Some Lionel PS-4 flatcar repaints.
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BAR and TRUMPTRAIN , great scenes..............Paul
paul 2 posted:BAR and TRUMPTRAIN , great scenes..............Paul
Paul: Thank you very much.
-Johan
jstraw124 posted:Pics of a new basement train room for my first permanent layout since childhood. The house we've owned for the last 20+ years had no room for a permanent layout.
These are realtor pics and is now a clean slate. Plan is for a shop, sitting area and the layout.
A blank canvas like this gets every train guy's juices flowing. Congratulations, you're going to have a ball. When I first moved into my house 10 years ago, one of the first purchases I made was RR-Track. I began designing my layout before I even moved in.
From what I can see, the first things you want to do to maximize layout space are to brick over that stair case access on the left, wall up the sliding glass doors, and convert that lally column near the billiards table into a slide-worthy firehouse pole. This will let you slide down from the floor above directly into the center of your layout, where your control panel will be located.
Just kidding of course. It's great space. Enjoy it and please keep us posted.
Steven J. Serenska
as seen thru the eyes of switch men, getting on and off the trains, throwing switches in the yard.....
riding the engine on the steps.....
time for a break......
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I hope you keep the wood burning stove. IT adds flavor to the room.
The wood stove remains. Thre basement walls are 10" thick. Once all that concrete cools down during winter, the stove comes in handy to warm up the air.
Behind the stove is the room for the shop. Working on getting that set up first, then the layout will start. Also working hard on keeping the wife from trying to steal some of the space.
I like Steven's idea of ripping out the staircase. More space and harder for the wife to sneak her stuff in.
Serenska posted:jstraw124 posted:Pics of a new basement train room for my first permanent layout since childhood. The house we've owned for the last 20+ years had no room for a permanent layout.
These are realtor pics and is now a clean slate. Plan is for a shop, sitting area and the layout.
A blank canvas like this gets every train guy's juices flowing. Congratulations, you're going to have a ball. When I first moved into my house 10 years ago, one of the first purchases I made was RR-Track. I began designing my layout before I even moved in.
From what I can see, the first things you want to do to maximize layout space are to brick over that stair case access on the left, wall up the sliding glass doors, and convert that lally column near the billiards table into a slide-worthy firehouse pole. This will let you slide down from the floor above directly into the center of your layout, where your control panel will be located.
Just kidding of course. It's great space. Enjoy it and please keep us posted.
Steven J. Serenska
That idea does sound like it would be fun, I'm just saying. But the question is, how would one get back into the main part of the house?
Christopher2035 posted:
With a couple of MTH NJT units on order, I decided to turn some of the coaches I had into cab cars so I can run in push-pull mode in & out of the terminal. Here's the first one I did - The car includes headlights & has a switch under it to turn them on /off
Chris -
Gorgeous photos - and a great idea turning that coach into a cab car!
I think I asked you this before, but what brand camera are you using and are you using any filters or post processing?
Luvindemtrains, who cares once you're down there! LOL
paul 2 posted:BAR and TRUMPTRAIN , great scenes..............Paul
Thanks so very much Paul! Much appreciated!
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Here is two video's running trains at the mall this weekend.
don't drink & drive, it's to hard to stay in a straight line.....
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how would you like this job as.....
tunnel traffic cop ??
....gee, i really hope that cop is on top of things ! ? !
uh oh !!
hope that's the light at the end of the tunnel !
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play trains posted:Luvindemtrains, who cares once you're down there! LOL
Another good point!
prrhorseshoecurve posted:Originally posted by Steven Michael:
Happy weekend all. In any case here are some photos of the MTH F3 I've been working on detailing.
I'm looking forward to more photos of this! I would like to see if he will correct the Number boards for the F3 to this O.E.M. style
It's really tempting. I also should really remove the left side horns since these had A200s. I need to do some practice with putty, I don't have any experience with it yet. BTW, who makes those number boards?
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"It's really tempting. I also should really remove the left side horns since these had A200s. I need to do some practice with putty, I don't have any experience with it yet. BTW, who makes those number boards?"
Yes - always practice before the Big Show. The old Vaudeville joke: "Excuse me, sir - how do you get to Carnegie Hall?". "Practice, practice."
I find eBay to be a good source of detail parts - this month I scored some brass Alco PA early number boards for an upcoming project. I do a search simply on "brass" (title only), as this is the favored naterial for detailing parts. Also, search on "number board" or "number boards".
Precision Scale made my Alco boards; check their website.
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Number 90 posted:It's a slow day at Caprock, Texas. Brakeman Ed Burleson signals "That'll do" to Engineer Wallace White, as he prepares to drop off of the front step of GP7 2791. The crew is taking a mid-morning break at the freight house, where they will go inside for a Dr. Pepper.
Love that backdrop and the lighting. Looks like a storm is coming in!
My grandsons Nolan and Oliver are continuing their Train Training classes during summer break at home in California.
Have a great week!
Richard
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DaveP posted:Christopher2035 posted:
With a couple of MTH NJT units on order, I decided to turn some of the coaches I had into cab cars so I can run in push-pull mode in & out of the terminal. Here's the first one I did - The car includes headlights & has a switch under it to turn them on /offChris -
Gorgeous photos - and a great idea turning that coach into a cab car!
I think I asked you this before, but what brand camera are you using and are you using any filters or post processing?
I'm using a Nikon D4S. I used my 24-85 lens for these shots w/ a polarizer on. I did use a a strobe for lighting. I'm using lightroom to edit the photos, so yes they are touched up slightly in post
Christopher2035 posted:Happy Friday!
With the layout pretty much complete (of large projects anyway) Just took some time to run some trains this week. I did take delivery of a new ABA set of MTH CNJ F3s & put them to work.
I like the ballast around the Fastrack. What product did you use?
Thanks
