3rd Rail brass diner for BURLINGTON

Nice PSC diner on eBay now...

Interior entrance... This is before painting, but it shows what I'm going for. Simple by resolved. I want to pay more attention to the walls, more often than not the focus is on the tables. 

Awesome 

Santiago----> For your information, I have made some drawings of an imaginary interior wall with different colors and printed on glossy photo paper; the result is not so bad but I don't insert pics on the forum because the colors are not the same on the screen and once printed. These are obviously exemples only; other colors could be done.

With your last photos of the end room partition, I think, ther is something intersting to draw!

So, if you want to see the final appearance of these decorative motifs, I can put the sheets in an envelope and send them to you.

jpv in France

Thanks, man! I appreciate that for sure. Could you please send them to my email?

I've started working on the underbody.... I connected the generator to the trucks and added steam traps. Also did some piping to the valve distributor. The steam and air lines are now fully connected and not just screwed from the factory. 

I attached a switch to one truck for easy control of the lights. They will be powered by a single battery, this avoids flicker and possible damage to the circuit. 

❤️❤️

Santi,

I read your threads each time I come to OGR.  Enjoy your work and beautiful models.  Thanks for sharing.

Santiago----> I have no access to your email. Mine is in my profile if you want.

jpv

86TA355SR posted:

Santi,

I read your threads each time I come to OGR.  Enjoy your work and beautiful models.  Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, sir! It's in the middle

of a build that these kind words keep me going 

Will do JPV!

The dining area takes a new dimension with a new roof... I will detail the roof more, just want to get the size right first. 

The interior will be a two tone deal... the roof and dining area a light cream and the lower walkway a darker beige 

Nicely done! 

Can you give me the exact dimensions of the interior entrance partition (your post of the 3rd of nov) including the place taken by the end of the roof? Thanks.

jpv in France

Roof detailing continues 

  Santiago,,

      You  outdid yourself and ,still not done.   Lefty Gateman and Joe Fischer would both be proud.

Pat yourself on the back.... AWESOME!!!!!!

I have to give the flower vases a try, but I'm just getting to your CZ vent tricks and there are a lot of vents on the whole train.   Wallet card holders right?

Magnifique!

jpv in France

aterry11 posted:

  Santiago,,

      You  outdid yourself and ,still not done.   Lefty Gateman and Joe Fischer would both be proud.

Pat yourself on the back.... AWESOME!!!!!!

I have to give the flower vases a try, but I'm just getting to your CZ vent tricks and there are a lot of vents on the whole train.   Wallet card holders right?

Thank you! I'm humbled by your words, buddy!

yeah ID card holders!

The roof is almost done and waiting for installation. Just needs some vents it was completely scratch- built and I'm very happy with it. 

WOW!

A cat attracted by the kitchen's smells? Normal! 

jpv 

Cool

Dont forget the China patterns and table settings. 

I adore this thing! 324 pages of pure Burlington awesomeness! 

Me too Santiago 

Fabulous work Santiago - equal or better than any I've seen to date.   Years ago Dan Pantera (Calumet Shops) detailed a 1980's era brass Sunset Broadway Limited consist for me.  At my request he installed a commercial rechargeable NI-CAD battery lighting circuit in the cars.  At the time I was running DC  and wanted constant lighting without flicker.  The battery setup worked fine for several years until one of the batteries leaked.   I plan to remove battery lighting from all my passenger cars and replace it with a solid state (CL2 driver and capacitor) circuit posted by gunrunnerjohn on the OGR Forum.  Works well with DCC and LEDS  - constant intensity, no flicker. 

Santiago,

what LEDs are you using and where did you find them?   Also, did you put a cover over them or are those the actual LEDs that are visible in the finished interior ceiling?

-Jonny

Thanks Ed, I'll keep that in mind.

Jonny, these are surface mount LEDs. They are hidden on top of the roof

After going through Glick's book it's clear that the steel cars the Q used didn't have the round roof my model has. I still plan to letter it and detail it for Burlington despite knowing I may get criticized for that.

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

After going through Glick's book it's clear that the steel cars the Q used didn't have the round roof my model has. I still plan to letter it and detail it for Burlington despite knowing I may get criticized for that.

Yeah, sure...brace yourself.

You do admirable work.  Thank you for posting.

Santiago: Yer killin' me, here!  Curved roof?  Flat roof?  What roof?  Your work is fine art and too fine to relegate to the ranks of kinda-prototype.  There's gotta be a fix!

Are you talking about the uppermost deck of the clerestory or the sheet metal covering a/c ductwork between what our friends at Mid Continent define as "upper deck" and "lower deck"?

http://www.midcontinent.org/ro...ry/dictionary2.htm#D

This is railroading, dammit, use a bigger hammer.

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

Jonny, these are surface mount LEDs. They are hidden on top of the roof

You didn’t use any cover or lens over the LEDs? It almost looks like you did and that’s why I was asking. 

Regardless, Amazing work!!!!

Rapid Transit Holmes posted:

Santiago: Yer killin' me, here!  Curved roof?  Flat roof?  What roof?  Your work is fine art and too fine to relegate to the ranks of kinda-prototype.  There's gotta be a fix!

Are you talking about the uppermost deck of the clerestory or the sheet metal covering a/c ductwork between what our friends at Mid Continent define as "upper deck" and "lower deck"?

http://www.midcontinent.org/ro...ry/dictionary2.htm#D

This is railroading, dammit, use a bigger hammer.

RTH, I apologize for the lousy wording, I'll try to use appropriate terminology from now on.  The deck side on Q dinners were continuous. In my model's prototype that deck was interrupted by an all round roof that went from the upper deck all the way to the side of the car.

The only fix I see is to keep the car lettered PULLMAN.

enginEErjon posted:

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

Jonny, these are surface mount LEDs. They are hidden on top of the roof

You didn’t use any cover or lens over the LEDs? It almost looks like you did and that’s why I was asking. 

Regardless, Amazing work!!!!

I didn't use a lens, but I did use tracing paper to diffuse the light. I'll take a close up with the lights off for ya.

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

I'll take a close up with the lights off for ya.

that came out weird