@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:Mike I used Sherman-Williams “cloudless” and I’m very happy with the results.
My granddaughter adding clouds to the cloudless blue paint.
Jay
Always good to have an artist in the layout area Jay. 
@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:Mike I used Sherman-Williams “cloudless” and I’m very happy with the results.
My granddaughter adding clouds to the cloudless blue paint.
Jay
Jay that's looking great! I think I see a mountain drawn out in the corner also! I hope you will post more photos of your layout as you get them!
Checked the sticky electro-coupler on my BEEP. After a couple drops of oil, and a few days to soak, it works fine. I also think there was a burr on the cast knuckle piece which is gone now.
Glad I dont have to replace it.
Bob
@RSJB18 posted:Checked the sticky electro-coupler on my BEEP. After a couple drops of oil, and a few days to soak, it works fine. I also think there was a burr on the cast knuckle piece which is gone now.
Glad I dont have to replace it.
Bob
Bob, that is great news! Now that is something I could do! LOL Really don't worry if I ever take a shell off you will be contacted!
@mike g. posted:Jay that's looking great! I think I see a mountain drawn out in the corner also! I hope you will post more photos of your layout as you get them!
I had hoped that she would paint the wall for a backdrop; she has that level of talent. However, it was not to be. But we do have a mountain made of left over foam board from our construction project.
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@RSJB18 posted:I'm planning on using this chassis with different shells so I wanted to keep the board on the chassis. The shell is basically done, I just need to finish the harnesses. I put the speaker up under the cab roof and cut out the 2 rear windows to give the sound a place to go.
Thanks Pete.
Bob, since you plan on using the chassis with different body shells how did you fasten the speaker to the cab roof?
@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:I had hoped that she would paint the wall for a backdrop; she has that level of talent. However, it was not to be. But we do have a mountain made of left over foam board from our construction project.
Jay. ..." one thing about trains; it doesn't matter where they're going . What matters is....".aah...wait a minute.......how about................one thing about layouts ; it doesn't matter what you want to happen. What matters is that you are flexible and inventive enough to soldier on. 
This started out as one of those low-end Lionel USRA 0-8-0's. After I had test-fit the new (actually old O-scale) zinc pilot. This whole project was a case of a $100 saddle on a $50 horse; it does run smoothly, though. It has been converted to an "emulation" of a 1940's Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Consolidation.
And now. The front truck under the new, extended pilot is old Lionel PW stock, modified. Dynamo and pops were re-arranged. I can't show you a photo of the real loco (not my photos), but they were small-drivered Lima Consols, with twin sand domes and box tenders with extended coal boards (I used styrene). The name on the tender? Prototypical. One of these locos was used on a WWI-era commuter train (using small-ish re-cycled Northeastern commuter cars, it seems) that ran from downtown/waterfront Mobile up to Gulf Shipbuilding, among other places. This seemed to be a humorous nickname that stuck. It ended after the war.
Modified cheapie MPC tender; Postwar trucks. Original headlight, re-positioned. Modified running boards. No sound, no command, no one left on base.
Very niche, very local; no one cares but me, but I had the loco and the parts and the photos of the real thing.
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D500, Nice work. My views on what I want to get out of the hobby have changed over the years. Tinker and make something close to what you want and have fun. No stress on what might be coming in the next catalog or the next big must have feature.
D500, that is some nice work.
@Dave_C posted:D500, Nice work. My views on what I want to get out of the hobby have changed over the years. Tinker and make something close to what you want and have fun. No stress on what might be coming in the next catalog or the next big must have feature.
Yeah, it keeps getting more whimsical.
My latest investigation involves getting a modern flywheel-equipped can motor (and rev unit!) under and into a 1920's (I guess) Ives NYC S-motor "model", with the original cast-iron frame. The patina will stay. Resto-mod idea - looks old, drives new.
Nope - the Williams truck (from a donor GP7) is too tall, no matter how I sneak up on it. OK, Ives back on the shelf - for now....
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While moving a lot of this and that over here and there most of the day I decided it was time for change. I dismantled the (Peter Riddle) layout. There was nothing wrong with it but I have some idea that starting over isn't too late! In fact very freeing to advance! Maybe something less traditional will develop. Spring may be a better time to start a new.
right now back to getting some space for the electrical modifications work. And a ton of shop vac mania!
btw, I kept the figure 8 table for a test track we all need one of those. lol.
Off the work bench and onto the layout. Jack, my Superintendent of Scenic Design, combined three Plasticville structures into this masterpiece. We printed out red bricks and used cement colored paint on the columns. I’m very fortunate to have his skills.
Jay
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@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:Off the work bench and onto the layout. Jack, my Superintendent of Scenic Design, combined three Plasticville structures into this masterpiece. We printed out red bricks and used cement colored paint on the columns. I’m very fortunate to have his skills.
Jay
This is one nice piece Jay. It is indeed a masterpiece that would be a real asset on any layout 
Guys....you know who you are....stay with talking about the topic of this thread. My mods deleted a bunch of chit chat. Do your chatting via email.
@coach joe posted:Bob, since you plan on using the chassis with different body shells how did you fasten the speaker to the cab roof?
Double-face tape.....
The back of the magnet hits the roof so a piece of tape does the job.
I use it to mount the boards too.
Bob
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Built up a couple of Team Track Models Schneider trailers to go with my Menards Schneider warehouse this week / evening in a hotel away for work. It was worth checking a bag so I could get something done at night!
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Been working on my project car. Still needs more body work and sanding. But it's coming along nicely.
@Jayhawk500 posted:Been working on my project car. Still needs more body work and sanding. But it's coming along nicely.
Chris impressive work! I am not sure what your building, but it is going to be huge! I can't wait to see the finished product!
@mike g. posted:Chris impressive work! I am not sure what your building, but it is going to be huge! I can't wait to see the finished product!
It's the Union Pacifics UPP 2066 Generator Car. I have a build thread going.
