Dave Ripp. posted:I got a layer of paint down in the lake bottom. I think I'll add a little more green and a little debris before filling.
It's looking good. May i suggest if you want more of a lake effect and less of a muddy pond effect add some VERY dark blue to the center area and then a lighter blue - green toward the edges. Also you might want to add some light tan near the shore where it is shallower.
decoynh posted:CSX Al posted:paul 2 posted:Mike g, you have your work cut out for you with that snow. Is that a big snowfall for your area. When I lived in western New York ( Niagara Falls Buffalo area we called that a dusting. I remember one storm I started at the garage up there and by the time I got to the road I turned around and it did not look like I had done the driveway at all. But anyways just paced yourself and take some good breaks, Don't need to run yourself down and get sick again.
I did not do much today because it was Valentine's day. I did manage to do a couple of smalls things but no pics. Tomorrow I got the whole day to work on the gorge.........Paul
Paul, I'm right between Buffalo and Niagara Falls on the Niagara River. I'd say Mike G's snow is just another day around here.
Paul & Al - I live in NH now and we get our share of snow. BUT, I graduated from Language school at Syracuse U. in 1965. That year we had either snow or rain on part of every day from Thanksgiving to Easter. Incredible lake effect precipitation in the snow belt of northern NY state. When you went to the gas station to get gas, the attendant would put a red foam ball on top of your antenna so your car could be seen approaching intersections over the snowbanks. What do they do now with no external radio antennas? Amazing ability for Syracuse to dispose of the snow on Lake Onandaga with parades of dump trucks out on the ice.
Last year!
I remember those days at SU quite well (BA `66). Only once in the winter of `65 -`66 did classes actually get cancelled for a few days when we had about 60 inches of snow over a 3 day period. I still live here in the southern Adirondacks where a grey sky and snow is the norm from November until April. It makes you more appreciative of the warm summer months.
modeltrainsparts posted:decoynh posted:CSX Al posted:paul 2 posted:Mike g, you have your work cut out for you with that snow. Is that a big snowfall for your area. When I lived in western New York ( Niagara Falls Buffalo area we called that a dusting. I remember one storm I started at the garage up there and by the time I got to the road I turned around and it did not look like I had done the driveway at all. But anyways just paced yourself and take some good breaks, Don't need to run yourself down and get sick again.
I did not do much today because it was Valentine's day. I did manage to do a couple of smalls things but no pics. Tomorrow I got the whole day to work on the gorge.........Paul
Paul, I'm right between Buffalo and Niagara Falls on the Niagara River. I'd say Mike G's snow is just another day around here.
Paul & Al - I live in NH now and we get our share of snow. BUT, I graduated from Language school at Syracuse U. in 1965. That year we had either snow or rain on part of every day from Thanksgiving to Easter. Incredible lake effect precipitation in the snow belt of northern NY state. When you went to the gas station to get gas, the attendant would put a red foam ball on top of your antenna so your car could be seen approaching intersections over the snowbanks. What do they do now with no external radio antennas? Amazing ability for Syracuse to dispose of the snow on Lake Onandaga with parades of dump trucks out on the ice.
Last year!
I remember those days at SU quite well (BA `66). Only once in the winter of `65 -`66 did classes actually get cancelled for a few days when we had about 60 inches of snow over a 3 day period. I still live here in the southern Adirondacks where a grey sky and snow is the norm from November until April. It makes you more appreciative of the warm summer months.
I feel for you. My daughter is going to school up in Potsdam at Clarkson. Not only the amount of snow but it is ungodly cold up there!
Yeah Mark, we turned Lucy into a verb, because there's really nothing in the English language that quite captures the nuance. In terms of trains, you could be Lucyed if you pre-order something, and it gets canceled.
Was able to get some accessorizing done this morning before work. A little backstory: After my Dad retired from the Arnold Bread Company he opened a bread store on Rt 22 in Union, NJ. He called it 'Seven Macs' because there were seven of us boys in the family.
Still some additional work to do.
Mayor Magoo posted:Was able to get some accessorizing done this morning before work. A little backstory: After my Dad retired from the Arnold Bread Company he opened a bread store on Rt 22 in Union, NJ. He called it 'Seven Macs' because there were seven of us boys in the family.
Still some additional work to do.
Fantastic looking building.
NS6770Fan posted:I haven’t posted here in a while, so here’s my new UP E9 running through it’s trials.
Beautiful train, NS.
Steve, Seven Macs looks great! Your back story about the name is wonderful. That is a nice way to commemorate your dad's business.
NS6770, the trains is really great looking!
Matt, the photographs we have of the 40" snowfall we had back in '96 are buried in an album somewhere! Remember film everyone!
Speaking of lake effect, we are enough south of Erie Pennsylvania to not get hit with the lake effect, but I have been up there and seen it! The ice from waves crashing into docks, etc. make for some really eerie scenes. Get my poor pun! 
We are also just enough west of the Allegheny Mountains to usually escape it too. God gave Great-great-great-great-grandpa and G-g-g-g-grandma Boyce a gift when they first got their claim to homestead back in 1795! 
RSJB18 posted:Here's an early picture of command central Jim. All old-school conventional control as of now. Haven't made the jump to DCS or legacy, or bluetooth, or LC or LC+.......
One day....
Ohhhhh... I’m getting that evil tingling feeling 
Added another open hopper car to "the fleet" today. This car began its life as a red colored Lionel Leigh Valley, just one of thousands that Lionel made over the years. Based on the AAR trucks that were originally on the piece, it's most definitly made after 1957.
Bought it on eBay for about $8.00. Had to straighten the sides of the hopper as the previous owner had rested something fairly heavy on the car bending both side walls of the hopper inward. Replaced both trucks with a set of bar end units with couplers that work (the original AAR couplers were broken). Removed and filled the road markings, primed and painted it in the traditional C&NW Stage Coach green and added the front and rear truck/step brackets and the brake wheel. Made and applied the decals and topped everything off with a coat of clear matte finish.
Number 63506 was an open hopper car that was once owned by the C&NW.
We got between 6-8 inches of snow but it's all melted from the roads by now and just enough to make the landscape white by now. Hasn't been freezing for several days now. Yeah, doesn't sound like much but there are almost no plow trucks in WA state, so many roads never get cleared off and tens of thousands of snowbound folks were without power for a while (thankfully we were only snowbound for one day and the power only flickered once for a second).
Last night, I changed the horn settings on my Whitcomb On30 diesel. In doing so, I screwed up the throttle settings as it would then only go from stop to full speed and nothing in between. Bachmann doesn't have a default setting for their decoders, so I had to go back and change every setting to it's original value until the problem went away. But I still got a better horn sound out of it!
Apples55 posted:RSJB18 posted:Here's an early picture of command central Jim. All old-school conventional control as of now. Haven't made the jump to DCS or legacy, or bluetooth, or LC or LC+.......
Ohhhhh... I’m getting that evil tingling feeling
you- my good man are trouble
I'll upgrade my controls right after I get that extension and yard built.....
Wished every second I could find someone selling an MTH cylindrical hopper with the Milky Way candy bar logo on it. I get that one and I'll have 3 musketeers, Snickers, and Milky Way all on the same train. It's my white whale. Other than that I just ran 3 trains on three tracks at 55 smph while sitting in my Santa Fe bar chair chugging a Mountain Dew and hoping a coupler didn't fail.
Yardmaster96 posted:Wished every second I could find someone selling an MTH cylindrical hopper with the Milky Way candy bar logo on it. I get that one and I'll have 3 musketeers, Snickers, and Milky Way all on the same train. It's my white whale. Other than that I just ran 3 trains on three tracks at 55 smph while sitting in my Santa Fe bar chair chugging a Mountain Dew and hoping a coupler didn't fail.
Contact me. I might be able to help you.
EricaAnn posted:Added another open hopper car to "the fleet" today. This car began its life as a red colored Lionel Leigh Valley, just one of thousands that Lionel made over the years.
Bought it on eBay for about $8.00. Had to straighten the sides of the hopper as the previous owner had rested something fairly heavy on the car bending both side walls of the hopper inward. Replaced both trucks with a set of bar end units with couplers that work (the original AAR couplers were broken). Removed and filled the road markings, primed and painted it in the traditional C&NW Stage Coach green and added the front and rear truck/step brackets and the brake wheel. Made and applied the decals and topped everything off with a coat of clear matte finish.
Number 63506 was an open hopper car that was once owned by the C&NW.
Very nice work and better than new.
EricaAnn. I'm agreeable to giving you my email address. Is there another way to contact you?
Dave Ripp. posted:EricaAnn posted:Added another open hopper car to "the fleet" today. This car began its life as a red colored Lionel Leigh Valley, just one of thousands that Lionel made over the years.
Bought it on eBay for about $8.00. Had to straighten the sides of the hopper as the previous owner had rested something fairly heavy on the car bending both side walls of the hopper inward. Replaced both trucks with a set of bar end units with couplers that work (the original AAR couplers were broken). Removed and filled the road markings, primed and painted it in the traditional C&NW Stage Coach green and added the front and rear truck/step brackets and the brake wheel. Made and applied the decals and topped everything off with a coat of clear matte finish.
Number 63506 was an open hopper car that was once owned by the C&NW.
Very nice work and better than new.
Nice-looking car, Dave, and your story about repairing a "junk" hopper is informative.
Productive morning. I basically got the back roughed in and the small area between the bridge abutments filled in. In that area I am planning to put in a culvert pipe with water coming out of it and it will run down intop the gorge. In the last pic I am thinking of adding two more waterfalls onto the second waterfalls maybe two thirds of the way down from the top. This afternoon I'll cut some pieces of foam to see how it will look. Pics............Paul
Yardmaster96 posted:EricaAnn. I'm agreeable to giving you my email address. Is there another way to contact you?
Check out her profile, her e-mail address is there and a website address.
Larry
Mayor Magoo posted:Was able to get some accessorizing done this morning before work. A little backstory: After my Dad retired from the Arnold Bread Company he opened a bread store on Rt 22 in Union, NJ. He called it 'Seven Macs' because there were seven of us boys in the family.
Still some additional work to do.
Steve that is one beautiful building great work
Dave Ripp. posted:EricaAnn posted:Added another open hopper car to "the fleet" today. This car began its life as a red colored Lionel Leigh Valley, just one of thousands that Lionel made over the years.
Bought it on eBay for about $8.00. Had to straighten the sides of the hopper as the previous owner had rested something fairly heavy on the car bending both side walls of the hopper inward. Replaced both trucks with a set of bar end units with couplers that work (the original AAR couplers were broken). Removed and filled the road markings, primed and painted it in the traditional C&NW Stage Coach green and added the front and rear truck/step brackets and the brake wheel. Made and applied the decals and topped everything off with a coat of clear matte finish.
Number 63506 was an open hopper car that was once owned by the C&NW.
Very nice work and better than new.
I agree!!
Took a few pics of my New piggybacks one is a Lionel PS-4 I added a different pig trailer the other is a custom AHM I built with a Lionel trailer
paul 2 posted:Productive morning. I basically got the back roughed in and the small area between the bridge abutments filled in. In that area I am planning to put in a culvert pipe with water coming out of it and it will run down intop the gorge. In the last pic I am thinking of adding two more waterfalls onto the second waterfalls maybe two thirds of the way down from the top. This afternoon I'll cut some pieces of foam to see how it will look. Pics............Paul
I love watching a plan come together!! Very nice work!!
Paul, it’s looking very nice.
Erica Ann, the hopper looks great!
Lee, those cars and trailers are really nice!
Just imagine, with the new electronics, IPad, iPhone, Computer, we are all connected, and it’s the best of times in our Hobby....We have the materials, books, friends with knowledge to help us build our dream Railroads and beyond...Oh what a fun Forum...
CSX Al, I commend you on your extraordinary model building talent, making MasterBuilder models, even small chain, and your contributions to our Hobby could go on an on and on......Thank You....
Big Boy 4005, Elliott, your layout is amazing...Yes, the dentist and root canals can be fun, but like a layout, when finished, it’s great. I am getting finished with an implant, just waiting on the crown....I like your Way Bill idea.....
Paul 2, scenery work is hard, the end product will be amazing, I like your railroad...it’s cool and fun to view.
Lee Drennen, I like your Freight cars with trailers, your rolling stock and creative ideas you mention on the forum. Great thoughts.
Modeltrainparts, I like your participation on our forum...
Briansilvermustang, wow, you my friend have Trains, lots of trains....I like your post of pictures both Old, New, and of unique style Locomotives...Your good..Your Pictures add lots of fun to this hobby....Thank You.
Mayor Magoo, Wow, what a structure, The 7 Mac’s Bread Co, very good work and I would imagine your layout is nice to. I like your work very much.
ERICAANN, Wow, I like those hopper cars you have, and thanks for your participation on this forum...They look like Postwar models. Very nice..
RSJB18, I like your layout and your contributions to this OGR Forum, and your layout is also truly unique....Keep posting your pictures....I think you can see that we all add a different type humor to this hobby...Thank You.
Dave Ripp, I like your Pond, a unique fishing spot, and your contributions to this forum. The colors are great and I like your layout....Please do more pictures...
P51, Lee, hey man, I like your photography and all the great pictures of your unique model railroad. Your contributions are awesome and fun to read...We all enjoy this hobby differently, and that’s what makes it fun....Keep placing your pictures and thoughts for our entertainment.
DECOYNH, Matt, I like your humor in your replies on this forum. The picture with you and the pile of snow is Amazing....Here in central Tennessee, we simply do not get that kind of snow. When we do, it’s a real issue as we are not prepared for that drastically bad precipitation....Great Pictures..
Mike g, I simply hope your snow melts soon, and you get over the flu. Your an inspiration to see on this forum. Your the Man....Get Well.
Mark Boyce, now, I am glad your better and I like your new bench work. Your an inspiration to us all with your positive attitude and great Sence of humor....Thank You..
Now, I will close with, thanks to everyone in our Hobby, we can share our thoughts, and pray for those with health issues, and compliment those that show us great Talent, and Learn from others that share there Knowledge so that We all, can enjoy this wonderful Hobby.
Had a chance to continue working on the gorge. I got the two extra falls in but after looking it over I think I'll add one more foam piece to the one on the left. I think it will look more interesting if they were different heights. Still have to gouge out some more foam where the culvert will be. Maybe after dinner Ill tackle it some more. Pics..........Paul
paul 2 posted:Had a chance to continue working on the gorge. I got the two extra falls in but after looking it over I think I'll add one more foam piece to the one on the left. I think it will look more interesting if they were different heights. Still have to gouge out some more foam where the culvert will be. Maybe after dinner Ill tackle it some more. Pics..........Paul
Paul that is really looking good! You are out pacing me on getting the project done, I am missing some turnouts that I need to get my stuff rolling again!
We are expecting 12 inches of rain in the mountains around us and 8 to 10 inches of rain here in the valley in the next few days. I think it is the weather system that dropped all that snow on MikeG!
Lee those TOFCs are awesome! I may have no choice but to buy those Trailer Train cars with Southern trailers. Can you post a picture of that Tucker you have?
Erica nice repaint on that hopper! Do you guys own/run a model business??
Al you always impress me.. Do you run the company that makes turntables??
I would love to have a job that included trains. My neighbor at work designs and installs engine upgrades to real trains! Puts new engines and computer systems in older diesels and they run the 3 rivers rambler in Knoxville, TN.
Jim
Andy, thank you for the information!
Dave, the lake is looking good, coming right along!
Bob, I hope you did good at golf course and kept it in the fairway! LOL
Steve, That sure is a great looking building! Also what a great way to give tribute to your dad!
Erica, Nice job on the hoppers!
Lee, Lucky you! LOL Nice looking Whitcomb On30 Engine!
Paul 2, Looking good, 3 waterfalls are way better then just one solo waterfall! I wish I could vision things like that, Maybe one day!
Lee D. The Piggybacks look great! Wonderful job!
LeapinLarry, for a man of few words you sure know how to make this hobby stand out! Very well said Sir!
As for me, we just got home from the store not to long ago and I wanted to get up to date on everything! Heck I haven't even made it out to the train room yet today. I don't know if I will or not, a little tired, maybe a nap!
RSJB18 posted:Apples55 posted:RSJB18 posted:Here's an early picture of command central Jim. All old-school conventional control as of now. Haven't made the jump to DCS or legacy, or bluetooth, or LC or LC+.......
Ohhhhh... I’m getting that evil tingling feeling
you- my good man are trouble
Larry, Well said!!!
No pictures but I reinstalled my TIU after a 5 week stay at MTH for the TVS diode mod under warranty. Actually MTH had the TIU longer than I did. While it was there they were nice enough to upgrade it from version 6.0 to version 6.1 so I can eventually add a WIU. While the TIU was gone I upgraded my 5 non command locomotives to ERR TMCC. So now all 8 of my locomotives are command equipped (2 DCS, 6 TMCC). I'm just happy I can now run everything from one remote, instead of using the CAB-1 for the TMCC locomotives and using the transformer handles for the DCS locomotives. 😁
After a Valentine's Day break, I finished my 10th 24-Pack of Preiser 65602 Unpainted Seated People in the past 30 days. The Yellow clothing pack is pictured as I readied the next, #11, for Lavender clothing. That gives me another 240 people. I have three more boxes at home to finish, and another thirteen on the way from Germany - I bought two more boxes last night. The twenty six boxes of 24 will give me 624 people for the Lionel passenger cars arriving around Christmas 2019.
I took a break from painting and converted two Atlas O Trainman 40' B&O Sentinel Box Cars to three-rail. I will sell the two-rail trucks and coupler boxes on Ebay later this month when I finally sell extra Atlas O 3-rail rolling stock.
Trying to keep up a good head of steam, but I may need to use a pusher engine, to keep me moving through this up-hill painting project.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
John, at the your rate of consumption of Preiser figures, surely the company has given you an elevated distributorship classification and commensurate pricing.
Carl is right John, I’m amazing how many of them you have painted over the last few months!
Preview of the link below
13 mins of layout action. Featuring A New view that’s never been captured at the end. https://youtu.be/jMk_T1PYPgg
@leapinlarry great point !!
John Rowlen posted:After a Valentine's Day break, I finished my 10th 24-Pack of Preiser 65602 Unpainted Seated People in the past 30 days. The Yellow clothing pack is pictured as I readied the next, #11, for Lavender clothing. That gives me another 240 people. I have three more boxes at home to finish, and another thirteen on the way from Germany - I bought two more boxes last night. The twenty six boxes of 24 will give me 624 people for the Lionel passenger cars arriving around Christmas 2019.
I took a break from painting and converted two Atlas O Trainman 40' B&O Sentinel Box Cars to three-rail. I will sell the two-rail trucks and coupler boxes on Ebay later this month when I finally sell extra Atlas O 3-rail rolling stock.
Trying to keep up a good head of steam, but I may need to use a pusher engine, to keep me moving through this up-hill painting project.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
John, I had never heard of Sentinel Fast Freight Service boxcars, but yours is very nice-looking. The web tells me that their distinctive blue and silver boxcars were used from 1947 to 1958, when the service ended. The boxcars were then painted brown, although some lasted until the mid-60's before being repainted. One fellow claims to have seen one in the early 1970's, in bad shape, in a railyard.
Carl and Mark, The Preiser 65602 people count is now well over 3,500 completed in the last five years, probably more. I also purchased 18 packs of 48 (864 ) Chinese seated figures according to Evermodel on Ebay, thirteen of the 8402 and five of the 8406. The 8402 Seated Figures from China has the man turning around and talking and five other 1/45 (smaller) figures that fit well in the Lionel 21" Dining Cars.
The boy with his hand on the table had his hand cut from his knee, bent upward, and placed on top of the table. The young girl turning to her left and the two women with hats are among the six 8402 1/45 figures from China.
"Surgeon John" aka, "Butch R.", has had very few fatalities in his cutting, grinding, and bending as he placed people in the cars. Unfortunately, a few did not literally make "the Cut."
Sincerely, John Rowlen
Correction: The Evermodel 8402 Seated People from China are actually 1/50 figures, smaller than the Preiser 65602 1/45 figures.
John Rowlen
Mark. Thanks for the complement as always
Larry. Thanks I really enjoy Custom building and you guys are awesome giving me the support to do this O Scale never had that in HO another reason I switched to this scale. And thanks for posting those beautiful Lionel ads.
Jim. Thanks the Lionel Piggyback cars are very nice the Southern looks good I would get it because I’m finding out with Lionel they run them just so long and that it. I like the Erie Lackawanna 40’ piggyback they offer. I will post a pic of that tucker later
Mike. Thanks for the complement and support my friend stay warm we got about 5” of snow last night big deal right compared to your nightmare.
Guys your are amazing in your talents a lot of great stuff posted the week I’m lovin this scale every week thanks for all your likes and complements.
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