lee drennen posted:

Well I’ve started another All Nations Boxcar I’m at a stopping point and going to let the decals cure for a few days before I clear coat. Lee D. 

Nice work Lee!

Mike CT posted:

Atlas had done both, BNSF, and Santa Fe Warbonnets, (4) axle Dash 8-40 BW

Very nice Mike CT. 

Finished my first S.B.R. passenger car, Vista Dome X9910 "Dianne".

Mike, Nice SF engines.

Brian, Nice SF engines.

Lee P51, I'm glad you had a wonderful operating session!!

Lee Drennin, The cars look great!  I haven't decaled in years, but I think it would be easier to line up in O gauge than when I did it in HO and N scales.

Johan, The Dianne looks great!  The passengers really have a nice view, and the interior looks great!

Mark: thanks it is so much easier than HO 

Mike: thanks these are so much fun to build in O Scale 

Thanks to all who gave “likes” on my post this week. It’s very encouraging to keep building. 

Went to MetLife Stadium 

Mark Boyce posted:

Mike, Nice SF engines.

Brian, Nice SF engines.

Lee P51, I'm glad you had a wonderful operating session!!

Lee Drennin, The cars look great!  I haven't decaled in years, but I think it would be easier to line up in O gauge than when I did it in HO and N scales.

Johan, The Dianne looks great!  The passengers really have a nice view, and the interior looks great!

 

Mark: Thank you. Maybe couple cars more, then tourist train is ready. 

Johan

Added a sand tower, sand house/power house, diesel tank and pump, water column and tank, and steam locomotive fuel oil column and tank to my engine service track. Along with a service dock. Still needs some figures and other details but it's most of the way there. There will be no coal tower, as my AT&SF and SP steam locomotives are fuel oil fired.

Yes the Dianne will be a very special ride. The detail is marvelous. Great job !

And I've been a part of Metropolitan monthly pay plan since before I began working in 1970. So I feel as part of the home crowd there in NY!

My Hogwarts Castle cacked it at the Arkansas and Missouri Museum yesterday.  Brought it home and the motor is okeh, so it's the DRM that's at fault...

My choices at this point are a) order a new module or b) clip the harness and wire in a diode bridge (hopefully wiring it so it goes forwards).  Since I'm painfully poor (see my profile for details) and can't really afford the parts cost plus shipping (and I want to get the little indefinite back into service quickly),  I suspect b) will be in the offing this evening.    I will leave sufficient wire to reattach the harness at a later date,  of course.   

This is a case where sloth paid off;  since I haven't unloaded the trunk of my car since BBB&G, the 2026 I used there is filling in at the moment...  

Mitch 

Lou, The service facility is looking great!

Mitch, I'm sorry about the Hogwart's engine problem.  I'm glad you have a workaround to get it going forward in the time being.  If anyone can do it, you can!!  Boy, I don't know how many times I have had to come up with a workaround at work in my 42 years as a technician with the power and telecom companies.

Hi Everyone,

Besides running some trains I detailed  and weathered two of my Ameri-Towne Midtown Hotels. The first pic shows both versions before weathered.

The first version is built up per instructions. Still needs lighting, and a divider in the inside so that you can't see the other side when looking in. I also will add signage and growth on the outside of it. 

The second version was kit-bashed and is good to go.

These were my first attempts at weathering.

Dave

Mark Boyce posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Here is the makeshift Halloween display sans trains.  I have them on track and will post them later.

This photograph shows just how makeshift it is.  I'll be rebuilding the Christmas layout before you know it, so why go to too much trouble.  The trains are a Western Maryland freight with an "unusual" cargo, and the LionChief Hogwarts Express.

Mark- The Hallow-mas layout looks great!

Bob and Tom, Thank you!!! 

Actually, it was more a function of time instead of planning.  I never got the Christmas layout taken down, and at this late date, I didn't want to pack all the Christmas buildings etc away.  Also I don't have that much Halloween decorations to fit a 4x8.  So I decided to make this vignette in the middle and have the viewer focus on the center.  I guess there was some ingenuity in imagining how I could set it up in the middle.  It was a quick and dirty setup, but it works I think.  

Mark Boyce posted:

Lee, You are most welcome!  They intrigued me because they looked so familiar, but I didn't have time to check out my remembrances until late in the evening.  We always see transformers modeled for flat car loads, and Vepco had banks of three single phase transformers in the 500KV-230KV substations, but they were always rectangular with the typical cooling fins.  All of these are shipped empty, and they need to be filled with mineral oil, current transformers and bushings need installed, and some gauges, etc have to be installed as well.  Having a background in power, I find the loads all interesting.

I guess they wouldn't be as heavy as I thought

The "Ghost Town" looks good. It takes a real hard going over to see you really don't have that much there to fill up the space with.  I think a moon (full moon ) and or maybe a few (paper?) clouds would break up the starkness of the black background, adding background depth to the scene

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Maybe a lighting streak?   I've seen ”bat glitter" for a swarm in the sky ?

    Once I take in the general scene in, I'm drawn to the windmill. The little Dutch boy with his finger plugging a **** was always a disturbing image for me. That type of mill immediately takes me there.

Got an extra brick wall and kid handy? 

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Luvndemtrains, Your weathering looks good!  I like the Fort Steuben Hotel!!

Adriatic, You are right, about the black sky.  I'll see about doing something about that.  Right now I will say it is the dark of the moon with heavy clouds. 

Mark Boyce posted:

Luvndemtrains, Your weathering looks good!  I like the Fort Steuben Hotel!!

Adriatic, You are right, about the black sky.  I'll see about doing something about that.  Right now I will say it is the dark of the moon with heavy clouds. 

Thanks Mark! 

briansilvermustang posted:

mike g. posted:

Brian, nice pictures once again! But I may have missed it but do you have the BNSF engine in the Red and Silver paint?

 

                               added it to the wish list...

Is it just me or is the crossing gate a little close to that engine in the first pic?

Dave

Sure looks it.

Bob guess what! SEAHAWKS WIN!! 

Lou, very nice work on the service area! An impressive statement for any layout! Did you scratch build the service dock?

Mitch, I am sorry that your engine broke and that what your speaking is over my hear! DRM? What the heck is that? Either way I am so happy you have the knowledge and skills to fix it!

LUVINDEMTRAINS, Nice weathering job, looks very nice and I cant wait to see them back on the layout!

Hi Guy's and Gal's, today I just did a little more wiring on my power cart for my slowly going layout build! I got all but the last 2 of 11 switches prewired to help the time spent under the bench work!

mike g. posted:

Bob guess what! SEAHAWKS WIN!! 

Lou, very nice work on the service area! An impressive statement for any layout! Did you scratch build the service dock?

Mitch, I am sorry that your engine broke and that what your speaking is over my hear! DRM? What the heck is that? Either way I am so happy you have the knowledge and skills to fix it!

LUVINDEMTRAINS, Nice weathering job, looks very nice and I cant wait to see them back on the layout!

Thanks Mike! I will be sure to post when I put them in place on the layout. 

Dave

Mike, the connections look good.  

I see the Steelers beat Cincy!  ;-)

mike g. posted:

Lou, very nice work on the service area! An impressive statement for any layout! Did you scratch build the service dock?

 

Thanks. I built that dock/platform a few years ago. It wasn't too hard, just a few pieces of balsa wood and some time.

mike g. posted:

Mitch, I am sorry that your engine broke and that what your speaking is over my hear! DRM? What the heck is that? Either way I am so happy you have the knowledge and skills to fix it!

Thanks!  DRM = Digital Reverse Module,  i.e. a solid state E-unit.      

Mitch 

John d Sewell posted:

Yes the Dianne will be a very special ride. The detail is marvelous. Great job !

And I've been a part of Metropolitan monthly pay plan since before I began working in 1970. So I feel as part of the home crowd there in NY!

 

John:

Thank you very much.

Johan

Started improving my grade crossings by adding wood ties between the rails.

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

mike g. posted:

Mitch, I am sorry that your engine broke and that what your speaking is over my hear! DRM? What the heck is that? Either way I am so happy you have the knowledge and skills to fix it!

Thanks!  DRM = Digital Reverse Module,  i.e. a solid state E-unit.      

Mitch 

Ah ha!  Mitch, I was wondering too; I hadn't seen the acronym before.  Thank you!

Mike, Thank you for asking!

Mayor Magoo posted:

Started improving my grade crossings by adding wood ties between the rails.

 

That's a great improvement!!  Much easier on the little vehicles suspension and tires!  

Lou, thanks!

Steve, the wood planks add that finished look! Nice.

Sawed some gsd shelves in half for a small down the stairs display.  Maybe I should just do away with the pictures hanging on the walls.   

Ted looks good! I am with you on taking down the pictures for more train stuff! But I would strongly suggest checking with the wife first! LOL

Looks good Ted!

Put my backdrop up for my new train layout.  Purchased it from Railroad Backdrops.  I really like the backdrop scene.

I really like those backdrops too!!  What are the dimensions for that area?

The overall dimensions of the layout are 12 x 21.

That's great, Utowntech!!  That is just about the space I will have to work with when I get started on my new layout this winter (I hope)!  I'll be glad if you post your progress so we can follow along!!

Utowntech posted:

The overall dimensions of the layout are 12 x 21.

Great looking backdrop! What did you have them print that on? I was just checking out the prices!

I agree that backdrop is nice!  Did you glue onto plywood and hang that using the ledger board?  What is the length n width of backdrop. Guessing 15’-17’ x 3’ and 5’x3’?  Looks great.

TedW posted:

Sawed some gsd shelves in half for a small down the stairs display.  Maybe I should just do away with the pictures hanging on the walls.   

 

Take the plunge Ted- more shelves + more trains on shelves =

Get enough on display and maybe the CEO will suggest you build a permanent layout and get them off the floor.

Bob

  good answer !!