Nothing new this week only a new n scale engine and may run n scale train this weekend since can't lift to much do to my surgery last week.Hope everybody has a great weekend. Post away guys and gals!
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"HONGZ" stands for HO scale, N scale, G scale, and Z scale.
Post your non-O scale stuff here!
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Jeff- Wishing you a speedy recovery from your surgery. Take care of yourself and take plenty of time to enjoy that engine.
Bob- Very unusual and nice engine. Enjoy!
As I mentioned earlier in the week, I finally received the rest of the items I had ordered. Those items were N scale police to go with my police car and another N scale vehicle which was a station wagon.
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Jeff asks: "Hi kids... know what time it is?"
Us, "The Peanut Gallery" all shout back in unison:
"It's HONGZ WPF time!"
Queue the corny music here!
(The above with apologies to the opening scenes of "The Howdy Doody Show".)
Chessie (aka Jeff): Here's to a quick and full recovery!
Bob: Interesting piece, indeed! It has outside brake rigging!
Johnny:
The new figures look really good. Hard to believe they're N scale! Nice scene. In regards to the N scale Police Officers: Are N scale doughnuts available?
All:
Still in a V scale mode. However, I did go to an R/C airplane swap meet about 1 1/2 hour away on Labor Day and sold off ALL of my unused R/C airplane stuff. That helped the Hobby Fund drive!
Anyway, as for me and V scale, spent what available time I had I could to devote to it reworking the track of the Frisco's "St. Paul Branch". Mainly just adding team tracks and such at the track work for the small towns. Also redid the track at St. Paul to better reflect what was likely there during the late 1880's.
I then tackled the prototype Black Mountain & Eastern shortline that connected with the Frisco's "St. Paul Branch" at Combs, Arkansas. The BM&E is a very obscure shortline that ran about 19 miles in the heart of the Ozarks. It was THE most rugged prototype line of ANY of the railroads that ran ANYWHERE in the Ozark Mountains. We're talking a main line with tight curves, tall wooden trestles, and a double switchback with 6+% grades... navigated by a small Mogul rod engine!
The first 9 miles isn't overly dramatic as the line worked its way up Mill Creek Hollow, the maximum grade reaching about 2.6% or so. However, once the line punched through the deep cut at Summit, it fell off the face of the earth and had to start descending toward Cass, Arkansas through some very rugged topography. Below is a picture taken from within the Route Editor software that I use to construct routes. You're looking at "Digital Elevation Model" rendered virtual terrain that replicates the prototype terrain via "DEM's". The flag poles are "Markers", or "survey stakes" showing the prototype alignment through the rugged mountains. This is where my virtual rails are headed next!
All fer now!
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laming posted:Johnny:
The new figures look really good. Hard to believe they're N scale! Nice scene. In regards to the N scale Police Officers: Are N scale doughnuts available?
Thanks! Lol...actually one of the cops is eating a doughnut. An N scale doughnut should be the size I should be eating as well!
Working for the weekend............................................................
Extra GN 2023 east heads down the Farmington branch with a cut of empty boxcars and stock cars. This branch needs some added horsepower to get over the ruling 2.5% grade when coming back loaded. The train has to pass through one short tunnel before dropping down to the wheat fields of eastern Washington.
Regards,
Jerry
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Great picture's everyone as always!!! I was going to post a video but didn't run trains any do to getting infection in my left ear friday night.
