Mark, I didn't mean to imply I was leaving of my own accord. I enjoy
the people on the forum too. But apparently the editor-in-grief does
not think fun is appropriate.
Finished 99% of the detail work on the shallow relief back drop building I started last weekend... Got the LED lights installed on the interior and the loading dock... Hopefully when my son is home tomorrow for Easter we'll take some dusk/evening photos. Here's how it looks back on the layout.
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It looks great, Chris!! The exterior ducts really came out nice!!
Mark thanks... They weren't that hard to build.... I cut the stock on the table saw, it's approx. 1/2 inch wide by 3/8" deep... I used some leftover poplar, but pine or basswood work just as well. Used the Gorilla brand of Super Glue Gel to glue the 90 degree joints as they don't lend themselves to clamping.
Mitered the short sections with a Zona hand saw, found some really small plastruct strips, like 0.020 x 0.060 and super glued them on to simulate joints. Painted the whole thing Testor's Silver then some india ink and alcohol very diluted so I wouldn't turn them too dark and lose the metallic silver finish completely..
beardog posted:Mark, I didn't mean to imply I was leaving of my own accord. I enjoy
the people on the forum too. But apparently the editor-in-grief does
not think fun is appropriate.
John, Sometimes others will complain on the topic, others will complain to the administrators that topics get off topic, I personally don’t care, but I can appreciate there is a fine line the admins have to walk.
I greatly appreciate Allan giving us fair warning to get back on topic and didn’t start deleting right away! They are happy with a little horse play, then we need to sit back down at our desks and get back to topic.
I believe this is the longest running topic currently, so we do want to keep it going.
Mark, I don't necessarily share your point of view, and definitely not
those of the SUPREME LEADER. So until further
notice: I ran trains in circles on my layout today.
The whippings will continue til morale improves.
Evening everyone. I would comment on everyones progress but I am just to tired! I really see a lot of great things going on here yesterday and today! When I checked today that page count went from 508-510. I am sorry but that's too much for me to respond to tonight. When I signed on my email I had 161 emails from this forum over 2 day! I would opt out, but I love everything everyone is doing!
As for me I finished framing all my train room walls and got 90 % of the roof done, ran out of 3 tab! Oh well I need the break! I will try and get some pictures for you guys tomorrow!
Everyone please have a great Easter!
Rsjb18,
I need to take trains off the layout as I build the elevated line. It's just easier to work on major renovations without trains in the way. Summer is my major layout work time.
Paul
You know your always welcome to join us on Friday as well. Funny thing was somehow I developed a short between Tuesday and Friday and the strip clubs wouldn't light up. Some mentioned it was probably better since it was a holy day yesterday. Lol. I think I'll wait until Monday (after Easter) to work on that section again.
Mike, Yes sometimes running out of material can be a blessing! You have accomplished a tremendous amount in a short time.
Mark Boyce posted:Mike, Yes sometimes running out of material can be a blessing! You have accomplished a tremendous amount in a short time.
BTW, Page 511!
Mark Boyce posted:Mark Boyce posted:Mike, Yes sometimes running out of material can be a blessing! You have accomplished a tremendous amount in a short time.
BTW, Page 511!
LOL I see that! And with that I am taking this soar old body to bed! Have a great night!
I guess I did not see anything off topic. I made a humorous comment that
the thread was off the rails again. A comment that has been made a lot of
times since I have been following it. All of a sudden editor in grief jumps
in and issues a warning. It wasn't a warning, it was a threat.
Kinda like the 50's overbearing dominant father "DONT MAKE
ME COME IN THERE BOYS". Or like the kid with the only ball, We
have to play the game my way or I am gonna take my ball and
run home and cry to mommy. Or dozens of 50's cliches I just
can't think of at the moment.
If it is nor about fun, what is the point?
So I am guessing I won't be here much longer,
it has been fun.
John
John, I do follow what you are saying. I’m sorry.
Beardog, It sure hasn't been fun to read your repeated and redundant venting and whining for the last few hours.. Why don't you give us a break and exercise your right to remain silent, or better yet, post something worth sharing that's on topic. Chris a
Usually i'm quiet here on this forum topic, but I generally read all of you guy's comments. Find some of them interesting, too. But just for a change, let me talk about progress on the layout: First of all, last year was a bad year due to medical issues with both myself and with my wife. Took a lot of our time and never seemed to feel particularly good. Guess that comes with being an old Toot.
But, things are looking up, this year and I did host our Tues Nite Crew a coupla weeks ago. In order to do that I had to make some repairs and adjustments on the layout, but one of the Tues crew, Jon Torock came over to take care of some stuff under the table: Repaired one switch motor, replaced one other and installed two new ones where I had not gotten around to do. So, the nite of the crew being here, about 20 guys this time, everything ran pretty well with the exception of a coupla cars that insisted on riding on the ties. So far, so good.
My layout is purposely designed to create an operating bottle-neck. The middle two levels of the track plan are double track but on that third level, they come together to become single track for the rest of the trip. The fourth level is primarily a reverse loop in an adjacent room and it sends the train back down to the third level to return to the double track and then down to the main city on level two. ( Level one is just a branch line serving a small town, a coal mine, a stone quarry and an oil well.) So, if you want to run two trains at one time, you have to actually control both of them and have a meet on that third level before the up-bound train can proceed. This, of course, avoids a "cornfield meet", and adds a little interest to operation. One person can run both trains without difficulty and the plan is ultimately to be able to have one train being an express, freight or passenger, and the other being a way freight ("Patrol" on the Milwaukee Road) Or, if guests are there, you can hand them each a controller, and they soon figure out the limitations of the track plan.
Today I got to thinking: (Hurts, too!) Could I actually run three separate trains on the one main line at the same time? Yeah! Why not. So I just placed three ten to fifteen car freight trains on the layout, fired them up and gave it a try. And it worked, too, but I wouldn't want to try it when I had a bunch of people around. For sure, I'd get distracted, loose track of just where the trains all are and end up having an "Oops", but it was fun, today, and I'm certainly going to try that again, soon.
Paul Fischer
chris a posted:Mark thanks... They weren't that hard to build.... I cut the stock on the table saw, it's approx. 1/2 inch wide by 3/8" deep... I used some leftover poplar, but pine or basswood work just as well. Used the Gorilla brand of Super Glue Gel to glue the 90 degree joints as they don't lend themselves to clamping.
Mitered the short sections with a Zona hand saw, found some really small plastruct strips, like 0.020 x 0.060 and super glued them on to simulate joints. Painted the whole thing Testor's Silver then some india ink and alcohol very diluted so I wouldn't turn them too dark and lose the metallic silver finish completely..
Chris, That is excellent! I never would have thought they were wood. I assumed it was all styrene or plastruct
Allan Miller posted:beardog posted:this thread is sooooooo far off the rails............
Yes, it appears to be. If it doesn't get back on topic over the next hour or so, I will be back here to do a bit of house cleaning. Not something I enjoy doing, especially on a Saturday night, so tread lightly and stick with what you did on your layout today.
thank you Allan!
Paul Fischer, I really enjoyed reading your post, thanks for sharing it with us!
Rusty
no problem
chris a posted:Beardog, It sure hasn't been fun to read your repeated and redundant venting and whining for the last few hours.. Why don't you give us a break and exercise your right to remain silent, or better yet, post something worth sharing that's on topic. Chris a
I post a lot of things that are on topic, seems like all you post
are complaints about other people
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are you going to do the water seeping out between the layers, that
would be cool
beardog posted:are you going to do the water seeping out between the layers, that
would be cool
Sorry, no actual water, just the effects of years and years of water. It would have been fun to do the icicles, but this scene is summer.
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had a lot of formations like this where I used to live along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers
great modeling
where are the actual pictures from?
Thanks. This is along the Mississippi, just east of Downtown St Paul. If you want to see more, Google maps, street view, Warner Road.
well, haven't been to St Paul in many years, but I thought if must have been
along the northern Mississippi
Chris, that scene looks great ! Very Norm C. like. Really has the gritty look of older industrial buildings as far as coloring.
Elliot, you are a jack of all trades in the hobby. When you have your open house you are going to impress a lot of two railers. That section of scenery you are working on is one word..........fantastic............ Today after I grocery shop early to beat the crowds I am going to finish wiring the area I have been working on then dive into the problem of the engine going dead before going into the bridge......................Paul
Allan Miller posted:beardog posted:this thread is sooooooo far off the rails............
Yes, it appears to be. If it doesn't get back on topic over the next hour or so, I will be back here to do a bit of house cleaning. Not something I enjoy doing, especially on a Saturday night, so tread lightly and stick with what you did on your layout today.
No worries Alan. We tend to divert to a siding or two occasionally but always return to the main line.
Happy Easter Everyone
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chris a posted:Beardog, It sure hasn't been fun to read your repeated and redundant venting and whining for the last few hours.. Why don't you give us a break and exercise your right to remain silent, or better yet, post something worth sharing that's on topic. Chris a
Well said.
Also enjoyed your description of how you built the backdrop building. Thanks.
Dave C.... Thanks very much for that compliment !... I really thought about thanking Norm C for sharing his modeling work, in my post about this backdrop building. I have been following his posts, and studying as many photographs of his work that I can get my hands on for a few years now.
It's definitely given me the inspiration, and motivation, to keep trying new methods and really attempting to improve my skills, to get results that are closer to his.
So many thanks to you, and Norm Charbonneau.
While I am here, a number of folks have commented about the external duct work.... here are a couple of photos I shot showing them before painting, and weathering. I will definitely make more of these as they went together pretty easy and far less expensive than purchasing pre-made. I think I mis-quoted the cross sectional dimensions of these in the other post. Pretty sure they are 9/16" wide and 3/8 to 7/16 deep. I made the branch lines thinner in depth so I'd have a profile line at the intersection and branch lines are frequently slightly smaller than the main feed duct.
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When I first saw these buildings I thought of Norm, too. His modeling is awesome and your buildings are pretty good as well.
Fortescue says, "That Easter Bunny's dynamite! Anybody got a Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?"
Mitch
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Worked this morning and afternoon on wiring, I finally got all the sidings done. Ran a engine through them all and on one switch the engine kept shorting out. It was a brand new switch so I knew that could not be it. I ran the engine through the switch and finally found the problem. I always screw the switch down in the middle between the rails. On this switch the wheels rubbed it and caused a short each time. Took the screw out no more shorts. Made up another terminal block for the next section. All I have left there is sidings for the Sauerkraut factory, the grain elevator and the scrap iron yard. The Die Cast bridge is still troublesome but I have gotten the engine to make it through the bridge now. I may have a problem with this as I thought I could feed power and ground through the bridge to the island through the rails. Still hoping I can run power to them this way. I have no idea how to get wires to the area. A short break and back to basic wiring..............Paul
chris a posted:Finished 99% of the detail work on the shallow relief back drop building I started last weekend... Got the LED lights installed on the interior and the loading dock... Hopefully when my son is home tomorrow for Easter we'll take some dusk/evening photos. Here's how it looks back on the layout.
Chris A. Very nice!
Paul, I am glad you got the shot figured out! I am sure you will figure out what is going on with the Bridge. Like you said back to basic wiring! I wish you luck and as OB ONE KANOBY says , MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!
Hi everyone, So today its raining, so what do you do when its raining? You go outside and put gutters up! Well atleast that's what I did for Easter! Now I have 90% of the roof done, the gutters up, all that's left is to side it and it will be ready for final inspection! A couple pictures for who wants to see.
An of course the inspector had to check things out, He doesn't look to happy but lucky for he he is an easy bribe! LOL
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mike g. posted:Hi everyone, So today its raining, so what do you do when its raining? You go outside and put gutters up! Well atleast that's what I did for Easter! Now I have 90% of the roof done, the gutters up, all that's left is to side it and it will be ready for final inspection! A couple pictures for who wants to see.
An of course the inspector had to check things out, He doesn't look to happy but lucky for he he is an easy bribe! LOL
I love it, gutters & downspouts b4 siding. You must have bribed the inspector (handsome guy).
Happy Easter!
