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Got the second coat of earth color on. Left areas with the first coat because I will be placing cinders down for the the truck traffic. Not sure if I will get back to adding any ground cover today. Last evening for the Tuesday night crew till September but the weather looks like rain for the next three days so I could get in some good work on the layout. Also have to make up some bumpers for the ends of the siding  Pics.....................Paul

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Deuce, I just keep things out in the garage, and when the wife notices something new I just tell her its been in a box out in the garage! I can tell when it work and when it doesn't from her look she gives me! LOL

Paul, things are really coming together nicely! Keep up the good work ! But most of all have fun tonight as it sounds like a long dry spell till the next Tuesday night with Trains!

Mark Boyce posted:

John and Mitch, great stories about John's dad and his layout!  The layout looks great!  Is there going to be some land someday under that trestle that is hanging in mid air? 

Yup!  I believe that's going to be some sort of gully or gultch or some other western thing that would warrant a trestle bridge.  Obviously it's not structural.

I think Mr. Gene has the dimensions and is working on it. 

LoadMaster posted:

Nick, first of all, great work on your "launchpad" addition! What are you using for your extra ties?

Mike 

Thank you!  Im using 3/8 basswood strips cut 2" long.  The 1/2" matches up better with the original tubular "ties" but I prefer the look of the skinnier ties.  Im really happy with how its coming out.  Quite a difference from "stock" tubular track.  

Nick

mike g. posted:
darlander posted:
mike g. posted:

Darlander, Your work looks wonderful! It's hard to believe its in your garage, as it looks fine by it's self! Once again I think everything looks great and love the night picture!

Gilly, I sorry about the electrical problem, but and glad you got it fixed! I know its going to be a nightmare for me!

Bob, a lot of the stuff I had forgotten I had ever bought! LOL

Paul, the Plaster is looking great I sure like how it turns out! After you put the cloth down, what method do you use for the molding compound?

Thanks Mike!  The taconite plant is located in a darker area of the room so the plant lighting will show up even in daylight.   I do like the lighting effect from the yard lights.    They came from China, $14.95 for 10 and that included shipping.   Can't beat the price and quality.   As far as the garage is concerned - the work was done in the clean corner of the garage! 

Dave

Dave you wouldn't happen to have a link of where you got the light would you?

Mike,  The lights are OO/HO scale and they were on ebay.    Web browser:  Model train street lighting on ebay.  When you are on ebay search, type:  LQS12 10pcs Model Railway Train Lamp Post,   You will see a whole host of LED pole lighting options.   The building bracket lamps:  5 x OO/HO scale street bracket light model wall lamp posts.  Again, many varieties available.    You can also specify  O gauge and you will find a large array of lighting options.   Good luck and Happy lighting!  Dave

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darlander posted:
mike g. posted:
darlander posted:
mike g. posted:

Darlander, Your work looks wonderful! It's hard to believe its in your garage, as it looks fine by it's self! Once again I think everything looks great and love the night picture!

Gilly, I sorry about the electrical problem, but and glad you got it fixed! I know its going to be a nightmare for me!

Bob, a lot of the stuff I had forgotten I had ever bought! LOL

Paul, the Plaster is looking great I sure like how it turns out! After you put the cloth down, what method do you use for the molding compound?

Thanks Mike!  The taconite plant is located in a darker area of the room so the plant lighting will show up even in daylight.   I do like the lighting effect from the yard lights.    They came from China, $14.95 for 10 and that included shipping.   Can't beat the price and quality.   As far as the garage is concerned - the work was done in the clean corner of the garage! 

Dave

Dave you wouldn't happen to have a link of where you got the light would you?

Mike,  The lights are OO/HO scale and they were on ebay.    Web browser:  Model train street lighting on ebay.  When you are on ebay search, type:  LQS12 10pcs Model Railway Train Lamp Post,   You will see a whole host of LED pole lighting options.   The building bracket lamps:  5 x OO/HO scale street bracket light model wall lamp posts.  Again, many varieties available.    You can also specify  O gauge and you will find a large array of lighting options.   Good luck and Happy lighting!  Dave

Thanks Dave! Your the man! I am sure a lot of other guys will find this information useful!

Deuce posted:

Put out people ...

Placed vehicles...

And put out trackside details ...

And then brought my son out to run trains... until the wife came out and started saying "Is that new? When did you get this? I dont remember seeing that last time." So much for my shop being a place of refuge. I guess I'll start going drinking with the guys at night.

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Grocery shopping this morning I found these cars in the card section. When I got back home I had to do laundry so that gave me time to do something on the layout. I decided to put some trees in to break up the area between the last two buildings I put in. I got some dirt and ground cover down. Still have to add some shrubs and ground foliage. Pics Paul

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mike g. posted:
TedW posted:

Mike G, knowing Brian and seeing the lake pipes on the side, he’s probably got slicks on that old street rod.  

Ted, you may be right. He sure sounds like a hotrod! Just look at his forum name! LOL

                                         yep, I like building "hotrods"....

                                got the car a little dirty train watching...

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paul 2 posted:

Made some headway this morning. I added more ground foam and put down cinders for the roads. Still have more to do but I have to go to Parma today to help set up for the TCA show tomorrow in Parma at the UAW hall. A few pics of so far.........Paul

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Looking good.

What are you using for black ballast? I plan on rearranging the tracks in the freight yard on my layout this coming winter and I'd like to use black/dark gray ballast when I do.

Oh, Paul another thing.  I would like to make a trip out to the Parma show someday.  We've talked here about visiting your layout and others in Northeast Ohio.  Parma and Kirkland are also on my long list.  I may take Social Security in the fall and work even less hours than I do now.  If so, the time is short when I could fit some of those things in.

 I purchased this MTH Railking Amtrak FP45 a while ago. I was looking for a reasonably priced Amtrak loco with speed control and Phase I paint. This unit fit the bill. Once I took delivery, things began to get curious(er).

1st thing I discovered was that apparently Amtrak did not own any FP45s. Oops.

What Amtrak did have was the ill-fated SDP40F. Seems as though MTH is quite aware of this as they gave this model the road # 642 which was in fact, (according to the historical Amtrak roster) an SDP40F locomotive. Here it is:

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 Although similar, one distinguishing difference between the FP45 and SDP40F is the front hand rail. FP45 yes, SDP40F no.

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MTH conveniently omitted the front hand rail (FP45) out of the catalog photo. The locomotive as sold has the (FP45) front handrail.

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 Very confusing. Anyway, I set out to right a wrong as I saw it and make ol’ #642 look more like it was supposed to – an SDP40F (IMHO).

First to go was the “front porch railing”. This was easily removed.

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 Now we’re getting somewhere. 

I also couldn’t help but notice that both the FP45 and SDP40F have additional headlights in the front cowl. MTH cast these into the model but didn’t bother to illuminate them.

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Problem solved:

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Here it is, the SDP40F (or pretty close) that could have been. 

 -RM

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I didn't do anything on my layout today as I don't have one yet but I did sit and doodle and I looked around my small space and tried to come up with a different track plan than the one I originally had drafted for me.  I keep looking at it and I'm trying to figure out how I can downsize it so I can add some of the great structures I have waiting to be built.  It's getting closer....

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