After a week of slacking off, I put in a pleasant three hours today replacing a steel HO track with a nickel track (much better conductivity), sadly returned a worn-out Consolidation (2-8-0) steamer to its box because I can't get it to work right, watched a heavy-weight German passenger train cruise smoothly through my lay-out, switched out two small locomotives, scrubbed a lot of tracks with rubbing alcohol, and added more tracks to my elevated switching yard.
p51 posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:
I love this shot. Among many virtues of this shot, it proves that 3-rail doesn't have to look toy like!
Lee. Thanks. I love to take pics around the layout and looking at my new Samsung S10+ has a quite good camera.
Johan
Johan, that is a great shot looking down the track. Looks pretty darn real.
Everyone is posting good stuff. Although I think we are slowing down a bit because a lot of us are having to do work outside. Myself included. Although today I do plan to measure the flats I had blown up and get to Hobby Lobby to get the black foam board. Cut the buildings out and get them glued to the foam this weekend. Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend..............Paul 2
Paul, for me it's not the yard work, it's the time spending at the Dr. And the store! Haven't been in the train room for 4 days!
Looks great, Vincent and Johan.
I’m stuck too. After my 5 1/2 hour part time job, I drove down to mow part of my Dad’s yard. 2 hours of pushing the mower then sweeping last evening and this morning I don’t feel like doing anything. I woke up early too stiff to go to sleep. LOL. I should go see Mum and Dad at one personal car home and my aunt at another home. Round trip driving 1 1/2 hours. My wife just told my I should lay down and take a nap! Good idea!!! Maybe I can get to the train room later. LOL
Mark Boyce posted:Looks great, Vincent and Johan.
I’m stuck too. After my 5 1/2 hour part time job, I drove down to mow part of my Dad’s yard. 2 hours of pushing the mower then sweeping last evening and this morning I don’t feel like doing anything. I woke up early too stiff to go to sleep. LOL. I should go see Mum and Dad at one personal car home and my aunt at another home. Round trip driving 1 1/2 hours. My wife just told my I should lay down and take a nap! Good idea!!! Maybe I can get to the train room later. LOL
Nap in the train room!
John D. posted:Mark Boyce posted:Looks great, Vincent and Johan.
I’m stuck too. After my 5 1/2 hour part time job, I drove down to mow part of my Dad’s yard. 2 hours of pushing the mower then sweeping last evening and this morning I don’t feel like doing anything. I woke up early too stiff to go to sleep. LOL. I should go see Mum and Dad at one personal car home and my aunt at another home. Round trip driving 1 1/2 hours. My wife just told my I should lay down and take a nap! Good idea!!! Maybe I can get to the train room later. LOL
Nap in the train room!
It's nice and cool there on a warm day. 
Didn't drag my feet. I got out to Hobby Lobby and got my black foam board and to top it off all the foam board was 40% off. Now I can start cutting out all the buildings flats. Pic..............Paul 2
Paul, that's showing us to to just get up and do something!! Good inspiration!
I need a Social Security Nap. It's hot working in a small metal building. I'm drinking heavily. Tap water only. I have all my original 1965 train board cut down 9" and safely in place. It took three tries to figure out the moves needed to put 7' 3" paneling through a 36" door and turn it to lay flat in a 7'3" room. I won. I added a transformer and locomotive. The track is less than 12" from the board. See y'all when the lazy-boy is done with me.
Bill
Bill, It looks great in there! Good idea drinking lots of water in the heat! You deserve some time in that Lazy-boy after all of that!!!
Odenville Bill posted:I need a Social Security Nap. It's hot working in a small metal building. I'm drinking heavily. Tap water only. I have all my original 1965 train board cut down 9" and safely in place. It took three tries to figure out the moves needed to put 7' 3" paneling through a 36" door and turn it to lay flat in a 7'3" room. I won. I added a transformer and locomotive. The track is less than 12" from the board. See y'all when the lazy-boy is done with me.
Bill
Bill, be careful! Don't let anything happen to that Lionel controller!
(My dad had one, and I still love it).
Lots of ground goop and painting today on my West Of Nowhere layout.
Great cars, Johan!
Those scenes are looking great, Greg!!
I drilled some holes for wiring today. No need to waste server space on photographs. 
Great work everyone! I would call you all out but I am to tired! Maybe I need a nap like Mark! LOL I hope everyone is having a great weekend and Please be safe out there! I think I am off to dinner then bed. It really sucks getting up at 3 AM!
BAR GP7 #63 posted:
That's a good-looking set of boxcars. I don't know if they are supposed to be weathered or just have faded paint, but you did a nice job on them.
This evening I got all the flats cut out ready for gluing to the foam board tomorrow.......Paul 2
Mark Boyce posted:Great cars, Johan!
Those scenes are looking great, Greg!!
Mark. Thanks.
Johan
Vincent Massi posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:That's a good-looking set of boxcars. I don't know if they are supposed to be weathered or just have faded paint, but you did a nice job on them.
Vincent. Thanks. I think they looking now a more realistic.
Johan
paul 2 posted:Johan, that is a great shot looking down the track. Looks pretty darn real.
Everyone is posting good stuff. Although I think we are slowing down a bit because a lot of us are having to do work outside. Myself included. Although today I do plan to measure the flats I had blown up and get to Hobby Lobby to get the black foam board. Cut the buildings out and get them glued to the foam this weekend. Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend..............Paul 2
Paul. Thank you.
Johan
BAR GP7 #63 posted:
Great looking cars Johan. Perfect trifecta for Memorial Day Weekend BBQ's too
Bob
Continue working on Proses Diesel house from Turkey.
Mark Boyce posted:Great cars, Johan!
Those scenes are looking great, Greg!!
Thanks Mark!
RSJB18 posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:
Great looking cars Johan. Perfect trifecta for Memorial Day Weekend BBQ's too
Bob
Bob. Thank you. 🥩😀
Johan
BAR GP7 #63 posted:
love the reefers.....
CGWforever posted:Continue working on Proses Diesel house from Turkey.
I do like the looks of the Proses engine house! You are doing a great job on initial painting and assembly! I see he is coming out with one with a gabled roof. Excellent pre-order price I might add. That Proses Powered Railer that Harry Henning demonstrated on the FaceBook page is the cat's meow! Ijust got one Friday.
westbound postwar Lionel #224 crossing the East Branch river with reefer block in tow.....
briansilvermustang posted:
This is another fine example of a sharp-looking diesel.
GANDYDANCER1950, nice scene. I like the way you worked the lighthouse into the scenery. Is it a Lionel Lighthouse??
This afternoon I got all my building fronts glued to black foam board. I'll let them dry till overnight then start cutting them out tomorrow. I better make sure I have enough fresh box cutter blades so that may mean a quick morning trip to Menards tomorrow. Pics.............Paul 2
Howard, Nice reefer train!.
Brian, Sharp engine!
Paul, those are some really nice looking building flats!
I'm running two trains slowly on the Ceiling Central RR right now. I took photographs, but can't get them off the phone right now. The wonders of modern technology! 
Here's those photographs.
Mark, on the first photo, what is on the sides of the locomotive? It's covering the back half.
Vincent Massi posted:Mark, on the first photo, what is on the sides of the locomotive? It's covering the back half.
Looks Like a Shay to me.
Vincent, do you mean the three vertical pistons on the Shay locomotive? Did you see the video a day or two ago? I can’t post it again right now on the smart phone.
Mark, I can't find the video, but it is a Shay locomotive. Very nice-looking, by the way.
paul 2 posted:GANDYDANCER1950, nice scene. I like the way you worked the lighthouse into the scenery. Is it a Lionel Lighthouse??
This afternoon I got all my building fronts glued to black foam board. I'll let them dry till overnight then start cutting them out tomorrow. I better make sure I have enough fresh box cutter blades so that may mean a quick morning trip to Menards tomorrow. Pics.............Paul 2
Thanks Paul. The lighthouse is actually a ceramic lamp.
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