RSJB18 posted:It appears that my Lionel 060 "Tank" engine is built like one. Nothing more than a dislodged bell and a small chip on the roof. The fireman took a bit of a spill too but he has been firmly placed back in his seat
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It must have landed perfectly flat on one side. Not even a bent grab bar.
Bob
LOL Bob, today is your lucky day! First you get your tank set, and come to find out you have an engine really made of steal! Looks like a winning day!
Carey TeaRose posted:Daydreaming (again) about the future expansion of my Std. Gauge layout. This morning- completely out of the blue my husband says to me, "So... am I going to have to build you another layout table?" (which would be a slightly larger version just like the one I have)
Well, Carey, I think you're alright... as long as he isn't asking "so... do I have to move out" 
RSJB18 posted:It appears that my Lionel 060 "Tank" engine is built like one. Nothing more than a dislodged bell and a small chip on the roof. The fireman took a bit of a spill too but he has been firmly placed back in his seat
It must have landed perfectly flat on one side. Not even a bent grab bar.
Bob
Bob,
I am certainly glad the tank is running okay!!
mike g. posted:RSJB18 posted:It appears that my Lionel 060 "Tank" engine is built like one. Nothing more than a dislodged bell and a small chip on the roof. The fireman took a bit of a spill too but he has been firmly placed back in his seat
It must have landed perfectly flat on one side. Not even a bent grab bar.
Bob
LOL Bob, today is your lucky day! First you get your tank set, and come to find out you have an engine really made of steal! Looks like a winning day!
Thanks Mike. Gotta buy a lottery ticket tomorrow
Thank you too Mark.
Today I put two washes on the building. Raw umber and diluted black wash. I'll see tomorrow if I want to play with it some more. I have another small building to work with and I think I'll just try one quick swipe of spray white on the sides. Pics of this one so far................Paul
Looks great Paul! Is this your first plaster structure? Also, how was the trainshow? Were you able to sell anything or pick up anything neat? I know you're always looking for more woodchip hopper, lol.
I'm also anxious to see your other building flats mounted. I love following your progress and love the quality of your work!
Mike
Hey Mike, I tried to feed my thumb and index finger to two fighting dogs about three years ago and have only had a "real" thumbnail back for about a year. You should have seen the guilty parties face when he realised he had bit me. It ended the fight with wimpers on both sides. ("daddy dog" Bruno has moved away since then 
)
You know you shouldn't tempt me like that Bob; I'm very impressionable
Hey, only slighty of off scale. But the length is a killer. Maybe a slot car motor mounted vertically?
Here is the Bus next to a trolly..not too bad eh?
This is a little large for conversion but very tempting also. I had a couple of these in real life too. One was like this, the other a window van (retired rural Texas school bus with 700k). It was painted green candy on metalic turquoise, and a metalic gold striped for the two tone. Can ylu wrap your head around that color bomb 
Think of an Eddie Bauer Edition as an early 70s candy metallic hot rod. At first you hated it, but a half hour later you loved it. I was always tempted to give it a Warbonnet.
Cool ! How many of these neat vans do you have?
Mike
Interesting day, was able to cut another access panel on the layout and redirected some wire with that new hole, but finished the night mopping the basement because of the rain. Oh well, nothing harmed, just a small mess that needed to be cleaned up anyways. Once I get it cleaned up , getting the two Menards buildings connected to a power source is a must.
Mike welkie posted:Cool ! How many of these neat vans do you have?
Mike
I'm only sure I'm not owner of close to a thousand VW toys anymore. Maybe 10 vans I could convert and another ten or twenty here and there?
My Mom junked my first car a week before I got my licence; a 64½ Formula S Cuda with a new racing motor in it; thinking it was my Dads. My Step-dad felt bad. He won my first bug in a poker game at Fords, and said "Here's a car kid". I didn't realise till much later it had a hot stroker motor. I couldn't understand why folks thought they were slow because at a light, 0-40mph, not much could touch me ( after tuning, 2 losses light to light, turbo corvair and 6cyl. 914 {a 911 motor in a smaller car}). After that I was the VW guy, and deals and toy gifts just got thrown my way left and right. I had lots of VW toys as a kid, including the rarest, the 1st year Beach Bomb Hot Wheel. But I never intended to be the VW guy. I still have some of those here too, but i.e., the VW hobby picked me, not visa versa.
Here is about 2/3 of whats left. Maybe 150-200 total? Thats nothing in my family. Gramps had more O locos than this, let alone cars. I kept my fav.s not the real valuable ones.
My fav model is in the flash spot there. The seat folds into a bed, gauges have needles painted, etc.. The race watching platform for the roof is a barrel loading dock on the layout today.
....only 1/3 or 5 cars total are not VWs below. Toy Chev, & Caddy, Euro Ford Delivery, Tootsie Toy- Lincoln, & Scooby Van. All gifts here with a memory except the yellow bug 
Thanks for the compliments Mike. This is or was my first plaster building. Trial and error LOL. I got some good help from JDADDY on how to do the rest of them. I went to the train show to look. Learned you never know what you will find or not. It was a two rail show. You are right I am hooked on the Weaver and Lionel wood chip hoppers. I have to get more black foam board to mount the buildings. Maybe this week............Paul
painted more shelves....
took down more shelves......
c'mon, let's play with some trains......
Cleaned up the result of an over zealous Springer Spaniel trucking through the layout. Certainly could have been worse.
Brian, things are looking good, but I think the inspector has a little to much power over you! Didn't seam like it took you to long from work to play with trains as soon as he said! LOL
Paul, your building is coming right along, looks very nice for your first one! keep us posted on how it goes!
Adriatic, what if you put a small Lionel engine in your van, you know like from an old steam engine? Just a thought.
TedW posted:Cleaned up the result of an over zealous Springer Spaniel trucking through the layout. Certainly could have been worse.
Ted- how can you be mad at that face?????
TedW posted:Cleaned up the result of an over zealous Springer Spaniel trucking through the layout. Certainly could have been worse.
Ted, are you sure that wasn't one of Brian's Inspector buddies!
RSJB18 posted:TedW posted:Cleaned up the result of an over zealous Springer Spaniel trucking through the layout. Certainly could have been worse.
Ted- how can you be mad at that face?????
Yeah, you’re right, about three seconds... She’s a pretty good girl, 14 now. Slowing down quite a bit, but still enjoying life.
It's no worse than what Norma gets up to...
TedW posted:RSJB18 posted:TedW posted:Cleaned up the result of an over zealous Springer Spaniel trucking through the layout. Certainly could have been worse.
Ted- how can you be mad at that face?????
Yeah, you’re right, about three seconds... She’s a pretty good girl, 14 now. Slowing down quite a bit, but still enjoying life.
It could have been worse! It could have been this guy! LOL
He is tough on things!
I had to get my last dog "Lacy" her own trains to play with.....
she knew when I turned the transformers on......
she used to chase the trains from room to room when I was running them....
I didn't do it........
Cute pup.... maybe that is some benchwork incentive.....
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:It's no worse than what Norma gets up to...
Norma seems to be able to tip toe around the layout with aplomb, however. Although, I’ve noticed when she plants her butt, it’s a good thing you have low voltage.
86TA355SR posted:BRIANSILVERMUSTANG:
You have an astonishing train room! Love your work!
thank you !
Some shots of my custom DeWitt Clinton tender in action!
http://mitchmarmel.com/mmgallery/2017_dewit_clinton
Mitch
very cool Mitchell !
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Some shots of my custom DeWitt Clinton tender in action!
http://mitchmarmel.com/mmgallery/2017_dewit_clinton
Looking good! Hope to see you at the TCA show in Memphis on Dec. 2nd.
The local clubs are also having a big open house on Nov 18th. You'd be welcome to bring a train and run it on the big Casey Jones layout, if you would like.
Nice looking work there Mitch! Thanks for the pictures and videos! Very Cool!
My wife and I love all your dogs. We now only have one, a bagel, Gracie, and she is very spoiled.
Trains do not impress her unless a gondola is carrying dog treats.
Our grand cat, KC (Kitty Cat), likes to nap under the tree no matter what is rolling on the rails.
briansilvermustang posted:very cool Mitchell !
Thankee!
Len B posted:Looking good! Hope to see you at the TCA show in Memphis on Dec. 2nd.
The local clubs are also having a big open house on Nov 18th. You'd be welcome to bring a train and run it on the big Casey Jones layout, if you would like.
Love to, but time and funds forbid. Will be running gi-raffes at the Children's Christmas Train in Springdale, AR on 2 December, though!
mike g. posted:Nice looking work there Mitch! Thanks for the pictures and videos! Very Cool!
Thanks to Joe D. for the pics, videos and website work!
Mitch
Nice work Mitch. I see Norma is up to her usual high-jinx too
Mitch- if those were beer barrels you would have more passengers on your RR !
jim pastorius posted:Mitch- if those were beer barrels you would have more passengers on your RR !
;-)
Mitch
Picked up this beauty today from a local hobby store.
ran my NYC Pacific.....
a boring night of pulling nails and screws to reuse the wood......
tried to straighten up some.....
put down a couple more pieces of track....
we got the rest of the shelf boards painted, should get them up tonight....
Morning Brian, Nice job with the clean up. That's always the toughest job keeping up. By the way, you may have answered this in the past, what is the 2x4 shoring up a rafter from the table in picture #2? Keep up the good work.
hello Matt....
that board is holding mock up of the start of the decent down from the upper level....
those black boards go down on a 1% grade most of the way around the room....
hope to be working on this more this week, then it will be easier to see this section...
view from upper level, floor is raised 3' here.....
the coal cars will go down, left around the u turn, then start the 1 % decent down the back wall
down to the next corner, turn left......
still going down the next wall....
more pics coming soon on this decent to the next level.....
This morning I headed to the attic to look for paint for the building I am doing. Couldn't find any so Ill have to get some somewhere. But I decided that while I was up there I would run trains for a while. Sort of knocking the dust off that settled on them. Since I can't finish the building right now this afternoon I am going to measure for a table to go in front of the table running under the stairs............Paul
Good deal, Paul! Acquiring new real estate!!
Installed a new TIU and new remote. Thank goodness for DCS Loader which let me copy the contents of my old emote over to the new one. Too many locomotives, switches, etc to re-enter by hand.
No photos as this is all under the layout.
Installed a fourth/new Lionel 180 watt brick. The 4th loop I added this year had been running off one side of my Z-4000 (which is my backup plan "B") but now it has the same setup as the others.
My old TIU has at least one channel that's burnt out and my old remote is almost falling apart but still works!
-RM
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