the Crane running rails too far apart.
Lew
Thank you! By George, I'll learn this stuff yet.
This solution is a bit crude unless/until one fills the gaps, probably with ballast. But I'm all about simple, quick and cheap to get things in operation and then going back and redoing later. I've made so many changes/refinements to my track plan that would have been impossible were I using ballasted track. Same with this Crane project. Next is to build a control for it and then see if 8yr old Grandson finds it fascinating to operate
Lew
"One of these things is not like the other..."
Nicely done, Brian!
Lew
Wait.......I'M A BAD INFLUENCE?????????
HEE! HEE!
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Lew, The crane scene looks great! I agree, get it operational and let your grandson have at it. Then go back and fill in the scenery!
