The containers of Gensets are apparently not coming till June now… From January, to February, to March, to JUNE??? Seriously?
Don’t you LOVE preorders?[:D]
Thank you for your help, I’ll probably go with code 80 if it’s easier to get ahold of. Modeltrainstuff.com seems to have decent prices so I’ll keep it in mind. Next question: I have to figure out which turnouts fit the track plan. Most are this size:
Is this a NO. 6 turnout?
I’m in a bit of a hurry because museum officials gave me until Wednesday to give them a complete track list, along with a list of vendors to buy from. Being the first deadline on this project, I’d really like to make it. Not to mention the sooner we get the supplies the sooner we can get started[:)]. As for the explanation I promised, I’ll get there soon. My scanner has “issues” so It’ll be a few more days before I post the trackplan.
Thanks again for the help,
Jamie
I’m not sure. code 80 has #6s and #8s, code 55 has #5s and #7s. if you’re going code 80 I’d GUESS it to be a number 6 but I wouldn’t swear to it. It’s probably be smarter to go with a number 6 if you’re in doubt b/c most locomotives can survive the diverging leg of a #6 decently and it’s probably easier to deal with a number 6 instead of a number 8 than vice versa
Thanks, I think I’ll go with number 6’s.
Okay though I still don’t have a digital version of the plan to share with you I’ll try to explain what’s going on here. We’ll start at the beginning:
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3-4 months ago a judge in the town of Clayton donated a n-scale layout that represented the town in the early 1900’s to a local museum. Our club was called and on “moving day” we moved the Appx. 4x8 layout from the judges house to the museum.
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About Feb. 10th the museum contacted us and asked if we wanted to help with the “restoration” project, to improve the donated layout. We held our first meeting at the museum Feb. 24th. At that meeting we decided the donated layout was in rough shape and restoring it would be more work than it was worth. So the museum decided to start building a layout from scratch. In the museums archives we found a 1:1200 scale blueprint of the towns track in 1939. We immediatly decided to base our layout on this trackplan. Using some awesome computers and printers, we blew up the 1:1200 blueprint to 1:160 scale, producing a 4 foot by 10 foot, exact N-scale.
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Our next meeting was March 3rd. We met once again at the museum with our 1:160 track plan. We laid out the plan on a table and began guesstimating the amount of track we would need. We figured about 81ft of track (27 3ft sections of flextrack). We also counted 10 left hand and 5 right hand turnouts in the plan. We also did the calculations and came up with the plans for the 4’ x10’ benchwork. One of the mu
I finished my new scenery and industry in Lebanon! The new industry is a feed plant named after our late cat who was a family fixture for over 12 years. Graffiti on the wall reads “Finn and Emily” which are our two cats right now. (yes, I am expressing my “It’s my layout, I do what I want!” rights! All the Lebanon industry is gone like the rail line in reality so it’s not like I’m skipping a prototypical industry)) Here’s two photos and a video is coming later.
Intermodal train WJNA passes Lebanon Yard.
Train LE-1 switches my new industry, Eyore’s Kitty Chow.
Tybwer, myb jabwab has dropbed. Finds and re-attaches Jaw The First picture is amazing! Astounding! Awe Inspiring!
Wow, Tyler, looks great!
What’s that loco off center to the left (red with white stripes)?
I can tell!
I’ve had computer problems (and a lot of homework and our hockey banquet) yesterday and today, but I should have those photos up soon.
Its a CP GP35. Sadly GP15s are not in service yet.
Thanks all! Yes, that’s a “leased” CPRail GP35. It and an old WRS GP30 (5516) are on the railroad to move trains until the real power is ready - including the GP15s Alex mentioned. But until then I get to see plenty of other stuff on the railroad during operating sessions! [:)]
Sweet scenery work Tyler! That industry makes one heckuva backdrop for the yard too!
Well, here’s a quick update of the ANRR; the original King Furniture roof idea has epically failed ( cinders and roof started sagging). However, my new plan involves spray painting some sandpaper gray and using it to make the roof surface (I’ll maintain the current supports though). so, anyone have a suggestion on what grit to use? I want something to look like a gravel roof covering?
In N scale you’d probably want the finest grade you can get. Even if it looks too fine for gravel, it would still look like an asphalt or concrete roof.
I finished the switching video this morning and then promptly forgot to post it here. Alex (RailfanAlex) supplied most of the sound for the video - thanks Alex! LE-1 will switch out the cat food plant, then intermodal hotshot WJNA passes behind the yard.
Fix those handrails before I call the mFRA.
Wow - I didn’t even notice those until I read your post…but they’re fixed now.
thanks man. I’ve actually got access to 1200 grit though; I’m thinking maybe 600 or 800 will do the trick.
sweet video, but youtube quit streaming after about 4 seconds or so. from what I could watch though it looked good, I’ll either edit this post or reply when I watch the whole thing haha.
Sawyer, like Tyler said, I’d go with the finest you can get.
Very nice Tyler!
Well, I actually did get those photos. I was able to get them in WPF last night, but then my computer died (YES, AGAIN!!!), and I didn’t feel like starting it back up. I’m to lazy to repost them here, so I’ll just give a link. It’s the last post:
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/170366.aspx?PageIndex=3
Tyler, finally got a chance to watch the video, sweet man!
Joe, excellent work on that loco, especially since it’s brush painted. no stroke lines that I can see.
I’m not sure when I’ll get around to getting the sand paper to use for the roof. Hopefully I’ll get a job reffing soccer games this spring at the rec department, which will give me some layout cash and savings cash
Page 4? Really…
Thanks Sawyer! I can’t find any stroke lines either, and didn’t go on thick at all. Just goes to show that you CAN achieve good results with a brush!
true. My GP35 turned out decent when I brushed painted it. should have definitely thinned the paint though, but oh well, I’ve got an airbrush now, and it does give way better results, no matter how careful you are brush painting lol
Amherst Show car, finally assembled.
Doublestacks anyone?
Think of how much undercutting they’d have to do to the bridges for those to run…not to mention they’d need some really special intermodal cranes!