Gidday All, in a current discussion the comment is made “…who needs an open house when we have Weekend Photo Fun?” Well you certainly wouldn’t see any of this at my house, new rather expensive British tinplate three rail O gauge.
(I haven’t had time to resolve the computer/camera issues yet).
Looking forward to the really Good Stuff,
Have a great one ffolkes,
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
Hi Bear,
Well I’m getting close to being finished outside and what time I have left, been working on the RC Truck…decided to strip all paint from truck…that means taking upteen parts off of it…thank God they are all bolted or screwed on. Didnt remove the clearance lights or toggles on back of sleeper in the pic’, but they are now. Guy’s talk about decoder’s…You ought to see all the Electronics that go in this thing, in the sleeper…sure glad I kept the manual…LOL.
I’ll be checking for the Good stuff!!!
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
Like the O gauge
Well, I started doing work on my Freelanced road Office Car Special slumbercoach
Hello all. Got back to my layout project this week. Spent quite a few hours on the turntable (Walthers 90’), which I am converting to HO/HOn3.
Thanks for kicking off the WPF Bear.
Simon
Good morning all from mild and warm Northeast Ohio.
Bear, thanks for starting, tinplate brings a lot of memories back.
Frank, O’gauge and trucks are always good.
Jimmy, nice work on that free-lance car.
I got a couple of things done this week, been a little slow going what with getting ready for the bowling season this last week.
A Couple of views of the Converted ex-Wabash Hopper cars turned into a pseudo covered hopper by the Anderson’s. Anderson’s added an extension and canvas cover to the ex-coal hoppers and used them to haul grain from the elevator in Maumee, OH to the docks in Toledo, OH. This is the 5th car I have done of the 10 I purchased years ago. It is a Tichy Kit with all the airline piping and details attached, painted with Model Masters Aluminum paint with a few drops of Green, the Extention is painted Floquil Reading Green and lettered with kit supplied decals.
Athearn Genesis 60’ Hi-Cube Berwick Boxcar kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and White, along with Floquil Platinum Mist for the Roof. Car lettered with Oddballs Decals, nice that the buzzsaw was printed as an oval shaped so when applied over the rib it became a circle. The prototype car was assigned to the Ford Parts Warehouse in Melvindale, MI and sent to assembly plants with parts.
Another picture of my C-430’s in the background with the wharf area at the Strongsville, OH club layout in the foreground with a Freighter and Car Float in the docks.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
Bear… I like your tin plate.
Frank… The RC truck sounds like a fun project. I’m curious about the wheels under the cab.
Jimmy … Your Special Train project looks fun. I like the SlumberCoach.
Simon … Your turntable looks good.
Rick J … AEX 195 looks like a prize winning model… I like the auto parts car and the wharf scene.
Below are SD24’s in the City of Heartland.
Bear, you’re gonna catch tinplate fever if you don’t get back to HO soon…[A]
Yeah, double front axle, must be one heavy duty truck you have there, Frank.
Jimmy’s making progress.
Simon, Oh my! Dual gauge turntables are a challenge. I begged off on that by making my engine terminal narrowgauge only.
More awesome work from Rick.
Garry, a classic CB&Q lash-up.
Mostly trackwork this week as I move along to get this done in advance of my next op session in a couple of weeks. First was track for the yard extension project I wrote up here: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/249387.aspx
Still more detailing needed, but the extra capacity will be put to good use right away. I thought about doing a plexiglass guard, but decided on making one that resembled more of a fence. Out of scale, but the paint tones it down and it’s really quite unobstrusive – and removeable if necessary.
On the Cascade Branch between Camp 10 and Black Cat Junction I reconfigured the line into a long double siding.
Camp 10 now has a spur to hold MTs until they can be pulled past the loader that is just long enough to handle the pole train.
At Crater Lake Junction, another yard track was added to help with traffic on the three spurs that reach out from it to Camp 13, the Crater Lake quarry, and down to the Outlaw Mine claim. Things look a little wonky, but nothing was spiked down yet when I quit at 3am[|)]
The investors in the Outlaw Mine are really happy to finally get rail service.
I have a ton of Walthers bulkhead flats that are the only cars on my layout with molded on details. It’s bothered me for awhile now so I started on detailing them.
I cut off the old molded details and added Tichy ladders and hand formed grabs and stirrups.
Paint and decals.
And a load
My contribution today is a “model” of a modified Howe truss bridge that I made for use on my “Rails-To-Trails” path around my yard.
There was a time in the late 1980s and into the '90s that I had a 1-½" scale railroad on the property. Well, after some soul-searching and careful consideration, I decided to sell the whole ball-o-wax and years later, I turned the right of way into a walking path.
The photos show a ravine where I had a temporary bridge in place and, presently, the new truss bridge.
Mr. Wilson, of course, had to be the first to cross the new span…
Today, the decking will be installed.
On to more Good Stuff! Thanks for opening another chapter of Weekend Photo Fun, Bear!
Nice work, everyone… Ed
Ed!
Beautiful bridge! Well done.
Dave
Great pictures everyone.
I got really brave and decided to hollow out the ceiling of the McKeen car shell. It had some pretty hefty reinforcing molded in to it which would have made modeling some of the windows in the open position impossible. The ceiling isn’t perfectly smooth but I don’t think that will be too obvious once the windows are in place. If I have to, I will put a liner in it because my hands just aren’t steady enough to use the Dremel to get it any thinner. I already cut through the side walls in a couple of places.[D)]
Here is the shell with the reinforcing still in place:
Here is the hollowed out version:
Now I’m waiting for the passenger seats so I can figure out how to do the interior.
All the best everyone
Dave
An I-9 out and about.
Garry…Mike,
I had to laugh at Your comments…LOL…I may have created a new truck??? I was taking off all the parts that are on the cab, to strip all the paint and I set the cab on backwards, temporarily. [swg]
Lot of great work going on Guy’s…lot of talent out there!!!
Take Care! [:D][:D]
Frank
Bear, Thanks for three-railin’ up another WPF! Along about age 8 is when I first saw O-gauge tinplate, I was in awe, still am.
Always liked Marlon Brando in the movie “On The Waterfront”, but I digress. Anyway, I couldn’t be a contender, but can have lots of fun on my waterfront.
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
Thanks, Dave!
I got the idea for the color from an other popular, yet slightly larger, railroad bridge [:^)]
Regards, Ed
Peter:
The details in your barge scene are just excellent! I had to remind myself that it is a model.
Dave
Heck Frank, here I was wondering if you were modelling a dual wheeled twin steer off roader.[swg]
Keep up the good work there Jimmy.
To show my ignorance I never realised there was such a thing as a dual gauge turntable, Simon, building the trackwork at each end will be interesting or is it available commercially?
Rick. I’m going to have to get a couple of the panel sided hoppers to go with my growing collection of unbuilt Tichy kits. The next time you’re at the club would you mind taking a photo of the track arrangement associated with the car float, while the car ferry is progressing slower than a wet week, I’m trying to get a track plan sorted out.
Heartland Garry, yet another excellent scene.
No modeling for me but I did finish processing video I shot on the Middle Division:
Lewistown:
17th Street Altoona:
Horseshoe Curve:
This one even had a slug going down the Curve along with some really heavy helpers.
Fine pic’s and video(as usual),everyone!
Frank: When I saw that first picture of your truck,I thought it was something out of “Mad Max”.
Peter: That waterfront scene is outstanding.
'Got the K-36 I showed last week in pieces. I test ran it on DC first - runs beautifully,very smooth and quiet. I would keep the big Canon motor,but stall current tested at about 2 amps - too much for the WOWsound I want to install.
Need to drill some holes for a speaker and lights,and buy a new airbrush!
Have a good weekend,
Mike
Middleman:
Mike, that is such a beautiful engine…that I would be tempted not to paint it…leave it as is, to show off the Brass.
Take Care! [:D]
Frank