Gidday All, no time for model railroad projects this week, heck it took until last night to view all those great videos from the last WPF.
From the archives, another shot taken on the local clubs modular layout.
Looking forward to the Really Good Stuff,
Have a Great One ffolkes,
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
For those who have been following my caboose project and may not have seen the other thread, here are the finished products:
I got a lot of good suggestions from the other thread about things like finer brake wheels, air hoses and braces for the smoke stacks which I will incorporate into the next batch.
Dave
Bear, thanks for opening up, I know how it is when you don’t get any time and have to recycle old photos.
Dave, nice fleet of cabooses, The Athearn brake wheels leave a lot to be desired, but we all advance in our modeling efforts.
This last weekend I got some time and got some work done on my project, the P&LE Hot Coil Car.
Assembled the end blocks for the car by attaching the top brace to the block and then small triangular braces on the top of the block.
Trimmed the end of the strip that I installed earlier so I could install the end blocks.
End blocks installed, showing all the blocks installed on the frame.
After installing the end blacks installed the name plates for the end lettering and the plate for the brake gear and wheel. Drilled holes for the walk over platform and a small hole at each end for some part to be installed in the future.
End view of all the blocks with t
I did a thread earlier this week on how to build a Coal loader
if any one missed the Video it’s here
Hi all,
This is my first post to WPF, but I’ve been following it since I became a member and really enjoy seeing everybody’s projects as they materialize. Here’s my own modest contribution-- this week I did some work on an old IHC 4-6-2:
Most IHCs have can motors, but this older one still had an open frame, so I remotored it with a Mabuchi and added tender pickup wires. The pilot snapped off some years ago, so I decided to wait to put that back on until I can replace the front coupler with a Kadee box. I also dropped the footboards and moved the tanks and some piping closer to the locations on a DRGW P-44, which is ultimately what I plan to turn this into:
P
[#welcome] aboard, P. Looks like a worthy project to me and looking forward to seeing its progress.
Great work already, everyone[:)]
Rick,
I think you need the Cliff’s Notes version of those instructions[;)]
A smorgasborg of stuff this week. We’ll start with some corned beef on rye. At least I think that’s what this one is, as it’s leftovers from a recent filming session of another of the stop motion videos a friend of mine is producing using the layout as a her movie studio back lot. I’ll post up a link when it becomes available.
I built a ramp to get vehicles onto flatcars in Durango. It also serves as an emergency backup in case the overhead lift is down for repairs. Generally, my small fleet of pig flats has the fifth wheels arranged so they always face toward Durango in order to facilitate circus style unloading in Silverton. The consist can be turned in case of emergency on the loop in Durango to orient them properly to unload on the new ramp, but usually it serves vehicles getting aboard before the cut is moved to the lift crane.
I added some pins to the bottom of the crane to help it stay in place, as well as raising it just a little to better accommodate high trailers once they’re loaded on the pigs. Also moved the scales to clear more area right araound the crane to facilitate loading.
Up at Animas Forks, a reverse angle shot of McKelvey’s Trading Post.
In a sign of things to come, a turnout to nowhere lies at the beginning of the end of the line wye in Crater Lake awaiting resumption of HOn3 code 70 flex track production by Micro Engineering. They’
Nice start to WPF! It’s always a treat to see the variety of projects under way.
I finished up the structures I’ve been working on for my On3:
All have removable roofs or floors,so I can do some interior detail eventually.The Cumbres Station even came with interior walls:
Please show us what you’ve been working on,and have a good weekend!
Mike
Well, two finished Kato SD40-2s together sit on the club layout. I need to get the sound bug module for the 6385 though.
A short iron ore train.
I’m enjoying both the modelling and photography skills above.
I’ll illustrate the latest and upcoming DCC efforts. First a “DCC ready” (8-pin for decoder, not room for speakers) Lifelike E6 that got my first LokSound installed, plus two HiBass speakers where the factory light board resided. Works and sounds great but opened it to do some measuring (decoder thickness) for an item below.
Next shown is a Genesis Tsunami GP-9 that is getting up an upgrade…a LokSound Direct will replace the board and I plan to replace the oval speaker with dual iPhone5 / sugarcube speakers. I’m awaiting the speakers as well as some prepped LED/lightpipes from Streamlined Backshops.
Last, a Kato RS-2 that will be upgraded from motor only 8-pin TCS (ditto an RSC-2 with NCE) to LokSound Select plus dual sugar cube speakers. I know the decoder will fit over the motor and need to have the speakers in hand to figure out how exactly to get the new speakers / enclosures and LED replacements with minimal shaving of the weights.
Great work this week, all! I haven’t been able to do much this week, but I am planning out a big project for sometime soon! Hopefully will get time to ballast more track this weekend.
I also ran across this from a few years ago:
Watch out for hard couplings, speeding, derailments, and giants! And yes, this was before I got my DCC system. Block controls, an MRC dual-throttle power pack, and lots of movie magic made two-train operation possible back in ‘the good ol days’ of my youth! (I can say that now that I’m 18, right? [swg])
Have a great weekend!
Acela
Impressive work on the wpf once again. I bought one of these kits last week while I was on vacation and had so much fun I bought three more. I hope to be able to get at least one done this weekend after I find that version of Rock Island Line from the video above. Good tune.
T e d
Good stuff again this week, everyone. Welcome, P., and I’m looking forward to seeing the progress on your Rio Grande P-44, one of my favorite 4-6-2’s.
Heres my 2-8-0 #1185, an old brass Trains, Inc. import that I just converted to all-wheel loco pickup, courtesy of some Tomar pickups. It used to be a kind of cranky little devil, but the all-wheel pickup, plus a new NWSL can motor has turned it into a really smooth little gal with excellent control all through the speed range. Here, she’s negotiating a fall stock extra downgrade over the Gold Flat viaduct.
Tom
Bear, Thanks for opening the curtains on another WPF show! Hope you’ll be back at your car ferry project before too long.
Dave, Now that’s a long line o cabooses, seems you’re in cupola heaven.
Thanks to all, lovin’ the show as usual, regards, Peter
Nice pics, guys! I love all the greenery in that photo of the iron ore train.
I’m still working on detailing the interior of my scratch-built radio repair shop, for my 1/24th scale In-ko-pah Railroad. There’s more to be done but here’s how it looks so far:
You can see the entire build on my website, here:
Enjoying another great WPF, great work and pics.
Ray, I must say, when scrolling down, I thought this was your shop and you were into antique radios as another hobby, fantastic detail.
Ray,
Really great job on the detail in Your shop. That floor model radio by the door, brings back memories of watching our 13’’ console TV in the late 40’s, I believe it was a Sylvania.
No new pic’s from me this week…still plugging on the industrial area on the layout. Putting in brick streets where the black top road was.
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
Great stuff again this week guys.
Grampy, great photo as usual.
Ray, the detail in your shop is inspiring and brings back a some memories too.
Here is one I like from the BRVRR:
A rural scene. NYC F7A negotiating Pasture Curve on the BRVRR. Actually, I’m repeating myself, I used this photo in another thread this week. Its posted here because I don’t have anything else new.
Keep the good work coming guys. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.
Heres a video of recently repainted hopper cars. I somehow managed to paint and letter 22 of them in 2 weeks, they are the first 22 cars in the first clip pulled by a Reading I-9. Other traffic is an I-10 on a freight, a L-5 on a short passenger run, an E-5 on a transfer and a K-1 with 45 car train including the caboose. All engines are kitbashed.
Thanks!
I like the rural scene, very nicely done.